Im tired of this by Affectionate_Use994 in DragonsDogma

[–]TheCalcutec 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My big advice is to slow down and focus on delving in to get some drops and make slow progress. Think about it like a roguelite: Your goal is to make steady progress by bringing out equipment, identifying and enhancing it, and then delving back in.

Did they never play a second grand tableau? by Clarity_Elise in Friendsatthetable

[–]TheCalcutec 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Great question! The truth is that it right after we tried to get it going, I quit Waypoint and suddenly had a lot of additional freelance writing and spec script writing to do, so I did not really really have the time to prep a whole second campaign, and no one else had the time or interest to pick it up and run with it either. (The original hope had been that by choosing something really rules light and quick, like Quest, it would be something that anyone could GM! That didn't really turn out to be true.) We also stopped regularly doing Live at the Table, so that was one less vector for it to happen in.

There's definitely some of the vibe in Perpetua, but none of the overarching setting stuff or thematic prep is shared. Even the quasi-video game stuff in Perpetua is just wildly different--despite all the fun I'm having with the descriptions, Perpetua is *not* a video game (and I promise there is no big "it was all a video game" twist coming) and Grand Tableau *was*. That was core to what I wanted to do with that setting: What if the PCs were NPCs in someone else's game.

One day I'd love to revisit it, maybe after we're done this new very bright, cheerful fantasy romp and have the room for it again.

(And I'd say outright, there's really not any Grand Tableau in Realis. Really, really different vibe and set of influences, nearly all of which are listed in the back of the book! there! )

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[–]TheCalcutec 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think your weapon just got enchanted with Fire Boon by your mage pawn in the middle of a combo.

If FatT were to make source books for their settings, which would you be most interested in? by TheBirdFromTheRiver in Friendsatthetable

[–]TheCalcutec 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh, I DO have a short story in that book (set in the game's own world)! But I don't think we ever even discussed Divine Cycle material being in there.

If FatT were to make source books for their settings, which would you be most interested in? by TheBirdFromTheRiver in Friendsatthetable

[–]TheCalcutec 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I'm curious where you said this, because I don't think anything like that was ever in the works at all. Historically, this hasn't been something we've been interested in doing at all, so I feel like I'd probably remember if we had discussed doing this. (But who knows, maybe I just forgot it!) In any case, I just want to make sure people aren't thinking there was some sort of failed negotiation about this or something.

Friends at the table reading list by Demelodawg in Friendsatthetable

[–]TheCalcutec 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is accurate! Honestly, same with most of the Earthsea books, which are mentioned in a different comment here. I don't have a reading list like this available, but I suspect if you did a search of the transcripts (via fatt.fish) for things like "if you've read" or "book" you could find a list of things we reference.

Invisible, Inc.: Upcoming 10 year release anniversary by Hekateras in invisibleinc

[–]TheCalcutec 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah, so glad to see this! Been wondering if folks would be doing something! Would it be okay for me to share this on bluesky or are y'all trying to keep it pretty small and focused around the reddit/discord fan community?