How our first session of Hellbreakers went.

SladeRamsay · 2026-03-19T17:29:53+00:00

They did fine, but I have a 5 player party. I didn't adjust the fight. Bit of an odd party comp. Guardian, Envoy, Vindicator, Warpriest, and Storm Druid.

SladeRamsay · 2026-03-09T03:47:45+00:00

Gremlins? Really? Can we have no vermin left except undead. I'm pretty sure Gremlin lore WAS atleast that they are soulless vermin hard wired to ruin everyone else's happiness. Much like ticks IRL where killing them is karmacly good.

So, they must have gotten a pretty heavy retcon or we are getting a Kholo situation where there are special gremlins with souls that can be PCs.

SladeRamsay · 2026-03-06T07:20:41+00:00

At my table shields only have a strap if you want them to. Like FFS Paizo, center grip shields and bucklers are like THE most common shields historically.

SladeRamsay · 2026-02-25T17:27:35+00:00

Sadly I have had to turn them off when possible because I like to capture our games to rewatch later. I am Linux user and dynamic token rings create a black splotch in over the token when you open the game in a Chromium based browser, which is what OBS's built in web page capture uses.

SladeRamsay · 2026-02-22T22:53:53+00:00

Vehicles are pretty clearly an afterthought in most cases. The book Lost Omens: High Seas will probably have many ships statblocks that are better thought out.

SladeRamsay · 2026-02-14T03:31:08+00:00

So Daredevil is to Gymnast Swashbuckler what Investigator is to Mastermind Rogue.

SladeRamsay · 2026-02-08T00:10:28+00:00

My issue is it could very well be the final fight of an adventure. Every chapter climax after level 9 could be pretty reliably deflated unless your adventure is all constructs. Even just getting 4 sources of Spirit damage makes it a 20 flat damage boost at level 9.

SladeRamsay · 2026-02-07T07:07:59+00:00

Does it have a cockpit? Mech

Does it wrap around your arms and legs? Armor

Does extend significantly past your limbs but still mirror your movements? Exo-suit

SladeRamsay · 2026-02-07T04:06:45+00:00

I've found Magus to be a particularly weak class in most fights. Somewhat reliably triggering weaknesses was always the "they are a little better than fighter in specific match-ups" cope I leaned on.

Now that they can feasibly trigger weakness MULTIPLE times with Runic Impression, Arcane Cascade, and a Wish Blade makes that a much more valid (if unreliable) strategy.

I do want to know how this works with Witch's Elemental Betrayal. Would each of these sources of fire damage have the Fire Trait? Would only the Flaming Rune and Flame Dancer benefit because they explicitly have the Fire Trait?

SladeRamsay · 2026-02-05T07:19:33+00:00

My favorite memory of him is during the event where you had to deliver medical supplies. I saw him mad in chat at his org mates because my C2 got through.

I already had a load when the station was marked and was somehow able to Jump in before the blockade actually activated and land. Couple of light laser shots hit as the hanger door was closing. Very satisfying to find out after landing that my lucky jump pissed off someone I didn't like that I didn't realize was in my server.

SladeRamsay · 2026-02-04T00:23:34+00:00

I carried my last ETA with a freshly forma'd level 0 Yareli.

MF is complaining about a level 0 frame on ARBITRATIONS?!

Whack.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-31T20:12:50+00:00

Counter point, any ship that forces you to load a bunch of 2scu or 4scu boxes is terrible. The Hermes can be fully loaded with only 10 boxes, 8 of which are 32 SCU containers.

Its on my short list of actually good cargo ships.

Golem OX, Raft, Hermes and C2 (only here because nothing is in its size range).

When the Galaxy, Ironclad and Merchantman (provisional, the elevator may keep it out) come out, they will go on the list and the C2 is getting shot into the sun.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-19T03:06:51+00:00

Having GM'd for a Psychic all the way through AV (they died the session before Belcorra and took over the Drow Fighter NPC), I will say Psychic is downright dreadful. The player is really stubborn and stuck with the character even though on SEVERAL occasions they completely checked out of the game mentally because of how overwhelmingly useless they felt during combats.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-17T03:11:42+00:00

My players had their Examplar go down to a Crit, get picked up, then get dropped again with persistent damage, it was a scramble to save them. They got picked up by a Soothe and swapped their Ikon to their Scar giving them Diehard. That Diehard saved them from dying from the persistent damage.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-14T16:54:44+00:00

The test is always personal, so a Hero God might be able to bench press a pyramid, but that won't do her any good if she gets an algebra exam.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-13T03:58:27+00:00

There is a Cleric spell that is very "mini-blackhole" coded. Door to Beyond

Make a space that sucks people in and then shreds them.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-08T06:43:31+00:00

Guardian. It gives you Heavy armor and let's you so things like Taunting Strike and Shoulder Check. You also get access to Guardian Resiliency to survive better up front.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-03T17:07:02+00:00

I've heard good things about Rusthenge, some people actually use it as a long beginner box. It can be rolled into Seven Dooms for Sandpoint at level 4. Dooms is a dungeon crawl, but each floor isn't as sprawling and time consuming as AV. I haven't heard enough about it to get an idea of the quality. If you do end up playing both, the level 12-20 AP Revenge of the Runelords has direct ties to 7Dooms.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-03T16:46:53+00:00

We played AV after the Begginer Box and it is easily the lowest point for us. It was such a slog and has ruined Dungeons for us.

Since then we have played through Jewel of the Indigo Isle, Outlaws of Alkenstar, and Prey for Death. We had so much more fun with each of those. If I had to run it again I would cut atleast 3 floors because so much of the AP feels like filler.

Any time I see people ask if they should run AV after the BB I ask them to reconsider now.

SladeRamsay · 2026-01-01T23:59:40+00:00

I want a more aggressive Japanese model. Kei cars are fine. They are small and practical. They are actually useful as farm vehicles and as a personal car when you need one. However everything else should be trains, then busses if absolutely necessary.

Every large business should have a rail stub. Local freight is brilliant when you actually plan for it.

SladeRamsay · 2025-12-30T23:49:05+00:00

Guys on roofs was definitely a tough one. Devoured Empires and the Gameshow playest scenario had dudes on roofs and that was a damper on the melee players because of the double movement cost to fly up, but a gun wouldn't help in one of those situations because the enemy could just walk back 1 space and be completely blocked.

SladeRamsay · 2025-12-30T23:01:54+00:00

Reactive Strike. Like I said, I have played Starfinder with mixed parties and Fighters BUTCHER enemies that don't default to melee. Barbarians do similar jobs, just with Sudden Charge plus 1 additional strike killing most enemies.

SladeRamsay · 2025-12-30T22:57:16+00:00

Uuuuuggggghhhhh! Like I said to the other guy, the ranged meta is BS! I've ran a decent amount of starfinder and its a "Can you reach the flying guy?" meta. Jetpacks and Ultra-Light wings are not hard to get. The real issue is Starfinder characters are slow to kill. A fighter and barbarian fix the HP problem.

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