When the survey goes out to confirm my pledge, please put in reminders of some of the details, like page count for…
When the survey goes out to confirm my pledge, please put in reminders of some of the details, like page count for the city book and so forth– and details for the other add-ons. Just to help me plan my budget.
Congratulations on being funded!
Congratulations on being funded!
I backed and I haven’t had a chance to play yet, but I can really see how this system could be Angel to MH’s Buffy. Also, man do I wish I had it when I was running a WoD game about two years ago.
I suppose my only real question on read over is whether the end of session bond assignments have led to any unproductive acrimony in playtesting. I could easily see characters that don’t really get along regularly noting each other as that helped them without redress.
I’m surprised Penny Dreadful hasn’t been mentioned more in this community; it’s like the perfect example of a US…
I’m surprised Penny Dreadful hasn’t been mentioned more in this community; it’s like the perfect example of a US game set in Victorian London: take a Vessel, an Aware, an Oracle, a Vampire (more than one, in fact!), a Hunter who turns out to be a Wolf, an Expert, and an Immortal, throw them into the teeming London underworld, and lo!, what emerges is a sometimes dark, sometimes kitschy, but always entertaining story of corruption and redemption.
#PennyDreadful #London
Not sure if this has been said anywhere – but I didn’t get a chance (I was out – my own fault not the team’s) to…
Not sure if this has been said anywhere – but I didn’t get a chance (I was out – my own fault not the team’s) to increase my pledge to include the new book physically.
Are the team using KS’s survey process or something like BackerKit which allows for pledges to be increased after the KS is over?
Really surprised no one has posted that we are only $400 away from maps for every city guide!
Really surprised no one has posted that we are only $400 away from maps for every city guide! Only 3 hours left, it would be a shame to miss out on it when we’re so close.
Question about the change from XP to Faction.
Question about the change from XP to Faction. Is there a recommended way to deal with the various moves that would let you mark XP?
Like, the Aware for instance with their Intimancy Move, or “One More for the Books” and “In Too Deep”. Just marking a 2nd time for the same faction wouldn’t really help in the new system, so, should I just go with “mark any Faction” in place of “mark XP” until we get some new Archetype sheets?
Hells bells, 1.000 backers! 😀
Hells bells, 1.000 backers! 😀
(And New York maps for everyone!)
My friends and I started a new Urban Shadows campaign last night set in Baltimore.
My friends and I started a new Urban Shadows campaign last night set in Baltimore. We created characters, discussed the city and its factions, and played out a few scenes for an hour or so. Had an Immortal, Aware and Spectre.
New Faction advance system worked out as expected, they all got 2 of 4 faction marked within the hour and a half of playing and it got them all right into messing with the city’s politics.
The Immortal and Aware owed a Debt to the Vampires who called it in, asking them to retrieve a foreign dignitary who had supposedly wandered into Spring Court territory (which was a breach of their accord). The Immortal and Aware were neutral though and could enter the area to find the missing vampire without risking an inter-faction disaster. Meanwhile the Spectre was contacted by Prince Kalen of the Spring Court to steal an item from a man named Lucius, an ancient spear of no apparent value. Turns out the spear is probably the Spear of Destiny, but don’t tell Fleur, she has no clue. (All these prompts came about from the Session Opening move).
A couple of questions about Let It Out 2.0:
A couple of questions about Let It Out 2.0:
What constitutes “letting out the power within” for you? Does any use of supernatural abilities not covered by Archetype moves suffice (e.g. a Vampire using his supernatural senses to adjust his eyes to seeing by moonlight)? Does it take a display of more power than is required to fuel archetype moves? Somethig in between?
How do Mortals let out the power within them?
So, after looking at the new moves for a couple days, I have a couple thoughts…
So, after looking at the new moves for a couple days, I have a couple thoughts…
1. Is the “keep an eye out” move gone? That is something my players will ask about. It seems that it would be good to have a move to ask about the environment. Sure a player can “let it out” and do something super natural to sense the area, but the price is very high. I hope it makes it back in.
2. For “let it out”, there is no longer the option to take harm on a 7-9 result? With how important it is to manage corruption, it seems like ” let it out” would only get used when times were dire? Is that the intention? It seems like giving the players the choice of consequences suffered is better for the drama.
3. More of a system question. How do you do mundane but important things? If you need to open a locked safe, what move is that? How about sneaking around a building? Fixing a car that won’t start? Clearing a jam an in a gun? I fully admit my experience with apocalypse games is small (I mostly come from a much more rigid background, as does my group) and I am sure to be meet with these questions when I put urban shadows in front of them.
Thanks for the help!