Welcome back to the latest installment of Building Memorable D&D Characters, the column dedicated to helping you make your Dungeons & Dragons character “come to life”.  So far we have discussed race and class, background, and most recently using quirks and flaws to assist in developing ...

Because it’s not you against them; that would imply they have a chance… Welcome to The Gamemaster’s Arsenal, the column dedicated to arming GM’s everywhere with the skills, knowledge, and creative energy necessary to provide the best possible gaming experience for their players. Regardles...

Welcome to latest Building Memorable D&D Characters.  In the last installment we talked about how character background can be used to develop a more interesting and compelling hero, this week we shift our focus from the character’s back-story to some of the hero’s inner personality aspects,...

Welcome back to the second installment of Building Memorable D&D Characters.  In the first part we talked about how a character’s choice of race and class can be used to develop a more interesting and compelling hero; this week we shift our focus to the character’s background in general, co...

It’s safe to say that the majority of roleplaying games assume that the group is made up of characters that get along reasonably enough and share at least a few cooperative goals.  For our group I like everyone at the table (myself included) to have a solid understanding as to why this group work...