Roleplaying Games [Archive] - Page 9 - Giant in the Playground Forums

DM Help Who's coming to a dinner at the palace? (8 replies)
Rendering mountains (13 replies)
Chaotic Evil without Being the Joker (34 replies)
Random curiosity: has anyone ever had an RPG encounter set in a football field? (17 replies)
Systems You'd Recommend & One-Shot Ideas (16 replies)
DM Help How would a Young Green dragon react? (19 replies)
What would you do? (22 replies)
DM Help Paladin question [trigger warning] (25 replies)
Quick question from a 2E/3E/PF veteran (18 replies)
Non-duration-restricted Shapeshifting at First Level? (18 replies)
In-world Gambling (10 replies)
System Recommendations for This Sort of Game? (2 replies)
Gamer Humor What amusing quirks does your party have? (18 replies)
Slavery and Thirst for Vengeance (16 replies)
"Evil" schools of magic (24 replies)
DM Help Searching for old book/pamphlet describing specific Aboleth - Need help finding (0 replies)
We interrupt your regularly scheduled D&D content to bring you an important bulletin. (17 replies)
DM Help Pathfinder Campaign Idea: The PCs as the Regretful Rakshasas Reincarnation Squad (0 replies)
Gamer Humor Our Party's Journey Through "The Netherworld" (0 replies)
FG: Windows or Steam? (8 replies)
Best modules, gazetteers, APs and other prewritten stuff for intrigue heavy games (1 replies)
Your adventure is in another castle: Keeping players moving on (6 replies)
Index Good Simple Games For New GMs? (34 replies)
Building a plutocracy? (42 replies)
Character depth without a dark backstory/secrets? (35 replies)
Wizard Spellcasting? (5 replies)
Gamer Drama Peaceful players and a murderhobo-ish DM (3 replies)
Playing a trans character - advice? (23 replies)
Story advice needed (again) (warning: wall of text :D) (3 replies)
DM Help Players feeling like there's not enough time (33 replies)
DM Help lycanthrope themed campaign arc! (20 replies)
Which system is this from? (8 replies)
DM Help Ressurected creatures in setting (Faerun) start to die - consequences (25 replies)
Roleplaying How to respond to a character (player) who is making it hard to trust them. (47 replies)
DM Help Story advice? :) (8 replies)
New player joining, although the group doesn't want to? (32 replies)
Playing a Campaign You Already Know (17 replies)
DM Help GM's significant other (10 replies)
Looking for miniature - Crono (Chrono Trigger) (10 replies)
DM Help (Mutants & Masterminds) Looking for evil villain plots for a specific villain (2 replies)
what came first: rpg or d20s? (12 replies)
Magic item Suggestions (11 replies)
DM Help Winning By Rules-Lawyering (18 replies)
Gamer Tales Funny D&D Stories The Tournament Arc (16 replies)
Waking up from unconsciousness (4 replies)
Commoners and early game enemies: an argument for a non-helpless populace (52 replies)
What would a world that followed the rules of D&D look like? (39 replies)
"Non-traditional" D&D parties (15 replies)
Best inter-class balanced game? (54 replies)
A fate worse than death (5 replies)
The evil of Lawful Good (885 replies)
Sliding Scale of Game World History (8 replies)
Help me come up with a big lipped alligator encounter! (6 replies)
Journal Tales of Albion: An Apocalypse World Campaign Journal (3 replies)
DM Help New to dm-ing, help? (30 replies)
DM Help Tramatic Backstorys and the effects on the party (18 replies)
Gate question (3 replies)
Is it okay to counter the party's tactics? (47 replies)
Index Forum Terms & Acronyms in regards to gaming... (10 replies)
Our Atlantean Sword (70 replies)
A Model for Randomly Generating a Character's Personality (2 replies)
Roleplaying Character Development (12 replies)
DM Help Star Wars - Races. (33 replies)
Unusual Jobs in fantasy games (31 replies)
D&D metaphysics is Aristotelian, not post-Renaissance. (187 replies)
Let's... Gimmicks that work..only once! (19 replies)
How stronger would non-magic classes need to be to allow broad-non vancian magic? (172 replies)
Second Party Modules? (12 replies)
DM Help Weapon Art? (10 replies)
The Power Words (55 replies)
Games where you split the party (29 replies)
Positive-Negative Energy Lich? (6 replies)
Roleplaying Translating into D&D Elvish (5 replies)
Reforging Magic Weapons (10 replies)
Really Stupid Idea (10 replies)
Splittermond-like initiative/action resolution (1 replies)
DM Help Playing Multiple concurrent characters - Pros and Cons (11 replies)
DM Help A very small (one-session) quest for wannabel Cleric of Torm (0 replies)
DM Help Running a monster hunting game, need monster ideas and motivations (6 replies)
Let's make a better Combat System (10 replies)
Drinking and Dragons, everyone's experiences? (48 replies)
Disney Fairies (19 replies)
DM Help Convincing Cleric to get religious (38 replies)
Sci fi Rpgs classes (74 replies)
Player Help Innocent-Killing Ruined Game; What Do? (40 replies)
When Gaming Groups Get too Big (17 replies)
Module/line ID? Orcs in a giant robot. Mooks and finishing move mechanics. (0 replies)
Online dice roll website (2 replies)
DM Help Forgotten Realms: Contraband and Smugglers (7 replies)
DM Help Romance of the Three Kingdoms Campaign Suggestions (4 replies)
Campaign Diary - Heart of Darkness: The Daughters of Rojukan (22 replies)
HP as luck or meat? (120 replies)
Gamer Humor Someone is a thief... and I can't figure out who it is! (12 replies)
DM Help Fitting other races into a Hyborian Age D&D campagin (11 replies)
Need a name for this evil girl gang (18 replies)
DM Help What do you use to create maps? (Particularly city) (11 replies)
Cool looking magical Harmonica idea/pic needed (3 replies)
Homogenized Races? (74 replies)
anywhere esle? (4 replies)
Finally get to play a skeleton! (21 replies)
Luck, simulationism, retroactive narratives, and Wild Bill Hickok. (117 replies)
DM Help Making Research Interesting (9 replies)
Army base dungeon design (2 replies)
DM Help High stakes intrigue help (2 replies)
How did historical cities get plumbing? And how to introduce plumbing to a fantasy ci (20 replies)
DM Help Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Skaven Killing Adventure (3 replies)
Good friend, bad GM/Player, what would you do? (26 replies)
Please help (22 replies)
Rules for DMs (95 replies)
DM Help Storm King's Thunder + Red Hand Of Doom, Eberron Edition (1 replies)
How long would a brand last on a dwarf? (8 replies)
facepalm moment. (14 replies)
Player Help Name that (cat) Familiar! (61 replies)
Are people on here open to custom settings? (Looking for advice) (29 replies)
Creation myth campaign (9 replies)
What's the difference between Warlock, Sorcerer and Wizard? (67 replies)
Fantasy weather/environment (4 replies)
WoD monsters from "Supernatural" (2 replies)
The Mini Campaign (2 replies)
DM Help A bit more help regarding Chauntea (12 replies)
Fantasy (D&D) Security Systems (12 replies)
Roleplaying Tool to create fantasy family tree for print? (1 replies)
Best D&D magic system and lore? (4 replies)
Exemples of Iconic Warlocks in the media? (113 replies)
Why the hate on the Psion class? (198 replies)
How to roleplay as a murder suspect? (6 replies)
How far can (Should?) A cleric stray from his god's teachings (25 replies)
DM Help Voices in my head (PaladiN) (12 replies)
Active defenses/Hybrid defenses (21 replies)
Ignorant question regarding DnD (20 replies)
How important are visual cues in villains? (9 replies)
I need advice about the plot of an adventure... (16 replies)
DM Help Events that shift alignment from TN to NG/LGCG (Chauntea clergy) (5 replies)
How does Eldritch blast looks like? (20 replies)
Magic vs Mundane (what is mundane?) (386 replies)
Buy Crystals online, but like, for real I need crystals (7 replies)
The Underground Tower (0 replies)
Player Help Names Sound The Same (34 replies)
What is immersion anyway? (66 replies)
Making melee weapons meaningfully different (49 replies)
Class build vs role play. (31 replies)
Running "Death House" for kids (6 replies)
DM Help Presenting Sword Coast/Faerun to a noob group (8 replies)
Toril's Sovereign Host (8 replies)
DM Help Very small events in a rural town (Faerun) (5 replies)
DM Help Business model for an orphanage? (68 replies)
Gamer Drama You ever lose friends over this hobby? I just did. (35 replies)
Name those Monsters! (Referencing Game) (36 replies)
Minimum Food Rules? (15 replies)
Does Riddle+Combat=TPK? (17 replies)
Trying to make a magical hand crossbow please help (22 replies)
Converting Phandalin to Skullreave in Eberron (0 replies)
Creating a mega dungeon. (14 replies)
d20 system with more then 100 levels (5 replies)
Suggestions for Techie Systems (11 replies)
DnD/Fantasy Bond Villain plan (28 replies)
Using Lego to create battle grids and evironments (14 replies)
Why is my dungeon laid out like a d20? (18 replies)
Undead Question: Which Bits Of Corpses? (49 replies)
Sincerely interested. Rant (62 replies)
the character you play (29 replies)
Mind Flayer Adventure (1 replies)
Player Help How to justify this character build thematically (3 replies)
DM Help Help with a Last Harvest Festival? (3 replies)
DM Help It's over, you'we won and are one of the most skilled warriors in the world ... (28 replies)
I messed up and gave my players a wish. (132 replies)
Patrol intersection and interval timing (5 replies)
Dm=god my group kills God's therefore God is dead (25 replies)
Looking for a way to expand upon character backgrounds (3 replies)
Mythic Fantasy beyond knockoff Greece (28 replies)
Gamer Tales Beating monsters you never had a right to beat (12 replies)
Player Help Shopping site or app? 3.0, 3.5, pf, 5e....4e, heroquest, whatever (5 replies)
How can I find a group to play with? (9 replies)
Best system for body target locations (19 replies)
Ideas for setting up the first session of my Star Wars Saga Edition campaign? (15 replies)
Research: What Makes a GM Great? (40 replies)
Reusing Artwork for Modules? (6 replies)
On violence (62 replies)
Skeleton in a wingsuit (11 replies)
How much do you like to collab on backstories (players and DMs) (147 replies)
Greyhawk: The Scarlet Brotherhood. I don't really get it. (28 replies)
Puzzle and riddle ideas (4 replies)
Sell me on The Burning Wheel (5 replies)
Favorite Classless TTRPGS? (42 replies)
Player Help They Killed My Prisoners (22 replies)
DM Help Weaning the Murderhobos off of murderhoboing. (30 replies)
PC handedness. (71 replies)
Getting the party together! DM needs help! (12 replies)
DM Help How to make sure players know they should run (70 replies)
Got a Real-World Weapon, Armour or Tactics Question? Mk. XXVIII (1473 replies)
Creating a World as a Group (7 replies)
Teaching the game to people in their late fifties and early sixties (5 replies)
Help us build a new RPG resources site - Survey (0 replies)
DM Help How to add foreshadowing without being over obvious? (Stellaris spoilers) (2 replies)
Roleplaying When did good and evil outsiders become so mundane and boring? (83 replies)
DM Help Pre-Campaign Survey: Feedback requested! (0 replies)
How do you deal with PCs that have gotten too strong? (41 replies)
DM Help Variable Intro Paragraphs for D&D (1 replies)
Roleplaying Eros Prime Keto *https faqssupplement com/eros-prime-keto/* (0 replies)
Magnetic dice (9 replies)
Help me pick a fantasy TTRPG for my brother (12 replies)
Players, what are things you wish your GM had told you before game start? (82 replies)
Good system for political intrigue? (18 replies)
Your PC’s last words (32 replies)
DM Help Supernatural Emergency Response as a campaign structure (3 replies)
DM Help surprise player doppelganger reveal (10 replies)
DM Help Elevated Terrain? (8 replies)
The Role of Rolls (32 replies)
Gnome wizard backstory help! (11 replies)
Blade of the Iron Throne discussion (1 replies)
Tips for drawing natural caves on a grid mat (10 replies)
Deadly Sins in a D&D Context (12 replies)
superhero campaign ideas (89 replies)
Aesthetics of play (or individual preferences) and different GM techniques (67 replies)
Wrong forum (0 replies)
Roleplaying Mephistopheles: Luckless Nerd, or Shonen Rival? - A D&D RP Essay (33 replies)
Gamer Tales Oddest Campaign beginning (25 replies)
DM Help Looking for assistance regarding plot hooks! (5 replies)
Things that behave like hitpoints but aren't hitpoints (25 replies)
plot hooks and red herrings via newspaper headlines (7 replies)
Pairing non-combat and combat abilities (2 replies)
The Decline of Armor in D&D (86 replies)
Incanting spells and calling attacks - Do you do it, and how often? (9 replies)
DM Help Making inkarnate maps from square grid map (3 replies)
How to model RPG Design (11 replies)
Good platform for Running PTA battles off-session? (2 replies)
DM Help Maps for a sci-fi game? (6 replies)
Modules involving gods - slaying, becoming, etc (15 replies)
What shenanigans are your players up to? (27 replies)
Playing D&D while camping - ideas for short side quest? (8 replies)
Timeline to Greatness (3 replies)
How Do You Write Your Campaigns/Adventures? (26 replies)
Trapped in Another World (15 replies)
DM Help Need Help With My Players II (9 replies)
Encounter Seed Ideas (7 replies)
Player Help Class features question (4 replies)
Time travel (8 replies)
Gamer Tales Another Red Hand of Doom Campaign Journal (3.5 FR) (17 replies)
DM Help Structuring a Magic Island/Magic Valley sandbox adventure (0 replies)
Changing perspective (4 replies)
DM Help Hanged lady in a swamp - background (14 replies)
DM Help Letters to add to loot? (8 replies)
How to run a D&D game with depression? (41 replies)
What exactly is the "guy at the gym fallacy"? (238 replies)
Have you ever kicked a PC from a party? (18 replies)
What is a good investigative RP game? (2 replies)
How do you folks feel about health levels? (32 replies)
What's the perfect list of magic types? (29 replies)
Spell School Rankings in a blank setting (17 replies)
Dire wolf size (30 replies)