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A little frustration, a little joy
So I tried my hand at creating a character for 4th Ed today. It was a hit and miss experience, in part because I got frustrated trying to understand the implications of taking that feat that gets you an extra Daily spell in your spellbook, which is to say, maybe I should have explored whether or not it's possible to have something more ( Read more... ) -
Faith, Faces, & Fingerprints: The Questions and New Names
Answered Questions from Last Time- What has become of the Face?
- Who abducted him?
- Will Brynna, Anders, and Thea be able to find him? (Will they even try?)
New Questions- Will Anders be able to impersonate the Face successfully?
- Will there be another attempt on the Face's life?
- Will the Face recover from his injuries?
- How will the Council's ( Read more... )
- What has become of the Face?
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Do you want to win a free print copy of Spirit of the Season?
I'm pretty sure you do.
It's a good thing you've got your actual play reviews all ready to go and get submitted for RPG.net's Actual Play Review Week, isn't it? :)
Extra cool thoughts will be generated and focused upon your person by yours truly if you happen to do some actual play reviews of Evil Hat's products, naturally! -
Sightings
Scott Acker posts up a supernatural cop from his Dresden Files RPG playtesting:
http://johnpaul613.livejournal.com/5193.html
Ryan Macklin posts actual play from his "Bad Man" scenario for Don't Rest Your Head that he ran at the Endgame minicon. If you like DRYH, it is mandatory reading:Two coasts, one day of play
I haven't gotten in more than one after-action report from the EndGame minicon yet (though if you were there & played, post & tell me!), so commentary on that will have to come once I get the good word from the store itself about how the promotional preorder thang worked out ( Read more... )Actual Play Review Week at RPG.Net -- In March
Quoth the formidable cwricheson:Cross posted at RPGnet:
The week of March 24th is Actual Play Review Week here at RPGnet. While past weeks have focused on overall themes, this event will focus on reviews based on actual game sessions. Share with us your best and worst experiences with all sorts of games! All it takes is a little time to write it up and ( Read more... )Now That's What I'm Talkin' About
Sean Nittner reports back from KublaCon, where he played "Spirit of the 24th Century". It's down in this post here ( Read more... )Don't Rest Your Head: Three-Course Meal of Actual Play
uncledark just alerted me to his actual play postings about a Don't Rest Your Head one-shot he ran recently. It's fantastically detailed, and comes in three parts, all worth your time.
The Story
The Rules
The GM's "Take-Away" Lessons
If only all actual play was done like this! Thanks, uncledark!Don't Rest Your Head: A Campaign Wrap-Up
jholloway, DRYH GM extraordinaire, has posted a wrap-up analysis of DRYH and his experiences running it.
So, so very worth reading if you're at all interested in things having to do with Don't Rest Your Head.
And if you haven't been reading his accounts of actual play, what are you waiting for? Get started.More DRYH Goodness
jholloway posts about his fourth session of actual play. There's some really good stuff in there, as well as some parenthetical asides throughout that make it clear all of this is happening with the characters playing close to the edge. The clarity on how the story meshes with the system is choice. Check it out. :)