Had a greatly-successful session last night, though I very quickly decided that 3-armor was a very bad idea to throw against starting characters. Even with a dragon. (I should really have noticed that most attacks don’t do that much damage.) I told everyone that I was going to knock it down to 2-armor, especially because the night was growing late.
Next session? I think I have my idea. Two words: scarab zombies. Oh yeah. Now to write them up.
(Also, I absolutely love the Expert’s “Dark Past” move, as a Keeper. The hunters were piecing together who was responsible for a burglary of a Manhattan townhouse. Guess who gave the dragon the idea to raid the townhouse, some time back?)
Enrico Ambrosi, see what I meant. 3-armour-monster are a very bad idea to throw against starting character! 😛
It didn’t seem so bad on paper. Then I realized that the only things that could hurt the dragon were the Professional’s sniper rifle and Use Magic. Both dealt 1 damage. Oops.
(Granted, I’ll probably throw a high-armor monster at them later…once they’ve learned improvisational techniques like blowing up a building to drop it on the monster. 😉 )
Dark Past is a truly awesome ability. I loved how my character was always responsible (in some way) for all the bad stuff that was going on. Demon running around? He set it free a while ago to kill something else. Interdimensional portal with an invasion? ex-girlfriend.
I feel like I’m gonna get a lot of mileage out of it. The Expert also provided a potential future front: the sect that gave her training. Their leader was in New York and fished her out of the harbor.