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Character Creation

Personalizing and Incorporating Characters’ Worship Practices

watercolor names of deities: Sune, Selune, Corellon

The various pantheons in D&D and other RPGs provide players with interesting details and pull from lots of different sources of lore. Experimenting with these deities and their narratives, … [Read more...] about Personalizing and Incorporating Characters’ Worship Practices

Filed Under: Building Your World, Character Creation

Adding Secondary PCs to Your Duet

Picture of four character sheets: Ryleigh, Briseras, Genevieve, and Katarina

Following Jonathan’s post from last week on flipping DM and player roles, I thought it might be helpful to go into more detail about secondary PCs. What can they add to your game, and how can you … [Read more...] about Adding Secondary PCs to Your Duet

Filed Under: Character Creation, Creating NPCs, Playing a Duet

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Two men speaking to one another, one with a tri-hat and wig, bowing to the other, with a tophat, overcoat, and cane

Character Development and Personality Type: Part III For our final post in the series on personality types and character development, I will be digging into the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. To … [Read more...] about Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Filed Under: Character Creation, Playing a Duet

The Personality Compass

picture of a stone, a vial, and a candle with text overlay that reads The Personality Compass

Character Development & Personality Type: Part II One of my amazing aunts introduced me to this system a couple years ago, explaining it as a way of thinking through how people make decisions. … [Read more...] about The Personality Compass

Filed Under: Character Creation, Playing a Duet

The Four Temperaments

picture of a potion measure and small vial with text overlay that reads The Four Temperaments

Character Development & Personality Type: Part I The purpose of this series is to help complicate the way we think about and approach character personality and development. Part I delves into … [Read more...] about The Four Temperaments

Filed Under: Character Creation, Playing a Duet

Character Development & Personality Type

Two women, both armed, one with hand on her hip, the other holding a crossbow

Introduction to a Three-Part Series In previous posts, we’ve gone over some ideas for balancing adventuring parties based on character class and on alignment. However, there’s a lot more to … [Read more...] about Character Development & Personality Type

Filed Under: Character Creation, Playing a Duet

Insight: Bard and Lute

Four adventurers silhouetted in front of a green path with forests surrounding it and mountains and a flying dragon in the distance

With the new (gorgeous!) character and landscape art we've been putting up all over our site, we thought it would only be appropriate to allow you to get to know the amazing artist behind them: Bard … [Read more...] about Insight: Bard and Lute

Filed Under: Character Creation, Playing a Duet, We Recommend

PC Adaptations for 1-on-1 D&D: Empowered not Overpowered

Female demon hunter ranger with yellow eyes wearing a hood and carrying a crossbow

We’ve gotten a few questions about how to adjust the PC's stats and abilities for fun and balance in a duet, and this post aims to answer them. I add in a few adjustments and strategies for players … [Read more...] about PC Adaptations for 1-on-1 D&D: Empowered not Overpowered

Filed Under: Character Creation, Mechanics, Playing a Duet

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