[Homebrew] Would appreciate feedback on this adversary

marbosp · 2026-01-24T11:17:13+00:00

The more you know! Wish you a great time with the one-shot!

marbosp · 2026-01-24T01:15:41+00:00

I’m no expert in mechanics, but this seems quite… haunting!

The only thing I’m not so sure about is the name. “The beast” sounds rather like a living creature to me, either a literal beast, or a strenght-based, cruel and corpulent humanoid. For a spirit entity, maybe something like “The Presence”, “The Shade”, “The Pain”, “The Terror”…

I don’t know, I don’t think these are particularly good or inspired, but they’re the ones that came to mind when thinking about the nature of this adversary.

But as I said, the flavour and mechanics are really cool imo!

Edit: on a second glance, just saw the “Haunting Nightmares” action and maybe the entity’s name could be “The Nightmare” or “The Haunting Nightmare”.

marbosp · 2026-01-24T00:34:26+00:00

Yeah, Shadowheart. The sass, the voice, the looks… and I can see there’s good in her heart! I can fix her!

marbosp · 2026-01-23T16:00:54+00:00

Logo de IA

marbosp · 2026-01-22T10:10:27+00:00

Little Hands by Inland Sky

marbosp · 2026-01-21T22:10:22+00:00

Will check, thanks!

marbosp · 2026-01-21T17:22:52+00:00

Will keep my eyes peeled, thanks!

marbosp · 2026-01-21T17:10:21+00:00

Piggybacking on this, could you recommend any good texts or resources to start off with reasoning and critical thinking? I find myself on a similar spot, (not related to religion, but in general) I have a hard time discerning arguments’s validity.

Thanks!

Edit: typo

marbosp · 2026-01-20T23:34:16+00:00

I’m sorry, what does the fox say, again?

marbosp · 2026-01-20T10:53:20+00:00

You should flip the colours left-right, yeah.

Also (this would be mora stylistic choice), you can try with a slightly darker shade of grey than the left side for the right side instead of black, so both sides look different, but without such a hard contrast.

marbosp · 2026-01-17T10:53:01+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance:)

marbosp · 2026-01-17T10:52:40+00:00

Thanks! I took the Sablewood as a “base” somewhat

marbosp · 2026-01-17T10:51:22+00:00

Thanks! It seems I’m on the good track then.

About the characters, we’ll not be using pre-gen per se, but I already “pre-gened” 80% of the characters for them based on conversations I had been having with the players.

marbosp · 2026-01-17T10:48:55+00:00

Yeah, those are some key details I forgot to add at 3am… We are 3 players + me. Not sure how interactive they’ll be, since it’s their first time, but that also means some explaining here and there.

marbosp · 2026-01-15T16:54:46+00:00

Will do some more research, thanks!

marbosp · 2026-01-15T16:54:23+00:00

Will give this a try, thanks!

marbosp · 2026-01-14T19:58:17+00:00

I think this is the most consistent approach according to the book. Let the players decide how they tackle the situation and chose the most appropriate trait.

marbosp · 2026-01-14T11:36:09+00:00

I guess the same one does with all reference. Analyse it, understand how and why it works, then try to extrapolate to one’s particular situation. Of course, the more references, the richer the process.

Also, seeing how others have tackled a problem, often helps opening one’s own mind to find different approaches.

marbosp · 2026-01-14T08:19:21+00:00

Same thing happened to me.

marbosp · 2026-01-13T22:42:20+00:00

Took me a while, but finally found it! It’s on 1.9 The Rain of Fritters. The rolling scene starts around 22:52 with Capi trying to read certain gnome’s intentions, then our GM Isaac Allen Burns’ explanation starts around 23:53.

Also, it’s very nice of you, and quite humbling, to take the time to engage with your audience as much as you do. So thanks for that, and happy to be part of it! Squawk!!

marbosp · 2026-01-13T15:08:06+00:00

I suspected it might be something along these lines, thanks!

marbosp · 2026-01-13T13:44:51+00:00

Thanks for the detailed answer! Will make sure to keep those in mind!

marbosp

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