In Dear DovahQueen, I answered questions and gave advice to my readers. In Bend the Knee, I wrote questions for my guests. Audience Chamber is something less regular and less formal. It’s a format where I talk about whatever...
Discrepancies in power between the party can often lead to situations that just aren’t fun for some folks at the table. Today, we look at ways to iron out parties and encounters when GMing with powergamers among non-powergamers.
Good players talk about the way they intend to react to the story; they make plans with the party. But what happens when the planning takes over? How does a GM get the game back on track? Today, we...
Powergaming can be a lot of fun to see your build doing exactly what you’ve engineered it to do, but for GMs, it can often be difficult to balance. Today we explore the idea of using the mythic system...
Have you every made a character that was all story and terrible in combat? What about one that was basically just a neat build and didn’t really have much interesting story stuff going on under the hood? Today we...
Pathfinder’s first edition wasn’t exactly known for being the simplest system with the easiest to understand rules. Today, we help a GM guide their newbie through building a level 8 Inquisitor that they can handle and understand.
Emotional investment is what separates a good game from a great game. The same can be said for most entertainment media. Today we answer a question about how to smith more emotions at the game-table.
We make knowledge checks all the time and are frequently met with “you don’t know.” But that’s kind of boring, isn’t it? Does it have to be?
Are you frequently finding yourself day-dreaming about other builds when you’re supposed to be playing your current character? You may be an alt-oholic. In this issue of Dear DovahQueen, we discuss the reasons we indulge in alt-oholism and discuss...