A long email exchange on magic in rpgs — not a lot that resonated with me, but I did want
Category: Table Top
Order of events
Interesting thoughts on why to decide your Estate last when creating a character in Nobilis, stored here for my convenience:
“Still… not as scary…”
The creator of Nobilis, reinventing the ecosystem of the world’s oceans on Hitherby Dragons. The ocean should be made of
The beginning of the end of the beginning…
So I wrapped up the OA campaign last Friday night with the the most unwrap-uppy wrap-up I’ve ever done. Let’s
Stepping into other shoes
After some thoughts provoked by the posts here and here, I opted to eschew the turn timer for the Nobilis
Hello, Clarice
I’ve got some catching up to do… Monday Mashup #13: Silence of the Lambs I’m combining this with Nobilis. Lecter
Pondering the flow
So, we’ve had a few players cross-over from one Nobilis game group to the other now, and someone asked one
Of gods, guest stars, plots, and naming conventions
Sunday, we had our first ‘guest star’ in the ongoing Nobilis game. Hmm, before I get into that, though, let’s
Weeknight relaxation.
Ran the ‘Chrysalis A’ group last night (the first time with the full group), and got things rolling with the
Weekend review 3
Sunday: Finished up the second serial in Dave’s In Deo Confidemus :: Spycraft campaign in a blaze of gunfire (mostly
Weekend review 2
Saturday: First half of the second session of the second story-arc in Nobilis (which of course would be designated Session
Making the lower levels not matter
While talking about something else, Bryant mentioned something called the “No Myth meme”, which sounds vaguely interesting, especially when combined
Reminder: mention to Dave
OGL, D20 compatible CROSSGEN Campaign setting? Hmm.
Dylan MacEvitt, pt. 2
Some more character background for Dylan MacEvitt, member in good standing of The Agency.
Update
Note to self: preparing a list of likely (and point-balanced) qualities for a well-known Chancel and Imperator does not appreciably
This post is a year late
Having finally had a chance to play through some Spycraft stuff, I can finally see what people have been saying
Update review
The clearest review of 3.5 that I’ve seen is here: This release is like Microsoft charging for software updates. If
Missed it
In my Palm, July 6th, 2003: 1st TiHE Game Session (not counting bidding war – 1997) Six years ago… wow.
Good on the spot NPC chargen
Via SfAD, the UPC Bar Code Character Generation.
Diceless con game
Something I’ve mentioned before: someone who took Nobilis and the League of Extradinary Gentlemen comic and came up with Convention
Grumble
Jackie got an email notice today that her 3.5 PHB is shipping. Me? Nothing. Why? Because I preordered my stuff
Useful bits
For anywhere from $2.50 to $6, The Language of Flowers is a steal and terribly terribly useful for a Nobilis
Oh my
Mongoose Publishing: Babylon 5 RPG, due to hit local shops any day now. I’m only surprised it took this long
Poof, you’re a bird
Prompted by watching the Prophecy, Dracula, and seeing similar stunts in the LoEG trailers, I present this bit of fluff
3.5
Compiled list of stuff that I’ve picked up regarding the d20 v3.5
Bam! Ka-pow(er)
The Newest Diceless Game: Marvel Supers. Looks interesting. Some of the ‘sliding around resources’ mechanic sounds a lot like Nobilis’
The name’s the thing.
One of the NPC’s in my Nobilis game has three names. Why? Because he’s supposed to be a serial rapist,
What games would Nobles play? How about this one: the HipBone Games, with many variants. Looks like fun, and definitely
Spinoffs
I’ve fiddled together a proper blog for the nobilis game here: chrysalis. Those of you who keep track of the
Estate thought 2, Manifestations
I’ve been trying to figure how to do things where you might be inclined to pick up a secondary Estate