Reach out and Play 10: Combat Posting pt 4.
More Magical Combat Just as melee and ranged attacks can deliver critical hits, magical attacks can also be critically successful. A magical critical hit is a great opportunity to embellish …
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Reach out and Play 2: Making the Cut
Welcome back to our foray into the adventured of Play by Post gaming. So now that we know what PBP is, and are all ready and excited to give it …
Read More... Reach out and Play 3: Posting Format basics
Welcome back! So, you’ve found an interesting game, created your character and applied. Congratulations! You’re in. Entering a Play by Post game is a great opportunity for both fun and …
Read More... Reach out and Play 4: Making Great Posts
Ask any PBP GM and they’ll happily relay tales of their one or two favorite players; players whose characters and gameplay helped to bring the game to life, adding an …
Read More... Reach out and Play 5: Making Great Posts pt. 2
The key element of PBP is that at its core, it’s an exercise in collaborative storytelling between the GM and players. How your posts interact with those of the other …
Read More... Reach out and Play 6: Behind the Curtain
There is a myriad of ways to improve the quality of your posts and bring more to the game, but perhaps the most important of all is writing well on …
Read More... Reach out and Play 7: Combat Posting pt 1.
“Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.” – Mahatma Gandhi Let’s face it, while there are all different types of RPG’s, filled with plot …
Read More... Reach out and Play 8: Combat Posting pt 2.
“The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they’re done well, you get to know more about the character in those few minutes than you do through …
Read More... Reach out and Play 9: Combat Posting pt. 3
Reactive posts Not only does the story benefit from vivid descriptions of combat actions, it is also enhanced by equally descriptive reactions. A hit that drops a player down to …
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Introduction to Play-by-Post Like many of us, my introduction to RPG’s was through a friend, being told about this wonderful game of imagination, where characters one created got to take …
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