Ask Angry: Oh No, More XP System Nonsense
Apparently, the idea of earning experience points with gold was a pretty hot topic. I’ve been asked to follow up on my previous take, so here that is.
Do you want to see The Angry GM berate a bunch of hapless GMs just like you just because they dared to ask a question? Want to ask a question yourself? This is the angriest gaming advice column on the web.
Apparently, the idea of earning experience points with gold was a pretty hot topic. I’ve been asked to follow up on my previous take, so here that is.
Yes, another Ask Angry, but it contains an important apology I must deliver to all of my Mere Adventure Builders before I write you an article about designing adventures around days and rests and things.
It’s time for me to answer a question from my Ask Angry mailbag. This one is about the proper and correct use of Passive Checks for Intelligence-based skills in D&D. Regardless of what the rules might say.
In this Ask Angry Mailbag, I address several important topics, such as when I edit people’s messages, which books in my collection are the lightest, and whether I care about my readers opinions. I also answer at least a few questions I was actually asked.
In this Ask Angry installment, I tell Randall — and all of you — how to make your world a nice place players want to be nice to. Unless they’re assholes.
It’s mailbag time. Two questions this month: how to run an open-world game for too many people with too-short sessions and whether PbtA games can provided meaningful experiences.
In this month’s Ask Angry, I explain the rigors of using the Investigate skill to give players information without ruining mysteries and rant about how mechanics are never actually interesting.
It’s that Ask Angry time of the month. Today, I answer a totally polite, reasonable question about player instruction with absolutely unwarranted levels of insults and abuse. Enjoy.
Ask Angry is back by popular demand and part of my new, ongoing content creation plan? What plan? It doesn’t matter. What matters is some dumbass accused me of saying things I didn’t about Agency and now I have to set the record straight for all y’all.
Let’s end June on a low note. I’ve pulled five questions from my Ask Angry mailbag and I’m gonna answer at least four of them.
“If the players can do it, so can the monsters.” Is that really true? Is it good Game Mastering? Good Game Design? Spoiler: No.
To celebrate my emerging from the disaster that resulting from letting my supporters pick the topic, I’m going to answer a bunch of questions sent in by readers. There’s no way that can go wrong.
In the first in an official series of supporter-requested Features, I’ll tell you why your players don’t suck at tracking inventory and how to fix that.
I warned you that I’d be putting this column on hold, but you all didn’t listen. You kept e-mailing me. Fortunately, I lied. So it’s Mailbag time.
I took a break from my holiday travels to answer some reader-submitted questions. Merry Christmas.
Another month is over. And as I look to the fresh hell of yet another new page on the calendar, I consign myself to the stale hell of responding to reader-submitted questions.
Another month, another monthly Ask Angry mailbag, and another batch of people who can’t just ask a simple, straightforward question without treating me like a moron.
In this very special Ask Angry episode, I explore the view from the other side of the screen. What can a player do when their GM goes to The Angry GM for advice.
To end the month, let’s open the gift that keeps on giving — or keeps threatening to give me an aneurism — the Ask Angry mailbag.
Ending the month with another few pulls from the grab bag of content goodness that is the mailbag.
It’s time to dig back into the Font of Frustration that is The Ask Angry Mailbag! Why the hell can’t people follow basic instructions?
Once again, The Angry GM digs into his mailbag and, with his characteristic patience and charity, answers some reader-submitted questions.
As I made a mess of that last True Game Mastery lesson on Problematic Actions — given the feedback anyway — I’m holding a special study session to answer your questions and clarify my points.
The Angry GM is answering more reader-submitted questions this week. And he ain’t holding back.
The Angry GM is answering your questions today. And he’s answering a lot of them.
Once again, Angry opens the mailbag and answers some reader questions.
It’s time for another dig into the grab bag that is the Ask Angry mailbox.
In this week’s Ask Angry, Angry tackles a question about doling out random documents and audio logs.
It’s time to open up the Ask Angry mailbag yet again. This time, Angry answers some questions about his recent articles.
Today, I give you my opinion of Arnold K’s “false hydra” and tell you why it doesn’t f$&% with player agency. And neither does mind control. And I tell you why Fate doesn’t count as a roleplaying game. Again.