Author: Jakob Oesinghaus

*Template for Roll20 sheets for Blades hacks*

So I heard people are hacking Blades in the Dark, so I did a thing which may be of interest to someone here. This:

https://github.com/joesinghaus/Blades-template

is a combination of rough guide and stripped-down version of the Blades sheet suitable for modification for Blades hacks. There are some instructions on how to make common changes — obviously, the further the hack is from base Blades, the more work you have to do. I tried to make it as readable as possible in a reasonable timeframe, but it’s still a bit technical by nature.

The code is primarily in pug/SCSS (fancy and less work), but I’ve added a compiled HTML/CSS (“easy”, more work) version. You can’t get around coding for modifying it, obviously, but perhaps it’s not too complicated.

EDIT March 3: I have made some changes to the way the sheet is built in order to facilitate modification. However, this breaks compatibility with the first version I posted. It’s still available here: https://github.com/joesinghaus/Blades-template/tree/old-style-build.

Scum and Villainy question

I don’t understand this Special Ability:

SUNDERING

You may push yourself to attune to the Way and twist it, causing psychic harm to anyone in the area vulnerable to your assault. You may spend 1 stress for each additional feature: it damages instead of stuns — you may choose who is included in the effect.

You warp the Way within you, and by extension warp the Way in others—a risky proposition at best. Sundering cannot harm inanimate objects. When causing harm, the symptoms can include short term seizures and ruptured blood vessels. Those specially trained to resist psychic attacks or are somehow shielded may reduce your effect. By default this hits one target.

The last bolded sentence seems to contradict the former two, unless there’s something else going on. How can it hit anyone in the area, but only one target by default? Under which conditions would it hit more than one target? What’s the purpose of the second option “you may choose who is included in the effect” if it only affects one target?

Seems like the last sentence should be removed, though this opens up the question about how large “the area” is. Or perhaps this is meant to hit one target, and choosing the last option opens it up for several targets? In that case, the wording is extremely confusing, perhaps it should be “— it can affect more than one target”.

Roll20 stress/trauma trackers for Scum & Villainy, plus script

Hey everyone, for an upcoming game of S&V, I’ve made stress/trauma tracker tokens you can use as rollable table tokens in Roll20. Moreover, I’ve modded my BladesHelper Roll20 API script for doing stress/trauma/clock tracking on the tabletop automatically into a Scum & Villainy version, using these new images.

I don’t know if anyone will use it, but if you do, enjoy!

You can find everything on Github: https://github.com/joesinghaus/roll20-scripts/tree/master/BladesHelper-ScumAndVillainy