Aspects, Action Points, and 4e
My group had our “first” session last night for the 4e Pathfinder campaign. This session was devoted entirely to character creation but there wasn&#...
Author: daHeadRat
Next up…Pathfinder (sort of)
The group is about to wrap up Keep on the Shadowfell. As numerous folks around the web have commented, it is, of course, rather heavy on the combat side of thin...
The A Posteriori Gestalt of 4e
Philosophers beware…I’m butchering your concepts mentioned in the title. I’ve decided, after a few more sessions of 4e, that the game emphasizes an a posteriori...
FRG Goes 4e
This week marks my trial run with 4e. Starting Friday, I’ll be running the Keep on the Shadowfell preview adventure from Wizards of the Coast. I don’...
Gnome Stew…Yummy!
Gnome Stew is a new blog for GMs by GMs written by a number of experienced GMs. I’ve got a link to it over on the right there. I particularly like the ...
Acting and Representation as Character Roleplaying
Johnn Four over at Roleplaying Tips has a discussion about what it means to roleplay a character. He has a distinction between acting and representation as role...
Plot Devices, Plot Opportunities, Published Adventures, and FRG
I admit that I use a lot of published adventures in my campaigns partly because I’m lazy, partly because some of them are pretty good but mostly because m...
It’s Monday…How About Some Humor?
Here’s a couple of D&D videos I found on D&D Nerd.com…how could you not like Christopher Walken as your DM? [youtube]O4InEGJzOsQ[/youtube] &...
The Three Laws of Emergent Story Motion
As part of character creation for a FRG campaign, I asked one of the players some clarifying questions about his character’s background because I had story idea...
Ptolus Campaign
I’ve posted the campaign journal from the FRG Ptolus campaign which ran from November 2006 until November 2007. After the first few entries, each player t...