Tag: ttrpg
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 10/18/2024 Geeks & Games – Shadow Deaths
Summary The Shadow Deaths, a brave adventuring party, found themselves approached by two individuals after a period of revelry in the city of Pitden. Giselle, a local herbalist, hired them to hunt a fearsome manticore dwelling in a ruined tower northeast of the city, offering gold and potions as payment. A barbarian woman named Thraani…
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 10/17/2024 Online – Holy Divers
The Unholy Divers, an adventurous group, explored the Temple of Aberlach, facing challenges and battling animated Stone Guardians. They discovered a skeleton with a silver warhammer and a mysterious lantern, sparking discussions about the dungeon’s history. The journey involved strategy, exploration, and overcoming obstacles in a perilous underground environment.
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 10/04/2024 Geeks & Games – Shadow Deaths
Summary The party, consisting of Grimdar Thunder, a dwarf priest, Ember, a kobold wizard, and a dwarf warrior named Thru, embarked on a perilous journey through a swampy region. Their adventure began with a whimsical encounter with mischievous Fairies before they reached a mysterious cave entrance. Upon entering the cave, they startled a Lone Goblin…
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Shadowdark Session Recap: 10/03/2024 Online – Holy Divers
The party traveled from Barglen to Needle over five days, encountering fleeing soldiers and discovering a devastated marketplace due to chaos involving dragon-headed soldiers summoned by a wizard named Khemsha. They sought information from Archmage Asmodie, who assigned them to explore ancient ruins to the west. There, they faced hazards, giant lizards, and battled giant…
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Grinding Keep (DCC) by Goodman Games
For DCC RPG, you’ll find The Grinding Keep, a level 1 adventure by Marc Bruner. A wealthy benefactor needs to party to recover a powerful magic item for a lonely manor, but the PCs discover not all is as it seems in the remote abode. Can they escape with both the object of their quest and their lives…
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On Downtime and Demesnes (Basic D&D) by Hack & Slash Publishing
Used this for alternatives to Shadowdark’s carousing rules. Chock full of ideas on downtime, includes random outcome tables for piety, carousing, gambling, pit fighting, crafting, and a whole slew of other options. Great book to get ideas going.
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Papercraft Minis by Okumarts Games
These are wonderful papercraft minis by Okumarts Games. These simple to assemble, affordable, color papercraft minis have a ton of personality. I love using them at the table, even though we don’t use miniatures for combat.
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Shrine of the Jaguar Princess by Sersa Victory
A Shadowdark adventure designed for 4th level PCs. I ran this in Shadowdark for a group of five level 4-6 PCs, and made some slight changes to the adventure (running it in West Marches instead of a one-shot). It was decent, but not great, and suffers from an absolute TPK factor, with lots of instant…
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Pathfinder 2 from Paizo
Pathfinder’s new rules system offers detailed mechanics and a classic high fantasy experience, focusing on tactical combat akin to D&D 4E. Character creation is challenging, especially for new players. While it excels in combat, role-playing is secondary. Overall, it’s a tactical game best suited for maps and minis usage.
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Seasons in Shadow for Shadowdark RPG by Gaffer Games
We use Seasons of Shadow in our Shadowdark West Marches campaign as an alternative to carousing after adventures. So far, several good storylines have come from the supplement. It is available as pay what you want (PWYW) on Itch.io.
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