Category: Urban Shadows RPG: Discussion

So, Dungeon World has Fronts, MotW has Arcs, and Apoc World has the Map of Suffering (or something like that). Is there something along those lines for Urban Shadows, whether already existing or just in the works?

Ran my first game of Urban Shadows last night, and it was fantastic! Awesome job, Andrew Medeiros! I’ll post an AP report later today, but I want to make a few comments now:

– I love the Debts system! While the players actually didn’t spend any Debts this session, the way they also work as bonds is really cool.

– All of the archetypes are really cool! Our group had a Tainted mafia heir, a Red Court Vamp (he wanted Dresden Files style vampire courts, but without the gross stuff from Red Court vamps), a Dragon information broker, an Immortal who’s actually a Carthaginian soldier who can only die when Scipio Africanus’ ring is destroyed, and a CEO king who controls 80% of Congress, more or less.

– I also love how quickly each player gets their own agenda, and how easy it is to push those and challenge them.

I did have one question though. How many highlighted stats does each character get? I couldn’t find it in the rules, so I only gave them 1. But at the end of the session, the most XP a player had was one. Should they have 2, like in AW?