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Does anyone know where I can find printable copies of the playbooks?

Hello Everyone

Hello Everyone,

Back in the day there was a Dragon playbook as part of the alpha play test documents. I understand it was cut from the core book with plans to release it as a standalone playbook.

Are there plans to release it in the near future, or has it been released and I’m missing it somewhere? Thank you for your time.

Another recap from my Urban Shadows game. Supernatural poisons, psychic rituals, and a trip to Hell.

http://www.noordinaryobsession.com/2017/06/14/urban-shadows-ritual-poison/

Just played US for the first time last night, and had so much fun!

Just played US for the first time last night, and had so much fun! There were a lot of cool beats and great storytelling, which was pretty exciting for everyone involved.

However, a question did come up: I am playing The Tainted, and my playgroup was a little confused by the mechanics of The Tainted’s intimacy move:

“When you share a moment of intimacy–physical or emotional–with another person, they give you a Debt they hold on someone else.”

I understand how this happens mechanically, but how does it follow the fiction of the story? Does the other person feel connected to The Tainted and “give” it willingly? Why would they do that? Or does my demonic power force them to “give” it to me, even if they wouldn’t normally do such a thing?

In my game’s example, The Wolf had a Debt over The Oracle because he was protecting her from harm. I shared an intimate moment with The Wolf and now my Tainted has a Debt over The Oracle. This left us all a little baffled and there were a few minutes’ discussion of the logistics of this. Anyway, if anyone has thoughts or insights on this it would be appreciated.

Anyone looking forward to Gencon? There are a few urban shadows games being ran there!

Can anybody tell me, who the Immortals are?

Can anybody tell me, who the Immortals are? According to the rulebook, Power consists of Wizards and “the immortals”. Are Oracles and Hallowed considered immortals?

Has anybody ever played Scion?

Has anybody ever played Scion? It was once a White Wolf game and now it;s Onyx Path, and it was the game that got me into tabletop games — but it was a hot mess, mechanically, and playing it was a chore. Happily, PbtA games do what I’d always wished other tabletops would. Urban Shadows, specifically, scratches the Scion itch pretty well for myself and my group.

But not all the way, all the time. Sometimes we find ourselves missing playing the children of gods, pawns in a great war between pantheons. But not enough to go back, or to attempt to learn the new 2.0 which looks hardly any better.

So, has anybody ever tried adapting Urban Shadows to fit Scion, to bring some Scion material into Urban Shadows, or anything else similar? My table is interested in seeing if we can recapture some of that old magic with a system here that’s so well done. Would it maybe be as simple as making a Scion playbook?

Can someone recommend a good Urban Shadows AP? I’d like to see the game in action a little bit.

I just actually finished a game of Urban Shadows last week, which is a huge pleasure, because often (for me at…

I just actually finished a game of Urban Shadows last week, which is a huge pleasure, because often (for me at least) games don’t end, they just stop. We were playing in Nashville, my home city, and had a climactic battle in the Parthenon against Alan LeQuire, tainted sculptor of the Athena replica statue there which was slowly being possessed by some sort of nature spirit. The possession was unsuccessful, but only because my Tainted’s brother showed up, the Vamp sacrificed herself to save the Wizard, and the Aware worked in the background while no-one was paying attention to her.

It had been a while since the last time we played, so I had written each of my characters a custom move to start off the final session, which is a technique I’d advise everyone to try. It’s a fun game design challenge, and really set up the final session for success. I’ve attached a link to the Google doc with those moves, if you’re curious. The Vamp one led to a night-time vampire attack when she rolled a 6-.

Something I’ve learned from this game: if you don’t have a lot of time to play in, I would recommend allowing your PCs to mark Faction if they lend a hand or get in the way of a fellow PC. I ended up doing that because our sessions were infrequent (and there weren’t all that many of them) and it was challenging for them to remember to go talk to different NPCs and establish relationships and learn about those Faction moves.

If you’ve got any questions about how I did a whole story arc, or what my fronts were, or anything like that, please ask in the comments! I’d love to have a bit of a post-mortem on this.

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