Posts by starhawk@dice.camp
(DIR) Post #Akc0l1aWIjaDIDsUIC by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-08-04T04:20:47Z
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8. Saturday morning I got a full, four-hour session of #Dragonbane and it was a lot more fun, with a really engaged group. We still skipped the gritty wilderness travel rules in favor of some dungeoneering, but all in all the scenario was fun and I think I like the system enough to try running it for some of my grognards back home.
(DIR) Post #Akc0l3PxUyK6y2x56m by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-08-04T04:22:19Z
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9 and 10. I finished Saturday with two sessions back-to-back of #UrbanShadows In retrospect, this was a mistake.Both groups had dedicated and fast-thinking GMs and groups who were excited to be there -- but the game is the most complex character/world setup of any PbtA I've seen.
(DIR) Post #Akc0l55TI77k95NkS8 by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-08-04T04:24:34Z
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This has been an issue the last several years as I've played Magpie Games events -- especially Avatar and Urban Legends.Teaching the game rules plus full character creation takes so much time that we barely got into either scenario.I played a werewolf who never had a chance to shapechange and kick ass... and a vampire hunter who never saw a vampire or pulled out a weapon.Did I have fun? Yeah I guess, but I've done enough character creation now. Maybe I'll skip next year.
(DIR) Post #AlAH6dKhMmqt4wRO2S by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-08-20T14:02:32Z
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I think I've finally put my finger on where I differ from my usual #ttrpg in-person groups.I crave INTENSITY. I hunger for dramatic moments and hard decisions. All the emotional highs and lows that my daily life doesn't have.They, I think, mostly are happy to sit down and crunch through builds and roll dice, and want to be ensured of winning at everything and always feeling cool.I think this is why PbtA and other rules-light games have fallen flat when I try to run them.
(DIR) Post #AlAH6e8KOGYDYrf1Oa by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-08-20T14:03:24Z
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I cringe at the thought of abandoning multi-decade friends to go and find a group that will make me *feel things* ... but I think at my core, that's what I want the most.How do you even find that? How do you ask for it?
(DIR) Post #AlAH6gPluNh0dXpyrY by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-08-20T14:32:27Z
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@MikeFerdinando That was my entire point. My current groups shy away from games without crunchy bits to lean on and builds to pursue and reroll mechanics to ensure they never fail. So they turn up their nose at PbtA and Blades in the Dark and FATE, etc etc.The games aren't bad and neither are my buddies, I think I just finally put my finger on what I wanted all these years, that they have no interest in.
(DIR) Post #AmsEXIwo0h7Q6BdTBg by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-10-10T19:23:21Z
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Hey, the #Lancer core rulebook is under 40 USD on Amazon.Don't mind if I do. Looks like weird future mech tactics is in my future.
(DIR) Post #AnjtR5SnE4UFXcs8Iq by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-11-05T16:47:42Z
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Anybody out there got material for a roughly 4-hour demo of #AlienRPG ? I played a scenario at Gen Con that was pretty fun but can't find it anywhere online, and most of the official material is meant for multiple sessions. #ttrpg
(DIR) Post #Ank3WFiZWhceKoM28O by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-11-05T19:11:49Z
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@lextenebris Chariot of the Gods is phenomenal...it'd be a re-run for one of the players but maybe that's my best bet.They were hoping to play Colonial Marines which would still involve me knocking together some new pre-gens and maybe adding some opposition at the adventure site. But I suppose that's better than trying to create something from whole cloth in the relatively short amount of time I have!
(DIR) Post #AoL8dFzyxOByFF6w2y by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-11-23T16:14:24Z
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The group where I'm a player is switching to #Shadowrun 4e and I forgot how arcane the character creation can be.This street samurai took me about eight hours in three sittings to get right (and rules legal). #ttrpg
(DIR) Post #AoM3cHvC18qjJ1Y74C by starhawk@dice.camp
2024-11-24T03:11:57Z
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@lextenebris Yes. I love and own CBR+PNK, although I am curious as to how it handles sustained play.In this case we are deliberately leaning into the complexity after a rough experience with Cyberpunk RED.
(DIR) Post #Aq3HGW1SaHZCgq8dPM by starhawk@dice.camp
2025-01-13T20:44:49Z
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@mikailborg @Computer The right pill ration will take care of all that guilt and shame. Wash it down with a cup of Hot Fun™!
(DIR) Post #AqmFtUCr1cAvBFV10a by starhawk@dice.camp
2025-02-04T13:28:00Z
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The Internet is mostly shit these days, but every once in a great while I stumble across an incredible, passion-project website.This one is hand-animated weird art and it is worth your time as a fun decompressing thing in between your doomscrolling sessions.https://floor796.comI don't even know what hashtags this deserves, so it's not getting any. Boost to your friends!
(DIR) Post #AqpJpgr72HHYXnefNQ by starhawk@dice.camp
2025-02-06T01:44:28Z
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@Computer @mikailborg They will be missed at Happy Mandatory Pre-breakfast Calisthenics.
(DIR) Post #AwShoiWfABJrmkXoEy by starhawk@dice.camp
2025-07-24T15:07:26Z
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@lextenebris $16 made me flinch a lot this year, it seems like RPG events took a crazy jump in price over last year. But that right there, that's crazy town unless it includes catered dinner, a massage, and a signed hardback.
(DIR) Post #AzYfZoAg8hPL2Qd6rg by starhawk@dice.camp
2025-10-25T02:55:31Z
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#ThisWeekAtMyTable my dnd game was cancelled again, so Wife, Kid, and I finished up the #IronswornStarforged adventure we started last week.We ended up having to rescue our smuggler contacts from the fortified bunker of a gang who had turned on them.My Weapon Master / Ace got into a firefight with a patrol on speeder bikes, and ended up hanging from his fingertips over a crevasse of boiling acid before managing to turn the tables and rescue the smuggler captain.#ttrpg #Ironsworn
(DIR) Post #AzYfZwzJMKf8NmNetc by starhawk@dice.camp
2025-10-25T02:57:02Z
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While my "combat character" was getting his face beat in, my wife's Inflitrator and my son's Gearhead/Techie easily broke into the secure complex, defeated the security bots, hacked the terminal, and rescued the prisoner (though one was shot by a guard).Then they repaired the smugglers' ship while I moved the medical supplies we had originally come there to get.We finally got back to our planet of origin, and only had to smuggle the med supplies into an active war zone...
(DIR) Post #AzYfa5QtxdUAZfLo0m by starhawk@dice.camp
2025-10-25T02:58:22Z
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Everything went FINE until they left me to guard the (stolen, military) truck full of our illicit goods while they made contact with the rebel cell.The cops rolled up on my Weapon Master, who was obviously bristling with armaments... at the same time my dice turned to Pure Evil.I missed a roll to threaten them and ward them off. Then managed to lose control of the ensuing fight and things snowballed and got progressively worse.
(DIR) Post #AzYfaE5FnUW7P8I91E by starhawk@dice.camp
2025-10-25T02:59:36Z
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It ended up with me running over civilians in a crowded market (botching a car chase), blowing up a hover-copter, taking a sniper bullet, and finally being tracked down by ultra-commandos and burned with energy rifles until nothing was left but my boots, and my black iron blade.So, that's how my character died in his first adventure!
(DIR) Post #B3BCxy12YuH6sMCtBw by starhawk@dice.camp
2026-02-10T13:36:18Z
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@futurebird @meganmariehart I, too, like replies more than anything else. Though I often find I have nothing productive, useful, or fun to say. So the favorite button is just "i liked that" and the boost is "my friends will like it too".