RPG From Scratch

We delve into our hopes and dreams when preparing to sit down with a new gaming group. Also, What is magic? Is it the power that underlies all reality, like The Force? Is it an alien essence being unknowingly mined by the collective unconscious for the benefit of our devourers? Is it like trying to tell a stranger about rock and roll?

We don't know! Let's just make something up.

Show notes and more at:

https://nerdyshow.com/2019/01/design-episode-15-session-zeroes-to-heroes

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The mole is vanquished, and the gang has drawn the ire of a caretaker of this forsaken tomb. Dare you learn the secrets it keeps? Our heroes gain an insight to the very nature of this structure, and it greatly disturbs them.

Show notes and more:

https://nerdyshow.com/2019/01/echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-12/

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We commit the ultimate party faux pas and delve deep into the cultural and political strife of our world, coming up with 3 distinct religions and give names to those who would be Emperors.

Show notes and more at:

https://nerdyshow.com/2019/01/episode-14-politics-and-religion

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The gang scrambles to face down the giant mole! Who sent it? Is it the creature that has terrorized Clan Nargabar and The Way Forward? Listen in as they discover more about this creature and the nature of the site itself.

Notes and more:

https://nerdyshow.com/2018/12/rpg-from-scratch-echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-11

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Want to go Core Radiance but feellt underwhelmed at unfairly targeted by Martyr? You're in luck! Along with rounding out some corners, we discuss some pie-in-the-sky Path ideas to see if anything from them is worth stealing for our current ones. We also finally begin our difficult conversation about Magick as a system.

Show notes and more at:

https://nerdyshow.com/2018/12/episode-13-dont-be-a-martyr

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It turns out our party is by no means alone within the bowels of this alien ruin... and neither is whatever is chasing them! Listen in as we make a series of extremely questionable moral decisions while ignoring any and all integrity of the profession of Archaeology.

Show notes and more at:

https://nerdyshow.com/2018/12/echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-10

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We ratchet up the difficulty by deciding what happens when characters fall to 0 HP (and fail to get a full night's rest). We also come up with an elegant way of creating and using potions.

Along with ironing out a half-dozen other small details, we bring up the feedback from one of our Patrons and work it into our game. Pitch-in and listen-in!

Notes and more at:

https://nerdyshow.com/2018/11/rpg-from-scratch-design-episode-11-the-rest-of-your-life

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In Part 8 of our Actual Play campaign, the crew finds a glut of clues and tries to find a way to care for the four lost children, while engaging in intense debates about the scrolls, Forsha, and whether or not crocodiles have beards.

Show notes and more at:.

https://nerdyshow.com/2018/11/rpg-from-scratch-echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-8

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