Category Archives: GMing

Fiction Friday 7: Compelling Evil

photo by geir Men who believe themselves to be good, who do not search their own souls, most often commit the worst atrocities. A man who sees himself as evil will restrain himself. It is only when we do evil in the belief that we do good that we pursue it wholeheartedly. -Gaborn’s Days from

Dynamic Immortality

photo by simonse Physical immortality is a common concept in the two major realms I write about in this blog: speculative fiction and tabletop roleplaying games. A hero reaches a certain point in his career when he attains demigod status, and is thus immune to death by aging or natural causes. Vampirism and many other

What Works at the Table-Top, but not in the Manuscript

photo by kgeiger This is the other, dark half of an article I posted earlier about the bond between creative writing and GMing. It’s partly a list of differences between GMing and creative writing and partly a list of things that will work at the table-top, but not in the manuscript (as the title suggests).