Hi all!

Hi all!

Hi all!

I’m planning on writing an Arc for my Crooked character’s player using his former heats. I plan to focus on the idea that he(the crooked) disrupted what was on the surface level human trafficking, but was in fact more like vampire takeout. The gang in charge of the human trafficking will come for revenge against the crooked, and essentially let their former clients have at him. I’m planning on a very ‘From Dusk til Dawn’ vibe for it.

The problem I’m running into: I’m not sure how the countdown would work. Countdown’s are meant for if the hunters never appeared, but I’m confused as this is a personal character arc. How do you approach character based arcs?

Also, and this feels like a silly question but how should one approach a personal character arc in regards to All the players? I know it’s to help add some depth to the character in question (i’m also trying to get the player for the crooked to be more engaged), but should I be on the lookout for accidentally excluding the other players?

Sorry this is so long!

Just curious—once G+ is no more, are there plans to migrate this community to a new venue?

Just curious—once G+ is no more, are there plans to migrate this community to a new venue?

Just curious—once G+ is no more, are there plans to migrate this community to a new venue?

Thanks!

So one of my players is using the Changeling playbook and wants to use Constant Companion so she has an ally.

So one of my players is using the Changeling playbook and wants to use Constant Companion so she has an ally.

So one of my players is using the Changeling playbook and wants to use Constant Companion so she has an ally. In the mystery, at some point stuffed animals are going to come to life, and I was going to surprise her by giving her that for an ally, however, after talking to her, she wants a Backup Ally, and stuffed animals aren’t exactly known for their fighting prowess.

So I see three options

Have her go ahead and make her own backup ally and drop the bear-as-ally thing, either turning it against the team or just making it ineffectual (the other stuffed animals are going to be spies for the monster)

Give the bear some kind of magic attacks for backup with some kinda bs about it having absorbed magic coming off the changeling girl over the years

Or I have her make her own ally and still have the bear come into play as a lieutenant. Maybe one that works with the entire team instead of just the one hunter.

Thoughts? Also, how do you guys usually handle backup Allies?

Hi everyone, I have a question that probably stems from never having DM/GM’d before: do you have any advice for…

Hi everyone, I have a question that probably stems from never having DM/GM’d before: do you have any advice for…

Hi everyone, I have a question that probably stems from never having DM/GM’d before: do you have any advice for smoothly moving the clock forward? I don’t mean the countdown per se, but deciding when to make time jumps, skip boring stuff like unnecessary meals, etc. I’m working on a mystery where the monster feeds at night, and the clues I’ve prepared could easily be found the first day they arrive (hunters arrive after first attack to look for missing person). Is that okay? Maybe I should ask the hunters what they want to do, and they can help decide what scene to play out next, e.g., do we skip a dinner scene or have all the chars come together share what they learned? Maybe it will be easy to decide in the moment, but I’ve never played a tabletop RPG before and I’m not sure how much narrative control I should share with the hunters 😀 Any advice is welcome!

Hey Friends!

Hey Friends!

Hey Friends! So G+ is shutting down soon, and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about where to go after the shut down? This place has a ton of resources and I would hate to lose some of that to the wind. I’ve been using something called Mastodon lately (a decentralized twitter that allows for users to control what goes on it), and much of that community is preparing for the G+ shut down, adding features that would be comparable to what we have here. Thoughts?

Vale Greg Stafford (1948 – 2018)

Vale Greg Stafford (1948 – 2018)

Vale Greg Stafford (1948 – 2018)

Greg founded The Chaosium in 1975, and from the outset (to quote his own words) “was never content to imitate, but instead published games that were original in their style of play, content and design”.

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Here is the link: https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/8417-greg-stafford-condolence-thread

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