sooperdude24.bsky.social
Big TTRPG fan, especially on Foundry VTT, as the only local games are with literal sheep.
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Just finished session 0 of our groups second run at Stars Without Numbers. All PCs are based on Keanu characters named some version of John. I'm running PF2e Abomination Vaults tomorrow, last session we had a goblin sniper riding a druid giant shark. Sunday I'm running a Dragonbane campaign.
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They're a good group, all very experienced with various systems. Solid RP as well as funny.
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I signed up for a course to write a Call of Cthulhu one-shot, and I gave up. However, I've easily written stuff for Darker Malleus, Dragonbane and others... Darker Malleus was my favourite as I had my players tied up in knots about moral decisions until they burned a whole village alive.
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They managed to sneak past the giant spiders to find the foreman, learning that the mine had found a rich gold vein in a deep chasm. The foreman died to a spider, the group fled, and returned to town. They convinced the mine owner the spiders had taken over the place, bought it cheap, and got rich.
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Finally the mine was in front of them, and after luring some hobgoblins into the sun for a massacre, they tackled the cave troll. Two of the party died bravely, or screaming, depending on who tells the tale. Fortunately, 2 adventuring types were working as miners and hiding nearby, so they won!
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They camped, they hunted, they feasted, they shared peppermint candy the bard was using in his sling. One of the scholars rolled a dragon on their watch, catching the eye of a sneaky goblin over 200m away, through complete darkness, they simply shook their head and scared them off.
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The journey took 2 days, an incident with a brook horse having them flee, bit they tricked a toll trolley to let them cross its bridge in exchange for a "magic" pewter tankard that makes ale taste better. They then found an empty campsite, and the reason the troll was compliant, having a full belly.
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The crazy peddler was dismissed as insane, the road to the next town over doesn't have skeletons and giant spiders marauding it. If anyone had come that way they would confirm that, shockingly nobody had. So they decided to help the silver mine owner, nothing to do with the hefty reward.
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Our plucky wolfkin recruited the two scholars for their smarts, and the group begrudgingly allowed the geriatric bard to join them so he could write a poem about them. The newly married couple who had not been heard from, after moving to the swamp, were ignored for being idiots who live in a swamp.
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Eat the Reich had great art as well, loads of talented folks out there - not me, but other folks, haha.
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I backed this so fast my mouse got whiplash.
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Makes sense, I love that game as well, and the art adds to that so well. Thanks for the info.
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I use Maze Rats as an introduction to ttrpgs for flexibility and simplicity. I make a city map with areas, then I get them to name/describe a zone each - they invest more. Randomly roll characters, then ask why they are looking for work, this usually creates an antagonist or goal.
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There's a double Hydra fight in Abomination Vaults that my players got wrecked on, but ultimately prevailed. They loved it. The switch in fortune, when they figured things out, was a real epic moment. I love the more complex monsters for that reason.
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Mine is caused by my wife using the Owl to learn German, not a friendly language when angrily yelled in a Scottish accent because it doesn't understand her.
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50 Shades of Green - Your patchwork of warts, scars, and scabs produce a mottled colouration that gives +1 to stealth.
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Be careful, that is a dark path - once you taste the forbidden "Free Archetype" fruit it is hard to go back. An idea for duels would be to go less rules, take a simple narrative approach, and use a D6 for degrees of success? Make it a more cinematic experience.
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Yeah, middle is my preference. Colour block is too heavy, empty walls are deceptive, hatching is easier on the eyes.
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It's great, except the part where I'm slowly having to make a wine economy for the game, haha. The group recently saved Nick Claws (Santa) from a Bugbear raid, and he was gifted a wine-stopper that magically preserves whatever it corks. So he can make those bottles last a bit longer.
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I have a player whose character grew up in a wine-making town. He buys the wine from his home town when he finds it, and gifts bottles to important people hoping to make it famous. He recently wrote home to ask them to send cuttings so he can start his own vineyard.
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The changes cause a mudslide, a nearby slope has the face opened up as trees slip away, and the earth beneath fills the valley below. What is revealed is the side of a bunker, rooms and corridors with no windows. Can you find the entrance? What lies inside?
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Trevor Gumble, the old man who tends this place, looks up at his most prized plant in horror. The giant bonsai he fashioned into his name aeons ago has been destroyed, burned by some unknown hooligan. He takes up his rake, and his secateurs, before angrily pulling on his wellington boots.
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This is the way.
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Basic food of the common folk, the sour apple addition was started by an innkeeper on a particular trade route, and spread via his customers.
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Supplies are thin, but a leek tart could be found in a larger town. No Redwall, but there is a Slarn, Midslarn, Lower Slarn, Upper Slarn, High Slarn etc... scattered through the kingdom. All named for the same guy who got around a bit.
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Turnip stew, with sour apples added when it's almost done. Times are tough, and apples are a treat.
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Exactly, but an Elephant is 200gp exactly.
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That rule is one I use across systems, not 5e specific.
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The only one I use consistently is to reroll damage 1's on a critical hit. Some games have rules already, some don't have crits, but a lot do.
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Pricing is one that frustrates me so much, I'm new-ish to the game, give me a rough idea of what this thing is worth, please.
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Despite being many years old, I only started playing TTRPGs in the last few years, took two years before I tried DnD, and it's OK. I think playing lots of systems gives me a bit of a toolbox, I can pick the right one for my group, and my story.
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Can't really say no to that recommendation, haha. Thanks.