Preparing for my second Dragon Age game, I have decided to add in some tactics for NPCs, and allowing the players to discern those with a few Cunning rolls. The reason? To personalize and to add color to what otherwise would be just block-stats and to keep the players on their toes.
Tags: fluff/inspiration, game-mastering
Green Ronin has released their Dragon Age pen and paper RPG, and one thing that has been pointed out is that there are some elements from the CRPG missing. As I was preparing for my first session of the game, I asked a rogue player what he wanted. “Darts with tranquilizer poison” and that when I realize…”This game needs some poison rules”. And here they are.
Tags: Dragon Age, game-mastering, rules mod
Eventually I have to get down to it. I feel it is unfair to make judgments and comparisons to a game which I have already read about, heard about and have opinions about, but not read the rules itself. So that I know better about the game, I forked out over SGD 150 (that’s about 90 USD I guess) to get the Player’s Handbook, Player’s Handbook II and the DMG. There’s still the DMG II and the Monster Manual, but my wallet is already screaming at the hole. So after reading the rules, the books, what do I think? Man, a 1st level Wizard can totally kick Gandalf’s ass.
Tags: fantasy, fluff/inspiration
For many years as a GM, I have focus on tightly-plotted campaigns. There is a main villain who initiate the chain of events, and the adventurers respond to them. My storyline include tragic lovers, a crazy mother, a twisted version of Santa Claus and even a temporal time-loop. However, for my Nobilis game (now in its second session), I decided to try a sand-box approach.
Tags: game-mastering
