The Death Cookie

1. Number Crunching
(Columns/QAGS Corner)

... roll, there's still basically an 85% chance that Ollie will hit him. Again, "World's Greatest Archer." The math for working with multiple people rolling multiple dice is way over my head, so I'll ...

2. A Six Pack of Stagger Lee
(Features/Gaming Articles)

... the right path, he's working hard to be a good man. Stagger Lee Body: 13 Brain: 13 Nerve: 14 Job: Super-Hero (14) Gimmick: Immortal (20); Magical Powers (14) Weakness: Old Habbits Die Hard (14); Taint ...

3. Archetype of the Week: The Mentor
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... Military History, Philosophy, Pianist, Politics, Religion, Riddles, Sailing, Tactics, Topiary, Woodworking WWPHITM? Joan Allen, John Amos, Kathy Bates, Michael Cain, Cab Calloway, Helena Bonham Carter, ...

4. Fratboy of the Week: The Ringleader
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... Guitar, Inspirational Speaking, Music Trivia, Networking, Persuasion, Photo Shop, Poker, Rapier Wit, Stealth, Ultimate Frisbee WWPHITM? Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, George Clooney, John Cusack, Johnny ...

5. Interview with Broken Toy's Letia Clouston
(Features/Interviews)

... to Los Angeles to begin her education in film. After working on numerous movie and television productions, Letia directed her first feature, In The Dark, which won "Best Low Budget Feature" at WorldFest ...

6. Fratboy of the Week: The Party Animal
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... get to start working on Roller Girls Vs. So, long story short, you're getting Fratboy archetypes for a while. I've changed the format a bit to better fit with the Fratboys Vs. genre. I'm also going ...

7. The Grizzled Veteran
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... Navigation, Infomercial Trivia, Knitting, Outdated Pop Culture Trivia, Outdoorsman, Pack Rat, Prescription Drug Benefits, Religion, Self Defense, Sports Trivia, Survival, Teaching, The Good Old Days, Woodworking, ...

8. WB101 Part 5: The Big Picture
(Columns/World Building 101)

... planet has two moons. The extra moon will need to be accounted for when I start working on mythologies and religions, which will make it harder for me to get lazy and just file the serial numbers off of ...

9. The Hot Shot
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... Intimidation, Martial Arts, Networking, Office Politics, Politics, Public Speaking, Seduction, Showmanship, Skiing, Skydiving, Stunt Driving, Viral Marketing WWPHITM? Alec Baldwin, Jordana Brewster, Bruce ...

10. 2010: The Year We Make...uh...Games
(Blogs/Hexagrams)

... vast social networking empire know that in the last three months, we released three new products (Laser Ponies in October, Mountains of the Moon: Sindbad in East Africa in November, and Necro Klepto in ...

11. The Lawman
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... a particular area, but some (especially government agents and lawmen in non-modern settings) range far and wide in their pursuit of bad guys. When they're not working, most lawmen live in middle-class ...

12. The Swashbuckler
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... of the noble class, and will have names and possibly titles appropriate to their station in life. Because of their strong sense of justice, swashbucklers often find themselves working against those in ...

13. The Con Man
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... and considerable working capital. Likely Stories Like most other criminal archetypes, con men have been around for as long as the concept of ownership and can therefore be found in nearly any type ...

14. The Company (Rules for Group Resources)
(Columns/QAGS Corner)

... “How Long Does It Take?”). If the roll fails, all agents are currently off-duty or working other cases. A new backup roll can be made each hour until a backup team becomes available. If ...

15. The Hacker
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... hackers practice their electronic breaking and entering for legitimate profit (for example, working as computer security consultants) or as a fun intellectual exercise, the ones most commonly found in ...

16. WB101 Part 4: Map Time
(Columns/World Building 101)

... least, this will require me to account for the second moon when I start working on mythologies and religions, which will make it a little harder for me to get lazy and just file the serial numbers off ...

17. The Magician
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... tricks (which some may, in fact, be). It is even possible to play a magician in a world with no magic, though doing so requires working closely with the GM to determine what is acceptable, as well as determining ...

18. WB101 Part 3: These Are The People In My (Imaginary, Very Large) Neighborhood
(Columns/World Building 101)

At the end of last month’s exciting episode, I mentioned that I’d started dividing my ideas up into five general culture groups. Before I start working on the broader aspects of the world, let’s take a ...

19. The Cat Burglar
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... stories, but also show up frequently in espionage, cyberpunk, and fantasy tales. The Name Game There are two main categories of cat burglars: the working stiffs and the artists. Working stiffs are ...

20. The Soldier of Fortune
(Columns/Archetype of the Week)

... is on the job, he’s working round the clock and will therefore be with his unit or protecting his client most of the time. When between jobs or on leave, the soldier of fortune is usually found in dive ...