Author: Parham Doustdar

Hi all,

I see some references in the rules to things that haven’t been explained. I’m guessing this is because readers are assumed to be familiar with these, but I’m wondering if Urban Shadows prefers one over another.

Things that I’m talking about here include:

– Fairy courts: what courts are there? What are their differences? Is there a universally-agreed point about each court?

– How is the wizard council structured? Do we have other councils?

– How can vampires turn other humans into vampires? Also, how can vampires be killed?

If you search about any of these on Google, different series have different ideas. I’m wondering if Urban Shadows prefers one over the other. For example, regarding killing vampires, I’ve noticed in the long game example that the vampire is killed with a gun shot, and because it’s to the neck and at intimate range, it’s assumed that the vampire can’t regenerate.

However, in some series, vampires re-animate after a while, and only garlic/holy symbols/wooden steaks/silver/fire (the weaknesses differ a lot) do the job.

I’m just thinking that if Urban Shadows picks one set of rules over another, I should get myself familiar with it because my players expect me to know those. If not, should I give people hints about what “I”, as the MC, think as “correct” in this game?

Thanks a lot!

Andrew Medeiros, I’m wondering if it’s possible to get an ePub version of the Dark Streets supplement? What I see in DriveThruRPG is only the PDF version.

Thanks!

Hi!

My question might be strange for you without some context, so I’m going to address this very briefly so that this doesn’t become a loooong post.

So, I’m completely blind, and I use the computer with applications called screen readers. I can read ePubs perfectly, PDFs not so much, and images I can’t read at all.

That’s why I have a few questions that arise from not being able to see how a character sheet is laid out:

– How should a player choose an advancement? Should they just choose the advancement on their character sheet from one to the next, or they can choose whichever they want in whichever order? For example, can a vamp “Choose a move from another archetype” at the beginning of the first session, or would she have to go through +1 blood, +1 heart, and so on?

– The same with the “After 5 advancements you may select” block: can the vamp just retire her character to safety the first time, or does she have to go through the first 7 advancements first?

– How many corruptions should you mark in order to get a corruption advance? Is it four boxes, like the four factions?

Thanks!

I tried posting this once, but it didn’t work apparently, so trying again.

I’m trying to run a one shot for Urban Shadows, and it’s my first time being an MC.

We’re based in Amsterdam, so I’ll need to come up with the background for the city.

My question is, how much background is enough for a one shot? Should I just make things up as we go? Should I define territories for factions and such? Should I and the players do a quick city building setup before we start the one shot?

Thanks a lot for all the help in advance!