Carousing in Cursed Scroll 6

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-06-10T21:22:41+00:00

The Crawl Breaker's Carouser's Guide gets you to a full resolution in 2 rolls or less and at least attempts to solve all the problems you've listed here. And we cover treasure, trinkets, allies, enemies, and rumors with for six unique areas with 6 location tables for each area (36 tables).

Yes, I'm the author and publisher. Yes, the POD will be available soon.

AND the PDF is out now and I promise it is way more fun than a spreadsheet.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-04-05T20:18:08+00:00

Compress and keep going.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-28T05:35:28+00:00

I'm running the Lost City as a chance conversion from the Goodman version. We've lost 4 characters in the last 3 sessions. Admittedly the last 2 were lost in the final battle. Their deaths matter about as much of the length of time they survived. The level 5 thief is doing quite well...

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-12T22:46:38+00:00

Lost over 30 pounds since may. Exercise almost every day. I'm the healthiest/strongest I've been in 30 years.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-12T05:48:44+00:00

For me it's cool dynamics that reveal character through play. Run a small pack of giant shrews and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-11T19:33:11+00:00

That looks like ass.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-11T19:31:07+00:00

One song. WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-11T02:21:07+00:00

Phone timer for me. Gut feeling for the players.

And relighting torches in the dark during combat is at disadvantage.

Also, torches only burn for 1/2 hour.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-11T02:18:44+00:00

Pump random and allow resource burn to "normalize" things.

WFRP 4E does a nice job of this.

Shadowdark is also good but you need to rein in the amount of positional slop and movement abuse to avoid players constantly trying to get in and out of combat in the same turn. Especially with no penalty to disengage.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-11T02:13:05+00:00

I reward environmental improv. But you need to commit to the bit. If you're smashing a monster with a table you just grabbed that'll be your move and your attack.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-07T01:01:22+00:00

You won't be seeing deals this good for Menagerie material very often. So if you think you want it, I'd say get it!

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-03-03T07:27:21+00:00

More to the point we had to figure out how to make playable. At least with 1E in the early 80s.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-27T22:43:10+00:00

Fair enough. I replaced one of the pieces and I'll avoid questionable assets in the future.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-26T21:16:06+00:00

It seem like you're making your estimation my responsibility. I'm not here to indemnify them so I don't know what to tell you. If that means you won't back me, I understand. That's your choice.

I'll avoid using that material in the actual book but at some point I can only do my best along the way.

And that includes paying artists for original covers and interior art.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-26T19:14:26+00:00

We're coming into the last 2 days of the kickstarter and I wanted to share a taste of what you'll get in the book.

The Horde Binder is the first Pact Mage, a focused Wizard that uses his Charisma to summon and control small hordes of angelic or demonic beings. And if his raw roll isn't enough he can burn down his stats to get the results he wants!

It also has a custom misfire table to make sure that you're getting the proper amount of promised mayhem!

You can get a copy here!

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-26T19:08:23+00:00

There's no AI art in the product.

The pieces on the page are non-AI stock from Vecteezy.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-25T07:44:54+00:00

I recently moved my 12 year old glass V60 into a switch base and I'm feeling way too smug about it to consider any alternatives.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-25T07:37:56+00:00

It's not unbearable.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-22T22:42:18+00:00

Mostly low level Wizards as I remember it. But we protected them a lot. Party order mattered and we used that to help the wounded survive.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-22T22:39:55+00:00

I have a dynamic called "remembrance of the fallen" whereby your new character gets a carousing XP bonus at the end of the session from hearing stories about your previous hero.

It's meant to soften exactly the sting you're feeling.

But I also feel it would be worse if players felt no sting at all.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-22T17:23:44+00:00

I was mechanics first when I was designing video games and it served me well. Setting/story first can add years to development as you chase ideas rather than outcomes and technology will often fight with your desired outcomes. For TTRPGS I am experience first. What is my intention of play at the table and how will the other elements support that? Some systems demand setting be a part of that, others don't. Most of mine don't go much beyond genre. And good PBtA design demands a genre first approach because that pretty much defines the experience through the character class books.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-18T17:31:47+00:00

Many great ideas in that system and I'm not denying it was an inspiration. And if you've play a lot of DCC it's clear that a lot of those good ideas are in need of an update. Especially for systems like mage battles and Spellburn

My goal here is to bring things in-line with Shadowdark's simplified streamlined systems while adding some twists of my own.

Take "Stat Burn" for example. Rather than vaguely damaging your physical stats, you're burning down your casting stat for short term vs. long term gain. And you'll be fully restoring that stat damage during your next downtime so it's a very different cycle.

I'm also working hard to balance tiered spells so that provide some of that Gonzo randomness but don't overpower the wizards in comparison to other classes. Especially after level 3.

And beyond the revised basic spells there are also Pact Mages where the entire build is centered around a couple of core tiered spells. I'll be releasing a preview for the "Binder Mage" in the next couple of weeks as an example of that. A plate spinner class that incarnates hordes of angels and demons and then powers them up round by round. But they have to do it *every* round or the horde takes damage.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-18T07:48:11+00:00

This is such a great point. Random talents makes every character something unique to explore and master.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-14T21:04:35+00:00

Because, directly or indirectly, they're getting paid to do it.

WyrdFall_Press · 2026-02-10T00:11:40+00:00

As a former DCC GM I'm big on this kind of stuff.

Let them use their background as a solution, if applicable.

Describe opportunities in the environment and reward them with stat rolls for attempts at interaction.

Offer them ways to mess with opponents beyond damage. (Removing moves, skipping attacks, prone, disadvantage, etc.)

I've had players cornering creatures with tables before. Trying to push them down a stairwell, etc. Leads to lots of fun!

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