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Rings, Rain, and Rage
Rings, Rain, and Rage
In July I ran four sessions of a PbtA hack I’d written for Changeling the Lost. I don’t know why I love that setting and concept so much. We had four wonderful online sessions—really fun and interesting with a story that evolved naturally. IMHO PbtA fit perfectly; I’d done serious work on the hack, but the players made it sing. My adaptation still needs work and I talk about some of the potential changes at the post.
What’s your favorite system for magic or magicesque mechanics?
What’s your favorite system for magic or magicesque mechanics?
What’s the most unique system you’ve seen?
Crowdsourcing for Codex – Decay!
Crowdsourcing for Codex – Decay!
We will have a Dungeon World feature in Codex – Decay called “Five Artifacts that Destroyed a Civilization.” Essentially, these are magic items or mundane items of historical significance that were each somehow responsible for causing a society to collapse. If you’d like to submit something, you can paste the text of your artifact here or send it to me at gauntletpodcast@gmail.com
We’ll be taking submissions until 08.20.17.
If you have any questions, you can ask them here. Thanks!
Yesterday we began Urban Shadows: The Violet Crown.
Yesterday we began Urban Shadows: The Violet Crown. This first session was largely character introductions, but we managed to get in a few exciting scenes, too. Our story is based in Austin, TX, using “A Violet Crown, Steeped in Blood,” from Codex – Blood, as a jumping off point for the story.
Thanks to the players for a (very) bloody good time! Michael X. Heiligenstein Phillip Wessels and steven watkins
Here is a link for two moves for the final session of my 1.5 year DW game.
Here is a link for two moves for the final session of my 1.5 year DW game.
The main thrust of the storyline began on the first adventure, with the PC struggling against a lich who was determined to become a/the god of death. The lich eventually succeeded in closing the Black Gate, turing the land of the living into a charnel pit where the dead could not die.
Lots of twists and turns over the months, but the PCs figured out how to sneak through the Black Gate to stop the lich, but had to pay a price — they could not return to the living.
Here were two moves I made for the last game. One to cover what would happen to the Heroes if they died BEFORE getting to the Gate, one if they came up with a way to pass through to confront the lich as he flayed the old God of Death and literally assumed its mantle.
Technically it was a TPK before the last encounter, but during that last fight, none of them fell, though two were at 1 HP when it was over. Fun.
They each became an avatar of death, after defeating the Lich and I asked them to narrate their ascension according to their PC and ethos.
Jason Cordova, when will the schedule be released for GauntletCon?
Jason Cordova, when will the schedule be released for GauntletCon?
How can one sign up as a GM/MC?
I saw the post quickly as I was on vacay, but can not find again, so I apologize for the repost.
My group had a wonderful session Monday night and a great magic item was collaborated into existence.
My group had a wonderful session Monday night and a great magic item was collaborated into existence. It comes with a “spell”. Enjoy.
Head in Amber
This chunk of amber is about the size of a human head. When you look into it you can see a human head inside as if at a short distance from all angles. The head seems to be alive and in constant torment.
The artifact is currently at the center of a magic circle and powering some kind of horrible ritual that has been going on for some time.
When the ritual is disrupted (in a way other than a successful Disrupt Ritual spell) or the head is damaged or destroyed the Ghost of the tormented soul is freed each person present will be shown a terrible vision. Tell us the vision you were shown.
Spell: Disrupt Ritual
Any magic user gets this spell for free when they encounter an ongoing ritual. Roll 2d6 + spellcasting stat.
10+ the ritual is disrupted and any artifacts used to create it are intact.
7-9 the ritual is disrupted but there is a magical backlash that the DM will tell you about. Any artifacts may be damaged or destroyed.
6- The DM will tell you what happens
Where can one get hold of poutine rpg?
Where can one get hold of poutine rpg?
So I made a thing…
So I made a thing…
It’s a dice roller that creates a custom URL for your “room.” You can then send that to the friends you are playing with and you can all watch/use the same dice at the same time… You can move the dice around real-time, group them, delete some or all of them, reroll some of them, etc. (It should make playing games like Dogs in the Vineyard and In A Wicked Age easier…)
It is still very much in beta, so if you run into issues, take a look at https://github.com/shanel/roller/issues to see if your problem is there, and if not log it!
If you get some use out of the site please consider making a donation to http://www.shantibhavanchildren.org/
Happy rolling!
Here is a link to the final session of The Path to Dim Carcosa.
Here is a link to the final session of The Path to Dim Carcosa. I’ll come right out and say it: this series, and this session in particular, is some of the best Dungeon World I have had the privilege to participate in. There is no such thing as Dungeon World Academy, but this session is pretty fucking close. It has it all:
-Brisk, deadly combat
-Two visits to the Black Gate
-Some nice custom moves
-Light but engaging dungeon crawl elements
-TERRIFIC social conflict
-Intriguing party dynamics
-Pacing, pacing, pacing–look how we stick this landing and be IN AWE
Haha, ok, enough bragging. Seriously, though, it was a cool session. You can check out the other three sessions (and the whole We Hunt the Keepers! saga) on the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26DVDSsqVz6VlgBJpGA6qp7wCb2OydB7
Big thanks to the awesome players: David LaFreniere Fraser Simons Christo Meid and Tony Hahn.