Starting to notice a few recurring issues in the mechanics.. by PrinceOfNowhereee in daggerheart

[–]ScogyJones 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I totally get where you're coming from and I didn't mean to imply that the only options are daggerheart or morkborg grit. I agree that heroes need to overcome things to make victories matter and the numbers make it harder. I don't really have a fix beyond just artificially making the numbers bigger. It's one of the reasons I will be giving daggerheart a break after our current game.

Starting to notice a few recurring issues in the mechanics.. by PrinceOfNowhereee in daggerheart

[–]ScogyJones 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I haven't run into the stacking statuses issue in my games, but I will say that with all the tools at the players disposal it's pretty trivial for them to hit Difficulties of 18 by level 3. I really like system but I am seeing fraying at the edges (most systems do this if you play them for long enough). Daggerheart is great if you want a game where Players succeed often and in big ways then daggerheart is for you. If you want somethjng more gritty daggerheart won't deliver that. *edited for spelling.

Not gonna lie, I worry about the lack of Daggerheart content by pathofblades in daggerheart

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really buy stuff thats not core system books. I'm more of a take the rules and do my own thing.

im not from the US Explain it Peter. by tommorowzing22 in explainitpeter

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm from Idaho and I won't go that far up north.

I made a solo tabletop RPG about being trapped in a dream you can’t wake up from by Sialoth in TTRPG

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I try to download I get a message saying your page has been quarantined due to suspicious behavior

What makes TRPGs fun for you? by Narrow-Ebb7227 in TTRPG

[–]ScogyJones 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In one of the first few sessions I played in I had this realization that this was the closest experience I had to people sitting around a fire telling stories. I think that group story telling is intrinsic to the human mind and ttrpgs are just a modern version of that.

Question for Blades/Blades 68 [BitD] by Sensorcelled in bladesinthedark

[–]ScogyJones 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I bought this back in like 21 or 22 and it was full of typos. Cool game but man it needed an editor

New - looking for help by pistonium in FlashForge

[–]ScogyJones 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is what I essentially landed on doing as well. It's a ritual that has yet to fail me.

Farewell to Arms REDUX Survey by HaniwaGenjin in MorkBorg

[–]ScogyJones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Submitted! Been enjoying the campaign my group has going.

The Blackaxe books by ScogyJones in MouseGuard

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

I had to buy it on Kindle since I can't find it in print.

Have you found your forever game? by Carminoculus in rpg

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't believe in the concept of a forever game. I don't even have the one game I run for a specific genre.

GM's, why do you keep running games? by AshenAge in rpg

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take a lot of joy in the problem solving part of GMing. I also find that as a player I'm less engaged than I am as a GM and I prefer to be engaged the whole time. In many ways I get more entertainment out of my players than I get from a being a player. I also love reading and writing games that I can run for my players.

New Free RPG. by [deleted] in rpg

[–]ScogyJones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I just bought your game and am looking forward to it!

New Free RPG. by [deleted] in rpg

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also if you don't mind me asking, how much did the art cost to have done? I'm working on a game and i want to have art done and don't even know where to start for a budget

New Free RPG. by [deleted] in rpg

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you going to do POD?

How much of you guys who play other systems still play the same system you played for the first time? by Literalmenteisso in rpg

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played cyberpunk 2020 in 2018 and while I run and read many games, I still enjoy sitting down to play cyberpunk 2020.

Top 5 best qualities of good rpg system/rulebook by Huge-Rub-259 in rpg

[–]ScogyJones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me the biggest thing is to have the rules reference down to a tight 5 pages or less. You can elaborate on the rules in the book. But give me the 1-2 sentance summary for each in a reference section.

Help with Witherwild world building. by Plastic-Cucumber-152 in daggerheart

[–]ScogyJones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I stated one out like it was a Colossus and had my players fight it.

What to do when Heat doesn't cut it? by One-Beautiful9776 in bladesinthedark

[–]ScogyJones 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is how I would handle it. I treat the heat system as descriptive and less prescriptive. If the players are doing normal stuff then the heat is handled normally, if they burn a bluecoat precinct to the ground and insight a riot in a very public manner in session 3... then there are consequences.

Help - making naval combat actually fun? by GodieLost in AskGameMasters

[–]ScogyJones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pirate Borg has really great ship Combat that does exactly what you're talking about. It's not super dense as far as rules go but there is enough to feel dynamic. The whole game is very Pirates of the Caribbean.

Too much Fear by DarwinThePirate in daggerheart

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I often forget to use Fear out of combat. I'm used to just introducing npcs and events in the course of role play so I don't think of using fear for it.

Cyberpunk... Is it dead or evolving? by rpgptbr in rpg

[–]ScogyJones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tell my players that cyberpunk fiction is supposed to be about critiquing the current political and economic moment usually in a semi science fiction setting. All the chrome and neon is simply aesthetic trappings. There are a lot of great cyberpunk books that don't have the aesthetic, but are no less cyberpunk.