Roll 3d6 - Roleplaying Resources

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This site features resources for the tabletop roleplaying game crowd, designed to work on any device. Bookmark this site as a handy, cell-phone friendly GM toolbox.

Tools features useful random game information generators. Names will take you to a variety of person, place, item, and event name generators. Archives links to useful RPG-related articles. Games accesses information for my various campaigns. News brings in RPG news from multiple sources. Dogs is a section for my pets and other miscellaneous info.

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Today's featured gaming tool: Fantasy Character Name Generator

Gaming Tips

Tips for Players
Remember that you, the player, know things that your character does not. Keep IC (in character) and OOC (out of character) information separate. Be careful not to let your character act on OOC information.

Tips for GameMasters
Allow Change - Let players change merits and flaws during a campaign, as their characters develop. Players should be able to work towards resolving a flaw, or gain a new one if something traumatic happens.

From the RPG Glossary...
Meat shield - A normal fighter of unremarkable skill whose only purpose is to shield ranged combatants (magic users, siege engines, archers, etc.) so they can act without being engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Gaming Humor

When I Am the Evil Overlord...
My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not face-concealing ones.

You Might Be A Gamer If...
All your cannon-fodder NPCs are named after people who have ticked you off at work.

Gamer To Avoid
The Twink - He manipulates the game system to make his character as powerful as possible. He plays a character of a higher level than the rest of his party, or inherits items and abilities from previous characters.

Things I Learned While Gaming
I am not liquid metal.

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