Brand New To PbtA Games
I’ve been an RPGer since I was a kid (35ish years ago).
I’ve been looking around for new systems to try out lately. I’m favoring game systems like Cortex Plus that are quick, easy, and involve the player at the table more in the narration.
I stumbled onto PbtA games and hacks and want to learn more before I get my hopes up and buy.
In looking at PbtA games, Urban Shadows stuck out. Very World of Darkness with one rules system (as far as I can see). I was a WoD fan from day one, but one of the things that I disliked was the fact that each group (vampire, garou, mage, etc) was almost its own game when it came to rules about their specialties. An expert in Vampire may very well have been a failure when trying to understand Mage rules, and so on.
So my questions to the community here are:
1. How fast is action resolution? I prefer Cortex Plus’ one or two rolls then done over rolling dice for four hours to accomplish ten seconds of action.
2. How much is the player at your table involved in the narrative process of an adventure?
3. Is there a single general rule-set that defines each supernatural class or, as I mention above, is each class a brand new set of rules?
Thank you for your time and your help, all! 🙂