In Blades, Actions are sorted four each into three Attributes.
In Blades, Actions are sorted four each into three Attributes. Are there spiritual similarities that link Actions across Attributes? Is Skirmish the Prowess Survey, for example?
Do you let your players see the clocks? Especially downtime clocks for other factions.
Do you let your players see the clocks? Especially downtime clocks for other factions.
And, in a related question, how do you handle downtime actions for NPC factions, especially things like “seize a claim”–just say it happens, and drop it into NPC gossip? A fortune roll? Something else?
Has anyone run Blades as an open table game?
Has anyone run Blades as an open table game?
I organize 2-4 hour tabletop happy hours at a local bar. They’re about an even split off one shots and D&D open table games, a la West Marches or the Alexandrian. I’m considering running an ongoing Blades game…
The Scoundrels would be part of a big, amorphous gang. Every session would be a single score, downtime actions would be handled at the beginning of each session, and maybe I’d introduce some sort of in-gang rank tracking a la rep or faction affinity, but for each Scoundrel.
Has anyone else done something like this? Can anyone see pitfalls I may be missing? Any suggestions on a district to start them in?
Do the initial Hunting Grounds count as Turf for the Rep track?
Do the initial Hunting Grounds count as Turf for the Rep track?