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Creative Pursuits D&D

Halflings are Full People

I doubt hobbits worry about being half as important as big people.

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Creative Pursuits D&D

What Happens Right After Your PC Dies

You roll up a character, he strolls out of the shadows and gives a weak excuse for why he’s taking all the dead guy’s equipment. To save time, just erase the stats and leave the rest of the character sheet alone.

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Creative Pursuits D&D

RPG Characters Don’t Need Long Backstories

Let how you got to second level be your “backstory”. This game is about telling a story of what happened at the table, not what happened in the novel you’ll never finish.

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Creative Pursuits D&D

Make Unique Monsters Your Players Will Never Forget

A tip for game masters: change the appearance or behavior of a standard monster to make the experience more dramatic for your players. The echoes of the encounter will reverberate long after the session is over.

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D&D Games

Why Your RPG Doesn’t Have Beholders

More fearsome than floating eyeballs that short disintegration rays are the wizards who claim to own them… and their attorneys.

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