Category: Blades in the Dark: Discussion

Been social engineering my group to get them ready to play Blades in the Dark.

Been social engineering my group to get them ready to play Blades in the Dark.

Been social engineering my group to get them ready to play Blades in the Dark. A few copies of the Lies of Locke Lamorra passed around has everyone really hooked. Now Im tweaking my music for running and I added like 6 songs by the Soft Boys to my mix. The Rats Prayer, Cold Turkey, I Wanna Destroy you, Queen of eyes, underwater moonlight and Strange leaped out as genre appropriate… currently everyone is devouring Beyond the Wall so Blades is my June choice I think.

Last night our crew hit an edge case.

Last night our crew hit an edge case.

Last night our crew hit an edge case. I think we handled it okay in the moment, but now ‘d like to hear how others would cover it. They finished a score and had eight Heat, Wanted Level 0. For their Entanglement they rolled a 6: Arrest. One of the crew members gave himself up, but since they were at Wanted:0, we figured that the Bluecoats didn’t actually have enough on him to make a case before a magistrate. Instead, they took him to the local watch station and held him for about a couple of days until the rest of the crew pulled an Acquire Asset to get a barrister and get the whole thing thrown out. He spent a couple of days in holding, then was released. The crew cleared all their Heat since the barrister got the case tossed (as a nod toward the result of getting incarcerated).

In retrospect, I feel like I should have had the barrister make a roll based on his Quality to determine how much Heat was cleared rather than clearing it all.

I had just a quick question for whomever may know.

I had just a quick question for whomever may know.

I had just a quick question for whomever may know. Is there any way to upgrade from the POD to the hardcover level of backing? If not or if it’s too late, that’s fine, I’d really like the hardcover, but it’s no big deal if I can’t get it.

Fun question: Who feels Whispers are almost a necessity for a PC crew?

Fun question: Who feels Whispers are almost a necessity for a PC crew?

Fun question: Who feels Whispers are almost a necessity for a PC crew? I’m not saying the game suffers without one, but I myself would feel much better having one as a (hopefully) trusted crew member, especially if the crew is a Cult! 🙂

Question about advancing attributes/actions. Just want to make sure that I understood that correctly:

Question about advancing attributes/actions. Just want to make sure that I understood that correctly:

Question about advancing attributes/actions. Just want to make sure that I understood that correctly:

There are only two ways to get a tick in the attribute track:

1. Desperate roll with this attribute

2. Training the attribute as a downtime action

For 2. you need the Crew Upgrade for the attribute first.

Correct?

I ask because advancement came up and playbook advance seems to be a looooot easier than attributes. All the quirks, the vice stuff, good roleplaying counts towards the playbook and only the precious downtime actions (mainly needed for Vice and Recover) are available for the attributes.

Our group’s cult is ramping up to Tier 1, so I’ve been reading up on those rules and I’ve a couple of…

Our group’s cult is ramping up to Tier 1, so I’ve been reading up on those rules and I’ve a couple of…

Our group’s cult is ramping up to Tier 1, so I’ve been reading up on those rules and I’ve a couple of (stupid/obvious) questions, that might make perfect sense to people who’ve actually used them on the table already:

1. when you advance in tier, your hold drops by one level – is it possible to advance when your hold is weak? 

2. when you go to war, your hold is reduced by one level temporarily (for the duration of the war) and if your hold is already weak, you drop a tier – does this mean that when the war finished, you go back up the tier you lost because your hold was already weak, or do you remain down on the lower tier and just gain hold instead?

3. Does the drop in Tier affect everything (Rep for taking them on, size of gangs, downtime actions etc.) that depends on Tier?

I wanted to thank the community for being so awesome, to me and everyone else.

I wanted to thank the community for being so awesome, to me and everyone else.

I wanted to thank the community for being so awesome, to me and everyone else. This is one of the best RPG communities I’ve dealt with, so hats off!

John, get back to work. 😉

Simple question: What’s the general level of firearms in the game (or your game)?

Simple question: What’s the general level of firearms in the game (or your game)?

Simple question: What’s the general level of firearms in the game (or your game)? Flintlocks, I would assume, however I can see some crazy-ass clockwork revolvers, too. I’m curious because the interplay of guns and fictional positioning has been on my mind.

Quick question: What’s the “legality” of vampirism?

Quick question: What’s the “legality” of vampirism?

Quick question: What’s the “legality” of vampirism? For example, is Lord Scurlock left alone only because he’s, well, Lord Scurlock, or is society “accepting” of vampires?

I was thinking a new vampire might be shunned by society at best, but a being of Lord Scurlock’s power is left alone because meddling with him is more costly than it’s worth, unless he himself meddles enough to warrant retribution.