Marie Brennan 
Dice Tales [EPUB ebook] 

Some people play roleplaying-games for the challenge; others play them for the story.Award-winning fantasy author and freelance game writer Marie Brennan is unabashedly in the latter camp. In these essays she looks at tabletop and live-action RPGs from a narrative perspective, exploring the ways the framework of a game can generate and support (or undermine) your tale.Whether you are a player or a game master, DICE TALES offers insights on every facet of RPG storytelling, including:* generating characters with rich narrative potential* scaling plot as PCs become more powerful* managing the interaction between rules and roleplay* campaign planning at different stages* the social dynamics of collaborative creation* and more!