Epyllion: A Dragon Epic RPG: Discussion – Page 7 – Powered by the Apocalypse G+ Archives

So, I got a chance to play the Drake Edition courtesy of Emily Care Boss a few weeks ago, and had an awesome time. …

So, I got a chance to play the Drake Edition courtesy of Emily Care Boss a few weeks ago, and had an awesome time. So I wandered over to look at what changes the playbook I used (Daredevil) had for the final version. And while I like most of them, the ‘animal companion’ as signature move felt kinda weird and jarring and not very Daredevil-y (I literally went and checked to make sure it wasn’t some sort of error where another playbook’s move had been duplicated). I don’t know how much this stuff is still in flux, but this one feels weird and off to me. I’d expect the daredevil to have, I dunno, awesome flying maneuvers or something as a signature move.

Greetings!

Greetings! I’m hoping to run Epyllion at Games on Demand at GenCon, and I have a couple of questions about the playbooks and basic moves:

Most of the basic moves don’t list the effects of a miss. Should we assume that, on a miss, something bad happens and the DM and players work it out in context?

Also, the DM’s moves sheet suggests that the DM can “inflict wounds (as established)” and “trade wounds (as established)”. When would a dragon receive a wound? Should the DM just assign wounds as penalties for missed moves?

Here is an interview with Marissa Kelly from GameSkinny.com about Epyllion.

http://www.gameskinny.com/1pfnq/epyllion-lets-you-and-your-kids-be-the-dragons-in-this-tabletop-fantasy-rpg

Frost Glider is posing for his glamour shot.

Frost Glider is posing for his glamour shot.

#Epyllion #tasksfromthecouncil

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Me and Frost Glider.

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Only 12 hours left! Thank you all for your support!

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The #Epyllion Kickstarter is closing in just 12 hours! And we just crossed $32,000…

We’re excited to welcome Kate Lytle Elsinger to the Encyclopedia Draconica! Kate will be writing a piece about House Tessith, the House Without a Home that sacrificed everything to keep the Darkness at bay during the War of Shadows.

Next up:

$33,000 – Michelle Lyons-McFarland will add an entry about the discovery of Dragonia and other legends of draconic lore!

$35,000 – Epyllion is printed as a limited edition, foil-stamped hardcover!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1921129910/epyllion-a-dragon-epic-rpg/posts/1219246

Just a reminder for folks, for #TasksFromTheCouncil , there’s a lot more tasks on the list than just Dragon Selfies!

Just a reminder for folks, for #TasksFromTheCouncil , there’s a lot more tasks on the list than just Dragon Selfies! There are lots of ways to contribute, and you can do them all!

Okay.

Okay. I’m putting together a playlist of Music for Epyllion, and I could use some suggestions. The starting place I’m at is Dragon Rider by Two Steps From Hell and Training Flight from the How To Train Your Dragon Soundtrack. I would love to have your favorite suggestions to add to my playlist, as I continue looking for more.

I am very excited that I get to run Epyllion tomorrow, and I’m confident in my Powered by the Apocalypse GMing…

I am very excited that I get to run Epyllion tomorrow, and I’m confident in my Powered by the Apocalypse GMing skills, but I am still curious about a few game questions not addressed in the kickstarter previews.

Basic mechanics questions

1. Does rolling a miss grant XP, or only end of session questions?

2. Do friendship gems carry over between sessions or reset? I would guess the former, but I’m not sure.

3. Does the first box of the XP track (the one that says “XP:”) also count as one to tick off? (meaning Raw Scaled Drakes need 6 xp to fill their track, not just 5)

4. When Flying through the Valley of Death, rolling +Gems probably refers to gems you have total, since there’s no other person whose gems would count, and the move is more about the moons’ overall stance toward you, right?

5. Is there anything official or public yet about how to run the collaborative map-filling activity at the start of a campaign that is shown in the YouTube Exhibition game? Does the GM just ask each player to tell about a bit of Dragonia history that their dragon was involved in and have them add a related location to the map?

6. Just to clarify, the default assumption is that dragons are the only sentient beings in Dragonia? The social moves all refer to dragons, and therefore don’t technically seem extensible to something like intelligent nature faeries or spirits.

— I’d love to hear any ideas or examples of how others have conveyed Darkness other than tangible predatory beasts or moral corruption among dragons.

I’m curious what you think: How effectively could Epyllion empower a decent Adventure Time hack?

I’m curious what you think: How effectively could Epyllion empower a decent Adventure Time hack?

Has anybody run Epyllion via pbp?

Has anybody run Epyllion via pbp? I’ve had great success with other Powered by the Apocalypse games via pbp, so I think it would work well… What do you all think?