I totally forgot about free RPG day.

I totally forgot about free RPG day.

I totally forgot about free RPG day… Maybe that is why there was a such peak in downloads of Billy Bones, the book of magic stuff, which was free anyway.

So in the spirit of things, anybody who clicks here will get the Pirates! sourcebook for free, but only for the next 24 hours!

http://www.rpgnow.com/browse.php?discount=90afc0b9c7

Has anybody played a Thief the Dark Project or Dishonored type DW session or campaign?

Has anybody played a Thief the Dark Project or Dishonored type DW session or campaign?

Has anybody played a Thief the Dark Project or Dishonored type DW session or campaign?

I’d love to hear some great ideas!

(Yes I have the City Thief playbook. It is awesome.)

OK, here is an NPC Cleric in the spirit of Cleric Week.

OK, here is an NPC Cleric in the spirit of Cleric Week.

OK, here is an NPC Cleric in the spirit of Cleric Week.

Cardinal Grimghast

Evil to the bone, he used his immense power of persuasion to rise in the ranks of the lawful good One Church. He started studying necromancy after his father murdered his mother when he was eight years old. He failed to raise his mother from the dead but succeeded in turning his father into a ghoul. 

Damage 1D4, HP 10, Armor 1

Weapon: Soulsuck Dagger. 

Instinct: Power over life and death.

☻Be seen as lawful good by everybody in the One Church

☻Corrupt the One Church by appointing secret apostates to key positions.

☻Animate the dead to fight for him

☻Terrorize enemies with visions of dark horror.

When Cardinal Grimghast commands you to confess, roll + Wis

☻On 10 + you feel guilty

☻On 7-9 you also confess openly to past indiscretions.

☻On 6- you also tell Grimghast something that he will use to harm your party, now or in the future.

When the GM describes the dark images of intense horror that Cardinal Grimghast projects onto your soul, roll + Wis

☻On 10+ you take -1 forward to your next roll, or until you have rested.

☻On 7-9 you take -1 ongoing until you have rested. 

☻On 6-, you are paralyzed with fear and can make no moves for a short while. 

When you are wounded with the Soulsuck Dagger, roll + Wis

☻On 10+ you take -1 on all Wis rolls until you have rested.

☻ On 7-9 you take -1 on all Wis and Int rolls until you have rested.

☻On 6- you become a hollow, soulless husk. You cannot perform any moves. This will continue until the Soulsuck Dagger is destroyed or a Good person has prayed for your soul. 

When you use the Soulsuck Dagger in combat, roll + Wis

☻On 12+ you do your damage and your victim becomes a hollow, soulless husk that cannot make any moves. This will continue until the Soulsuck Dagger is destroyed or a Good person has prayed for its soul.

☻On 10+ you do your damage and you and your allies take  +1D4 damage ongoing against the victim.

☻On 7-9, do your damage and, if you have not mastered the dark arts of necromancy,  you take -1 on all Wis and Int rolls until you have rested.

☻On 6-,  if you have not mastered the dark arts of necromancy, you become a hollow, soulless husk. You cannot perform any moves. This will continue until the Soulsuck Dagger is destroyed or a Good person has prayed for your soul. 

OK I just read (some of) the new Grim Portents.

OK I just read (some of) the new Grim Portents.

OK I just read (some of) the new Grim Portents. 

Oh my goodness, what a treasure trove. I would be willing to pay good money for subscribing to a magazine of this quality!

Kudos to everyone involved, you guys are the absolute bestest.

Thanks!

#Ravenloft

#Ravenloft

#Ravenloft

I bought the classic Ravenloft DnD module the other day and dropped it into my normally zero-prep campaign. The first hour or so was just normal improv heavy DW with the normal laughing and enthusiastic player participation. Then they entered the castle and I opened the pdf on my laptop. The players were suddenly much less involved, their eyes sort of glazed over.

Was it me or the idea that we were playing from a book? Or maybe coincidence?

Any ideas? Should I stop looking at a map or should I continue? There is at least one more session, maybe even two left in count’s castle.

Ok I watched Chris Perkins DM DnD next on youtube. Observations:

Ok I watched Chris Perkins DM DnD next on youtube. Observations:

Ok I watched Chris Perkins DM DnD next on youtube. Observations:

-No grid.

-Stat checks done with base base modifiers, not skill modifiers.

-Very narrative driven. In fact drama and awesomeness seemed to trump rules.

Now I havent read the Next rules at all, but it seems DnD is moving back to its roots?

Or am I wrong? I am somewhat stoked to get my hands in it.

Both my Pathfinder Society and my BESM characters died in one week. Maybe fate is trying to tell me something?

Both my Pathfinder Society and my BESM characters died in one week. Maybe fate is trying to tell me something?

Both my Pathfinder Society and my BESM characters died in one week. Maybe fate is trying to tell me something?