My PJ Lifestyle article on useless RPG characters.

Found here. Short version: note I said useless character, not useless player.  Sometimes a RPG player brings a character to a game that’s ill-suited for it and it’s not the player’s fault (it’s very well may be your fault for not communicating the scope of your campaign). I offer some thoughts on how to finesse that.

I need to collect some good RPG site links.

I got a dude asking me about them, and – horribly! – I realized that I don’t have that many good RPG site resources besides some company websites. Which aren’t bad, but I need a few more. I know about Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, of course (I have difficulty with the podcast format, but that’s a personal failing); and the aforementioned dude mentioned Saving Throw, which I know I’ve heard of before. Anybody else got suggestions, since I’m collating anyway?

[UPDATE: folks on Twitter recommended EN World RPG and Geek & Sundry.] [And SciFi Tech Talk.]