The Manse

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Original art @Ariel VH I think There are a small set of character archetypes or "conditions" like vampirism or lycanthropy that can be attached to characters which keeps them human, but subtly different.

All pairs of Magic Sandals start with; Two identical, mostly-indestructible shoes that fulfill all the function needed for basic footwear.

This concept is named after the final chapter of Rockstar's Bully, which is the freedom chapter with no story missions where the player is allowed to explore the entire world and complete all of the side content they didn't finish during the main campaign.

Yeah I said it.

When it comes to TTRPGs and their video game cousins, the obvious D&D inspired games come to mind first.

Don't worry this isn't some clickbait "the 2005 Wonka Movie is better then you remember" sort of thing.

The holy trinity of combat roles in cooperative video games (popularized by MMOs) are the Tank, DPS, and Support.

Path of Exile does it, Diablo 2 does it, Torchlight does it, Last Epoch does it, Titan Quest does it, Grim Dawn doesn't do it but kinda but that's game weird so who cares.

Vampires are incredibly powerful magical creatures; however they have several unique traits that sets them apart from other fantastical beasts like dragons, ogres, beholders, and so on.

Diablo 2 getting DLC 25 years after the fact is not something I was expecting any time soon.

So recently I did something I normally don't do; and that is look at indie RPGs coming out.

Note: Writing this blogpost in January when the update first dropped.

Maybe private security for the world's elites, your order of John Wick assassins, tacticool operators who you want to be slightly more plausible then action-movie heroes in how they survive and thrive in multiple firefights?

While running an experimental one/two/three shot dungeon crawler with some new players who had limited experience in TTRPGs; I decided to forgo normal game mechanics in favor of a more streamlined OSR-ish experience.

In this episode of "I thought I wrote this blogpost like 5 times over the past decade this blog has been around", I could have sworn I made this before.

In the mystic underground; Magick changes with the times.

So while recently running a campaign for newer players; I came onto a problem my own First Aid Rules caused.

Whenever you are in a dungeon, out in the wilderness, or in an adventure location, you can take a short rest (exploration turn) to perform various actions.

Art @Nick Gindraux I've always been real curious about how blasters from Star Wars are supposed to work.

So I wrote a bunch about my favorite tower defense game(s) ever in this previous blogpost, and in a very rare move for this blog I actually went back and edited it to add more of my thoughts to it, but I decided that STILL was not enough so here I am writ…

Weird, isn't it?

Art @BHVR Interactive So I've been playing a lot of Dead by Daylight over the past few years.

The richest part of Garden.

1) Magic is a purely genetic or "superpower"-like ability that is manifested wholly from the body/person using it.