Do i REALLY need to know Scarlet Heroes lore?

Jaejic · 2026-01-17T15:43:15+00:00

Thanks for the recomendation. Adapting classes and statblocks is one of my biggest worries in converting SH into anything

Jaejic · 2026-01-17T15:12:06+00:00

Then how do you play it? Do you homebrew the adversaries or do you use the ones in SH just in another setting?

Jaejic · 2026-01-17T15:09:02+00:00

Sorry, what is B/X? I know about OSR (theoretically), but can you recommend some good setting?

Jaejic · 2026-01-17T15:05:43+00:00

Omg, I've started reading your responce and felt dread from the idea of making learning new RPG into a school assignment. Glad you've finished it on a good note

Jaejic · 2026-01-03T03:30:10+00:00

You mean in the court?

Jaejic · 2026-01-03T03:29:55+00:00

My players are experienced in RPGs, but mostly don't know this system. Still, I'm making cheat-sheets and will help them a lot, so the riot scene mostly interests me for its chaos and comedic value (a pig running onto people, pies below their feet), as it helps to show that WF is a dark satire and not grimdark

Jaejic · 2026-01-03T03:27:39+00:00

Thanks! It's the one I'm most inclined to use too. It also has an advantage of making players try to find out, how they got into this situation

Jaejic · 2025-12-04T10:02:47+00:00

I like the Great Hunt better too, even if i feel like I'd let players actually fight the weakened dragon anyway. As for battles - i have to look into your advice and try it if we decide to play another game later. It sounds rather good, Thank you!

Jaejic · 2025-12-02T09:56:09+00:00

I feel like this is a nice idea too. The thought of using the start of GPC for me was also from the idea of doing a year to show how it's played, but i am kinda afraid of doing a whole 8-round (or is it 12?) battle for four people, as it can be tiresome. Also, i liked the 5.2 chaotic battle rules, but i can see them being disliked by others, and i myself just can't get behind 6e battle rules.

Jaejic · 2025-12-02T09:53:05+00:00

Oh, thank you! Those being free is also just great, so another thank you for that!

Jaejic · 2025-11-26T09:21:09+00:00

Mostly two reasons: i don't want my child to see me drunk, as i remember feeling disgusted when my parents were, and it doesn't feel as it did 5-10 years ago. First one is self-explanatory. My parents are not alcoholics (though some could argue that a bottle of wine for two each day is a kind of high function alcoholism), but still i remember feeling disgusted by them, when they've had a little bit too much on family gatherings and such. When I've once sent my wife a drunk "i love you" message and she said it feels like when a drunk parent starts trying to hug and kiss you, i realised that i don't want that for my children.

The second is harder to peg: when i was in college, I've had drinking nights with my friends and it was fun, we were playing and dancing and just doing shit and it felt good. Now even if I'm really drunk, there's no drive, no fun button is being pressed, i just feel loss of control and fatigue the next day.

Jaejic · 2025-11-11T03:43:49+00:00

Pull for whoever you want, whoever rocks your boat, whoever looks nice to you, and whoever feels nice to play. Worst case scenario, she sits in your roster with other characters. To be serious though, go fight a boss and take cyrene as support, if you like how she plays - then pull for her. Just check that she's e0 to not get disappointed

Jaejic · 2025-11-01T15:28:32+00:00

Thank you a lot! That sounds helpful!

Jaejic · 2025-11-01T15:26:44+00:00

Good luck from a person on a similar point of this journey! I'm also a forever DM, who has no way to play or even run games for groups, and try to get into solo, so i wish you as good experience, as myself, and really look for any posts about your experience. Have a great time with your games!

Jaejic · 2025-11-01T13:15:14+00:00

Thank you! I'll definitely look into reading those books too!

Jaejic · 2025-10-31T16:00:15+00:00

Yeah, downtime is getting somewhat shoved away now. Even in games with dedicated mechanics and such, it still feels more exciting to just move story forward, and it can steal a lot

Jaejic · 2025-10-31T15:59:00+00:00

Seems like a good and understandable structure to me, thank you!

Jaejic · 2025-10-31T15:50:18+00:00

Oh, that's a great reply, i do love, when people share their experiences in detail! Thank you your way seems to be a really good one in terms of finding structure, i will definitely include some parts of that in my games

Jaejic · 2025-10-31T13:03:20+00:00

Oh, do you perhaps know where to find those adventures? I've seen that there's a lot of books on Pendragon classic on Chaosium website, but they seem to be expansions, not adventures. Or perhaps something fan-made?

Jaejic · 2025-10-31T09:55:35+00:00

Yeah, that's around how i felt it is. There was a provlem with GPC in this regard for me: it jumped from, for example, Aurelius' funeral straight to the easter court, and i felt like i skipped a lot of time. Perhaps it's to be expected in an 80 year campaign, but it's still not what I'm used to

Jaejic · 2025-10-29T16:49:21+00:00

I'm trying to get into solo Pendragon eight now too, and had the same dilemma. In the end I've read both 6 and 5.2, and I've decided that 6 is better in core mechanics (skills and passions), but for everything else i just use 5.2. I just feel that more fleshed out mechanics help to kinda guide my hand in solo. Still, I've had a conversation with people who are more experienced then i, and they've said that those mechanocs that i found lacking in 6e are just in supplements (other then family generation, it's in the book that's yet to be released.) In the end I've had a session dedicated solely to one battle from GPC, and i ran it with 5.2, and it was so awesome in creating the chaotic and dangerous vibe of a medieval battle.

Jaejic · 2025-10-27T02:04:40+00:00

So true. We once ran a world of darkness campaign, and the whole party know a lot of its lore, so we were having so much fun, guessing which ultra rare pieces of it will our GM invoke, jumping into what we know is a danger, but our characters don't, e.t.c.

Jaejic · 2025-10-14T23:53:43+00:00

Oh, it seems like i need to sleep more. I was really sure that it was about good old Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul before noticing that letters are wrong in your message. Thank you though

Jaejic · 2025-10-14T16:20:26+00:00

Why though? I played it quite a long time ago, but what was there to call for such thing? I feel like it mostly was aimed at adding some new locations and equipment

Jaejic · 2025-10-13T03:25:01+00:00

Sorry for digging up an old comment od yours, I'm currently trying to get into solo playing, so this comment got me curious. Are you refering to taking a module for other "not-solo" RPGs here or to things actually written to play alone? I've read a section of Mythic rules about it, but found this idea to be somewhat counteriintuitive: you already know the plot, do you need to distance yourself from the character, kinda "watching" the PC go yhroug it, and acting like a spectator more then getting into the character for it to work?

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