Category: Masks: A New Generation RPG: Discussion

So I’m only just now realizing this, but the playbooks are supposed to be folded in half book style, aren’t they?

So I’m only just now realizing this, but the playbooks are supposed to be folded in half book style, aren’t they?

So I’m only just now realizing this, but the playbooks are supposed to be folded in half book style, aren’t they? So the order of the panels is actually like:

4,1,2,3?

This explains a lot in my head, because I’m looking over the new playbooks and going “Why in the heck is the first thing on the ‘character sheet’ the Moment of Truth?”

Any chance of someone putting together a “digital friendly” version of this with the panels in a good old-fashioned 1,2,3,4 order for folks who aren’t going to print-and-fold?

Edit: Oh, and The Innocent has, under abilities ” ou and your future self…” etc. Might be a nice fix at some point.

Had a glance through the final versions of the HCHC playbooks that just dropped.

Had a glance through the final versions of the HCHC playbooks that just dropped.

Had a glance through the final versions of the HCHC playbooks that just dropped. My opinion of most of them is largely unchanged (some refinements here and there, but nothing really paradigm-shifting that I can see), but oh my goodness the new version of The Joined is so much better than the playtest version.

Having your character’s defining relationship be with another player instead of, well, yourself is a real game-changer, and it’s done pretty darned elegantly on the whole. It’s gone from a playbook that I felt largely missed the point of the game to one that I’d really like to play. Great job all around.

Friday we had our second session of a new Masks campaign.

Friday we had our second session of a new Masks campaign.

Friday we had our second session of a new Masks campaign. It went very well, and felt much better than the first session to me. Admittedly, the first session was character creation and introducing the players to the system, so that’s not unexpected. What made me very happy was how well the system seemed to click in this session, with the players getting more into their characters and the trappings of Masks specifically.

So a big part of that was due to how much I spent the first chunk of the session focusing on character stuff, giving them an in-game feel for their character’s lives, as well as the possible complications stemming from it. That part felt really good, and laid the groundwork for the glorious drama and tension that appeared at the end, which was great.

That said, I’m having an odd issue with my game. I am super excited about the personal drama and the character-specific stories, but I’m having trouble coming up with suitable superhero stories. It’s weird. I mean, I have a couple of obvious arcs in the background, that are intrinsically bound to the characters, and because of that I’m keeping a slow burn on them, so I don’t just power through the stuff everyone is interested in.

So I’m having difficulty coming up with suitable superheroic distractions. I suppose that’s a good thing, because it means we’re all really invested in the characters and their stories, but I feel like it needs to be more comic booky than all that. I’m not sure there’s any advice to be had for this kind of issue, but I figured I’d mention it, because the community has been super helpful while I lurked here, and maybe I’m not the only person with this very specific problem.

I’m sorry if this has already been posted, but does a form-fillable character sheet pdf exist?

I’m sorry if this has already been posted, but does a form-fillable character sheet pdf exist?

I’m sorry if this has already been posted, but does a form-fillable character sheet pdf exist? Would be much appreciated.