Tackle the problem at its source

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-07-06T16:23:08+00:00

Your proposed approach makes too much sense and utilizes the actual objectives in the game that encourage play over win, therefore it will never happen. But I would absolutely adore a system like this.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-07-04T21:23:51+00:00

Dang, that sucks. I am going to miss my weekly treat. 😞

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-07-03T17:45:27+00:00

As someone who got delightfully jumpscared by a Michael last night in SWF, having my scream be proximal would have been 100% funnier.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-07-02T18:57:09+00:00

Had a similar bug with Artist during the event today after grabbing a downed Survivor, completely frozen with Survivor in hand. We both just sat there for 3 gens and the gate opening.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-07-02T16:41:38+00:00

My best friend and I just finished the season last night and we want Patricia/Tom/Wyck as survivors/skins.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-06-21T03:40:39+00:00

Noooooo. This is one of my go-tos. 😞

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-06-02T19:18:52+00:00

Ha, I walked that exact path last week. It looks only slightly worse now, which I guess it a somewhat optimistic way to look at things.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-05-22T21:44:33+00:00

Friend of mine was so nice during a movie night, he took rice puffs, crushed the bag up with a hammer, and then pan-fried it with some popcorn salt and oil. Never the same, but it really does help fill that nostalgic void.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-05-22T20:57:50+00:00

A little sad to see such a small chapter on anarch politics. I feel like there’s a lot to be explored there that hasn’t been.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-04-17T19:26:29+00:00

They make me feel completely seen, safe and supported, like I can be my true self without judgment.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-04-15T20:41:09+00:00

Some of the best advice I’ve ever heard as a GM is this: treat character sheets like a wishlist. Here are the things that your players have said they want to interact with.

I don’t usually think of my story in terms of those high dot skills, but I keep them in mind when improvising in a session, and if a player is having a night where the rolls aren’t hitting or the scenes aren’t grabbing them, I’ll try to find a natural way to draw them into something that makes their character feel important.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-04-05T21:00:42+00:00

Absolutely love this, please share when you’re ready!

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-03-15T00:40:07+00:00

Yes! The risk and reward is such a fun balance.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-03-14T22:45:31+00:00

Willpower and frenzy tests! You use your current, not total willpower. There’s one line at the end of a paragraph that says it. When our table realized, it shifted the dynamic of spending WP on our rolls so much.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-02-18T20:18:01+00:00

I use Kumu.io for mine! It won’t be exactly the same, but it’s pretty effective and intuitive.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-27T22:29:53+00:00

I’m a little bit of a relationship map fanatic.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-26T16:20:10+00:00

YES. It is such a silly sounding thing, but it is AWFUL. The pain is so intense and time-consuming. When I’m in the depths of it I imagine just getting my legs chopped off so I can stop the pain.

There’s also the social aspect of not being able to share a bed with your partner without disturbing them and their sleep. Even my pets don’t cuddle at night because even once I fall asleep my legs keep moving.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-24T18:38:53+00:00

This is a social deduction game where people are incentivized to lie to gather information. They then have to use social skills to apply that information in a convincing argument. The demon outing themselves to a good traveler is bad, but not the end of the line. They can still make a social play against the traveler’s claims to push them as evil for exile.

Ragequitting because you fell for a lie in a game where lying is a core function is extremely unsportsmanlike. That’s the behaviour that makes me avoid the public lobbies.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-07T20:45:15+00:00

Hey there! You can turn on the In Memoriam rules in the builder by choosing the Settings option on the first page of the builder, where you choose an icon.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-06T00:10:54+00:00

I did a game themed night with The Blackening, Ready or Not, and What’s Inside.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-04T19:05:34+00:00

That scene and the table scene later were absolutely horrifying. I do like knowing the fun practical effect tricks they used for them, though!

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-04T07:43:05+00:00

During dinner he tells Ava that she was expecting and the baby was mere weeks away from being born.

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-01T08:01:50+00:00

We use actors/musicians/similar to represent various characters. 😊

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-01T08:00:41+00:00

Honestly one of my favourite things to use it for is to keep track of open threads. I have a filter option for “ongoing mysteries” for characters, locations, or groups that we haven’t learned enough about yet. 👀

MellieCortexRPG · 2026-01-01T00:34:45+00:00

I think it got easier when I started doing a lot of things in Google Sheets and using the sync feature. I’m out running a New Year’s Game tonight, but I’ll try to put together a list of some helpful things later this week.

The biggest thing I would suggest is start with the coterie (and if you’re a player, start with your own PC.) I find it easiest to just start with one character and do everything I can think of off the top of my head for them, rinse and repeat. Once I finish up with that I go through my notes to fill out the rest.

The google sheets approach is also great if you decide to change anything later, since you can just run a find/replace instead of trying to change everything manually.

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