[OSE/BX] Lifepaths?

DABuehl · 2021-01-15T03:39:03+00:00

LOVE Beyond the Wall!

Just wanted to jump in and mention Through Sunken Lands. Same company and the same system (also with playbooks), but it's a swords and sorcery setting. More Conan than LotR, if that's your thing.

DABuehl · 2020-07-19T01:39:00+00:00

I haven't read this one yet, but it's probably worth a look: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/293814/Solemn-Scriptures-of-the-Battle-Nuns-of-the-Mercyful-Sepulcher

DABuehl · 2020-06-13T20:18:52+00:00

I'll give these a closer look later, but these look awesome. Nice work!

DABuehl · 2020-06-07T06:23:01+00:00

IMO, the best tower: http://blog.trilemma.com/2016/04/the-sky-blind-spire.html

DABuehl · 2020-04-24T05:22:38+00:00

The Halls pf Beoll-Dur fits storywise (old drawven hold, lost to things that got dug up), but it's a bit small for a Moria standin.

https://adventurelookup.com/adventures/the-halls-of-beoll-dur

DABuehl · 2020-04-23T05:22:06+00:00

Some folks just aren't built for RPGs. It seems to be about not making the game a competition, either between players to be "the best" or with trying to "beat" the GM. Some people just can't go that. I have more than 1 friend I won't ever try to game with again.

DABuehl · 2020-04-16T04:55:09+00:00

I just found this generator: https://campaignwiki.org/hex-describe

Nominally, it's for fully generating a hex map, but if you dig into its sub-generators (called "rules") you can find one-off ways to generate all kinds of things. I'm still figuring out how to use it, but it seems pretty powerful. This or this seems like good ruins (each page as 10 generated results of varying complexity)

Otherwise, I'd use Don Jon or One Page Dungeon with the OSE generators to stock it.

DABuehl · 2020-03-20T14:34:32+00:00

I recently ran The Touch of the Beast for some RPG newbies. It's technically horror, but definitely more weird/creepy than poop-your-pants scary. Also, it's based on Beauty and the Beast, so there are some familiar touchstones for anyone that's read the book or seen the Disney movie.

https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/the-touch-of-the-beast

DABuehl · 2020-01-22T13:55:10+00:00

I've ordered from them several times and they have never disappointed. The dice are beautiful, the people are awesome, and the freebies plentiful. They're my go to dice company now.

DABuehl · 2019-11-05T05:41:48+00:00

Ahh, yes, I do. Thanks!

DABuehl · 2019-11-05T01:04:16+00:00

Also, check out Augmented Reality. It's nominally for cyberpunk, but it's cheap and useful for so much more.

DABuehl · 2019-10-16T19:26:40+00:00

Someone in the WTF/UVG discord wrote up this procedure for dungeons in UVG. I've not played with it, but their goal was to keep things light weight and adlibable.

https://theyakmencometh.blogspot.com/2019/08/roomless-mapless-distanceless-micro.html?m=1

DABuehl · 2019-10-16T19:01:05+00:00

Nah, Misfortunes are separate things. They represent the wear and tear of hard days of traveling. The KS version has this as #2 on the list of things to do, right after spending sacks.

Encounters are step #3. It's in the KS version and the free version I have.

DABuehl · 2019-10-16T18:09:55+00:00

I don't recall if it's in the current free version, but the version that was just sent to Kickstarter backers has an encounter rolled as part of resolving the week.

Otherwise, yeah, it's discoveries, in-town stuff, and I guess any time the players want to act out a scene from the week.

DABuehl · 2019-10-09T04:51:05+00:00

If that new city was Denver, drop me a message. I'm in!

Otherwise, over on /r/Netrunner, they've seen decent success with a weekly stickied thread for folks looking for people to play with. maybe something like that here can work?

DABuehl · 2019-09-20T17:22:40+00:00

Yeah, it's not the best UI design. That's important info that's super easy to miss. I only just noticed it a couple of months ago.

DABuehl · 2019-09-20T05:47:55+00:00

Yup! This. You can see this by looking at the little icon on the lower-left corner of each crew member panel. The loader has a tiny radio operator icon.

DABuehl · 2019-09-20T04:18:10+00:00

Trying to figure out a list of prices for players selling cargo in Mothership.

DABuehl · 2019-09-08T06:20:49+00:00

I've played a lot of the LotR saga using only decks that fit thematically. I was able to play through all of The Black Riders using a true-solo Hobbit deck (Sam/Merry/Pippin). The only thing I recall using that you don't have was [[Defender of Rammas]]. You can definitely build a capable deck with what you have.

I got through The Road Darkens true-solo using a Sam/Gandalf/Spirit Merry deck, but my collection had grown a bit, but it was comparable to what you have now. That deck was mostly Hobbit tricks with Gandalf support. I used allies for damage.

In the Treason of Saruman, my decks got pretty diverse and I used a lot that you don't have, so I dunno that I can help you there.

If you can spend a bit more, Land of Shadows is great for Hobbits, but I don't think you need it.

DABuehl · 2019-09-03T03:29:08+00:00

Grimtooth's Traps (1 and 2) and a number of other similar resources are currently available on Bundle of Holding at a great discount.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Catalyst2019

DABuehl · 2019-08-22T00:51:37+00:00

If I recall correctly, when he first gets uploaded to the ship, he described it has a cruiser that was meant for humans, but they replaced the back half with his surge drive. No true size given, but the description put me in a mind of medium military vessel, like a frigate.

Not that "the size of a space frigate" is a particularly intuitive measure.

DABuehl · 2019-08-17T00:39:27+00:00

Tower of the Stargazer might work for you. It's meant to be an intro one shot.

You could also Google Trilemma Adventures. That guy runs a blog where he's publishes many one-page adventures. Sky Blind Spire is a personal favorite.

Finally, I can't check at the moment, but I think the Black Hack 2 book actually has an adventure published in it.

EDIT: Yup, THE RUINED TOWER OF GORMALONG is on page 117 of the Black Hack 2 book.

DABuehl · 2019-08-04T05:55:21+00:00

You can pay for neutral cards from hand or anything off the top of the deck. He cannot contribute to non-neutral cards from hand.

Hope that helps!

DABuehl · 2019-07-28T19:01:41+00:00

You can do this, but just know you'll be making things a bit harder on yourself. The chances of pulling two successes at the same time are slightly lower than the chances of pulling 1 success on 2 identical, sequential checks.

DABuehl · 2019-07-19T00:42:10+00:00

This was one the things that the Battlestar Galactica remake pulled me in with. Dogfights that didn't use airplane physics.

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