I use cutscenes in my role-playing, just like video games, and they can be a fun Storyteller tool. Movies are basically one long cutscene that tells the audience everything they need to know to understand and enjoy the story, which is why video games began using them as a way to give the players story details…

With practice, we can perfect recurring villains, and because they’re major antagonists and key NPCs, we get some special opportunities. But what about the poor numerous minions? The Faceless Fascists that the characters mow through? Obviously there’s not many chances to develop them as NPCs — but…

Time to rant about a pet peeve of mine, then talk about how I avoid it at my table. And today’s rant is combat, damage, and injury in role-playing games! I’ll start by saying that RPGs are games, so there is a certain amount of suspension of disbelief — and that…