Anyone keen to try a D12 game of “Advanced Freebooters”?
Anyone keen to try a D12 game of “Advanced Freebooters”? I was thinking we could use Hangouts or play by post or whatever. I have some ideas that need fleshing out/testing. I’m GMT -5.
We’ve played three sessions of Mistmarch using FotF2e now, and I’m really loving it.
We’ve played three sessions of Mistmarch using FotF2e now, and I’m really loving it.
I have two separate groups of players making their way through the equivalent of a tutorial section: a journey through a broken, ogre-haunted land to the first hub.
I’m seeing a lot of stuff just click together: traits, bonds, burning luck, marking stats on a failure, ability damage, making camp. It all feels robust and flexible without being fiddly. Three or four of my players have never roleplayed before, and the system is great for introducing people to the hobby. The moves are discreet and easily explained; everything flows from the conversation, and the playbooks provide a handy go-to for when they’re stuck.
We had our first near-death and use of Bite the Dust last night — that move is grim. Several characters have levelled up, and I have never seen players so happy to gain hit points.
I’m thinking of making one tweak: just making one Venture Forth move per journey. I try to run each scenario in two short sessions, and rolling Venture Forth every day is stretching journeys to the adventure locations out a lot.
I may also abstract the return journey to the campaign hub with a custom move that summarises perils faced on the way into almanac-based consequences.
I’m experimenting running the game from a Trello (screenie below). This lets me store a whole almanac in each column. I colour code monsters, Discoveries, treasures and adventure locations, making it easy to scan through them. When I want details I can tap the card and pop them open. It’s a handy way to have a campaign’s worth of info a tap away (we’ll see if that stays true as the campaign grows). Working well thus far!
We’re in our third campaign of “Advanced FotF” and we decided to set it in the same world as the first.
We’re in our third campaign of “Advanced FotF” and we decided to set it in the same world as the first. Some of you may remember posted updates about our (real) year-long slog against “The Cultists of the Blight Dragon”. Here’s the developing map for “Against the Corruptor”, which has involved much less overland travel but no less fun or adventure! The players this round are playtesting books for The Druid, The Ranger, The Paladin, and a “1E” Mage.
Sort of off-topic but I just received notification from Amazon saying my copy of Berlin: City of Smoke has shipped!
Sort of off-topic but I just received notification from Amazon saying my copy of Berlin: City of Smoke has shipped! Really looking forward to reading all three books back to back.
Any news on when Freebooters 2nd Edition might be published and if hardcopies will be available?
Any news on when Freebooters 2nd Edition might be published and if hardcopies will be available?
So, knowing that this isn’t exactly within the spirit of the game, has anyone created additional playbooks or have…
So, knowing that this isn’t exactly within the spirit of the game, has anyone created additional playbooks or have tips for adapting DW playbooks to Freebooters?
Sounds very very familiar my fellow Freebooters!
Sounds very very familiar my fellow Freebooters!
Zeitgeist aside, this is an extremely cool reminder on minimal GM prep.
Zee Bashew
I love the Perilous Wilds Survival Kit.My campaigns are GM-less, but we still use it for GM-style Record Keeping…
I love the Perilous Wilds Survival Kit.My campaigns are GM-less, but we still use it for GM-style Record Keeping sheets. That said, I found that the “Follower” sheet was being passed around an awful lot, so… In the style of the Maezar FotF sheets, I decided to create a letter-sized record that players could use to keep track of their own followers.
I present the PLAYER FOLLOWERS RECORD.
The one field that may seem unfamiliar to you is “Faithful” (Y/N). In our games, the number of followers that a character have is “1 or CHA, whichever is higher”. A follower who is FAITHFUL does not count against this total. Examples include the Animal Companion of a Ranger or the Familiar of a Mage. (Characters without sufficient Charisma may retain additional followers by adding an extra cost, “WAGES”, which designates these followers as “HIRELINGS”.)
Here’s a download link for the PDF:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vnjn48cz96h4u26/player-followers-record.pdf?dl=0
They are alive! And they are beautiful. (video in French)
They are alive! And they are beautiful. (video in French)
The Fate Cards for the french version of The Perilous Wilds
Originally shared by Acritarche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzKtf98QspI&feature=autoshare
We’ve been using 1E monsters in the game we call “Advanced Freebooters”.
We’ve been using 1E monsters in the game we call “Advanced Freebooters”.
The extra HP that characters earn as they level up makes it feel fair and fun to give the monsters some number of d8 Hit Dice, plus damage rolls on multiple dice (count armor against each attack).
We’re also converting armor class to armor which gives some monsters a LOT of armor, but with high level FotF character levels, it’s really been working out.
It does make the game more crunchy, but crunch can be very near and dear to us old school gamers.
My vision is to create a new “Manual of Monsters” also detailing instinct and special moves for our 1E favorites.