Category: Stonetop

Originally shared by Jeremy Strandberg

Next #Stonetop playbook: the Lightbearer.

I’m trying to make the world of Stonetop feel fairly “low magic,” and so far I’ve avoided any serious mojo in the playbooks. The Judge has some Censure & a bunch of truth-related stuff, and the Heavy has the Storm-Marked background, but this is the first spellcaster. 

My goal here was to create a divine spellcaster who still fit in a low-magic world. To that end, they don’t really cast spells. Rather they can consecrate a flame and then invoke their god’s power into the light it casts.

Flavor-wise, I had a lot of things in mind while working on this: evangelism, Sufism, Gandalf, gnosticism & Plato, Revelation, a little bit of Johnny Cash.

Anyhow, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

Feedbeck welcome & appreciated!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lFq3ECDQDQVV9QUmlzWG9LNVU/view?usp=sharing

Originally shared by Jeremy Strandberg

The Blessed, the druid/magician/shaman class for #Stonetop.

I put this playbook up a while back, but had two versions (one with a “spell list” and the other more-or-less like this), but couldn’t decide which I liked better for a long time. Now that I’ve got the Seeker worked out, and the idea of minor arcana as spells, this version definitely seems like the way to go.

They have a lot of potential magic, but I’m particularly fond of the idea that the magic mostly needs to be prepped in advanced but the player doesn’t actually roll for the move until its tested.

As always, feedback and criticism appreciated.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0lFq3ECDQDQQkZ5b3ZNcTIwaDA

Originally shared by Jeremy Strandberg

Playtest Groups Wanted

Exciting news!   #Stonetop  is going to be published by Lampblack & Brimstone, with Jason Lutes editing, doing layout, and art directing.

We’re ready for some serious playtesting. Interested?

We’re looking for groups who:

• Play every 2-3 weeks (or more!)

• Can commit to actually playing 3+ sessions

• Are willing to specifically try out certain content

• Will ask questions & provide thoughtful feedback

• Can put up with potentially frequent changes 

If that sounds like you, please speak up in the comments.

If you’re interested in playtesting, but don’t have a group that meets the requirements above, let us know and we’ll see if we can’t put some of y’all together. EDIT: If you do, please post your time zone (e.g. GMT -5) so we help identify possible Hangout groups.

If you’d like to take a look but aren’t really interested in playtesting, that’s cool, too!  Click the #Stonetop  hashtag and check out the content. It might not be totally up-to-date but it’ll give you an idea of what we’re working on.  

Player maps & handouts for #Stonetop . I think I’ve posted most of this before, but not all in one place. And I accidentally removed the Region map from the old Ranger post.  So, enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0lFq3ECDQDQU2pWZXFZbzJWYmc

New #Stonetop  playbook: The Marshal. Feedback welcome & appreciated.

This is my take on a warlord-style class, one that leans pretty heavily on the Follower rules as well as the Steading Moves. You’ve got a lot of power in your crew, but the crew is part of Stonetop’s community and (hopefully) not just something you sacrifice willy-nilly.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lFq3ECDQDQYll4Zm15YjIxUnM/view?usp=sharing

Originally shared by Jeremy Strandberg

Gear list for #Stonetop, my work-in-progress. 

The idea is that the PCs are tied closely to a poor village (Stonetop), and undertake adventures mostly on behalf of the community.  The gear list is meant to reflect the steading’s ongoing fortunes in a way that directly affects the PCs in play. The better the steading is doing, the more/better gear the PCs have access to.

Also: an attempt to make a weapons & armor list that better fits my personal sensibilities and sense of “realism”. 

(And in case you’re wondering, the Fighter’s Signature Weapon will get an overhaul to go with this, probably ala Class Warfare’s Bearer.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lFq3ECDQDQN2dSYU9SZEw5LXc/view?usp=sharing

Originally shared by Jeremy Strandberg

I’ll be honest, I’ve never been a fan of the hireling rules. Or, honestly, the rules for the ranger’s animal companion.  I find there to be more GM fiat than I’m comfortable with. I find that the hireling skills feel fairly limited, and dislike how many of them treat hirelings as disposable.  I find the division between hirelings (or the ranger’s animal companion) and monsters (including adversarial NPCs) weird. Why does the goblin have HP and a damage die but my pet wolf doesn’t?

So, I made this for #Stonetop. It’s a new set of rules for followers as opposed to hirelings.  I’m thinking I’ll also redo the ranger’s animal companion to use these rules as well.

Feedback appreciated!

(Though please don’t bother trying to sell me on the hireling rules or the animal companion. I’ve thought a lot about them, and I’m not really interested in discussing them.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0lFq3ECDQDQRGxZZEJFbDZhdXM/view?usp=sharing