Colville suggests that starting in a tavern is a chance to show off the setting in a microcosm. Put folks there that represent various factions or attitudes prevalent in the setting. When I ran a Savage Pathfinder game and had my players start in a tavern, I had some incurious off-duty town guards, the dillettante son of the mayor. I couldn’t figure out a way to work in the diabolist church (I set my game in Cheliax), but I did have a choice of several “first jobs” for them to take.

Look, maybe he was a paladin of Sune. (Or Calistira, if they’re playing Pathfinder.)

An actual exchange in a group my wife was in, back before we were even dating:

Player: “I wanna catch the stone from his sling! What should I roll for that?”

DM: “Damage.”

Volo sure has a lot to answer for.

I have promised myself a rogue named “Duncan Disorderly” but have yet to actually play him.

Put the “Master” in “Game Master!” ~Professor DM, Dungeon Craft

Me too, I backed the project but I’m not on the Patreon, so I gotta wait for my packet, lol. But if James was right in the last Q&A they posted to the YouTube, it should be out sometime next month!

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What does that mean?!

POODLE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!!

Shadowrun has entered the chat.

The “Help” action is so lackluster in D&D 5. I appreciate that it exists that IS certainly a step up. But you do nothing with your turn (not very exciting), and your friend has Advantage, which helps, but if I had a nickel for every time I failed a roll with Advantage, I could probably buy a new copy of the PHB.

(Only a small part of why my game of choice is something completely different.)

Yes! 😆

Wait… 😟

Nooo! 😭

I made up a bunch of these for my Savage Pathfinder game and… I think I used them once. >.>

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this before but it makes me chuckle every time.

No time wasted, this internet rando approves. Now, I believe it’s time for another round of my usual sideliner cheer:

DROP A TRAIN ON 'IM, ANGIE!

Rope your girlfriend into it, Konsi, that’s what you have her for.

It’s such an odd game. There are some genuinely interesting dichotomies at play, a lot of potential for good drama, and themes I like, but it is not easy to wrap your head around, and moreover the book feels like it was laid out by an actual faerie. Which is kinda atmospheric, I guess, but you could, you know, impose some organization in the character building sections so players can find stuff.

My wife (girlfriend at the time) ran a short campaign for some of our friends a little over 10 years ago. It was fun, but damn. Building a character was such a headache.

I’m a simple man, I see a new “Tales from the Tables”, I upvote.

Angie and Redwen’s expressions in the last panel are priceless.

Excuse ME, my half-orc cleric is quite well educated and very bookish. One of the first purchases she made in Waterdeep with her own money was a stack of books.

RIFTS does now come in Savage Worlds flavor! Simpler, more cohesive… Still a little imbalanced, but what’s RIFTS without imbalance?

Laughs in Savage Worlds