Player Turn: In the player turn, each player gets to spend a free ‘token’ called a ‘check’ to do one thing, of his own choosing, like recovering from a negative condition, playing a scene to achieve an unmet goal or interact with the story in some way. Players each get 1 free check. They can […]
Mouse Guard Diaries: Delivering the Mail, Part 3
Fight at Raven’s Hollow With a failed Pathfinder’s check, I moved to the adventure’s first plot twist. In a home brewed adventure, the GM would have had the choice of creating a plot twist or letting the PCs succeed but gain a negative condition liked ‘Angry, Sick, Injured’. From my understanding, the GM is encouraged […]
Mouse Guard Diaries: Delivering the Mail, Part 2
The Players I had 4 players attending this Mouse Guard game: Yan: Legendary fiddler and king of crunch. Yan expects fast interaction with the game, be it Story or dice rolling. Patience incarnate he is not. 🙂 Franky: Our groups most eager storyteller and explorer. Give him a new setting and story hooks and he’ll […]
Mouse Guard Diaries: Delivering the Mail, Part 1, Mini-Review/Primer
I’ve long said that I was a mono-gamist. I heavily invest myself in one game system and I spent most of my free time on it. The fact that many consider this blog to be a D&D 4e blog lends strong support to that assertion. But lately, maybe because I’m well past my mid-30s, […]
Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 3
See part 1 here and part 2 here. Rat and Roll! After the PCs rested for a few minutes, they continued deeper in the complex of caves and crypts. They eventually found the fleeing rats and followed their light to a large chamber. As they approached, they heard a rumbling sound, like stone rubbing on […]
Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 2
See part 1 here. Of Kobolds and Rats As I mentioned in my pre-game post, the actual ‘dungeon’ of the adventure was a modified version of the Dungeon Master Guide’s ‘Kobold Hall’. In fact, I took Area 1, 3 and 4 and modified them to my needs. All kobolds became ratlings and I added a few other […]
Chatty’s Ptolus 4e Demo: A Tail of Two Shities, Part 1
(This series title was chosen by the players, you have been warned) As announced here, I organized a D&D 4e demo for 4 members of the Mindnight’s Lair local RPG forum. I didn’t want to do a big D&D 4e lecture upfront, and I didn’t have to, most players had either played it once before […]
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