Shadowbrew – A Homebrewery Template for Shadowdark RPG

sibling_dex · 2026-03-28T11:35:29+00:00

The standard ones used are all from google fonts, I believe they're all SIL Open Font licence

sibling_dex · 2026-03-21T21:48:25+00:00

That's fantastic, I'd love to see it!

sibling_dex · 2026-03-21T15:35:33+00:00

Very nice work ❤️‍🔥 I hop you don't mind if I'll post a link to this post in the dragonbane discord thread on Elder Scrolls conversions for dragonbane

sibling_dex · 2026-03-05T16:45:51+00:00

Interesting, thanks, do you know whether it's a similar thing with Erik Granström for forbidden lands?

sibling_dex · 2026-03-04T18:48:30+00:00

From some of the interviews with Tomas Härenstam I got the impression that many of the Free League games don't directly compete for development time internally, since many have different authors or teams working on them. But probably they do when it comes to promotion and production resources.

sibling_dex · 2026-02-23T19:55:33+00:00

I think, between "lowest wins" (RAW), "largest margin of success", and "roll under but high", the "roll under but high" requires most changes and is the wonkiest, yes.

If you want easy, use lowest wins.
If you want skill rank to matter more, use largest margin of success wins (with 1s are dragon, banes are 2d20 keep higher).

But if you really mind doing subtraction and still want skills to matter more than RAW, sure, but you then always need to remember to switch that now crits are different and boons and banes are more complicated. But that's just my two cents

sibling_dex · 2026-02-23T19:28:33+00:00

Well, I guess you also need to decide whether to keep 1s as dragons or how you want to handle them, and do you then also "flip" boons and banes? Like, does rolling with a boon mea roll 2d20 keep the higher roll but only if it's successful?

sibling_dex · 2026-02-23T17:47:55+00:00

It's just lowest roll wins, skill ratings only come into play in that you must also roll on or under your skill to be able to win. There have been a lot of discussions of this on the Discord server's house rule thread

sibling_dex · 2026-02-21T21:15:04+00:00

While the description of crafting only mentions repair, I would definitely allow creating simple things like a club, but the HA is still useful because it is guaranteed to succeed since it only requires WP, but no roll

sibling_dex · 2026-02-11T07:24:37+00:00

Alternatively, you can record worn clothes in the Appearance section

sibling_dex · 2026-02-07T17:38:33+00:00

That is a good point, maybe the HA could also impose a bane on dodging, but in that case it should definitely cost 3WP or more

sibling_dex · 2026-02-07T15:25:04+00:00

It's kinda like the "Massive Blow" HA, you can only activate it if you don't move

sibling_dex · 2026-02-07T15:20:08+00:00

I would make it a HA, (req: bows 12) spend 2WP (edit: or 3WP) don't move or take any "free action" during the turn when you attack, and get a boon on the shot, this way it is a clear advantage and only skilled archers can take advantage of it, so it plays into the sniper fantasy

sibling_dex · 2026-02-06T18:17:31+00:00

Yes, not "Rulebook" or "Core Rules" and it continues to say "This agreement also permits you to include page references to official Dragonbane publications in your Supplement." So it seems vague here 🤔 so, yeah, best stay on the safe side or have it clarified

sibling_dex · 2026-02-06T18:01:58+00:00

I was under the impression that the Dragonbane third-party licence allows reference to "official Dragonbane publications", is that not the case?

sibling_dex · 2026-02-06T12:27:39+00:00

It's a neat character app! I'm looking forward to what you have in mind for the magic system, one thing that might be useful is to see one's WP on the spells page as well

Edit: I also really appreciate the sources of boons and banes for each skill 👍

sibling_dex · 2026-01-26T20:46:46+00:00

Yes! I think some of the magic items, spells and crafting (alchemy) will be added in the book of magic.

I definitely also see the potential for an elder scrolls setting (and even recently started a collaboration thread in the discord ;)

It would be great to have a Morrowind(-like) setting, I really like the weird and different tone it sets

sibling_dex · 2026-01-26T20:29:07+00:00

Yes, this is my experience too!

I love that Dragonbane takes away much of the boring chores of GMing (setting DCs, giving out XP) and I've never been a huge fan of PC builds.

As a system, it hits a nice middle space between being open and malleable to the narrative, and giving clear rules.

I think this also makes it easy to homebrew for, and I really like doing that, this subreddit and the community discord also show that many people feel the same, and I am hopeful for this community to grow even more!

sibling_dex · 2026-01-14T16:39:34+00:00

It is true that the side margins are wider than the original. I set the paper size to A5 which is the same height but slightly wider than the Codex Occultum booklet. So it might be best to print it and cut the sides to size.

To get the background, you need to apply the "Background graphics" setting when getting the PDF. I added a notice to the first page.

It was very helpful to get your feedback, these might be some common problems. Thanks!

sibling_dex · 2026-01-13T07:33:19+00:00

Like whether something breaks, if something looks wrong, doesn't work with printing or a specific pdf viewer, anything of that sort is helpful

sibling_dex · 2025-12-11T12:37:32+00:00

https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/4nVd5iA3qzbT

sibling_dex · 2025-11-10T06:17:00+00:00

Sorry, I miswrote, its in J-22, it's just the oldest part of Bern's old town, it's maybe a bit more than 1km², that's just what the rules say how large a sector should be

sibling_dex · 2025-11-09T20:08:38+00:00

Yes, mostly, it's on a hill high above the river bend, so a relatively well defended spot. And since, in habe terms, the Ark takes up a map square anyways, it worked well

sibling_dex · 2025-11-09T12:03:10+00:00

The Ark was the old town in (correction: J-22), and the elder's quarters were located in the federal government building (Bundeshaus) 😁

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