So, I’ve talked about picking the power level for a DFRPG campaign, about choosing the setting, and starting to flesh it out. At this point, if you’re following the recommended sequence in the book, it’s time to start creating characters. Now, in the previous step, I mentioned that you create … Continue reading
After too long a hiatus, we finally got back to the Storm Point game yesterday, for the climactic showdown with the blue dragon that had been giving the group such a problem. In setting this encounter up, I was faced with a bit of a problem. See, the blue dragon … Continue reading
**Potential Spoilers** The Armitage Files is an improvised campaign structure. It uses a number of stock pieces, such as NPCs, organizations, and locations, that are strung together by individual GMs to fit player action. The adventures I create with it may or may not match any other GM’s version of … Continue reading
It’s been pretty quiet around here for the past week or so. There’s a reason for that. You may remember I posted some time ago about the new campaign I was starting called Scio Occultus Res. It was meant to be a two-person game using the Mage: The Awakening rules, … Continue reading
Instead of a chocolate egg, Evil Hat has given us the preorder for The Dresden Files RPG. Go order now. You know you want to.
Last time, I talked about deciding on your city and coming up with themes and threats for it. Now, before we get on to the next step, there’s a bit of an intermediary step that gets slotted in. You don’t have to do it right at this point, but it … Continue reading
Last Friday night I ran my first session of the Armitage Files campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. It was also my first time running ToC, or any GUMSHOE game, and I have to admit that I was a little anxious about it. As I mentioned back here, the Armitage Files … Continue reading
It came to my attention today that the spam-blocking plug-in I started using on this blog about a week ago has been preventing people from posting comments. It’s been giving people an error message that tells them to turn on javascript and enable cookies, even when both things are clearly … Continue reading
Yesterday, the good folks at Evil Hat released a huge chunk of The Dresden Files RPG: Your Story for free at DriveThruRPG.com. It’s the chapter on Dresdenified Baltimore, called Nevermore. Not only does it provide a wonderful example of the results of in-depth city building, it gives you a glimpse … Continue reading
First off, it was very, very difficult for me, as a child of the 80s, to avoid making a Starship reference when it comes to building cities. Anyway, I’ve talked about setting the power level for a DFRPG campaign. The next big step in getting a campaign going is city … Continue reading
