"Just as each player character should fulfill a role in the party, so also all of your NPCs should fulfill a role in the encounter.&quo

"Good stories have varieties of villains, each filling a different role to display and develop the abilities of the protagonists. Rolep

"In the vast majority of campaigns, you don't need a lot of allied NPCs...but the allies we require are integral to a successful ca

"A roleplay mission should be like a man's kilt: long enough to serve its purpose, short enough to be functional."

Regardless of the model you use, a rightly paced campaign should be cohesive and dynamic.

"Not all roleplay campaigns are created equal, in part because of design, structure, etc., but also because of genre: some genres reson

"There are a lot of ways that a story can go wrong from a plot perspective....This post will give you thoughts on how to craft a good s

"If you approach the building of the campaign from start to finish as a case study in seeing characters grow, and how they deal with a

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