From Evil Overlords to PC Engagement – Tribality for the win
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From Evil Overlords to PC Engagement – Tribality for the win

Over at Tribality.com, +Brandes Stoddard throws down a post called Playing with a Stranger’s Toys. Notionally it’s about the challenges of using other settings and adventures. He brings up a few examples, and a contrived scenario (not his own) where the players are put in the situation where they are being approached, on a ship, by another…

Sir Robin ran away
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Sir Robin ran away

A quick note, and perhaps a question. Last game three PCs charged into combat (well, snuck into combat) and went head to head at 1st level into the face of 4:1 odds. The results were predictable. One commenter on Twitter noted “they should have run away.” Now, there are two ways to take this. One…

Heretical Playtest: Group 3 gets dogpiled by orcs
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Heretical Playtest: Group 3 gets dogpiled by orcs

I’m tired. so this will be a quick summary. I was joined by +Erik Tenkar , +Tim Shorts , and +Rob Conley in the first session for “Group 3,” one of the playtest campaigns I’m running for the Heretical RPG. The characters were two rangers with chain shirts and longbows, both with one or two short swords, plus a dwarven cleric…