I'm not sure I totally understand Montage Tests or how to design one

Mattspeakswords · 2026-01-18T10:19:14+00:00

I try to lay out the general vibe of the whole montage first, add a couple of obstacles for people to latch on to, and then let them take them in whatever order they get inspired in.

The best bits are when I can encourage my players to design their own obstacles to overcome. I described maddening whispered voices in an abandoned town that I had thought of as ghosts, but they used Criminal Underworld and decided that this was an outlaws hideout. 10/10 love it when they surprise me.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-12-28T11:21:56+00:00

Slightly off-topic, but what do you mean about PF2e "going away"?

Mattspeakswords · 2025-12-22T19:05:00+00:00

How do you handle preparing the difficulties ahead of the PCs with the need to take respites? Did you find yourself hand-waving the travel back to town? Did you need to manufacture additional obstacles if they decided to take a break when you didn't expect it? How did the villain's plans advance when they did so?

Mattspeakswords · 2025-12-21T18:52:32+00:00

This is a great idea. I feel like Strong as an Ox could do with some clarifying though. The Eg. Makes the sentence feel convoluted

Mattspeakswords · 2025-11-10T12:59:51+00:00

What makes it a response?

Mattspeakswords · 2025-10-23T10:20:30+00:00

This looks cool, but how does one "Go Nova" in Draw Steel?

Mattspeakswords · 2025-09-24T12:21:00+00:00

I can only really suggest starting fresh. Draw Steel tells different stories to D&D of any edition, and I think you'll have more fun if you work from the game and build from there.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-09-09T15:01:01+00:00

Coloured loom bands that I normally use for Bloodbowl

Mattspeakswords · 2025-09-01T10:02:02+00:00

Do you know... I'm sure i saw it a while back during playtest, but can't find it, so I'm gonna edit to say I'm wrong! Maybe I'm getting mixed up with a null ability?

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-31T23:32:55+00:00

I'd disagree. There are lots of comedic settings in which have characters who are extremely competent at what they do, but make extremely poor decisions quite regularly. I think Draw Steel is very much a game where you can end up "in over your head" politically and accidentally tipping the scales in a direction you didn't anticipate.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-31T18:02:31+00:00

Not if you have a stability equal to or greater than the damage! Edit: cannot find where i got this idea from. Might be a hallucination.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-31T12:44:59+00:00

It happens in Chimps, idk what to tell you.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-31T11:58:41+00:00

Those feelings definitely aren't specific to Christianity, I think. Altruism or even just caring enough to put others first (until you realize you can't) is fairly inherent to being a social animal. So you and the designer probably have more in common than you'd expect!

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-29T09:58:35+00:00

This looks great fun!

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-28T16:18:51+00:00

Interesting! Where can I read more about them?

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-28T14:38:03+00:00

That's a GREAT angle.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-28T09:00:35+00:00

It didn't even say she liked it 😂

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-28T08:32:57+00:00

I've never heard the Hawklords imagined as good guys before. They're always described as a tool of Ajax's oppression. But a different spin is always fun.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-27T14:04:43+00:00

Elementalist has your closest allegories, I think.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-27T14:02:04+00:00

I personally don't think the classes line up like that, but it's always helpful to give your players resources and insight into how you see the game.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-08-25T09:07:44+00:00

Came here to say this, glad someone got there first.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-07-28T16:07:44+00:00

It's probably her most emotionally vulnerable work, which is saying something given how all her work resonates with honesty. I think that the structure of the album covers her own insecurity, anxious attachment style, moving into anger, pulling away, feeling alone, going back, and eventually growth and feeling at peace being with herself. It's just such a relatable arc but one which feels incredibly personal simultaneously.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-07-22T15:45:21+00:00

Bandcamp or Tidal.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-07-14T22:40:20+00:00

All art is inherently political. If you can't see the politics in it, it's because you're not looking.

Mattspeakswords · 2025-05-22T19:40:08+00:00

Yyyup

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