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NPCs who are "Beyond Reason"

3/7/2016

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One of the scary and difficult aspects of running Role Playing Games new Game Masters have to deal with is social interactions. While all players have to worry about is their own Player Characters, GMs have to manage every other element of the world.

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Doing the Difficulty Slide!

2/22/2016

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So, we covered a toolkit for running emotive, realistic NPCs for your game table. Now we tackle the next biggest fear of the new Game Master: Difficulty. ...and stuff happening.

Do not worry - I got you covered on both counts...

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Exalted 3e: The Rape Ghost Controversy

2/8/2016

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With time past, and wounds less fresh, let me tell you about the biggest mistake Onyx Path made during the Kickstarter for Exalted Third Edition. Had designers not implemented the Red Rule, this mistake could have been the death of excitement for the line.


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Four Reasons Why Exalted Third Edition Is Actually Worth Your Time

12/14/2015

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Okay, so I've talked about what Onyx Path did wrong during the Exalted Third Edition Kickstarter. But let me be fair: Exalted Third Edition is an amazingly well crafted system. Reading it gave me a feeling different from Second Edition in all the best ways, leaving me inspired to create a whole new epic campaign for my game group in the upcoming year. In return for the criticisms, here are four things Exalted Third Edition did right:

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Things To Learn From The Deluxe Exalted Third Edition Kickstarter

12/14/2015

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Since its creation, Kickstarter has radically changed business. No longer are banks and wealthy individuals the sole means of making enough money to attempt a business venture - through "crowdfunding", regular people can pitch in small amounts to give creators access to the funds they need while keeping creative autonomy within their control.

Sadly, in the past few years backers of various projects have found just how bad crowdfunding can be. For me, the project that taught me just how risky Kickstarters can be was Onyx Path's "Deluxe Exalted Third Edition" Kickstarter campaign. While it seems that they are finally delivering on a campaign that is (of this writing) over two whole years late, there were many mistakes made along the way that future project creators could learn from.

Here are two of the three downfalls that you should watch before before you create a Kickstarter for your project (or warning signs to look for before you back a project):


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