In My Campaign – Page 77 – Thoughts on RPG design and play

Skill Atrophy and Retraining

kjdavies September 27, 2003 Older USENET Posts / Rules as WrittenLeave a comment

Introduction In core rules, the only way for a character’s learned skills to change is for the character to gain a level and spend skill points. It is not possible for an unused skill to lose ranks, nor is is possible for the character to learn a new skill, regardless …

Challenge, Response, and Secret

kjdavies April 30, 2003 Campaign Setting Design / Older USENET Posts / Tips and Tricks4 Comments

This article describes how I develop information for my campaign. The focus is on events and entities (characters and things), but it does have more far-reaching effects when applied. The techniques described here are based on an article written by Dariel Quiogue, in turn a synopsis of research and theory …