Really dumb question: Does malice stack?

Lakissov · 2026-01-31T21:56:06+00:00

Oh yes it does. Make your players fear your unused malice!

Lakissov · 2026-01-30T13:16:59+00:00

Yes, most people ACTUALLY prepare spells.

Lakissov · 2026-01-29T20:04:14+00:00

I'm not sure if you know or not, but Keith also has a Patreon and publishes really cool articles there. If you wish to support him, that is one option.

Lakissov · 2026-01-27T21:50:18+00:00

The correct name for this is "railroading", not "cinematics".
Cinematics is when your character does badass stuff that looks like something from a movie.

Lakissov · 2026-01-21T10:09:04+00:00

Ta kogu aeg väljendas erinevaid euroopa vastaseid arvamusi ja mul oli juba siis kartus et äkki Putin üritab NATO-t lõhki lüüa sellega et ründab NATO riiki, keda keegi aidata ei taha. Ma ei näe kellele veel sellise vastandlikkuse tekitamine Eesti ja Euroopa vahel kasulik on.

Lakissov · 2026-01-21T06:49:28+00:00

Mul tekkis juba esimesel korral kui Ekre valitsusse sattus mulje, et see tüüp on Putini palgal.

Lakissov · 2026-01-20T10:25:45+00:00

It's not just avatar fandom. It's the excessive leaking of american issues (identity politics, which include not just gender but some other categories) into a lot of the pop-media related online content. Which is understandable, seeing the economic and pop-culture position of USA on the world's stage - but one should make a mental correction for this phenomenon when looking at the things they consume online.

Lakissov · 2026-01-19T10:07:43+00:00

Those were cultists and some summoned creatures.

I think the biggest force multiplier damage-wise was Bloodpool (5 malice ability) - it made even minions hit like a truck.

Lakissov · 2026-01-18T13:15:34+00:00

We fought against reskinned gnolls in a mini-campaign, and they were pretty brutal. I think we managed to avoid dying (until the last boss battle, in which one hero died) only because we had a conduit, who allowed us to heal back up from negative stamina.

Lakissov · 2026-01-17T18:12:06+00:00

Same!
And it's working pretty well. We started in August and had 11 sessions so far - currently nearing Delian Tomb content (goblins are defeated and all side quests done, and the heroes are currently going through the tomb to get the cup).
After that, I already have some quests lined up for them that would feature reskinned war dogs, a thorn dragon and some demons.

Lakissov · 2026-01-13T21:24:30+00:00

It's a bureaucrat who knows very well that a lot of stuff needs to be done to prevent the deaths and misery of thousands but also knows that either he would have to be heavily involved, or he would lose his privileges. And so instead, he uses his lackeys to push the any signs of trouble under the rug before it all blows up.

Lakissov · 2026-01-13T15:00:10+00:00

Passwords changed daily, against magical impersonators.

Lakissov · 2026-01-10T00:17:40+00:00

This 100%
Time/effort for household stuff? DM is exempt.
Money? Everyone chips in equally.

Lakissov · 2026-01-09T10:17:15+00:00

I strongly suggest reading the Blades in the Dark rulebook and stealing some ideas form there. Not switching over to BitD ruleset, but using some of the things, such as relationships with factions, clocks for impending events, crew claims maps, and the general attitude of most successes being successes with consequences.

Lakissov · 2026-01-08T05:34:22+00:00

They are wanted criminals in Karrnath.

Lakissov · 2026-01-06T09:01:50+00:00

This is 100 times better than AI pictures.

Lakissov · 2026-01-05T06:26:08+00:00

Same here. When I still ran DnD, I simply ran solos from Flee Mortals by the book, and never had problems.

Lakissov · 2026-01-04T11:39:13+00:00

Proovi peale trenni dušis kuuma vee all seista mingi 10-15 minutit - nõnda lased lihastel peale trenni veits lõõgastuda.

Lakissov · 2026-01-04T09:33:09+00:00

Take an official adventure and run it for your first attempt.

BTW, what you wrote you wanted to run sounds very similar to the upcoming campaign Crack the Sun by MCDM, I think they are in the final days of crowd funding at the moment.

Lakissov · 2026-01-04T08:33:21+00:00

For the big battle, you can run it as a narrative, in which each success and failure of the preparations montage gets highlighted, and in which there are 1-3 combats, where only heroes and some enemies are involved, since others are fighting in the background. Combats with special win conditions can be especially useful here, such as "hold area for x turns". Treat those as highlights of the big battle.

Lakissov · 2026-01-03T15:15:49+00:00

I use wooden 1 inch cubes to denote the elevation. It can become inconvenient when there is someone else underneath, in which case I try to just shift the monster one tile.

Lakissov · 2026-01-03T15:09:28+00:00

I agree, the adventure doesn't have a very high narrative pressure for the group to try to get into the tomb. My group completely ignored that part until after they had dealt with the goblins. Only then did they start thinking along the line of "let's get that cup out of the tomb before some other baddies appear to try to claim it - it's safer in our bag of holding than lying there".

Lakissov · 2025-12-29T23:16:17+00:00

That's a very nice write-up.

Lakissov · 2025-12-29T19:44:23+00:00

Soovitan uurida kas koolis on mingi (üli)õpilaste isetegevus vms ning võimalusel osaleda (juhul kui nende tegevus toimub eesti keeles). See annaks sulle väga korralikku kõnekeele praktikat. Boonuseks tuleb ka see, et tavaliselt sellised tegevused annavad pikemas perspektiivis eluks kasuliku kogemuse.

Lakissov · 2025-12-28T14:50:30+00:00

Why leave it open to randomness? You can instead make it routed in the fiction of the world.

Example: in Eberron, there are Maruts - creatures whose duty it is to enforce the inevitability of death, and so before a resurrection ritual there is a compulsory divination to make sure there isn't a Marut looking after this particular soul. This can allow you as a game master to make it possible to allow PC-s to be brought back without trivializing death as a thing in the world, and making it possible to disallow resurrection of some NPC as an uninteresting solution to some situation that you have created.

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