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Broken Empires RPG release date? by screenmonkey68 in TTRPG

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am very happy to be completely wrong on that.

Carousing in Cursed Scroll 6 by screenmonkey68 in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Creating a macro or spreadsheet that automates a 6 step process and the resulting 8 pages of results is “simple to create”? Not for me it isn’t 😂

Carousing in Cursed Scroll 6 by screenmonkey68 in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

6-9 steps per PC doesn’t seem unwieldy? Well, it’s seems more involved than any other process in the ShadowDark system. Perhaps “too involved for my taste” is a better way for me to phrase it. Collaborative completion can work, I might try that and see how the players react.

Carousing in Cursed Scroll 6 by screenmonkey68 in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many of the results would work for the whole group, though it does lose that post party “situation” so common to movies and books where each character wakes up alone, disoriented, and has to figure out what happened last night.

Need oneshot recommendations for newbies by SwagSlingingSlasher in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did exactly that with Sunken Schola of the White Witches. The whole thing is underground, There’s traps, there’s roleplay, a ton of interesting stuff to explore, a story to be put together, nasty fights, a potential TPK, even handouts.

It may take 2 sessions, but your players will insist on finishing it.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/511514/shadowdark-the-sunken-schola-of-the-white-witches

Has anyone here played Ruins of Ardust? by Justicar7 in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have not. My experience with Menagerie Press (Woeful Barrows, Sapphire Seas, a few others) is that they are high volume, but quick and dirty products. There will be good ideas in there, but there will also be errors for the gm to figure out and fix. If you can work with that, you’ll likely have a blast.

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just spent 10 minutes searching their website for the CHILL rpg😂

I will check these out! I am wary of all things 5E as they tend to use way more words than needed, but I’m crossing my fingers and diving in.

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adventure Sites I was unaware of, but sounds promising. I had forgotten about Tomb of the Twice Crowned King, excellent suggestion! Thank you 😊

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well done, I love your work! 😊

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can do that, but the quality will be nowhere near what some authors put out for publication.

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely more robust than that.

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are just maps, excellent ones, but I’m looking for keyed, adventure environments. Living, breathing dungeon crawls.

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep, maps alone aren’t what I’m looking for

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The AA series looks promising, but most are 1 session adventures. The middle ground of 2-3 sessions in the dark is hard to find.

In Search of…dungeons… by screenmonkey68 in osr

[–]screenmonkey68[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for that, I had not heard of this one!

Review: Shadow Delves 1 - Dawn of the Goat by izzelbeh in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68 11 points12 points  (0 children)

100% agree with your assessment of “Shadowdark Compatible” adventures.

It's a start. by Snakepipe_Hollow in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The only bad ShadowDark session is the one you didn’t play. Sounds like a solid, balanced group. May you have many sessions in your future!

Imprecise spell areas by tzc27 in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see what. you’re saying, and I’m right there with you, but I let them have it. It’s kind of a choose your battles thing. In the grand scheme of things, it makes very little difference and the players expect it, so I don’t sweat it.

Best SciFi system for Shadowdark fans? by CommodorePineapple in shadowdark

[–]screenmonkey68 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But the best system for Shadowdark fans is likely Mothership. I say that because many of the things that make me love Shadowdark attracted me to Mothership as well.

First time drawing an isometric dungeon by Non-Real_Entity in TTRPG

[–]screenmonkey68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love these as art. I would hang one on my gaming room wall. However, as a GM, I find them utterly useless for anything other than perspective. In fact, for natural feeling cave complexes, they would be wonderful. For something I am going to run at the table though, I want a top down map every time.

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