Author: Eric Brunsell

Blades in the Brokenlands — a hack for epic fantasy – is ready for playtest! It isn’t complete, but there is enough there to give it a try.

I updated special abilities, finished the first part of the setting, added a magic item generator, and cleaned up a few other things.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MDt7vZYtdKchBtO49Vgxn7GxsUVKZ7243bqTAi-NjB0/edit?usp=sharing

Hi all — I added an overview of the setting for Blades in the Brokenlands (high fantasy hack). I’d love feedback. It is in Google Docs, so you can comment directly in the document if you would like. Of course, that means that the formatting is also a bit rough!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MDt7vZYtdKchBtO49Vgxn7GxsUVKZ7243bqTAi-NjB0/edit?usp=sharing

So, I had a long drive for some boring meetings today and developed a pitch for a new hack. Let me know what you think? Of course, I can’t work on it until I make more progress on Blades in the Brokenlands.

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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Behind the Curtain.

Illuminati? A bunch of stuffed shirts. Knights Templar? Call me when they find their cup. Freemasons? Fools with a silly handshake. They are all a bunch of posers compared to the puppet masters that we are destined to become. Born to power, raised for greatness; it is our turn to rise.

Players take on the role of mages in a cabal, extending their influence to dominate the modern word. Characters take on a role (e.g. operator, polymath, socialite), a magic sphere (e.g. body, mind, spirit, elements, technology), and a dominion (e.g. deep state, media, industry). The game also encourages troupe play through creation of a crew of champions to support the cabal while the mages are working on downtime actions.

(A longer abstract is include at the link below)

Here is a question for all of you — If you were going to play / run a Blades hack for urban fantasy, what would you like to see?

I’m thinking of a cross between Dresden/Iron Druid with a bit of Sigma Force.

Thoughts?

Added a draft of the Party (crew) sheet for Blades in the Brokenlands.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18itI6knlFj1c3vqPK6EMMy5rTlLOfajvz5F3d6kwRyk/edit?usp=sharing

I have a rough draft of a character sheet for my high fantasy hack — Blades in the Brokenlands. I’d love feedback.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18itI6knlFj1c3vqPK6EMMy5rTlLOfajvz5F3d6kwRyk/edit?usp=sharing

Blades in the Brokenlands (High Fantasy Hack update). I’m getting close to a full draft (without the setting). Updated — new/revised mechanics, archetypes (replaces character playbooks), race & racial traits, The Gift (magic special abilities – druid, magus, necromancer, psychic, warlock/witch), dungeon generator.

Here is a question for all of you – let’s say you wanted to do a modern game with a crew of wealthy dilettantes that do high end heists for the thrill of it. The coin mechanics isn’t an issue since they are already rich. What would you replace it with?

Perhaps something like influence, have a coin be $1 mil- or just remove it completely and use rep.