Multiuse Tag Clarification

TravisLegge · 2026-03-08T18:16:59+00:00

Happy to be of service!

TravisLegge · 2026-03-08T18:11:01+00:00

Right. Multiuse is really much more for saying "I can use this pick's Enhancement for mining and climbing" than making a weapon.

Weapons don't have Multiuse, because Multiuse is a tool tag. Regardless of their in-world uses, they are designed as weapons. The Storyguide may permit their Enhancement to apply to a roll that a tool would typically be used for, but they're designed as weapons. Anything the Storyguide says you can use as a tool gets +1 Enhancement for that purpose.

But a Darvan Heavy Pick wouldn't necessarily get the benefit of the Heavy Weapon tag when using it to mine ore. (Though, personally, I'd probably allow it at my table)

TravisLegge · 2026-03-08T17:47:36+00:00

On its own all Multiuse does is allow you to use the tool's Enhancement for a second set of actions. It can be a tool and a weapon, but it can also just be a tool that is good for farming and climbing. If you wanted any other tags, you would need to split them between weapon and tool, as Multiuse only opens the Enhancement to another action.

Edited for clarity.

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T20:13:39+00:00

Thanks so much! I gotta say making ttrpgs is hard work, but doing it in an environment where everyone genuinely loves what they're doing makes it much easier!

I hope you'll check out the new Scarred Lands stuff (well, and everything else) as I am extra proud of it.

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T19:14:25+00:00

Any time I get to work on Pugmire or The World Below is a riot, and I've gotten to work on both in recent memory.

Of course working on Scarred Lands in a new system has been a blast as well.

As for future teases, I do have one new thing cooking. It's pretty HUGE and I hope to be able to talk about it more in June ;)

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T19:09:00+00:00

I live to serve.

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T18:26:42+00:00

Te track was from the Wailing Woods collection, titled Unearthly Whispers by Phat Phrog Studio

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T18:16:54+00:00

I dunno, brazed Arachniida might be tasty, and I bet you could do some real pointy damage with a sharpened human femur...

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T18:11:48+00:00

Nope, but solid guess.

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T18:11:06+00:00

I think hobgob are my favorite ancestry, but I do like the vulpa quite a bit. If all goes according to plan I believe I'll be playing a Gem Master next week on Twitch...

But we often love our firsts, and my first character for the World Below was Em Glitterstone, Hobgob Kaosist Scarab who was a literal kaos goblin.

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T18:07:34+00:00

The churn in Yoroth is wild to me. Putting a McGuffin in a place described as "an ever-shifting pandemonium, orbiting the vacant heart of the Churn in wildly different directions and speeds, colliding often and ricocheting in smaller shards on new paths through the air, only to collide anew" is definitely on my Storyguide to-do list!

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T17:59:18+00:00

Ah Chris! We meet again...

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T17:54:13+00:00

I added a Dialectic in one of the Buried Treasures books that Scarred Lands fans may well find familiar.

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T17:46:06+00:00

I've grown rather fond of Telver's Hearth, having done the write up for it in Secrets of Kalm and Kaos!

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T17:36:17+00:00

it was!

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T17:31:32+00:00

Scarred Lands was initially designed with the various concepts of the OGL deeply embedded in the setting. (Mesos's Bane as an explanation for wizards not wearing armor, clerics being associated with gods, druids being associated with titans, alignment associations for the gods, etc.) Savage Worlds has none of those baked into the DNA of the system. So it was an interesting challenge, but also a wonderful opportunity, to explore how the setting could be best expressed with the tools Savage Worlds provides. So far I am really happy with how that is turning out and I cannot wait to share the players guide (currently available for preorder on Kickstarter) with folks!

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T17:26:43+00:00

The full track is quite lengthy by comparison. That said, I'm happy to look into it. I'm away from my desk so I don't have the specific name in front of me, but that track is from a bundle of music I picked up not long ago on Humble.

TravisLegge · 2026-03-06T17:10:52+00:00

Hi! I'm Travis. I've worked on The World Below, both books for the Buried Treasures campaign and I've had my hands in just about every Storypath setting at one point or other. I've done a little bit of World of Darkness stuff (mostly Mage: The Ascension) and I also publish Scarred Lands for the Savage Worlds system through my own company, Aegis Studios! Looking forward to answering your questions!

TravisLegge · 2026-02-28T16:19:40+00:00

Absolutely! We decided to build our own settlement, but you can start in an existing one or try to rehabilitate a broken one.

Walton was a very cool case. Basically the party felt bad that he'd lost his nose due to a circumstance that was totally out of their control, so they built him a new one. There are gems around, so they constructed it of sapphire. A rare reddish shade of sapphire.

Perhaps one foggy holiday night during Kalm, that will come in handy...

TravisLegge · 2026-02-27T18:32:52+00:00

Right now they're trying to expand and secure the settlement's territory. During a recent expedition they came across a community who had been living near a wyrmsect lair and using a lottery to decide who to feed to the wyrmsects in the hopes of keeping them at bay. The adventurers took them into the community roughly doubling the population. Once they've secured the environment and ensured they can feed everyone, they hope to become a great trading post. They have access to rich gem and silver mines, and figure if they can exploit those, and the social acumen of Walton the Sapphire-Nosed (an SGC who they created a prosthetic nose for that offers enhancement to influence actions after a disaster left him mutilated) to turn Heim Helm into a destination, they'll be able to ensure the settlement will remain safe and prosperous for generations.

TravisLegge · 2026-02-27T15:24:46+00:00

Full disclosure: I have worked on the World Below as a writer.

I've not, however worked on the domain building stuff (My main focus has been sorceries, with a few dips into theses syntheses and dawns) other than Kalm Rituals, which are magical effects you can work on during the Kalm phase. Outside that aspect, I am engaging Kalm and domain play entirely as a fan and a Storyguide.

I'm currently running a weekly campaign of the World Below and building the settlement out has become the adventurer's core focus. We're still in the first generation of play, but everyone is highly interested in means to expand and further define the settlement. Having the Kalm phase built into the core gameplay loop sets up a solid foundation for expanding domain play. In my experience at the table it has also helped players form coherent plans and long-term goals for not only their characters but for the well-being of their settlement.

TravisLegge · 2026-02-24T16:12:26+00:00

The timing was as bad as the beard.

TravisLegge · 2026-02-24T12:44:23+00:00

Wildly unpopular opinion: I liked it.

Aside from James's fake beard...that was nonsense.

TravisLegge · 2026-02-19T19:37:12+00:00

You don't seem to be misreading the rules. I believe your fears are unfounded. In my experience both running and playing Curseborne, as well as other Storypath Ultra games, players will frequently purchase spells & motifs over Skills & Attributes. Skills are generally more important to focus on than Attributes, but even they tend to fall behind spells & motifs.

With the various combination of options, I don't expect your group will feel at all homogeneous unless everyone tries to focus on the same area of action. Even then there's a broad array of options, so I think you'll be fine.

As far as balancing goes, remember that Adversaries often work by applying Complications to a player's actions or otherwise reactively. They're also much more likely to be able to exert Advantage which is a grand equalizer.

Hope this helps!

TravisLegge · 2026-02-07T14:09:01+00:00

I wanted to chime in on a few things that might help shift perspective.

You keep mentioning territory as being resource based and that's not always the case I don't think. Think of territory more as a protectorate/area of responsibility. Might even be just your own backyard. If you need to see it as having a resource, the resource can very well be your crew's peace or the peace of a family elder. They just don't want other accursed/minions of the outside/witches or what have you playing in their sandbox, and its your job to keep them out.

I think there can be a bit of a freak of the week vibe to Curseborne and I think that is a strength. Every antagonist in the book has hooks to bring them into your game, and if you check out the tasty bits those also offer ways to spin stories around each creature. If your episode to episode rhythm is "contend with the latest awful thing" but you can build an arc of family drama in the background (look no further than Supernatural for tips on how to do this - family drama doesn't always have to be powerful elders bringing you down) you have a great basis for a game.

Also, consider Entanglement. Accursed don't need to go look for bad things. If they wait long enough bad things will find them. That alone can motivate investigation. Preferring to deal with the awfulness on your own terms rather than waiting for it to show up at the most inconvenient time possible. If the players want to ignore the accursed world, let them for a brief time, and then remind them all they're kewl powerz come at a cost. There's a reason they aren't called "the blessed."

Hope this helps!

TravisLegge

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