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Reading over the V8 rules and trying to digest the changes, most of them seem fine or at worst are just personal “my…

Reading over the V8 rules and trying to digest the changes, most of them seem fine or at worst are just personal “my character got nerffed” disappointments.

But the one that has been bugging me all day is the removal of the “firm” hold rating, which, as a result, means there is no way to tier up without becoming VERY likely to be knocked down a tier (and remaining weak at that). This is ESPECIALLY brutal when combined with the rep tracker becoming longer and increased tax to tier up.

The Shepherds have increased their hold (on the old scale) twice by now, but have gone to war they same number of times. We pull down all sorts of heat and ire of enemies because we’re ambitious up and comers and that’s what it takes to get a foothold.

But, with the current rules as written, as soon as we tier up (which we’re pretty close to doing), the only way to not lose our massive investment of several scores worth of rep and coin that we put into that, is to turtle up. Not risking pissing anyone off so they declare war on us until we get 12 minus turf rep and can be strong again. Not to mention just being forced to take any abuse entanglement gives us instead of actually being able to fight back.

I don’t know, maybe that you are supposed to be really scared of losing your tier right after you rank up, and that’s exactly the point of the change, but it seems kinda contrary to the bold risk-taking the game seems to be about.

Converting characters and crew (the Doskvol Spectral Society) to V8 tonight. Excited!

Also, Hix just hit Trauma 4 inside Ironhook. But she’s safe because of her dedication to the Keeper of the Flame! Harm 2, Vice: Servitude, Serving a few weeks in the Hook. She should be fine, right?

Can I get an example on how Tempest for the Whisper works as a weapon.

Can I get an example on how Tempest for the Whisper works as a weapon. Is it rolling Attune like you would a Hunt or Skirmish to cause harm basically or something more?

Tempest: You can push yourself to do one of the following: unleash a stroke of lightning as a weapon—summon a storm in your immediate vicinity (torrential rain, roaring winds, heavy fog, chilling frost/snow, etc.).

I’ve yet to read the full release (it’s out finally, yay!)

I have a quandary as a session ran long and there will probably have to be a part two.

The group had a heist to kidnap a kid (there’s a sting in that tail but I’ll not reveal it here in case any of them have joined the group).

The manor they were breaking into was old and falling apart, the owner was a mad inventor and his personal guard are old but well-trained.

Things went well at first, but the Whisper burnt through his stress with a few special effects and while he avoided a gunshot, he was burnt out by the midpoint. The rest of the group are harmed and mostly full with their stress.

The thing is, time was called at the gaming cafe we played in as one of the group was fleeing with the kid, one pried a giant knocked out guard off of himself and the Lurk crept out with the Whisper.

Given the sudden end and the fact they’ve yet to drop the ‘child’ off, I figure this will be part one of two.

My current plan is to allow them all a little downtime in the day or two before they need to drop the child off. They originally said they’d do the heist on the day of the dropoff but we can easily retcon that. This way the Whisper can get back on his feet, the rest… I don’t know. I’m thinking Heist Part Two will be the flight from Crow’s Foot to Gaddoc Rail Station while the guards are closing in. The group made a lot of noise and drew a lot of attention, after all.

Has anyone had a heist reach this kind of point and been merciful to the group? Should I get the Whisper creating a temp character for the second part of the heist?

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Can I Just say John Harper, that I’m a sucker for ‘examples of play’ in RPG texts, and your example of stealing into the Dimmer Sister’s House after the Eye of Kotar is one of the best ‘what if…’ (plus variations) on this genre that I’ve read. So damn good mate and fantastic for exemplifying good GM and Player practice with the subsystems. Bravo!

Is that AnneMunition as The Whisper or are my eyes playing tricks on me?

I thought this supercool art (as seen on RollPlay Blades) was going to be in the book – and maybe just maybe some of…

I thought this supercool art (as seen on RollPlay Blades) was going to be in the book – and maybe just maybe some of the pages were full color. Guess I was just wrong on both accounts.

In light of this, I am interested to know John Harper: Were these done specifically for the show? Or just.. pieces you had done but couldn’t include? Something else?

John Harper also, my friends and I are wondering why you cut rules reference page 2 that showed all the post score…

John Harper also, my friends and I are wondering why you cut rules reference page 2 that showed all the post score and downtime actions. Not sure how representative my 3-4 games are, but I think all my games have used that sheet more than any other o.O

John Harper not sure if you want random copy edit notes here or just leave it to the pros;

eg/ on the new v8 sheets PDF, under Citizenry it reads Whitecrows instead of Whitecrown.

love v8 fwiw <3

This community is so wonderful, I can’t even say. Thank you all so much.

Take a victory lap, everybody! You’re officially the best.