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Preparing a murder mystery for player consumption
A good way to make sure the PCs have skin in the game is to have them suspected or accused by the authorities. It shouldn't be hard as the crime happened in their mansion. Even better, what if one of ...
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Preparing a murder mystery for player consumption
The authorities, really?
Do you know what pre-Renaissance (or basically anything before the mid-Victorian era) law enforcement was like? If the Sheriff can't find eyewitnesses, no one shows up ...
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As a DM, what should I do if a person decides to play a rogue?
Talk with the player
I think that you and the player need to understand is that Rogue is not a behavior, but a set of skills.
Make sure he understands that. Explain that you want RPG to be about ...
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As a DM, what should I do if a person decides to play a rogue?
Session 0
Session 0 is always the way to talk about this. Lay out ground rules about what you expect from the players and what they can expect from you. If you don't want stealing from the party, then ...
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As a DM, what should I do if a person decides to play a rogue?
Treat them as any other player
I can't just say, "No, pick a different type," right?
Right. The Rogue is a valid class, as good as another.
refrain from stealing from the party unless all ...
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As a DM, what should I do if a person decides to play a rogue?
The other answers are good, but I'd like to approach this from a different direction.
Everyone knows the value of allies.
Most characters, in games, in media, anywhere, have allies they trust and work ...
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As a DM, what should I do if a person decides to play a rogue?
What you're asking is one small facet of two very (very!) large questions common to most, if not all, role-playing games:
How do the players and GM agree on the type of game they want to
play?
How do ...
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As a DM, what should I do if a person decides to play a rogue?
I would like to preface this question by saying that it's difficult to know how a person will act at any given time for any given reason. There's every bit of possibility that just picking a rogue ...
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How to properly foreshadow NPCs
Some ideas to create interest in an NPC:
Have the PCs hear rumors about him in town
Make other NPCs talk about him with awe or respect
"Deja vu": make them stumble upon the NPC in several ...
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How to make D&D easier for kids?
I'd say start with a simpler system that doesn't require a whole lot of reading to start the game. At the end of the day all the fancy rules can enhance the experience but the main fun (at least in my ...
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How to make D&D easier for kids?
none of them seemed to be interested in doing the research
Yeah. They are 12 year olds. They don't want to research, they want to play. If you had introduced them to soccer, you would have started by ...
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How to make D&D easier for kids?
Use a starter set, and ready-to-go characters
Use a simple game system. I recommend to use a simpler system than full-on 5th edition. Core 5th Edition caters to all kinds of players, and has a huge ...
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How to make D&D easier for kids?
Introduce the system with pre-built characters, then let them create new characters when they're more familiar with the system.
In my experience, the primary challenge of character creation as a new-...
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How to make D&D easier for kids?
Are they really interested if they won't even do that much?
If they are not even willing to read enough to figure out what races and classes they want, are you sure they are interested? Are they doing ...
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How to make D&D easier for kids?
This depends a lot on how fluent you are with the system. Since I spend (too much) time memorizing RPG rules, I'll give my two cents from the perspective of someone with a lot of system knowledge.
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How can "mimic phobia" be cured or prevented?
This is not necessarily such a bad thing as it encourages the party to stick together so you can explain all that's happening to everyone at the same time rather than have everyone off in a different ...
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How to properly foreshadow NPCs
Foreshadowing is great but different from creating engaging NPCs
I thought it might be useful to clarify this. To foreshadow something means
be a warning or indication of (a future event)
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How to properly foreshadow NPCs
Don't do that
The only plausible way to get players hooked on something is to connect it with their characters.
You play a tabletop roleplaying game. You didn't specify what game it is, but for the ...
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How to properly foreshadow NPCs
What exactly is your goal?
You say you want to make a One-Shot with your friends and turn that into a campaign and it looks like it is developing fine. But then you sound disappointed that your ...
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How to properly foreshadow NPCs
Give them multiple chances
If you want players to pick up on anything, wether it's NPCs or something else, and this is important for the adventure, don't just provide one clue or opportunity to do so, ...
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How can "mimic phobia" be cured or prevented?
Reward a lack of caution
Mimics and the like encourage a very cautious style of play because they present threats that the player doesn't suspect unless they are very cautious. The obvious counter to ...
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