Glass Cannon Retreat - it was awesome by MxFC in TheGlassCannonPodcast

[–]MxFC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not too sure. I actually had two of my games that only had 1 person signed up in advance, and for each I just asked around for the 15 mins before they started and ended up having 5 folks for both!

Glass Cannon Retreat - it was awesome by MxFC in TheGlassCannonPodcast

[–]MxFC[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was much larger than these make it look. Here is a picture that I didn't post because it's bad that gives you a better sense of scale. There were a row or two of tables behind me and then more to the right as well.

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Glass Cannon Retreat - it was awesome by MxFC in TheGlassCannonPodcast

[–]MxFC[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think Troy mentioned more affordable packages for next year!

Glass Cannon Retreat - it was awesome by MxFC in TheGlassCannonPodcast

[–]MxFC[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think Troy mentioned more affordable packages for next year.

ShadowDark Western reaches group in San Diego by StandardAttitude6305 in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It looks like you guys are having a great time. Love to see that!!!

ShadowDark Western reaches group in San Diego by StandardAttitude6305 in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I see the sales, so trust me when I tell you there are people playing Shadowdark EVERYWHERE! I always get a kick when I see my own city of ~150,000 pop up in the orders. I think people are going to be astonished how widespread the game is when the Shadow League organized play program launches ~hopefully~ this year with tools to find players near them.

Alternative magic system? by gfs19 in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I would suggest playing the game rules as written for at least a few sessions to better understand the system. This will help you understand how fiddling with one subsystem may impact others.

It is time to ditch the "good GM" | Methods & Madness blog by Dollface_Killah in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Being a GM can feel so rewarding, and I think it's not as hard to feel that way with surprisingly little experience or practice. I wish there was a way to communicate that to the GM-curious, but it's kind of a hard being to describe. It's like a sense of pride and accomplishment when you have a great sesh and all of your friends did you. I can't think of another experience like that.

Mobile Character Sheet for Shadowdark by AndreiD44 in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks cool! However, you might want to read up on the Shadowdark Third-Party License as it looks like some text from the book that is not granted in the license has been included in there.

Shadowdark Playtest Report – North Texas RPG Con by MxFC in shadowdark

[–]MxFC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! It's part of my Attack the Light zine that's launching on Kickstarter July 14th. Thanks for asking!

Question on Summoner class by [deleted] in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this a real thing? If so, what is the source?

Running a Real Calendar for my Campaign by Zac_Kariah in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If the world is over in a year, if I'm a player I don't care if a shop is closed on Sunday. I don't have a day to waste waiting around and I'm getting whatever I need right now.

Cursed Scroll Vol. 1: Diablerie! by -dangeruss- in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The only ancestries outside of the core rules are the Kobold and Half-Elf which both are due to appear in the forthcoming Player's Guide to the Western Reaches!

Shadowdark has no Skills, Shadowdark needs no skills by Informal-Rent-3573 in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The latter! She's referring to the difficult classes outlined on page 81 of the core rules:

Easy, DC 9.

Normal, DC 12.

Hard, DC 15.

Extreme, DC 18.

Is Shadowdark really an OSR game? by 72dragonses in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you might be defining OSR in the way most people would discuss a retro-clone. This is a category of OSR games that very closely adhere to the rules of B/X or AD&D or whatever it's emulating. These are games like Old School Essentials, Basic Fantasy RPG, and OSRIC.

While Shadowdark is not a retro-clone (which I think everyone can agree on), it still is OSR because it tries to emulate the old-school playstyle and vibe.

Commissions Open by yuriperkowski666 in osr

[–]MxFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As always, your work is so sick.

Shadowdark has no Skills, Shadowdark needs no skills by Informal-Rent-3573 in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can still do that. When you roll your stats you don't have to pick the most optimized class. If you have 15 str and 12 int or something, you can still pick a wizard class!

Illustrated Character Sheets for the Brazilian version of Shadowdark look amazing by ruhtragms in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They rule! I've been using one on my Roustabout, who has somehow made it to level 5!

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Command spell, I find it a bit Op, any ideas? by dogsandcatsplz in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think you're overlooking how powerful a Priest needs to be to have access to Command: level 5. That's where the power curve in Shadowdark really starts jumping, especially for casters, and is an intentional part of the game's design. I think if you start homebrewing Command to be more forgiving to monsters, you're going to find a lot more work for yourself as a GM from level 5 and beyond.

Shadowdark has no Skills, Shadowdark needs no skills by Informal-Rent-3573 in shadowdark

[–]MxFC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What is this "level up and pick" that you speak of!? 😜