I spent a few hours today cleaning up my gaming area.  In addition to some dusting and book restacking I sorted through three file boxes of old campaign materials dating back from the mid 90’s.  Among the treasures I found were notes, plot outlines, NPC write-ups, and dozens of maps.  Most of w...

Drake by Santos Garijo The posts have gotten a little quiet here at Roleplaying Pro, but behind the scenes things are really kicking up. I’ve been working on a new layout for the site that I have planned to have out in November for the one year anniversary of the site. But more importantly, our...

I’ll come right out and say it, one of my favorite concepts in D&D 4E is the healing surge.  I like their abstract nature, their ease of use, their ability to encourage creativity, and the infinite variety of things they can represent.  Although it took me a little while to wrap my mind arou...

• Create NPCs that are usable in your current session • Create NPCs that you would need as a player • Create NPC that draw in ‘lazy’ players I’ve seen a lot of articles that talk about players helping the game master. Typically, give suggestions like, “Create a detailed background wi...

Since this blog was started, I have had people ask me and the other authors exactly what verisimilitude means and why we use that word.  If you are a frequent reader of roleplaying articles, you will probably encounter this word and from its context, interpret it to mean “realism.”  You are gu...