Stras Acimovic, would it be possible to get an ETA on when we can expect the next iteration of Scum & Villainy?
Stras Acimovic, would it be possible to get an ETA on when we can expect the next iteration of Scum & Villainy? I am sure you are busy, so if it is too much trouble, feel free to ignore this. Mostly curious.
Would it be possible to get an update on bladesinthedark.com?
Would it be possible to get an update on bladesinthedark.com?
Two quick Questions, both of which I know have been asked but I cannot find the answers, so apologies in advance.
Two quick Questions, both of which I know have been asked but I cannot find the answers, so apologies in advance.
First, when do we expect bladesinthedark.com to go live?
Second, when can we expect the SRD? Additionally, what will it cover, and what will be left out?
My convention game went exceedingly well.
My convention game went exceedingly well. Character creation + Crew creation, from scratch, with a bunch of players who had only played games like Pathfinder and Castles & Crusades, took over 45 minutes. But we managed to get through the entire scenario I had planned. The Crew had decided to make Smugglers, and the founding members of the crew were fraternal twins from the Dagger Isles. They decided they moved people who needed to get in and out of Doskvol.
I was running a scenario based on “The Warriors,” wherein Lyssa had lay the blame for Roric’s death at the player’s feet, as they were known to have a open dispute with Roric over not paying dues to the Crows. Therefore, the Crows, the Lampblacks, and the Red Sashes were out to get the Vanishers (the crew’s moniker).
The crew got wind of a group of slaves Roric had wanted moved from the six towers District. The crew thought since this was the real cause of their strife with Roric, the slaves might now something about Roric’s death. Some Whisper had lined the tower with Spirit Crows as sentinels, but the crew managed to bypass them due to the Leech. They broke into the tower when the Lurk slipped in through and upper window and silently made their way downstairs, but the old and rusty door drew the attention of a wandering Crow, who chased the Lurk while the crew slipped inside.
The Leech and the Spider (lovers) were on the heels of the Crow trying to assist their crew-mate. Unbeknownst to them, the Lurk had managed to get a lead on the aging Crow and hide in a weapons locker. Additional guards followed the athletically voluptuous Leech (who took a great deal of Sway, shoulda been a Slide) up into the tower. The Spider convinced the lot they could have their way with her while the Leech stirred their libidos.
Meanwhile, the Cutter and the Hound followed the trail of the slaves downstairs to a solid door of iron with a bar of steel welded in place to keep the doors shut. They spent time trying to find another way in before busting out the demolition tools and pounding down the door with main force, drawing out the remaining guards. The door crashed down, releasing a terrible stench as the Crows arrived to confront them.
The Spider assaulted the guards who had gotten a bit too forceful with the Leach, inciting his ire. He killed two of them, while the Leach pulled a pistol secreted in the folds of her dress and killed her primary assailant, who dropped her. She slid backwards down the stairs, knocking down the rest of the guards, who fell victim to the forgotten Lurk’s knives.
The Crows who confronted the Cutter and Hound were more preoccupied with trying to reseal the door, a matter they took advantage of, killing or incapacitating them. Once all the Crows in the tower were dealt with, the crew reunited to find out what had befallen the slaves; with the stench, no one felt they were still alive.
Someone brought out a lantern, which revealed a vampiric Roric feeding on the corpses of the slaves and a few Crows. The Cutter used Ghostfighter in a desperate action and rendered Roric stupified, while the rest of the crew set the tower aflame, and then all ran out.
One of the Crows had summoned the local Bluecoats in an act of desperation, and another had summoned Lyssa. The game concluded with a mad escape from the clutches of the Bluecoats, only to find the leader of the Crows and her cronies waiting on their barge, now with “proof” the PCs had “killed” their former leader: Roric’s severed head.
Everyone had a blast. The player of the Leach was effusive, saying, “I never could have done anything like this so easily and satisfyingly in Pathfinder.”
Where can I find Sean Nittner’s Vigilante play set?
Where can I find Sean Nittner’s Vigilante play set? I know it is supposed to be on bladesinthedark.com eventually, but I am headed to a local Con this weekend and I wanted to run a crew of Vigilantes squaring off with a Blades Crew.
So, I got a small crew that started messing with Scum & Villainy.
So, I got a small crew that started messing with Scum & Villainy. My Scoundrel has a rival in Battro, a bounty hunter. Everybody died when I announced why there is bad blood between us…Battro came to collect a bounty on my head over a Sabbacc game gone sour (that Switch had “…totally not cheated, that slimy slug of a Hutt just couldn’t hold his liquor! Maybe I took advantage, but just a little…). I had managed to get the drop on Battro and shot him, point blank, in the face, with a blaster, on stun…and Battro’s face stayed that way. Now he wears a mask and uses a vocalizer cannibalized from a bot. I don’t know why he hates me so much. The guy is now always ready for a surprise party.
I also came up with our theme song…
A long time friend and I (both in our 40’s and friends since we we teenagers) got to talking last night about old…
A long time friend and I (both in our 40’s and friends since we we teenagers) got to talking last night about old games at a local convention and suddenly my brain is on fire with how perfect Blades in the Dark would be for a LARP.
One gm with each crew, 4-6 players per crew. Each player and crew type has predefined relationships with the other playsheets and crews. Set initial position. Set up a central hub for collating data and plot. Set players loose.
I can’t stop thinking about it.
I just want to disclaim for your mental stability before I go any further: My mind doesn’t exactly work properly.
I just want to disclaim for your mental stability before I go any further: My mind doesn’t exactly work properly. It comes up with some silly things.
I have been thinking lately that it is a bit strange that humanity has a habit to be entertained by matters more dire than the situations we find ourselves in as a matter of giving ourselves perspective. I have instead been trying to go to better places in order to strive to be better and surpass or transcend my personal scenarios.
In this context, I was looking through Blades in the Dark and the idea of keeping most of the trappings but changing the focus came into my head. This was on the heels of watching “Gangs of New York” as it was the most Blades film I had access to. My brain twisted the Crews into the following demented shapes:
Party Planners (Assassins; or Waiting in the Dark) – It’s all about the Perfect Moment. The Perfect Plan. The Perfect Gift. The Guest List. Because Aunt Rita is still grieving over her precious Peaches, and Uncle Lew is a callous womanizer, so you can’t put them at the same table. Your crew really knows how to get it right, so when everyone jumps out and yells, “SURPRISE!” there are tears of perfect joy.
Your crew just got the ultimate challenge. Lord Scurlock, in the middle of a three hundred year old funk, has commissioned you to throw him the ultimate surprise party. He doesn’t want to know when it goes down, where it’s going to be, or that he even hired you. He doesn’t even want to see your crew setting things up. And, he wants to have fun. Can you pull it off?
Bakers (Hawkers; Cakes in the Dark) – The perfect icing, the right texture to the cake. You make the meanest cake this side of the Dagger Isles. But your crew just started their catering business. There are so many other victual shops in Duskval; can your crew make it on their confections, or will they be consumed by the competition? This would also make a great Iron Chef campaign.
Singing Telegram (Smugglers; Brakes in the Dark) – You’re couriers, using your bicycle network to deliver the missives, party invitations, and maybe even the mail in Duskval. “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gang fight nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
I also think Smugglers would be great for something like Sons of Anarchy, or a bosozoku gang.
I couldn’t think of anything suitable for the breakers, cultists or shadows.
I have a question for John Harper: I noticed there is a Blades in the Dark Backerkit.
I have a question for John Harper: I noticed there is a Blades in the Dark Backerkit. But I didn’t see much information available. Is there a way to get in on the printed version of Blades? Is there going to be a PoD version through DrivethruRPG at some point? Thanks!