How do you deal “fiction first” with “You have only two downtime actions”
How do you deal “fiction first” with “You have only two downtime actions” ? If the players just do their stuff, how do I say “hmm you only have 2 actions and you just played them”, or these kind of stuffs? Seems that there is a system restrictions to fiction, no? How do you deal with that?
Anybody have any thoughts on how Heat and Rep might turn out for a score that happened exclusively in the Deathlands?
Anybody have any thoughts on how Heat and Rep might turn out for a score that happened exclusively in the Deathlands?
My players got themselves purposefully sentenced to a Deathlands Scavengers chain gang to 1) Clear their Wanted level and drop their Heat, and 2) Infiltrate the Scavengers to steal Lady Thorn’s book of ritual sorcery.
It was a hell of a good showdown, but now they’ve gotten back to the Dusk with presumably everyone thinking they’re dead and no one having knowledge of their escapades in the terrifying realm beyond the barriers.
I suppose it could be said that in the vacuum of Scavengers’ leadership, some of the chain gang folks could have gotten back into the city and started talking though?
Thoughts?
Got another question for the collective.
Got another question for the collective.
Sample drugs and poisions have the volatile draw back. The rules state volatile produces the sideeffect for the user.
My question is if a leech injects, darts or otherwise administers the substance to someone is the leech the user or the victim? Does this mean that every time a leech uses the bandolier they effectively have to resist or take harm?
I’m trying to rework the playbook xp triggers system, basically instead of having set triggers players will choose…
I’m trying to rework the playbook xp triggers system, basically instead of having set triggers players will choose two from a list of hopefully many it’s nothing massive, but either adjectives are impossible or John used all the good ones 😉 So far I’ve got improvisation. I would love some of your guys ideas.
You earn xp when you address a challenge with _________
I am officially in love with this game, Blades in the Dark.
I am officially in love with this game, Blades in the Dark.
I am a hardcore ‘Powered by the Apocalypse’ RPG fan, and this is absolutely the best RPG I have ever seen. Everything in this game is made to work as a whole in the most delicate way.
The only drawback is that I cannot find any satisfaction from other RPGs now. Now I expect this level of quality and it is nowhere to be found other than here. I just hope that there will be other game with other genres using the advanced techniques of BitD.
Thank you John Harper for this amazing game. I can dare say it is a meaningful contribution for the humanity.
I will keep in touch with this community and will report my play soon.
Conspiracy theory after reading the testimonial at page 160: the powers that be let such a powerful criminal element…
Conspiracy theory after reading the testimonial at page 160: the powers that be let such a powerful criminal element in Doskvol to keep the underground tunnels and canals flowing with death and misery to attract leviathans to the city and keep the blood trade running.
Conspiracy theory 2: after the Unity War the leviathans started migrating to Skovlan.
Nobodies of Doskvol, no. 10 of 12.
Nobodies of Doskvol, no. 10 of 12.
Weller the Shoe, a familiar figure of the Dockside, staggering home from the drug dens, red of eye, pinprick pupils and nostrils encrusted with powder. His man Veck finds him and takes him home most evenings, knowing that Weller will most likely spend their savings tomorrow. Would that the slums could get cleaned out of those slags that poison its people..
Has there been any word on Coneycatchers? It’s the stretch goal I’m most excited for by far.
Has there been any word on Coneycatchers? It’s the stretch goal I’m most excited for by far.
Some Band of Blades previews!
Some Band of Blades previews!
So while we’re working on the edits to S&V 1.6 (it’s coming, I promise – we get through a few more page-edits each weekday) John LeBoeuf-Little and I have been working on Band of Blades (our next release).
I’ve been working to level up my design chops, and try to get that gritty dark-fantasy feel to the sheets and the text. It’s coming along I think! The printer I was using ran out of color (so you can’t see the sweet, red bookmark looking band for personal advancement on the inside of the sheet). But here’s some pics I snapped yesterday.
Let me know what you think!
Can you give me some examples of how your group uses GHOST ECHOES?
Can you give me some examples of how your group uses GHOST ECHOES?