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Thanks to a recommendation I picked up a copy of “A Burglar’s Guide to the City” by Geoff Manaugh.

Thanks to a recommendation I picked up a copy of “A Burglar’s Guide to the City” by Geoff Manaugh. It arrived this morning and a quick glance through the first chapter revealed it to be a goldmine of material for any sort of heist game. So for some good ideas regarding things for your crew to do and ways to do it I’d recommend this book.

Critical with zero dice possible or not?

We had our second session last night and we had some rolls with zero dice (= 2d lowest result) and a double 6 came up. In a normal roll this would be a critical and I ruled it as that. I was in the mood the give my players this favour of the gods as sheer and pure luck.

Is this as intented or are there no criticals with zero dice.

Here is a brilliant inspiration for a “ghost key” or entry to some location in the ghost field.

Here is a brilliant inspiration for a “ghost key” or entry to some location in the ghost field.

Quick question about the Cutter’s Not To Be Trifled With ability: Should it allow the Cutter to fight a small gang…

Quick question about the Cutter’s Not To Be Trifled With ability: Should it allow the Cutter to fight a small gang and take them down with a single roll, or does it just prevent limited effect and so on from being outnumbered?

All things being equal, if the Cutter wants to say, fight six thugs on his own, what’s a decent way to model that? I’d think making six+ rolls is kind of boring, but one roll might be inflating the value of “Not to Be Trifled With” too much? I suppose you could always go to the clocks, set up a clock and have better effect/successes involve killing more than one dude. A HP track for a group, essentially. Pretty simple.

NPC ideas:

http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/the-most-incredible-list-of-people-have-been-barred-from-this-pub-in-south-london–ZJQy6aPZbZb

Maybe of interest for inspiration on your version of Duskvol’s docks.

Originally shared by Mark Cookman

Maybe you need a pawn shop. . .

http://www.blacksharkenterprises.com/#!20-Items-to-Find-in-a-Dockside-Pawn-Shop/c1q8z/570b0d4f0cf20b4e25a1cb58

So what kind of vehicle weapon ideas have other groups of Smugglers implemented for their vehicle cohorts?

So what kind of vehicle weapon ideas have other groups of Smugglers implemented for their vehicle cohorts? Looking for ideas for a new group just starting out in their criminal enterprise.

Hey everyone!

Hey everyone! I recently died (YAY!) and became a hull. I’m in the process of building his info right now. What I know right now is that he’s gonna have the double hull ability. I think it’ll be one big hull and one normal sized hull that fits inside the big one. What abilities do you think are the most “badass”? Any tips for playing the character type? Thanks for the help!

Gosh.

Gosh. It’s kind of hard to make a playlist for Blades. It’s really easy to make one that does dark, criminally stuff well. Furnace Room Lullaby is all about that shit. It’s harder to find music that “paints with a haunted brush” and “surrounds the listener in industrial sprawl”.

If any of you have found any good songs, throw them at me. I’ve had a little bit of luck recently with delving into witch house music. Best artist I’ve found so far is “Bruxa”.

Obviously this isn’t how the ghost lines work (right?) but it’s still terrific!

Obviously this isn’t how the ghost lines work (right?) but it’s still terrific! Maybe there are lines running at the bottom of some of the canals and this is an exclusive means of travel on top of barges/gondolas?

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/04/05/daddy-long-legs-brighton-%D0%B0-unique-unusual-railway-existed-1896-1901-2/