I’ve mentioned on the podcast that I’ve been reading through a few RPG systems lately, and I thought now would be a good time to just give a mini review of each. I won’t get into the mechanics of each as that is well beyond my ability to explain and write.
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Tagged 3.5 edition, 3.5 Open Gaming License, 4E, 4th Edition, Character Creation, DnD, Dungeons and Dragons, Gaming, Gaming Systems, GMing, HERO System, Leverage RPG, Pathfinder, PCs, Player Characters, Role Playing Games, RPG, Savage Worlds, Tabletop Roleplaying Games
Okay, to be honest, I really like the picture for the post because, hello… Death Metal Lawn Gnome Bard!?! Hell yes! More importantly, is the nod this awesome picture of insanity and text gives to gestaltism and the idea that the whole (the Player Character in this example) is primary to the sum of its parts (stats, equipment, powers, etc.), which are all secondary. Robert’s article last week, “I Was a Teenage Munchkin,” and the recent creation of a Sundered Skies character for a play-by-post game made me want to look into something that I’ve always taken great stock in, character backgrounds, and give my two cents on the topic.
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Tagged Adventure Hooks, Backstory, Bard, Batman, Character Background, Character Motivation, Death Metal, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, Dwarf, Gaming, Gestalt, GM Advice, GMing, Lawn Gnome, Paladin, PCs, Pelor, Player Character, PTSD, Roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, RPGs, Savage Worlds, Tabletop Roleplaying Games
So, a few weeks back, I wrote about how the Fantasy genre has served as the gateway to tabletop roleplaying games for many of us who enjoy the game. However, in this day and age of social media, internet inundation, and video game mania, what’s a younger generation of gamer new to the hobby to do in order to truly get a taste of the wonderment that is the realm of pen and paper gaming? Why, start with a Modern Setting of course!
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Matt Fuller: @Matrix_RPG @RobMITC @SharnDM Probably a good idea. I'll be going in blind, most likely, LOL Matt Fuller: @Matrix_RPG I'll hopefully be in a big L5R event at that time with @RobMITC. We'll swap war stories. @SharnDM, it's me and you! Matt Fuller: @Matrix_RPG @RobMITC @SharnDM My times were messed up for True Dungeon. How about 1pm - 3pm on Thursday? Code - TDA1347832 Matt Fuller: @SharnDM @RobMITC @SirGuido1 I think it's based on whoever snags the tickets in each time slot, but they have TONS of time slots. 
