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Cooperative World Building

September 11, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Image source: Hollow World, Basic D&D campaign Setting Earlier today, my pal Yan was telling me how much he liked the fact that I took players ideas and in-game decisions to shape the campaign world’s past and present. It’s true. From campaign to campaign, the players also occasionally glean events, places or people that were […]

Filed Under: Newest Critical Hits, Uncategorized Tagged With: DMing

"It's like… has anyone seen that movie Tron?"

September 11, 2007 by Dave

I’m not sure what else I can say about this, other than at least it’s not a remake. Maybe they’ll get the cast of Babylon 5 in it again!

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Movies, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Scary may not be Evil… But it works!

September 11, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Image Artist: Arnie Swekel Doug M. left a well written comment on my post about exploring evil in RPGs where he makes a clear distinction between Evil (The flavor, the horror, the creeping out of players), Menacing foes (More powerful than the party) and ‘I hate this guy’. This, and a funny exchange of comments […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DMing, rule of cool, Tropes

YouTube of the Week: One Meme to Rule Them All

September 11, 2007 by Dave

A catchy song and video that summarizes most of the major web memes. Be like me and count how many you recognize, then feel bad about how you’re spending your life.

Filed Under: Web Meme, YouTube Tuesday

Mining Tropes for RPG nuggets: Opening up the mine

September 10, 2007 by The Chatty DM

This is a first stab at tackling the concepts of tropes and how they can be applied by a DM/GM to improve their favorite Role-Playing game adventures. I’d like to make this a weekly feature if it garners any interest. It sure does interest me!For those who have read at least one of my previous […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Tropes Tagged With: DMing, rule of cool, Tropes

Inq. of the Week: PlayStation 3

September 10, 2007 by Bartoneus

In a showdown of upcoming superhero movies, it looks like The Dark Knight and Watchmen come out on top, with the Batman sequel one full vote in the lead! The Incredible Hulk movie got absolutely NO love, despite the changes such as Ed Norton playing Bruce Banner, a new look for the cg hulk, and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Video Games

Guess Post: A Fey's Journal, 1st Entry

September 9, 2007 by The Chatty DM

This morning I asked my good friend and long-time player Yan to prepare a player’s log to our game. I gave him the option to take it in the direction he wanted, baring some editorial oversight on my part. Yan is that ‘other’ extroverted overanalytical geek around our table. He’s passionate about the game, a […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Player Log

Tweaking Classes for Cooler Characters

September 9, 2007 by The Chatty DM

The following is a Crunch-heavy post on tweaking the mechanics of D&D 3.5 character classes. As D&D 4e draws nearer I feel more and more comfortable with playing under the game’s hood. Something I would never had dared with previous editions of the game. One of the things that came out of last Friday’s game […]

Filed Under: Game Hacks & Content, Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology Tagged With: Crunch, DMing, rule of cool, Tropes

DM Chronicles, Session 2: When Cool Meets Satisfaction (Part 2).

September 9, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Scene 3: Evil is a matter of style Following the Self-Employed Mensa Troll, who just happened to be going where the map was leading, the PCs came into another burst Sewer tunnel leading into the darkness. That time, the passage looked like it had been man/thing made. This brought the party to a largish Cavern […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing, rule of cool, Tropes

DM Chronicles, Session 2: When Cool meets Satisfaction, (Part 1)

September 8, 2007 by The Chatty DM

Previously in Phil’s game: The PCs got their asses handed to them by an overwhelming encounter with a group of Yugoloths in an Elven temple. Invited to leave rapidly because of threats of open rebellion and slashed tires, the fiends disappeared in the Ptolus night. Battered and bitter, the PCs meet with Ptolus’ elven leadership […]

Filed Under: Campaign Logs, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 3.5e, Chatty's 2007-2008 campaign, DMing, rule of cool, Tropes

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