Roleplaying Games [Archive] - Page 15 - Giant in the Playground Forums

Looking for a specific type of game system... (2 replies)
Dirty spells Yay or Nay? How to deal with sex and sexual magic? (53 replies)
DM Help World-building Help: Metaphysics (24 replies)
Free Online Convention Now Open for Registration (1 replies)
Searching for a new system (24 replies)
New Abilities in Place of Magic Items (18 replies)
DM Help Factions. How many, and how detailed? (Non-political game) (7 replies)
Worldbuilding: Differentiating between goblins, orcs and giants? (42 replies)
My 8yo daughter completely railroads us - am I allowed to leave the group? (20 replies)
What happened to tippy? (30 replies)
Does it all make sense? Or is it a convoluted mess beyond logical explanation (140 replies)
Suggestions for ambience fantasy horror music to use in table top role playing games (0 replies)
Pros and Cons of every D&D edition? (503 replies)
Has your character ever stopped you from playing them, even when you didn't want to? (35 replies)
Preventing Derailing - In the Most Literal Sense (14 replies)
How many members would a large guild have? (23 replies)
Magical Girl System (26 replies)
M&M3E: Help modeling the ability to shape/heat/cool metal (1 replies)
DM Help Need help coming up with breif descriptions for planets in a homebrew sci-fi setting! (11 replies)
Player Help Chaotic Good playing with Lawful Evil? (2 replies)
Interesting magic items (21 replies)
Apocalypse World (0 replies)
Is Spot/Notice/Search/Perception Really the “God Skill?” (6 replies)
[SF] No SF sub-forum I can find, so posting here: Need help with weapon/armor system. (5 replies)
What do you use to Organize/Transport your dice? (2 replies)
(Closed) I got it thank you. :) (2 replies)
The Best and Worst of Rule-Books (112 replies)
Historical Query--"Official" settings of D&D across editions (33 replies)
Are evil wizards more poweful that non-evil wizards? (85 replies)
DM Help Trouble with uncompromising players. (43 replies)
DM Help Question: How to make a Fantasy City feel BIG (20 replies)
Nonn-acid, oozes? Is that a thing? (32 replies)
Coins Backed by the Nine Hells / fun campaign currency stories (23 replies)
DM Help First time Starfinder GM, need help with encounters for a homebrew campaign (3 replies)
Journal Mobile Suit Gundam Stardust Memory - Consequences (0 replies)
DM Help Designing a "Being Chased" Campaign? (17 replies)
DM Help Campagin Direction/Horror in Pathfinder/Enemy balance ie this campagin is a mess... (5 replies)
DM Help How to affect a PC without taking away player agency (21 replies)
Breath of the Wild style map hunt (5 replies)
Roleplaying What would a high ranking paladin do when serving a Torm (or Helm) (3 replies)
DM Help First attempt at a homebrewed race! (Revenant) (2 replies)
DM Help Planning for a Sengoku Campaign (13 replies)
How would you have a magic system in a setting that has no magic? (13 replies)
DM Help What do your settlement notes contain? (5 replies)
DM Help Naruto homebrew help (11 replies)
Finding an Online Game in an Uncommon Location (7 replies)
DM Help The Fairy Godmother ain't coming; we're the best you've got: Fairy Tale Brainstorming (2 replies)
DM Help Making an "Interesting NPCs" Deck (4 replies)
I need some help figuring out Orc culture for my campaign world. (13 replies)
The Art of Illusionism or what your players don't know won't hurt them (261 replies)
Abstraction (6 replies)
Ideas for magical items and accessories? (7 replies)
[Star wars] New campaign, looking for a little advice (8 replies)
Is there an Oerth Almanac or Compendium or... something? (20 replies)
DM Help Looking For Printable Dungeon/Town Environments (3 replies)
DM Help First time running an urban adventure - advice wanted. (2 replies)
DM Help Creating a short mine adventure - need ideas (13 replies)
Player Help What do you do when another player gets upset about the way you've built your toon? (23 replies)
Question about Okoye (Black Panther movie) (9 replies)
DM Help What would Evil Wonder woman look like? (27 replies)
DM Help Help me piece together my next Star Wars adventure? [SWSE] (3 replies)
Roleplaying Thinking outside the box when explaining stats (6 replies)
Creating privileged/oppressed groups without real world parallels (17 replies)
Finding a Universal System for Non-Standard Campaign (27 replies)
Races of the Blind (6 replies)
DM Help Do you concider this to go against a Paladin code? (327 replies)
GERONIMO von Musclewizard’s Arsenal of Awesomeness: 101 unique magic weapons (9 replies)
Mutants and Masterminds 3rd: Linked effects and Weaken (2 replies)
Need a spark of inspiration to craft my Heist/Caper/Con one shot (3 replies)
Are Mind Flayers just Vampires? (29 replies)
DM Help Is Innistrad continent large enough to sustain this kind of civilization?(MTG lore) (8 replies)
Abstract mapping? (7 replies)
Roleplaying: Kids vs Adult players (23 replies)
Taking Down a Thieves Guild (21 replies)
DM Help Basics on describing a new setting (4 replies)
De Castellis Altissimis (2 replies)
Journal The Market Rates You Dead (12 replies)
StarTrek Adventures: the Captain as PC or NPC? (1 replies)
Paladins (& Oracles)- Wisdom instead of Charisma? [D&D] (32 replies)
Damaged Puzzles (32 replies)
How does your game govern when a character decides to give up in a fight? (35 replies)
Legend of the Five Rings - please tell me about it (34 replies)
players taking turns to dungeon mastering, how does it work? (18 replies)
Ideas a lvl4, 20 Charisma Character can implement in out-of-combat scenarios (4 replies)
Is there any edition of D&D that allows you to Multi class as double cleric? (18 replies)
Player Help Monster ID - Skull-faced snow tornado (0 replies)
DM Help Ideas for types of adventure locations? (5 replies)
DM Help Monster Hunter™ Campaign? (4 replies)
Help for a Historical Sci-Fi Campaign (34 replies)
Help with gods of mankind (8 replies)
Roleplaying About magic in Games (17 replies)
Tethyr Campaign (2 replies)
DM Help Looking for sounds + jukebox application for in tabletop game (0 replies)
Roleplaying Journey through the Afterlife plothelp (7 replies)
What archetypes of gods should I include in my setting? (9 replies)
DM Help Need to find the book with this particular Demon/Devil (2 replies)
Most succinct way to describe TTRPG's and/or D&D to someone who's never played? (8 replies)
Anime style d&d help needed (6 replies)
Playing Races, Genders, Sexual Orientations, and Sexual Identities with Respect (111 replies)
The mysterious Talking Beer (40 replies)
Gamer Drama Is GMing/DMing a huge waste of my time? Should I Quit Playing RPGs? (36 replies)
Water Puzzle Help (13 replies)
Sources of Free Modules (2 replies)
Flying cities, or dome cities? (19 replies)
Let's... EVERYBODY come and help me undestand somethings. Please! (16 replies)
DM Help Trying to assemble an "Old God" pantheon for a Disney-inspired world... (17 replies)
How much do you play the pre-game metagame? (66 replies)
How to make a game last? (16 replies)
Gamer Humor Old Spice Gentleman class - by Old Spice! (11 replies)
DM Help Best D&D-ish adventure that doesn't require a PhD? (11 replies)
DM Help Anyone familiar with both Mythic and Dungeon World? (0 replies)
How often do you use modules? (57 replies)
What are some things I can do to improve this investigation scenario? VTM (6 replies)
Fantasy Races Best Friend? (66 replies)
Books on Thay? (3 replies)
DM Help How many adventure locations in a hex? (16 replies)
Roleplaying Need Inspiration: How to Slow-Trickle Info to the Party (8 replies)
DM Help 2nd LMoP session, Redbrand Hideout: Some advice needed (6 replies)
What system would work best for a Power Rangers game? (14 replies)
Arcane scholars but no spells (16 replies)
Unusual Apocalyptic Blights and Plagues (13 replies)
"Meaningless Phrase" is a meaningless phrase. (49 replies)
System Design: Analyzing time cost of resolution mechanics (18 replies)
Fictional Spaceships converted into Starfinder (2 replies)
DM Help Metroid prime turned into a campaign map (2 replies)
Could use a good name for a freaking giant forest (49 replies)
DM Help Consequences for a "good" wizard summoning fiends (looking for ideas) (30 replies)
DM Help Help with an Argumentative player (65 replies)
DM Help Is this proper assesment of Cult of the dragon followers? (7 replies)
DM Help Does a villain necessarily need to be reasonable, and have redeeming qualities? (18 replies)
DM Help Suggested Reading for Beginning DMs? (24 replies)
Would You Play In Your Own Game? (109 replies)
Do Robots Dream of Casting Spells? (23 replies)
Looking for some Troll Magic items (16 replies)
Player Help How to encourage more intra party interaction (7 replies)
Flag design vs Heraldry, an odd conversation with a friend. (63 replies)
DM Help RPG Time Keeping Tools or Methods (2 replies)
Musing on converting Max Frei/Echo into a RPG (1 replies)
DMing Series (5 replies)
Roleplaying Can you tell me your power gaming tricks in old world of darkness? (20 replies)
How would an undead society feel like? (30 replies)
Dumbest Thing You Have Ever Seen A Party Do? (41 replies)
No Humans Allowed (21 replies)
DM Help Ramifications of an Unkillable Villain (18 replies)
Building a Bridge Enigma (2 replies)
Numenera - where to start? (0 replies)
DM Help I Need Help Making A Generic Dungeon More Interesting. (9 replies)
Thinking about "categories" of RPGs (not genres) (20 replies)
More Fumble Table Thoughts! What if a fumble was an automatic hit, but...? (31 replies)
Slang and vernacular (30 replies)
Online Game Advice (8 replies)
The Third Pillar-- What Games Are Best At Exploration? (17 replies)
DM Help Mage the ascention: for newbies (4 replies)
DM Help The Golarion or not to Golarion? I'm having trouble deciding on a setting. (9 replies)
What system for a "Metroidvania" style pen and paper RPG? (63 replies)
GM CONFESSION: Boring Origin Story (5 replies)
How Detailed Do You Like Foes (monster manual/beastiary etc.) (17 replies)
Can you be neutral through extreme acts of both good & evil? (290 replies)
Worldbuilding: Marsh or Swamp (7 replies)
DM Help Best DnD/PF edition so start a new player on? (34 replies)
Player Help Help picking a Forgotten Realms City (3 replies)
Why 'Sandbox' is a meaningless phrase (1554 replies)
Gamer Tales Anyone else's dice play favorites? (9 replies)
DM Help Rule... situation. (34 replies)
Looking for a "Fishing village with a dark secret" module (12 replies)
Help building a character in genius the transgression. (1 replies)
DM Help Players have a small militia at their disposal (8 replies)
Just got My Starfinder book. (98 replies)
Advice: Long-term member of our game is fudging rolls (17 replies)
DM Help Good Plot Hooks for a Player Pantheon of Gods (3 replies)
DM Help How much should I reveal about the lone resident of a planet sized prison? (11 replies)
Secrets of the Archmages to close (2 replies)
DM Help Predators with poor camouflage? (41 replies)
Give Me Your Horror Rules (13 replies)
DM Help Eclipse Phase Balancing (9 replies)
Roleplaying If Good is a tangible and objective force, shouldn't a good BBEG be possible? (230 replies)
How to foreshadow: asking for techniques and tips (10 replies)
Am I missing a caster type from myth & legend & story? (10 replies)
Biggest tabletop system pet peeves (256 replies)
DM Help What makes a Sci-Fi rpg a "Space Western" RPG? (52 replies)
Sid Meier, D&D, and Why TRPGs are About Fighting Monsters (83 replies)
Defining Role-playing Games (110 replies)
Suggestions on how to make a meanigful personality and not just something attached to (8 replies)
What are halfling manners like? (8 replies)
Gamer's Dice Travelling Chest - Forum interest (4 replies)
DM Help Boardgame w/o a board??? (23 replies)
Help me find the rigth classes and editions for these new players (14 replies)
System recommendations for a fantasy game with heavy organization-management elements (7 replies)
Mixed-Edition D&D (8 replies)
Man, Myth & Magic (0 replies)
Wizard backstory, need some help. (6 replies)
5e game help: can’t think of an apocalyptic scenario. (26 replies)
DM Help But my Character doesn't know that... (54 replies)
DC Adventures: Precog combat enhancment. (1 replies)
DM Help I'm looking for decent (for free) DM apps. (8 replies)
DM Help Having trouble writing plot for urban adventure - Feedback/Critique much appreciated! (9 replies)
Is there a Good Game with Dinosaurs? (9 replies)
Player Help Is there any way to make a D&D Lich's phylactory unbreakable? (30 replies)
DM Help How to get a Campaign Moving Again (4 replies)
DM Help Help me come up with effects for an alchemist's magic mushrooms (4 replies)
Sandbox adventure design question (38 replies)
Whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger. (2 replies)
how would i make crocodile from one piece? (4 replies)
Which day of the week do you prefer playing? (14 replies)
Why is min-maxing bad when you need it to play? (306 replies)
Death is not the end (33 replies)
DM Help Question on the Ice and Fire RPG (2 replies)
What mechanics do you wish were in other games? (98 replies)
DM Help Social conflicts for PCs & NPCs (6 replies)
too long deadlines on charters sheet (2 replies)
What would it take... (48 replies)
Is Spot/Notice/Search/Perception Really the “God Skill?” (70 replies)
Roleplaying PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER - costly spell components and weird logistics (6 replies)
DM Help Paper Miniatures and Terrain (3 replies)
DM Help And was never seen again... (13 replies)
How Hard Do You Like Your Sci-Fi TTRPGs? (92 replies)
"We're not those guys" (7 replies)
DM Help Which Faerun god to use? (10 replies)
DM Help Writing a NG BBEG-Possible? (36 replies)
What constitutes as evil enough to reincarnate as a Rakshasa? (13 replies)
Roleplaying Need help with guild ranks / titles (7 replies)
Player Help Withholding information from other players (44 replies)
DM Help Need knowledge of Faerun gods(D&D) AND Innistrad (MTG)! (5 replies)
DM Help What's a good name for a sentient ooze that's also a mobster? (42 replies)
Roleplaying Something i don't quite get about "Metagaming" (66 replies)
Anagram names (20 replies)
Roleplaying Ridiculous encounter ideas (7 replies)
DM Help High Magic Mythic Campaigns with Malleable Reality (0 replies)
What would you do with this mind altering ability? (41 replies)
PNPCs (6 replies)
Player Help Help making the best ninja (1 replies)
An Echo, Resounding Tracking Tool (0 replies)
Spellshaping Codices archive? (0 replies)
Any experiences with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG? (15 replies)
Dungeons and Shoggoths I: Humanoids need not apply (28 replies)
Looking for a skill based rpg. (9 replies)
Your favorite OSR retroclones, and what they do well? (11 replies)
Who is he? (19 replies)
Got a Real-World Weapon, Armor or Tactics Question? Mk. XXV (1479 replies)
7 D&D Background Playlists for a Deeper Game Experience (0 replies)
DM Help How do you incorporate music in your games? (12 replies)
What edition of Call Of Cthulhu are the Mythweavers sheets in? (0 replies)
Unusual Inspirations (25 replies)
Perception Disparity (43 replies)
Gamer Drama The Most Controversial Character That You Ever Play (9 replies)
Substituting the alignment system (38 replies)
Please help me with my combat system (30 replies)
Servants of Tharizdun? (17 replies)
What is the worst RPG you enjoy? (147 replies)
Dishonour Before Death! (34 replies)