Author: Thomas Stanton

One thing I’ve been struggling to determine is Score payoff.

I run for a group of Hawkers and we are now coming up to our 4th session.

This will be the second Score that seemingly has no direct payout in terms of Coin.

If the crew goes on scores to retrieve some product/setup a new supply line/obtain new equipment etc. is it still recommended that they receive Coin from those types of scores, even if fictionally, they’re not being payed by anyone?

For example, the next Score the group is off to the Jayan Hall of Alchemy to attempt to steal some alchemical apparatus so that they may synthesise a particular drug en masse within the comfy confines of their own lair.

If they succeed would you also give them a Coin payout, and if so how much is reasonable? (perhaps in the form of surplus supplies they then offload or something?)

Cheers in advance.

Hey all.

I’m currently preparing to run my first session of Blades this week; I just had a quick question regarding XP and Advancement, both for characters and the crew.

I’m a little confused as to precisely when all the XP should be tallied up?

Is it best to go through a cycle of play (Score+Downtime) and then talk about the triggers etc.?

Or is it literally at the end of every play session, regardless of where we get up to?

Reason for the confusion is that it’s unlikely a full score and downtime will get done in each session, particularly the first. Also, if there are ‘XP check-ins’ after every session it seems likely that the progression would be faster.

Cheers in advance!