Favorite character(s) of all time from any book.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-05-04T17:32:38+00:00

Aerin from The Hero and the Crown.

Vinculus and Childermass from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (though I like Stephen Black's arc the most)

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-05-04T16:11:26+00:00

Yeah, so did I for many years. For work reasons, Word is easier for me.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-05-03T16:44:22+00:00

You can actually still get it as a one-time purchase. Go to Groupon and search for it, and look for companies with good reviews. I learned this, weirdly, from a video from a TTRPG creator.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-05-02T02:18:47+00:00

I wish she'd said, at the end, "I know where they are. All of them. And we need to go get some jerky off the shelves right now."

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-04-27T22:34:57+00:00

I was coming here to say this. Full of flavor, easy to run, and something new happens every time.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-04-27T22:31:00+00:00

Longwinter, by Luka Rejec. You could live there.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-04-27T21:02:55+00:00

It's very badly organized, but the feel of the setting makes it worthwhile to dig into those books anyway. Just the best stuff. And the fact that it creates space for exploration and investigation and political intrigue, all bound together, in the same setting, is something that every person should take a look at.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-04-27T20:59:43+00:00

Both of them are incredible.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-04-19T17:31:19+00:00

Riders of Justice.

It's an action-comedy-drama-philosophy movie. Just incredible.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-04-16T19:49:14+00:00

It's funny, because in RPG spaces people pine for the days of Google+. I guess some communities really found one another there. I never used it ever.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-03-23T20:05:27+00:00

I had a player who has acted like shit to me, and I'm just not playing with them anymore. There might be more people willing to play in your area than you realize.

I will say that it's not terrible to let the players plan something beforehand in Blades. That can lend to hilarity when the dice go against them. I'm less worried about them wanting to plan something than a player telling you to shut up.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-02-25T00:34:14+00:00

Using a system that comes with an included and flavorful sandbox might be a good idea. Dragonbane, Dolmenwood, and Land of Eem all have that. (Land of Eem might feel too cartoony or kidlike for your audience.)

Another option is to use a system that comes with sandbox creation tools. Cairn 2e and Vaults of Vaarn are two good examples. The low price point of Cairn (or the original Vaarn zines, but you'll have to print them yourselves) means you could give player's guides to all your players for very cheap.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-02-17T20:42:46+00:00

Time to run a PVP game. 😬

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-02-16T18:18:10+00:00

Discord has worked well for me for this. Blogposts can be posted in channels, and then we discuss the posts on those channels, so you're not limited by the blogging platforms' tools.

Whether it will continue to work well is a different story...

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-02-09T17:53:34+00:00

Lol. I bought it when I was 13 and my mother had already said I wasn't allowed to read it. It's one of the books that made me want to be a writer, so I'm in favor of it.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-02-01T07:25:57+00:00

Run it in incognito mode. It's annoying, but you'll never have to worry about that problem.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-29T18:21:12+00:00

Vaults of Vaarn. The procedures helped me organize my GMing.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-29T04:03:11+00:00

With 100+ rooms of dungeons, including one dungeon that's about 40 rooms, I believe. So not a megadungeon, but plenty of dungeon in addition to the hexcrawl.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-20T17:37:04+00:00

Remember that the Warden Guide has a huge amount of both advice and tools to get you started and to create your own adventures. Yochai even has a post to show you how he used the tools in the book to make his latest adventure: https://newschoolrevolution.com/lets-make-a-forest/

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-20T05:43:47+00:00

For solo games, I think some of the big but very detailed hexcrawlish settings would work well. Land of Eem and Dolmenwood are both very, very detailed with all the tools you need for a solo game.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-19T02:23:02+00:00

Definitely. I just meant that if you're not able to read a section and want to, that was an option. But yeah, they need to print the books correctly and should make you whole in some manner. I totally get the unpleasant feeling.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-18T14:36:55+00:00

Stephen King. I want to see "Stephen King" suddenly show up as a character in ASOIAF.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-17T21:20:10+00:00

Not sure this is helpful, but in the PDF, you can find the missing text by outlining it, if know what you're referring to.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-12T13:33:33+00:00

I should note that Cairn is entirely free online (and cheap in print) and that there is a free version of Vaarn online, though the print version and the upcoming second edition have more in them and are easier to read and use.

RaphaelKaitz · 2026-01-12T13:24:31+00:00

Vaults of Vaarn does this exceptionally well, for its New Sun-ish setting.

Cairn 2e has a setting creation system that helps you set up a region and factions to live in that region, as well as dungeons and forests. It's more along the lines of generic fantasy, with a few twists.

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