Scott’s Corner My corner of the web; filled with babble about stuff I enjoy.

Interesting roleplaying bits

IC Punishment, OOC Reward, a good post about a common and tricky subject. I wonder how much this thought should apply to common things, like wounds.

West Marches: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. An interesting persistent world experiment. A cool setup for a game people can drop in and out of randomly. New: Part 4: Death and Danger.

Learning to explain failure brings attention to a common stumbling point.

Cool modern fantasy art.

DM's Haven Generators page

DNA Phil's blog. His post about what's he's learned over the years is particularly good.

The Mountain Witch Trick

Cool way to collaboratively flesh out backgrounds, etc. (Stolen shamelessly from this Gamecraft thread:) Here's a technique that's been in use by loads of people, for a long damn time, which was put into print in the game The Mountain Witch:

Instead of mining a character background or world stuff for a figure suitable to some need in the game, tell a player that they see someone or react in some way to a feature, and then ask them why.

"A figure comes out of the sweathouse. It is a man from your past, a respected mentor. You move quickly to greet him. Who is he, Joe?"

"Joe, your character pauses at an unmarked grave by the side of the road for a moment, and bows his head before moving on. Why did he do that?"

Read the thread for some good discussion about when and how it works well.