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"You're married to Death. That let's you cheat at Russian roulette."

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Savage Worlds is not just a game where you lob pointed remarks at one another. #IStandCorrected

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Ships and Salsa.

I feel like there's a good one-shot RPG I could do with that title.

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Is organizing a graveyard rave practicing Necro-dancey?

Necrodancer should be an actual RPG class.

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A 14-sided die was found next to a 2,300 old skeleton in China. Now we know what happens when you roll one too many crit fails.

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Player 1: "I want some pet monkeys."

Me: "Here's 12 of them."

Player 2: "I need some dirt I can manipulate."

Me: "Have a jar of it."

Typical exchanges when I run games.

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I love it when the quest giver sends the party to explore something dangerous and, while not sabotaging their chances, is pretty sure they're going to die. And makes that clear in the dialogue through little slips. Mad scientists work best for it.

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When I GM games people compare me a lot to Markiplier. I even find that people like to just watch me run games without playing. At some point, I need to figure out how to record and run table-top sessions over YouTube or do them as a type of performance art. It'd be an interesting thing to be known for.

Combat and Non-Combat

Good lesson for RPG designers: if your game is combat-only focused, there is a cap on how many people will be interested. Mostly because Pathfinder and D&D are combat focused and - guess what - they are more popular than you will be. That means you have to appeal to non-combat players to have any chance of sustainability.

From day 1, you need to think of how non-combat actions will be balanced. Design so that a non-fighting build is just as viable and interesting as the typical warrior or barbarian. If someone doesn't have a chance to talk their way out of a bad situation, or convince the other person to join them, you need to rethink your game system.

Scenes from a Game 2

Me: I activate my character's Avatar state!

Arbiter: You get this cool cinematic!

Me: Yay!

Arbiter: And then... *rolls* You die.

 Me: Oh. Well, definitely not using THAT again.

Scenes From a Game

Scene from a game I ran in 2015:

Kibou: I kick my slave to punish her for disobedience!

*Rolls*

Me: You miss, tripping and falling onto the ground. Your slave lands on top of you.

Kibou: I bite her face off in frustration!

*Rolls*

Me: You gently kiss her on the cheek. She looks vaguely uncomfortable.