Anthony Li has been pretending to be someone or something else for about as long as he can remember, which some people might consider a problem. He cut his teeth on 2nd Edition AD&D when he was 14 years old and his only regret is that he didn’t start rolling dice sooner. Due to an unhealthy addiction to Magic: the Gathering he missed the entire cultural phenomenon that was the 3.X era of D&D. After a brief stint with 4E, he was dragged kicking and screaming into the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game where he has since acclimated, adapted, and thrived. Most of his roleplaying experience has been behind in the GM screen where he has trained his dice to confirm crits on command. He always roots for the bad guys.
Welcome back to Prep With Me, a series where I invite readers into my little prep corner and talk about the ideas I have for upcoming games and things I’m doing to make my life as a GM easier...
A GM has many roles at the table. Today, Behind the Screens, we’re going to focus on that of the Storyteller. A GM sets scenes and creates atmosphere. She dresses the stage and populates it with a cast for...
Welcome back to Prep With Me, a series where I invite readers into my little prep corner and talk about the ideas I have for upcoming games and things I’m doing to make my life as a GM easier...
Today’s article was supposed to be my initial impressions of Ultimate Intrigue’s Social Combat chapter. I’ll get to my review of Ultimate Intrigue’s contents in later posts. There’s a lot of good stuff in there and it needs to...
The 5 minute workday is a problem. It’s a big problem in that it can be encountered across multiple gaming systems and groups. It’s a bad problem in that it can totally derail the story and trivialize the effort you put into...
Today I wanted to talk a bit about NPCs in your game. This isn’t a mechanics article. I’m not delving into crunch. But I do want to talk about NPC fluff. What they’re for, why they matter, and how...
This week we return to Kintargo, a city under the oppressive rule of Barzillai Thrune. Our heroes have just cleared out the Wasp’s Nest, a small network of rooms beneath the basements of the Longroads Coffee House, and are beginning...
Dear Past Self, This is Future Self. I’m a freelance writer, podcaster, and Venture Lieutenant. I’ve got two regularly running Pathfinder games and manage to balance Real Life on top of all of that. Yeah! So you’ve got all...
Last Saturday marked my group’s first session of the Hell’s Rebels AP as well as the end of my year-long GMing hiatus. In a similar vein as my Prep With Me’s, figured I might jot down my post-session impressions...
Welcome to Homebrew Design! My newest segment – I tend to be putting out a lot of these recently – where I stretch my design chops to bring you options that you might find interesting for your home games....