Roll 3d6 - Roleplaying Resources

Welcome!

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 Horse Name Generator

Gaming Tips

Tips for Players
Avoid cliches when creating your character's personality and history. If you include one of these concepts, you may be cliche: orphan, amnesiac, assassin, dark and mysterious, panther pet, silent type, never retreats, cultural rebel, infamous, piercing blue eyes, very sexy, black leather clothes, black hair and pale skin, or very unusual name.

Tips for GameMasters
Don't Try to Win - Roleplaying games aren't about winning and losing. An adventure is not a competition between the GM and the players. There's no fun in that - the GM controls the universe and can't lose. It's your job to entertain the players by presenting challenges for them to overcome, rewarding them when they succeed, and telling a good story along the way.

From the RPG Glossary...
Random drop - An item that is only occasionally found in the possession of a slain monster.

Gaming Humor

When I Am the Evil Overlord...
I will not have a daughter. She would be as beautiful as she was evil, but one look at the hero's rugged countenance and she'd betray her own father.

You Might Be A Gamer If...
You've been known to have in-depth conversations about the relative merits of Champions, V&V, Marvel, and DC Heroes... ignoring the fact that all superhero systems are intrinsically weak.

Gamer To Avoid
The Strategist - He is a wargamer at the wrong table. He spends a lot of OOC time concocting elaborate plans to handle contested situations.

Things I Learned While Gaming
Dwarves do not have the racial ability "impromptu kickstand".

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