The crew of assassins in the game I’m running are going after The Red Sashes contact in the Iruvian Consulate for…
The crew of assassins in the game I’m running are going after The Red Sashes contact in the Iruvian Consulate for their next score. Any suggestions on obstacles and elements for this score at the Consulate? Thx.
Finally launched our Blades in the Dark campaign: “Blades Oblique.” I’ve found Obsidian Portal to be helpful for the…
Finally launched our Blades in the Dark campaign: “Blades Oblique.” I’ve found Obsidian Portal to be helpful for the players to keep track of the factions and characters they interact with: http://bladesoblique.obsidianportal.com
The players’ crew of Assassins, “The Dark Cloud,” attended the funeral of Roric, beloved leader of The Crows, who apparently killed himself by jumping off the watchtower that is their lair right after he had brokered a truce between The Lampblacks and The Red Sashes. The funeral was in Tangletown and was attended by the top criminals in Crow’s Foot as well as prominent members of the citizenry. A special Spirit Warden crematorium barge was rowed to Tangletown to eviscerate Roric’s spirit and the ceremony was presided over by Father Morris of the Church of the Ecstasy of the Flesh.
We then flashback to the morning of the funeral when The Dark Cloud met with the leader of The Lampblacks, Bazso Bas. He communicates his suspicion that Mylera Klev, the leader of The Red Sashes, had Roric killed as she has confederates in The Crows who will side with The Red Sashes against the Lampblacks now that Roric is gone. He wishes to maintain the truce: “It is in our best interest to honor the truce for now but we need something taken care of…”
Bazso wants them to kill Mylera’s contact at the Iruvian Consulate, who’s been funneling money from the Iruvian government to The Red Sashes to keep them going. He lowballs them with the offer of payment as “money is tight during wartime.” He also asks if they have had any communication with The Red Sashes and, before they can answer, we flashback to the evening before the funeral when…
the Dark Cloud met with their deal broker and ally, Lydra, who had called them to her office in Silkshore for a meeting with a member of The Red Sashes who claims that The Crows’ second in command, Lyssa, had Roric killed as she has made a deal with Bazso Baz to split the district between them. “It is in their best interest to maintain the truce for now but…” they want someone to hit a gunpowder smuggling operation in The Docks operated by The Crows. “Money is tight during wartime,” but they offer to cover their expenses and let them take over the operation once they remove The Crow’s contact that is running it now.
The players decide to accept both the offer from the Lampblacks and from The Red Sashes and we are off…
Question regarding Harm:
Question regarding Harm:
On Page 13 it states that “when a PC marks their last stress box, they suffer a level of trauma. When you take trauma, circle one of your trauma conditions like Cold, Reckless, Unstable, etc.” and that this condition is permanent. But that is not mentioned in the description of harm on page 31 or in recovery from harm on page 155. Does a player suffer a permanent trauma condition from just a level one trauma, even after they recover?
I don’t think I ever saw this done on the Blades sessions run by Harper on youtube.
Thanks.
Anyone know where to find background images and clocks to use on roll20.net for Blades?
Anyone know where to find background images and clocks to use on roll20.net for Blades? I can’t seem to find anything on the site. Thanks.
I could use some advice.
I could use some advice. My players have chosen the initial crew upgrades of hidden lair and crew quarters. Any suggestions on how to explain the manner that two factions are impacted by these choices pro and con? Especially since the lair is hidden?
Referring to this rule:
“When you assign your two upgrades, the GM will tell you about two factions that are impacted by your choices:
One faction helped you get an upgrade. They like you, and you get +1 status with them. At your option, spend 1 coin to repay their kindness, and take +2 status with them instead.
One faction was screwed over when you got an upgrade. They don’t like you, and you get -2 status with them. At your option, spend 1 coin to mollify them, and take -1 status with them instead.”
Spotify Web Player – Dead Market – Haujobb
Excited to begin running Blades in the Dark.
The campaign: “Blades Oblique” with the tagline: “Unfaithful but not Disloyal” starts in a couple of weeks and I found the perfect theme song: