Author: Ziv Wities

Whoops! Did something happen to John Harper​ and Sean Nittner​ ‘s AMA video?

Whoops! Did something happen to John Harper​ and Sean Nittner​ ‘s AMA video?

Whoops! Did something happen to John Harper​ and Sean Nittner​ ‘s AMA video?

I started watching it on Friday, but now it seems to have vanished…

Thanks! 🙂

At Bigor, the annual Israeli roleplaying convention, we’re running a whole slew of Blades one-shots — of every form…

At Bigor, the annual Israeli roleplaying convention, we’re running a whole slew of Blades one-shots — of every form…

At Bigor, the annual Israeli roleplaying convention, we’re running a whole slew of Blades one-shots — of every form and style our GMs have come up with.

Here’s our system spotlight, for all those poor benighted players who don’t know Blades yet, and a quick rundown of the games we’ll be running, so they can sign up and correct that oversight 🙂

http://bigor.org.il/blades-in-the-dark/

Going over the alchemical rules, and I feel like maybe I’m not grokking something about how this ecosystem is…

Going over the alchemical rules, and I feel like maybe I’m not grokking something about how this ecosystem is…

Going over the alchemical rules, and I feel like maybe I’m not grokking something about how this ecosystem is supposed to work.

If I play a Leech, there are some alchemicals I replenish automatically, and others I’d need to craft (via Long Term Project) or acquire (via Acquire Asset).

But crafting them seems ludicrously expensive. If I want Fire Oil, I’ve totally got some, but if I want Ghost Oil, that’s an 8-clock of Long-Term Project I’ve got to fill – which could totally add up to 3 downtime actions. If I possibly can, it’s way more efficient for me to just buy the Ghost Oil, using Acquire Asset — I’ll need a crit + 2 coin, or extra coin, but that sounds way more feasible to me than “oh, gee, I’m going to need this specific oil three scores from now.”

(Or I guess if you need it urgently than you invest the coin in speeding up a long-term project so it’s only one downtime phase?)

I don’t know; it just feels a little wonky to me. It seems to undercut having much flexibility in the Leech’s arsenal, and make creating new alchemicals feel like a pointless task.

Compare to the Whisper, who can complete new rituals within a downtime action or two. That feels more appropriate to me. I’m much less able to see how I’m supposed to plan out my lab time in anticipation of what alchemicals I’m going to need :-/

Any thoughts? Many thanks 🙂