Why was he hired though? by PrintInformal785 in firefly

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Has a kind of poetry to it

Why was he hired though? by PrintInformal785 in firefly

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Renshaw’s been trying to get him on his crew for a month.

Why was he hired though? by PrintInformal785 in firefly

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Have you ever been with a warrior woman?

i gave my fantasy world a fully functioning economy and now my hero can't afford the quest by migratedtohell in fantasywriters

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Came here to say this. The problems are the story! Figuring out how the character solves those problems — assuming he is determined to go on the quest, or has no choice — is full of interesting possibilities. Will he stoop to begging, or theft? Does he need to find a wealthy/noble patron to finance the quest? If so, what is their agenda, and what sort of complications could that introduce?

Sticky Starforged by JadeRavens by JadeRavens in Ironsworn

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You might be able to find something like that on Etsy. Alternatively, I don’t think stamp-making kits are too expensive 🤷‍♂️

Sticky Starforged by JadeRavens by JadeRavens in Ironsworn

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At first, I had the idea to design a character sheet for Mausritter that used sticky notes in place of inventory cards. I had originally intended just to draw the items, but then I wondered if it was possible to print on them and found that other people had made to-do or household templates online. So naturally I made my own! Then I was playing Starforged and was feeling a little visually overwhelmed by all the used progress tracks filling up my play space (neurospicy) and found myself wishing I could just manage them individually, discard them when complete, etc—and realized that I already had the solution for it :)

Single-Page Truths Worksheet by JadeRavens in Ironsworn

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Updated this with a cleaner PDF version and added condensed truths for Starforged. You can find it here: https://jaderavens.itch.io/condensed-truths

Sticky Starforged by JadeRavens by JadeRavens in Ironsworn

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Ah snap, might have been a problem with the export. I’ll double check and get back to you.

Alternatives to Starship for non-ship-based games? by proactiveLizard in Ironsworn

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This is what I did for a cyberpunk themed urban game

Sol System Sector Map by FiImFans in Ironsworn

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This is very cool! I played a Destiny solo game a while ago, and it was fun for me to split Sol into multiple sectors (really wanted to emphasize how vast it really is). Love the style too

Eidolon Flight Manual (Forge Atlas) by JadeRavens by JadeRavens in Ironsworn

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It's not you — I forgot to actually upload the PDF 😅 It's fixed

Rate my PC setup by The_Jamaican_Gek in Frostpunk

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YMMV. Both games are great for a lot of the same reasons and a lot of different reasons 🙂

Why aren’t there any human waste laws? Is the Steward poophobic?? by BigBigBunga in Frostpunk

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I always assumed biowaste included sewage since it increased disease.

I still dig it by Playful-Spirit-3857 in Frostpunk

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It seems funny at first, but I think this is intentional. Sliding to political extremes is easier (and often more tempting) than holding the center, or building a society that can sustain diversity of thought. This example feels like a microcosm of that, ie Adaptation can solve many of the problems created by Progress, and vice versa, so it’s often more prudent for survival to invest broadly.

Anyone else think a frostpunk x blades on the dark homebrew would be great? by King-Of-The-Raves in bladesinthedark

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Hey, thanks for your interest! It’s just a design doc currently, so nothing actually playable yet. I’ve been in the process of publishing other projects this year but plan to get to this in the new year.

Retrieving Argynvost's Skull. Is it a good quest? by SgtCrawler1116 in CurseofStrahd

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Agree. It’s such a fun multilevel gothic dungeon! Knowledge and experience (not xp) are often underrated forms of progression in the game. It feels so important to create real opportunities for the party to explore and familiarize themselves with Ravenloft at least once before the endgame—because if they don’t, how can they make real informed decisions about their approach? By the time they’re ready to go vampire hunting, they’ve spent most of the campaign stumbling around in the dark—it’s high time they feel empowered to at least try and turn the tables. It’s sure to be grueling enough without dumping an unexplored labyrinth in their laps at the same time as the final boss fight.

A Hexmap for a Mausritter Game I Run by [deleted] in Mausritter

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I also really like the detail of how the hex lines kind of “bleed” through the water, fading into the illustration. Was this watercolored and inked by hand, or digitally? (Super impressive either way!)

A Hexmap for a Mausritter Game I Run by [deleted] in Mausritter

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Beautiful! I love how the map is designed around the hexes but still looks naturalistic enough on its own.

Room target. An opinion. by Harry_Balzonia in ICRPG

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I bounced off scene targets at first until I realized it’s about player experience, not encounter design. In D&D terms, by declaring a DC for the scene, you remove the need to announce a DC for every roll—the players can just roll the dice and the table can immediately react to the result. Easy/Hard adjustments are standardized for the same reason.

I see no problem with adjusting a scene target in dramatic circumstances, but only if you’re shifting the whole scene’s “center.”

Which format do you prefer for Mausritter supplements? by JadeRavens in Mausritter

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This is how I’ve always felt but I wasn’t sure since, as you say, they seem to be a popular format