New Year and Character creation and Game Mastering
A new year is dawning and last night I played the final "The Dark Eye"-game of the year with my little group of adventurers! During the year I think I´ve grown quite a lot as a GM, or "Storyweaver" as I prefer to call myself. The adventure has taken turns I wasn´t ready for, but that´s what happens when you cannot control the choices of the participants...and really, it´s what makes it fun! The uncontrollable/unknowable feature of telling a story to people who have no idea what I have planned for them and why I love being a GM. I´m very thankful for the people I have got to know during the year, even those who have not stayed in the group! I hope the coming year will bring us new adventures! Now for some ranting! Every roleplaying game has different rules and customs for creating your alter ego. Some games are more free and offers you almost too many options while others have very few. How to create a character? Impossible to answer since it´s *you*, no one can or s...