Author: Charlie Etheridge-Nunn

My copy arrived in the U.K. We’re all but done with season one of our Blades game and this will be great for the finale.

I’ve yet to read the full release (it’s out finally, yay!)

I have a quandary as a session ran long and there will probably have to be a part two.

The group had a heist to kidnap a kid (there’s a sting in that tail but I’ll not reveal it here in case any of them have joined the group).

The manor they were breaking into was old and falling apart, the owner was a mad inventor and his personal guard are old but well-trained.

Things went well at first, but the Whisper burnt through his stress with a few special effects and while he avoided a gunshot, he was burnt out by the midpoint. The rest of the group are harmed and mostly full with their stress.

The thing is, time was called at the gaming cafe we played in as one of the group was fleeing with the kid, one pried a giant knocked out guard off of himself and the Lurk crept out with the Whisper.

Given the sudden end and the fact they’ve yet to drop the ‘child’ off, I figure this will be part one of two.

My current plan is to allow them all a little downtime in the day or two before they need to drop the child off. They originally said they’d do the heist on the day of the dropoff but we can easily retcon that. This way the Whisper can get back on his feet, the rest… I don’t know. I’m thinking Heist Part Two will be the flight from Crow’s Foot to Gaddoc Rail Station while the guards are closing in. The group made a lot of noise and drew a lot of attention, after all.

Has anyone had a heist reach this kind of point and been merciful to the group? Should I get the Whisper creating a temp character for the second part of the heist?

I’ve started watching A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix and am very tempted to narrate my first Blades game in the style of Patrick Warburton’s Lemony Snicket.