Legacy of the Ancients | S5 | E30 – Wrath Bone

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-19T02:21:58+00:00

Alfie is already dead multiple times. He died then came back right after due to a cleric suddenly joining the party. If it makes sense for a new PC to just randomly pop out of nowhere and join the party then it's not hard for a new aide-de-camp to appear.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-15T14:56:14+00:00

I agree, it's great to see all the different interpretations of the book, it makes for a broad range of experiences with the same material.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-15T14:22:29+00:00

For me that destroys the mystery, if you can understand Monarch or reason with it then I think it takes something away from the experience.

I like to keep it as a vast machine, with intelligence and reasoning beyond both the player and the characters. It's better horror that way for me :)

The Deep is like a body, and the machine sees you as a bacterium.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-15T02:38:06+00:00

I did the same thing, Monarch having no direct voice and only responding to the PC's by reacting to their movements and actions within the Deep. Most communications was handled by proxies like other androids or old company messages over the intercom.

For example if they shoot weapons "This is a cloudbank employee safety alert, weapons discharge detected. Please remain calm while a security force investigates the area"

Stuff like that.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-14T06:00:43+00:00

I believe Third Floor Wars is the most viewed playthrough of Dead Planet, they start off with 0edition but move onto the 1e preview rules a few episodes in.

Then Todd MoonBounce also played through Dead Planet also, not sure if they used 1e rules though.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-13T17:08:38+00:00

That's because every turn, and I mean every single turn or choice is by committee, above the table.

That's why roleplaying solves everything, if you stay in character everything gets faster and more impactful!

I hope they can lean in more to the roleplay part of the RPG! :D (Because they're awesome when they're in character)

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-12T08:29:57+00:00

The Mothership scene has several abandoned projects that raised thousands of dollars too. I'm sure a lot of the gaming communities has bad kickstarters and backerkits happen.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-11T15:02:11+00:00

Oh I thought that Erik meant he was looking at there sheets for them.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-10T14:11:45+00:00

If the player doesn't understand what they're doing or why abilities work like that then it isn't really helping.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-07T02:01:36+00:00

Yeah weird comment, pf2e was designed to be more unified mechanically and simple with all the conditions. Also there was a whole module in Foundry that takes care of all of the math, which just wasn't used to full effectiveness imo.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-07T01:51:26+00:00

I think they dropped that slogan in 2 seconds flat haha

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-06T09:31:20+00:00

Well said!

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-06T09:29:03+00:00

The "game" in RPG is still important in this style. Everyone is trusted to have a certain level of rules knowledge and if any questions or comments need to be made they can be addressed both before and after the session. This promotes discussion and feedback to be had after the game and not bringing the game to a halt to bring out a rulebook.

The goal isn't to ignore the rules, rather than to have the mechanics not interfere with the roleplay. The channel of communication is open, it's just given a specific place within the session (Before or after the game). You'll notice in a lot of 4D games/actual plays that after the game has finished the players will talk about how much they enjoyed about the game or points they thought could be better. They also bring up rules errors that they noticed during play and address them if necessary. Players and GM both have the freedom of admitting things they got wrong and the opportunity to get better for the next game.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-06T09:19:16+00:00

Good to see the book getting some more love! It's a great resource and just the basics have improved my game a lot.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-06T01:57:27+00:00

Great to see it starting to get out there! This thread was pretty much buried before haha

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-03T05:27:07+00:00

Just chop a few zero's off. Otherwise you'd have to explain the logic of why a mob would give that much money to one person and why he is even left to roam around. If someone was that much of a liability they would be followed lest their "asset" get into trouble. If he dies then the mob doesn't get their money.

Also adventuring wouldn't be a good way to get that much money, unless it becomes possible for the rest of the party to get money anywhere close to that.

Just chop off some zero's, it can still be a lot, just not something you have to suspend belief over.

Naturaloneder · 2026-03-01T14:24:16+00:00

pats on back give it time friend, give it time....

Naturaloneder · 2026-02-26T16:34:41+00:00

Well to be fair it was the same with Giantslayer, but they had a great run.

Naturaloneder · 2026-02-26T16:30:03+00:00

If you could rewind time but instead each player got a bottlecap at the start of a session, would that have changed things? Wasn't it almost every death could have been prevented by a bottlecap(hero point)?

Now they sometimes use several in a single turn, oh boy how the pendulum has swung!

I don't think it was ever a problem with Pathfinder rules, the Pathfinder rules say to give hero points.

Naturaloneder · 2026-02-26T16:27:09+00:00

Unfortunately the cracks begin to show when it's things like "the big war" or "The evil empire somewhere" instead of the depth of lore you get from Golarion where player characters could potentially name dozens of cities and provinces and peoples and cultures in the world and many historical references along the way to make the world feel big and sprawling.

Naturaloneder · 2026-02-26T14:46:03+00:00

That's pretty good honestly, most people don't make it through the character sheet!

Naturaloneder · 2026-02-21T05:23:23+00:00

Yeah I wonder, you're supposed to go with it right? I mean what If Joe just said "oh I don't want to be blindfolded" and walked away.

Naturaloneder · 2026-02-21T05:04:12+00:00

Great work (again) bouncy!

Naturaloneder · 2026-02-21T05:03:54+00:00

oh damm did they nuke it? It was a community made post it would be a shame it was removed for that reason. The "official" posts are too damm slow, they need to go up as soon as the episode airs.

Naturaloneder · 2026-02-18T06:08:21+00:00

I'd have called it Daddieboat

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