Author: Alex Hardison

Fellow Roll20 players, what icon sets do you use?

Fellow Roll20 players, what icon sets do you use?

Fellow Roll20 players, what icon sets do you use? I like having little tokens so players can track where they are on the map, but all the sets I can find are either high fantasy or far too ‘classic’ steampunk for Blades – all brass and cogs and pitch helmets. Have you found any that suit or should I just make do?

A few questions about Resistance, apologies if they’ve already been answered.

A few questions about Resistance, apologies if they’ve already been answered.

A few questions about Resistance, apologies if they’ve already been answered.

Can a player push themselves or receive assistance when making a resistance roll? I can imagine them accepting the 2 stress in order to reduce their chances of rolling a 1-3 on a single die test. Is this allowed? Rather, would you allow this in your game, and why?

The rules state that a resistance is always successful, and it’s only the stress that varies. Does this apply to pre-emptive resistances? This would mean that, for example, a roll to resist being disarmed by a master swordsman before making your skirmish roll (as on page 11) is always successful. This seems overpowered to me – there should still be some chance to be disarmed. Thoughts from more experienced BITD GMs?

I’m a little uncertain about the alchemy and gadget crafting rules on pages 225-226.

I’m a little uncertain about the alchemy and gadget crafting rules on pages 225-226.

I’m a little uncertain about the alchemy and gadget crafting rules on pages 225-226. It states that the tier of the item produced will be the crew tier + the outcome of the Tinker roll. What does this mean for starting crews, whose tier is 0? If they don’t roll well enough or pay to raise the tier of the crafted item above 0, does the crafting fail?

Also, the rules seem to imply that some items have a minimum tier – how hard and fast should this be? Can shoddier versions of the higher tier items be created, or is it a pass/fail situation? Obviously this is all GM discretion, but I’m looking for advice from more experienced Blades players.