Roleplaying Games [Archive] - Page 19 - Giant in the Playground Forums

DM Help From character work to roleplaying: how to encourage? (31 replies)
How to play a 4 Dex (49 replies)
Mercenary RPG (15 replies)
Roleplaying D&D 4E LFM Zeitgeist Roll20 [Wrong Forum] (0 replies)
DM Help Rise of the Runelords Consequence Conundrum (3 replies)
What shall I do with an overweight PC? (78 replies)
West Marches of the Outer Rim: Could a Sandbox work in the Star Wars galaxy? (28 replies)
Roleplaying General Fantasy: Why is the druid so rarely picked or offered? (67 replies)
Player Help how to find the right game and group? (7 replies)
Player Help Lending Stolen Weapons (14 replies)
need silver monk of clangeddin full abiliies (2 replies)
DM Help Replacing PC death with physical and mental defects (4 replies)
Evil immortal sorcerer destroyed all traces of his background - fair or cop out? (29 replies)
Running grand stories in Sandboxes through artifacts? (8 replies)
Is it time to cut the war game roots of role-playing? (172 replies)
DM Help Only one player abroad, help to set up (5 replies)
Telling apart unknown animals and supernatural monsters (13 replies)
RPG math and scaling Or "Fighters are already Quadratic! Wizards are even weirder!" (10 replies)
DM Help The Aesthetics of Play in Trap Design (4 replies)
Games with Dice System similar to SWRPG (5 replies)
My First Campaign, Return of the Dragons (0 replies)
Do you allow 3rd party content? Why or why not? (54 replies)
Game Balance theory - Why I feel Tier 1 is not the problem (698 replies)
Random generators (0 replies)
101 ways to start an apocalypse (19 replies)
USOR - A new universal gaming system and a completely free virtual table top (3 replies)
Are there any good Monster builds (no class) (2 replies)
Do you like the Forgotten Realms? If so why? (102 replies)
Artifacts and weapons from myths (30 replies)
Terms and Abbreviations (5 replies)
You are a wizard stuck in the real world but you can only cast spells from one school (52 replies)
Why can't I join a good D&D 3.5 PbP? (15 replies)
101 Campaign Hooks. (2 replies)
Should I buy the D&D Starter Set? (26 replies)
Alchemist/Apothecary (29 replies)
DM Help What are some common mistakes when running a West Marches Campaign? (15 replies)
So I had an idea for a potential threatening feature for villains... (9 replies)
DM Help Building A Town (7 replies)
Suggestions needed; A present for an CE Adult Black Dragon. (20 replies)
Discord (0 replies)
Castle of pure death for higher level characters (4 replies)
Way of dming question (9 replies)
Which Warlock is best (19 replies)
What should a Fighter fix do out of combat? (97 replies)
Player Help Need a Second Opinion here..... (2 replies)
Lets talk about party roles (24 replies)
Ingredients and Methods for Great Wilderness Explorations (6 replies)
Why might a low level cleric have a lot of money? (41 replies)
Power curves and tiering in leveled RPGs (109 replies)
Encumberance Systems: Handling Volume (8 replies)
DM Help Puzzle Suggestions (3 replies)
Journal War of the Burning Sky Campaign Journal (12 replies)
Help me develop a story (11 replies)
DM Help Any experience with two groups in the same gameworld? (Pathfinder) (2 replies)
Character Death before Introduction (37 replies)
Becoming a demon (12 replies)
Your craziest character builds (19 replies)
USOR Games - Town Location 4 for Fragments of Karn World - Bellicose Barrows (0 replies)
Has Anyone Actually Ever Played Through Their Background? (22 replies)
Has anyone tried a D&D setting in the real world? (14 replies)
Afterlives of punishment makes no sense (84 replies)
What System Would Be Good For A Megaman Game? (4 replies)
Figuring out allignments of characters (9 replies)
Worldbuilding: A dangerous/helpful dimensional rift appears in the ocean. What do? (8 replies)
Examples of various health/stress/defeat/toughness mechanics. (19 replies)
How much 'filler' should a campaign have? (36 replies)
Combat Centric RPGs? What's Your Opinion? (50 replies)
Dungeons & Dragons survey (2 replies)
DM Help Nevermind problem solved (0 replies)
So what do your dice look like? (32 replies)
Simple Happy Roleplay (3 replies)
D&D timeline of editions (54 replies)
DnD discord chat (0 replies)
Unique Additions to Adventures (1 replies)
DM Help Simply asked, simply put: what makes a good NPC? (14 replies)
Looking for good tokens to use with a Battlemat... (7 replies)
why fantasy kitchen sink is amazing (22 replies)
Desperately seeking rule-set for a half-remembered Evolution RPG (2 replies)
So what do you think Cave Fisher blood tastes like? (18 replies)
Dwarven Cities—how big? (6 replies)
What RPG ideas do you have? (19 replies)
DM Help Transition between mapped areas in a giant dungeon (1 replies)
So what is this "Kender"? (149 replies)
D&D 5e or 13th Age? (22 replies)
DM Help Story-advice and forcing my players to Ravenloft. [Big spoilers for CoS] (1 replies)
World with regular 30 minute eclipses (20 replies)
"Race" - offensive? Alternate terms? (148 replies)
Roleplaying USOR Games - Town Location 3 for Fragments of Karn World - Gallow Woods (0 replies)
Good elven names? (33 replies)
How to "troll" the players and get away with it? (25 replies)
I said slay the Dragon not laid the dragon (31 replies)
... But isn't it better to set your campaign AFTER the dark lord's defeated? (34 replies)
Is anyone interested in playing Path of Paper? (0 replies)
DM Help How To Do Mazes Right? (11 replies)
DM Help Story pacing and tips for espionage campaigns (4 replies)
How does an elemental cult of fire get involved in society? (28 replies)
What exactly is a "DMPC"? (269 replies)
Is D&D played a lot in Japan? (24 replies)
Nascrag at Gen Con (0 replies)
Interesting post about flaws that I found (2 replies)
Player Help Unchained Synthesist - Variant Oracle [Ravenous curse] (1 replies)
Help with elemental magic system. Where to put lightning? (44 replies)
Looking for new system (20 replies)
Request for ideas. (4 replies)
Good trash talk for an antagonistic fighter to dish out? (5 replies)
For those DM that say watching is boring. .. (9 replies)
DM Help How to facilitate different people at each session? (5 replies)
Black Hack Games Hacked (1 replies)
Roleplaying and joining an adventuring party a runaway Noble. (2 replies)
Xanathar's guide to everythig (0 replies)
A Sword & Sorcery Wilderness Sandbox Pointcrawl Series (0 replies)
How to live with a cheater (20 replies)
Roleplaying Any one know all the Lore-Friendly, Canon Half Breeds of the Official Settings? (27 replies)
Crossing the Ocean (14 replies)
Moon-Linked Elemental Creatures (The PCs Can Become) (4 replies)
DM Help Final boss music with heavy use of the organ (11 replies)
Quick die probability question (8 replies)
Wizard showdown - 2e vs 3e (41 replies)
Trying Out Angry's Time Mechanic (102 replies)
Women of Giant in the Playground, what got you into TTRPGs? (22 replies)
Journal Responsibility & Isolation - A Neon Genesis Evangelion Campaign Journal (8 replies)
Roleplaying USOR Games - Town Location 2 for Fragments of Karn World - Bellicose Barrows (0 replies)
Energy Drain Spells: Can they work (14 replies)
Dealing with criminal players (38 replies)
Player Help 4 wishes in 40 minutes (7 replies)
Variations on the Traditional Crystal Ball (23 replies)
Natural Acne Skin Care (0 replies)
You Get Thrown Into D&D With One Item or Skill. (82 replies)
-Please Delete- (0 replies)
Martials in D&D and similar games: a rambling (550 replies)
Halo TTRPG? (13 replies)
Gamer Humor Campaign Quotes, No Context Edition VI: Good. Bad. I'm the one with the pun. (1475 replies)
Optimizing Campaign Setting Books for use at the table (23 replies)
DM Help 101 things you'd want to do in an extreme/outdoor/racing sports RPG (7 replies)
101 Unconventional Undead Mooks (58 replies)
DM Help Density (Specific Gravity) of precious metals (8 replies)
Gencon Map -- PSA -- Map is "inverted" (0 replies)
Saph campaign logs (2 replies)
Gamer Tales The Most Interesting Character at the Table (3 replies)
Demogorgon Vs lamashtu (14 replies)
DM Help Gracefully saying "I'm sorry, my group is full."? (27 replies)
Player Help 101 Questions to Flesh Out Your Character (11 replies)
Spellcasting for parents (71 replies)
Gamer Tales The Aarakocra Aasimar (As weird as it sounds) (0 replies)
Best paper for tracing module/AP maps onto? (1 replies)
Let's... build the "perfect" nerd/geek bar (21 replies)
Too much combat in my games (22 replies)
DM Help Techniques for making the world feel wild and untamed (10 replies)
Playing long distance, but real time: a solution (9 replies)
DM Help Printable hexmap? (4 replies)
Roleplaying How do you pronounce "Mul?" (43 replies)
How do I deal with this power gamer? (30 replies)
Favorite Flying Mounts (38 replies)
Roleplaying USOR Games - Town Location 1 for Fragments of Karn World - Fendor (0 replies)
Suggested Systems for a Mecha Campaign? (16 replies)
Viking d&d adventure help? (15 replies)
DM Help Dice pool probability (24 replies)
Finding a game (1 replies)
weird things that role-playing games have made you search for (114 replies)
Puzzle lock for treasure chests. (1 replies)
It's a device for creating worlds on the go (1 replies)
DM Help Nephew Wants to Co-DM (3 replies)
Looking for a resource-based resolution system (3 replies)
Journal V-Knight Is Making An RPG (16 replies)
If you were a wizard in a fantasy land, what would your research be? (50 replies)
Campaign Log - Gritty GURPS Dungeon Crawling (0 replies)
DM Help What's in the old Noble's House? (7 replies)
Roleplaying Lolth (12 replies)
Are all tabletop roleplaying games heartbreakers? (59 replies)
Great DM moments - Praise where praise is due (2 replies)
101 Specific DM Tips (52 replies)
Gamer Tales Shapeshifting characters (6 replies)
Player Help New here. Hoping to try Play by Post D&D (6 replies)
Dungeons and Dreamboats VIII: Bulletproof Nudity (953 replies)
Is there an official Neutral god? (41 replies)
Map software (6 replies)
DM Help Gamemastering advice for Beginners and how to get started (11 replies)
DM Help How to make Dungeon Crawls fun for the DM (14 replies)
Monster Humanoid Races: Your Opinion? (71 replies)
Gamer Drama Why does no one ever address the "DMs are selfish" problem? (138 replies)
DM Help Encouraging Players (5 replies)
Ideas for a minidungeon (3 replies)
"Creativity is a waste." (65 replies)
DM Help Have you tried to run a cross-worlds campaign? (4 replies)
All the different kind of elves (32 replies)
Roleplaying USOR Games - Town Locations for Fragments of Karn World - 2 (0 replies)
New Campaign Advice (1 replies)
DM Help In Game Trivia? (1 replies)
DM Help Looking for adventure... (4 replies)
DM Help Running for a small group of (inexperienced) roleplayers - any tips? (5 replies)
The most exciting circumstances to be magically banished in? (6 replies)
DM Help A question from someone ignorant about a DM "Red Flag" (5 replies)
Handling a Split Party (Uh Oh.....) (16 replies)
Tribal/Wilderness Music Suggestions (2 replies)
ROTRL pathfinder campaign Trait question (5 replies)
Perception and Stealth: Necessary Stats? (37 replies)
Fumbles (137 replies)
If you were a warrior on a fantasy land, what weapon would you use? (145 replies)
Models? (12 replies)
Material for a golem powered by negative energy? (23 replies)
Dungeons and Dreamboats VIII: +8 Hotness Bonus to AC (1 replies)
Third dimension - A place without time (30 replies)
Abilities for a boss that doesn't exist in any physical way (It's complicated) (10 replies)
Consequences for terribly evil actions (42 replies)
The Problem of Social Systems (204 replies)
Quirks for a reality warping mage? (14 replies)
DM Help Time Loop Campaign (6 replies)
DM Help Mapping for island hopping (1 replies)
Darn (7 replies)
DM Help How might one inflitrate a convoy fleet? (10 replies)
Gamer Tales Your most unique/original character/concept character? (26 replies)
Dawnbringer (4 replies)
Roleplaying USOR Games - Town Locations for Fragments of Karn World (0 replies)
DM Help Creating a party nemesis (11 replies)
DM Help Getting the most out of Location-Based Adventures (36 replies)
Player Help Multiple Character Sheets Addiction (10 replies)
Backstory ideas I can give a player? (7 replies)
Help making twin halfling names, backstory 5e (3 replies)
Roleplaying Romance In Roleplaying Games (37 replies)
DM Help Birthday Themed Puzzles (1 replies)
Index Has anyone bought the O.L.D. Fantasy Roleplaying Game? (1 replies)
font for map symbols? (0 replies)
Preparing Gamescience dice? (0 replies)
What is the funniest character you've ever rolled up? (24 replies)
[M&M] Which book to get for a P&P club? (5 replies)
The Gaming Yips (6 replies)
Vecna's Phylactery (11 replies)
DM Help How to deal with alfa players with puzzle solving (3 replies)
Help naming a God and Church (13 replies)
Player Character death and how to handle it (22 replies)
I want to brag about my players because I'm having a really good time (0 replies)
My Pathfinder Campaign Can't Have This Much Backstory - A Loredump in Infinity Parts (0 replies)
Brainstorming names for a new form of undead (22 replies)
DM Help Creating a setting (11 replies)
The Neganecromancer (0 replies)
DM Help Making a Grim Jester a recurring villain (8 replies)
Idea for a school of magic (like a school that teaches magic) (2 replies)
Roleplaying What do you think of my D&D level breakdown? (18 replies)
How To Kill off NPC Politicians (13 replies)
DM Help I need theme music! Theme music for a boss fight! (32 replies)
D&D 5e Monk and Barbarian class sheets? (6 replies)
Anyone use a good program for scheduling games around work schedules? (5 replies)
Awesome DM and Player stories (0 replies)
101 Red Herrings: let's screw with the party! (121 replies)
"Extra" things you do to flesh out your campaign setting? (8 replies)
Future world timeline- feedback and help? (7 replies)
Flat world, or round? (575 replies)
DM Help Looking (listening?) for Choir Music (7 replies)
DM Help Did I set up for failure? The fine line between consequences and punishment (11 replies)
Why do half-dragons exist from a lore perspective in DND (64 replies)