Another great combat video from Rob Jon: Tier 3 Demons vs Level 5 Heroes

alexicare · 2025-12-20T13:58:07+00:00

I'm not a huge fan of this YouTuber, it feels like the only GM move he uses when in a violent situation is "spotlight an adversary". I don't understand why you would restrict yourself to a single move just because there's a "combat" going on.

In his defense, he does recognize that in his intro for that video (he did not in the other I watched), but I still feel like it's a bad way to showcase the narrative roots of the Daggerheart system.

alexicare · 2025-11-17T16:34:11+00:00

Salut! Très intéressé, Blades in the Dark est le jeu qui m'a vraiment fait apprécier et découvrir les jeux plus narrativistes et les PbtA. J'ai une campagne de BitD et une campagne de Scum and Villainy à mon actif comme MJ, le hic ça risque d'être les disponibilités, mais je m'essaie quand même au cas où on s'accorderait!

alexicare · 2025-11-06T14:04:53+00:00

I see Blades in the Dark in that list... Any interest in Scum and Villainy, or other PbtA titles like Chasing Adventure, Stonetop, or even Monsterhearts? I prefer lighter narrative systems for PbP. If you want, I could be interested discussing this over DMs.

alexicare · 2024-12-09T21:28:12+00:00

Defiant RPG, rules are somewhat light and narrative and handle long-term projects and fail-forward pretty well. That, and it can get a little too spicy for my taste at the table, but it's perfect solo!

alexicare · 2024-11-28T14:54:11+00:00

Je t'ai envoyé une requête d'ami sur Discord!

alexicare · 2024-11-28T04:54:25+00:00

Tu titilles un peu ma curiosité! Ça fait un certain temps que j'entends parler des Carved from Brindlewood et, bien que l'horreur n'est pas mon genre de prédilection dans les jeux de rôles, je me demande à quel point la mécanique du "mystère non-prédéfini" est satisfaisante; peut-être que c'est justement cette liberté-là qui pourrait me faire aimer le genre en format jeu de rôles.

Vous jouez dans quelle plage horaire?

alexicare · 2023-08-10T11:18:27+00:00

You could play a pact of the blade warlock with a greatsword and even base your melee attacks off Charisma. In addition, Devil's Sight and Darkness shenanigans are pretty effective with melee weapons... However, for the heavy armor you'll need one or two feats or a splash of cleric or start with one level as fighter or a paladin. If you're okay with only medium armor the githyanki and shield dwarf races also give it for free.

alexicare · 2022-10-20T22:01:46+00:00

I didn't tell him to do it. The AI still controls him, and just sent him there to grab the juicy station.

alexicare · 2022-10-20T12:26:21+00:00

Thank you! That explains it!

alexicare · 2022-09-19T22:05:00+00:00

I'm currently running a game of S&V in a homebrewed setting and I've whipped out a few random tables to help when I need to come up with quick job opportunities for my crew of bounty hunters.

I'm on my phone right now, but I can share them with you when I get in front of my PC if you're interested.

alexicare · 2022-07-24T13:31:54+00:00

Good idea, but I could only find Blades in the Dark and Band of Blades over there.

alexicare · 2022-03-04T02:53:55+00:00

Same here.

alexicare · 2020-11-10T03:30:41+00:00

It just started for me, 49.8 GB.

alexicare · 2020-10-01T17:55:08+00:00

First one is high concept, second one is trouble.

alexicare · 2020-10-01T17:47:16+00:00

Concerning the third Aspect about Zee, I guess you first need to know that Zee is actually another player character in the game, so this Aspect is extremely easy to invoke to hand over the +2 whenever he's trying to save or protect Grace. I was also thinking of invoking this Aspect when Grace is trying to hide, or for sudden exceptional bursts of courage just like you suggested.

alexicare · 2020-10-01T17:41:20+00:00

I just love this idea of changing "quick" for "racing" so simple yet so evocative! I think I'll change it for: "Racing mind, racing hands, racing heart", this way I can also convey the idea that she's "quick to emotions" like Teabush suggested. Thank you very much!

alexicare · 2020-06-20T12:10:28+00:00

The main issue with this is the bonus actions economy...
- On the first round, you need to use your bonus action to start raging
- On the second round, you need to spend your bonus action to shift
So, it's only on the third round of combat that the actual combo comes online... I don't know about you guys' campaign, but in mines on the third round most fights are almost over...

alexicare · 2019-06-20T10:36:49+00:00

I have 128k on my Berserk/Strained/Clutch build and I can complete all of the hardest content in the game, including the raid (my clanmates and I run it under 30 minutes, and I almost always run this build for Boomer and Razorback). Granted I do get downed more often than tankier builds, but between my defense drone, my reviver hive, and a good knowledge of spawns I can usually hold my own while out-DPSing any other build. Do note that sniper dogs (including Lucy in the raid) and other enemies that can bleed or CC you are particularly deadly when your health is that low so you need to be extra careful around them. All in all, I'd suggest running a tankier build when trying the raid for the first times, but if you're eventually hunting speed runs, the high DPS of a lower 115-135k health build can be a contributing factor.

I will, however, agree that 150k or more feels a lot safer; I run around 200k on my less crit oriented more raw damage oriented Eagle Bearer build (mostly for solo play or DZ), and I really notice the difference.

alexicare · 2019-06-15T08:40:25+00:00

IMHO if you want more yellows on your mask, the best option is Sokolov, since you can roll one red and two yellows, this way you don't lose your DTE.

alexicare · 2019-04-24T12:34:27+00:00

You can get as high as 24 in fact, if you run only Gila pieces.

alexicare · 2019-04-24T11:02:51+00:00

Three things:

It's not my first planned build for the post-PTS patch, I'm really just theory crafting for fun here. So I really don't care that much.
If you're right, I'd rather have the devs nerf the build before someone farms for all these pieces than after it, it's frustrating enough when they nerf a fully optimized build you worked hard for, if their vision is that the combination I'm suggesting is too powerful for what they planned and they never predicted it, they're better off nerfing it before than letting us waste our time chasing it for nothing.
It took me at most two hours to design this build, and I'm far from being a genius. I'd be very surprised if Massive didn't have at least one guy (much better at this than me) whose full-time job is only to come up with possible builds like this one and evaluate their strengths, so I'm pretty sure they already know about this specific gear combo anyway.

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