Roleplaying Games [Archive] - Page 33 - Giant in the Playground Forums

Where are all the half-dwarves? (168 replies)
DM Help What preys on children? (78 replies)
Am I a Party Leader or Just Too Talkative? (20 replies)
Any Eastern Europe/Central Asia settings? (19 replies)
Pathfinder character concept improvement (0 replies)
Kingdom Hearts as a Tabletop RPG (0 replies)
Idea for highly-political, game-of-thrones style political roleplay. Which system? (11 replies)
Great sword or Claymore? (14 replies)
Player Help Not Evil, just... bad. (Character concept) (15 replies)
Things a Friend Doesn't Let a Friend Do (92 replies)
DM Help Character Gen musings (Shadowrun 4E) (0 replies)
Recommend Me an Urban Fantasy RPG System (30 replies)
Roleplaying death+undeath, the unpleasentness of it (32 replies)
[D&D] What's left for 6th edition? (493 replies)
Adventuring is not for wimps - Red Queen optimization (6 replies)
Gamer Tales Here lies ________, victim of _________. (153 replies)
Player Help Fleshing out a character (5 replies)
DM Help Pokemon d6 Combat and Stat System Help (9 replies)
DM Help Help Requested: Help me name my campaign setting (12 replies)
How much would you put out for a set of RPG books? (80 replies)
dnd 3.5 hell reaver build Looking for help on build (3 replies)
troublesome players (17 replies)
Pregenerated Con Characters (12 replies)
Do the dragons in your setting have an afterlife? (20 replies)
Is Surviving Evil if it Causes Harm to Others? (90 replies)
Information, as they say, is power (5 replies)
Setting Decay - When fantsy worlds go bad (50 replies)
Renaissance James Bond (5 replies)
Well Then (23 replies)
Villain help? Characterizing a Kumiho swashbuckler (4 replies)
Making a new system: a consideration. (12 replies)
Combat class and noncombat class: has this been done before and how? (9 replies)
DM Help Good alternatives to FATE? (19 replies)
another character alignment question (16 replies)
Laser guided fireballs (59 replies)
Sigantium; a cross system campaign book. (1 replies)
what alignment would this character be? (75 replies)
As a GM, the more tools I use to save time, the more time I take preparing (18 replies)
Roleplaying Monotheism in a D&D World: Brainstorming Ideas (20 replies)
[Setting/Premise] 17th century masked vigilantes (6 replies)
a necromancer in an undead town - a fun quest idea (9 replies)
Games by Particular Feature (7 replies)
Concern Over My Character (Advice Please!) (14 replies)
Armageddon 2089, who's played it? (0 replies)
DM Help The Efreeti bounty hunter (2 replies)
Good premade dungeon maps? (3 replies)
A DM's Tale: Of Poisons and Paladins (10 replies)
Gamer Tales What's the best storyline for a campaign that you've been in/DM'ed? (7 replies)
Flipping the "Mundanes Find Magic Disturbing and Incomprehensible" Stereotype? (61 replies)
DM Help Inventing an enemy for propaganda (17 replies)
DM Help How do I reboot a dying campaign? (6 replies)
DM Help A rival party in the same dungeon (7 replies)
The best premade campaigns and modules made in the history of D&D(any edition) (12 replies)
Writing character evolution/alignment changes (5 replies)
Index Scenario/Campaign Idea Thread (9 replies)
DM Help Princess bride wine/poison scene (42 replies)
the conundrum of collecting RPGs I'll probably never play (0 replies)
The Search for a Good Future-modern Setting. (16 replies)
DM Help Two setting questions - plots evil evil! (11 replies)
Making the library trip into an adventure (28 replies)
System for Darksiders (4 replies)
Roleplaying Did anyone ever have problems with "evil" PCs in a game without alignment? (54 replies)
Playing Without Miniatures (33 replies)
Gamer Humor Things I May No Longer Do while Playing VIII: Why is the PLOT on fire? (1485 replies)
Why would a Wyrmling be on its own? (43 replies)
Which systems model lying and economics well? (8 replies)
DM Help So you've been marked by Destiny, now what? (Players stay out) (12 replies)
PbP tactical mapping: How do you do it? (5 replies)
On Option Visibility (20 replies)
Gamer Tales The Role of the First DM (3 replies)
So I left my group (10 replies)
DM Help How to Run a Horror Campaign? (22 replies)
Three questions about alignment (D&D Any edition) (100 replies)
Player Help Is there any easier way to learn gurps than just reading this monstrosity? (18 replies)
I need a location for a western campaign (11 replies)
What are reasonable limitations to this character's reality warping powers in Gurps? (4 replies)
The Lost Crusade (Brainstorming for plot ideas) (16 replies)
Playing as yourself (45 replies)
DM Help Players returning after 6 months (story help) (10 replies)
which god should they worship? (13 replies)
DM Help Edition continuity help (1 replies)
Political Games (8 replies)
Creative uses for potatoes (43 replies)
Player Help Backstory help for a friend's superhero game? (5 replies)
Which is the most valuable skill in RPGs?(The fine line between RPing and Metagaming) (176 replies)
A Dilemma of Roleplay (14 replies)
Looking for a very specific sound track (4 replies)
Gamer Tales What is your tale of the Mourning? (9 replies)
DM Help Medieval landlords in cities? (9 replies)
Where do all the Evil ones go? (69 replies)
Damage types and what they do (26 replies)
Favourite game for hard sci-fi in space? (10 replies)
Roleplaying [Video] How is your gaming setup? (0 replies)
Interesting character motivations and backstories? (27 replies)
Your thoughts of my last session, possible pvp and player expectations (10 replies)
Numbered list of awesome numbered lists? (25 replies)
DM Help Eberron campaign - Mass Effect flavoured. Advise appreciated. (7 replies)
Let's... discuss what makes rules-lite rules-list and rules-heavy rules-heavy (12 replies)
Fantasy Slurs and Stereotypes (55 replies)
Community Project: The Great List of Ideals (0 replies)
Help with Combat Mechanic (8 replies)
DM Help A Strange Situation (15 replies)
roleplaying advice - the addicted apprentice (10 replies)
Episodic vs Unified Campaigns (14 replies)
What are some origins for a sorcerer's magic? Non descended for storm,dragon,wild? (28 replies)
When the campaign goes sideways (19 replies)
Gamer Tales My first TPK. (11 replies)
spell somatic components - one hand or two? (23 replies)
Paranoia is the most boring character trait (for a PC) (130 replies)
What made your favorite game? (9 replies)
Converting Between Dungeons and Dragons and Exalted? (23 replies)
Alignment Loopholes? Assume group is onboard with idea (24 replies)
So how do you create a role-playing game anyways? (13 replies)
DM Help How do I get rid of my PCs' arrogance? (38 replies)
Call of Cthulhu RPG (19 replies)
Fighting Skeletons with swords?(D&D) (13 replies)
Hex grid vs. traditional square grid (25 replies)
What's the one trick you can't believe your GM allowed? (106 replies)
Encouraging roleplaying from the one-trick pony (67 replies)
The Bandit Dilemma (39 replies)
I need a system to run a campaign idea (20 replies)
Aid + Bless + Prayer bonuses stack? (2 replies)
How Should a New GM Learn? (22 replies)
DM Help Money (19 replies)
So where would "Human Aliens" attack? (30 replies)
Camping in a Hostile Land (23 replies)
DM Help Did I do something wrong? (24 replies)
Planescape Campaign Setting Advice (49 replies)
Journal Velsharoon and the Long Lost Brother. (3 replies)
Implications of the protaginist role in games and culture (108 replies)
Child prodigies in RPGs (59 replies)
What spells together amount to a Utopian society? (71 replies)
Gone Fishin' - Players and Red Herrings (27 replies)
Roleplaying That graduation experience... (15 replies)
DM Help [Fate Core] Balancing Extras (2 replies)
Railroading: a misunderstood term (350 replies)
Recommend me some games about hacking? (16 replies)
DM Help Sphinx Riddles (24 replies)
Classes and Character Creation (87 replies)
So what character classes SHOULD be? (120 replies)
Same setting, different editions (17 replies)
Help fo a DM who hates DMing (33 replies)
DM Help How best to introduce time travel to this campaign and to this PC? (5 replies)
3rd Level Arcanist Spells? (0 replies)
DM Help As a GM, what should I learn about this experience? (32 replies)
Story time with Makoto the Demon Samurai (2 replies)
How much does armor affect movement speed IRL? (63 replies)
DM Help Idea about introducing mostly paradox free time travel, how to treat it. (12 replies)
Roleplaying What's Wrong, McFly? Chicken? (4 replies)
Why did the Marut cross the road? (27 replies)
Gamer Tales Best and Worst ideas for an encounter (15 replies)
Wizard, a character class that should not be? (35 replies)
Roleplaying Discworld: Tales of the Big Wahooni (20 replies)
DM Help How do you simulate a huge dungeon? (26 replies)
DM Help Interesting Mundane Encounters (What do I see on the road?) (32 replies)
Character sheets online (1 replies)
Dire, Monstrous or Giant - What's in a Name? (20 replies)
Play by Play Websites (7 replies)
Problem player (8 replies)
DM Help Advice on encounters for homebrew campaign (9 replies)
How do I throw my PCs in prison? (31 replies)
Racial and Cultural Skill Bonuses (11 replies)
Shadowrun 5e. Question about limits (3 replies)
Gaming product interest survey (3 replies)
nWoD set in Faerun - Thoughts, Feedback, Comments Welcome (3 replies)
Dwarven games [D&D - all] (31 replies)
Perception and Stealth (47 replies)
Roleplaying Mythic Locations (8 replies)
non-rpgers responses to rpg concepts (38 replies)
Alignment thoughts (long piece of writing) (40 replies)
Running a One-Shot for people who don't play (!?) (9 replies)
Paladin, a character class that should not be? (252 replies)
Guys quick I need a one shot (28 replies)
Roleplaying Races for Western RPG (2 replies)
What I made, what the DM saw, what I've played. (8 replies)
Index New Gods of Mankind: Need help! (15 replies)
Advice for DMing on the Forums? (17 replies)
Dungeon help (14 replies)
Vampire PC in a standard fantasy campaign (68 replies)
Thief/rogues, a character class that should not be? (200 replies)
Dragon Kings setting (1 replies)
DM Help Help with designing an unusual experience: Pradoxical divinity (10 replies)
Player Help Character sheets (4 replies)
Imaskari Campaign (3 replies)
Gamer Tales When have you intentionally the thing? (18 replies)
D20 sniper build (5 replies)
What is the most interesting thing you have done as DM to promote game immersion? (26 replies)
Gamer Humor Campaign Quotes, No Context Edition III: Now with 50% more DigoDragon (1482 replies)
More Magic Items? (4 replies)
You begin in a tavern... (49 replies)
DM Help Roleplaying supernatural beings of great power/ essence/ insight (And so on...) (11 replies)
DM Help I have an Idea for module jumping as part of a Pathfinder adventure... Please Help (0 replies)
Captured by goblins! But is it fair? (19 replies)
Roleplaying Playing a Dragon (12 replies)
kender no fear? (63 replies)
What are the ramifications of killing Magic? (29 replies)
An original idea for a non-annoying kender character (27 replies)
Effects of Bell-Curve Mechanic [Dice Probabilities] (9 replies)
Players having multiple characters in the same world (15 replies)
Recommend Me a System (10 replies)
The Town Guard (12 replies)
Wandering Monsters: Roll Twice and Combine (10 replies)
Borderlands RPG (18 replies)
Simulationism vs Narrativism (38 replies)
Social Combat? (24 replies)
Player has hard time figuring out how Half Elves are different... (4 replies)
Player Help Master of The Shadow... (1 replies)
DM Help Spicing Up Combat (38 replies)
Gamer Tales The Evil DM speaks (101 replies)
DMing - Think on your Feet (30 replies)
The Odds on a Starcraft RPG (18 replies)
How to be a Great player, not just a mediocre one! (70 replies)
How would YOU steal a priceless artifact? (3 replies)
Good one-liners for a Machine Gun Nun? (36 replies)
Are tabletop rpgs really for me? (23 replies)
Resources for Creating BBEG Villains (6 replies)
Handling player metagaming (37 replies)
How to get a self centered but good hearted character to fight for something? (24 replies)
World building: The Truth (30 replies)
The Best Players (23 replies)
Bad DM Trends (225 replies)
Printing a purchased PDF (7 replies)
list of D20 modern Advance classes (5 replies)
i lucked out big time. (2 replies)
Any rpgs out these similar to d.grey-man or claymore you could recomend? (1 replies)
Red vs Blue and RWBY Characters in a Gaming Store AU (0 replies)
Combat Roles (34 replies)
Roleplaying an android? (14 replies)
Is enemy optimization poor DMing? (121 replies)
Gamer Tales What's the worst rules abuse you've ever seen with an animal companion? (10 replies)
I wrote a piece talking about alternative ways to use ogres in rpgs. (12 replies)
Gamer Tales "All Monsters" Games (39 replies)
Bad Player Trends (456 replies)
Best system for a PVP experience? (9 replies)
Zamonia as a setting for an RPG (7 replies)
DM Help Puzzle Problem... (44 replies)
On the role of giants and the importance of scale in your games (27 replies)
DM and player collaboration Vs. reactivity. Or: Planning vs. improvisation. (5 replies)
Paranoia RPG: the ultimate palette cleanser (5 replies)
DM Help Trouble with a story (3 replies)
Roleplaying Amount of information given to players. (12 replies)
DM Help adventure planning help (10 replies)
Magic School Role Playing (18 replies)
How does half-giants normally look like? (27 replies)
My Villain is trying to escape the plane of shadow, need help (9 replies)
DM Help Series of of Images for DM/GM Screens (1 replies)
Adjusting and justifying difficulty in-game (15 replies)
DM Help Evil corporations, plot hooks and stopping Apocalypse 2.0 (4 replies)
Basements And Dice (7 replies)
Player Help How do you get people to work together? (36 replies)