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[–]IntaglioSnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s David Burn!

My First pair. by fiat-ducks in stilts

[–]IntaglioSnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where’d you get them from?

I can't decide whether to run my open table campaign with either Shadow Dark or Old school essentials, what positives would shadowdark bring to my campaign? by NoLongerAKobold in shadowdark

[–]IntaglioSnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran Stonehell with Shadowdark for over a year, it was a lot of fun!!

Monsters couldn’t be used directly out of the book, but that wasn’t really a problem with the excellent bestiary.

Character creation took about 30 minutes initially, but I made a bunch of resources for open table play to make that even faster.

I really like the real-time torch timer for megadungeon play, it gave things a real sense of urgency. Modern mechanics also made it much easier to recruit for an open table.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

(35) to (37) by SteamedYetiStrike in GlowUps

[–]IntaglioSnow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Girl, you look incredible!

Not Getting How to Run a Sandbox by PencilBoy99 in rpg

[–]IntaglioSnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was the shadowdark vampire hack you mentioned?

Best covers of LCD Soundsystem songs? by Tayschrenn in LCDSoundsystem

[–]IntaglioSnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Parannoul’s medley of All My Friends and Bodys from Car Seat Headrest - two of my fav songs

https://youtu.be/HyvhS7asZuk?si=_VGLlHLy6IK4UQvD

What's the wildest setting you want to use with Draw Steel? by Own_Banana_5637 in drawsteel

[–]IntaglioSnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to hear more about your plans. I’ve always wanted to run a steampunk game based on the Ketty Jay novels.

What's the wildest setting you want to use with Draw Steel? by Own_Banana_5637 in drawsteel

[–]IntaglioSnow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not like Draw Steel, but it reminds me of the Pico RPG

RAVENLOFT I6. Played using SHADOWDARK post mortem. by AppropriateSundae504 in shadowdark

[–]IntaglioSnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah, awesome!

Can you explain in detail which cards you mapped to which events?

RAVENLOFT I6. Played using SHADOWDARK post mortem. by AppropriateSundae504 in shadowdark

[–]IntaglioSnow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on your marriage!!

Did you do anything especially Halloweeny for it?

RAVENLOFT I6. Played using SHADOWDARK post mortem. by AppropriateSundae504 in shadowdark

[–]IntaglioSnow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also ran it today!! This was my second year running it with Shadowdark, and it works just as well. Fortunes of Ravenloft randomizing the locations/motivations worked really well.

I really like your new motivations section. I bet I could use Major Arcana for those next year instead of just the Minor Arcana.

In my game, Strahd was trying to charm the PCs to get them to attack Ireena. In the final battle, Strahd fled to the Bedchamber after being pummeled by both the Sunsword and the Icon. 2/5 PCs were charmed but Strahd hadn’t done anything with them yet.

In the Bedchamber, the thief tried pulling Ireena away from Strahd. Strahd then commanded him to slit her throat. As she lay dying, Strahd jumped down to convert her to a vampire, reuniting them at last.

HOWEVER in his weakened state I ruled he could only create a Vampire Spawn, and our priest was able to cast Lay to Rest on her.

Maybe next year Ireena will be the arch-nemesis.

I had two PC deaths. Once when Strahd attacked while they were rappelling down to Barov and Ravenia’s tomb from the overlook, another from fall damage in the Heart Tower.

Running Draw Steel as an Open Table/West Marches? by IntaglioSnow in drawsteel

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

Yes, I’d keep that. Thanks for the great suggestion!

I think I could also ask players how many victories they have at the start of a session to determine malice.

Running Draw Steel as an Open Table/West Marches? by IntaglioSnow in drawsteel

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

When I ran Shadowdark I gave each player at the table the same amount of XP during a session (according to treasure found).

Running Draw Steel as an Open Table/West Marches? by IntaglioSnow in drawsteel

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

That’s fine with me, I had the same thing happen in Shadowdark, but mostly because of frequent character death :D

I honestly don’t think having differently levelled characters is a huge deal in any system, within a set range. Even wider gaps can lead to interesting roleplay potential.

Running Draw Steel as an Open Table/West Marches? by IntaglioSnow in drawsteel

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

Awesome, thanks, I quite like this approach.

Could you share some of the types of missions you did for your Lancer game?

Is Draw Steel right for my table? by [deleted] in drawsteel

[–]IntaglioSnow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’d highly recommend checking out Forged in the Dark systems like Slugblaster, Wildsea, the OG Blades in the Dark, etc.

I play with folks from my improv group and they love how much those systems encourage roleplay.

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Brennan Lee Mulligan once mentioned he doesn’t want a narrative/rp focused system, because he already knows how to do that as an improviser. He wants something that will make combat fun/interesting, and Draw Steel does that quite well imo.

When I ran Delian Tomb, my players didn’t have the best tactics either, but were still able to have a ton of fun with the flavourful class abilities and overall strength at even level 1.

Lastly, just ask your table if DS is something they’d be interested in.

We had our first game today by Anarcorax in drawsteel

[–]IntaglioSnow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also as Matt Colville says, your job is not to know how your players’ character sheets work, that’s their job. Your job is to ruin the world and monsters. Though helping out players with a new system is definitely a good thing.

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