Tales From the Hydian Way

This week Ben and Cam talk about how we build characters to have a background and obligations that fit within the party and how we can make them useful to the GM as well as the players.

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You can also sit back and have vaporated water with us at Tosche Station and listen as we talk with how we get started with characters.

This week we talk about narratively dealing with a timer, how to set aside rules when the party just doesn’t need them applied, and how to make space combat more interesting while using the rules we discussed in the last episode.

We also cover using capital ships and how to deal with them, and we even touch upon how to deal with reinforcements coming to the field narratively.

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Or you can sit down next to us as we outrun these TIEs, dodge the Exogorth and give you a few ideas on how to make space combat better in your adventures below.

We take a look at the rules that govern space scenes in Fantasy Flights Star Wars and we try to make all the weird actions and maneuvers make sense.

This is the first part of two in our in depth look at space combat and how to make it fun and interesting for your players.

(we’re sorry for the audio quality in this episode)

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As we escape with the Varactyl along the Hydian Way listen as we give the basis for greater things.

How many ways can you kill a campaign? We know quite a few and have witnessed many premature campaign deaths.

Fortunately, we also know several ways to keep a campaign alive and reinvigorate it. We can keep the campaign moving and breathing until it’s ready to live on it’s own once again.

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Or you can come over and chat as we talk by the slowly roasting tauntaun.

This time we look at criminal organizations, how to use them, one of many ways to use law enforcement with them. Even how to use the “Big Galaxy” approach when dealing with planetary Criminal organizations. You can find us on Twitter at @DeuteriumIce and @Xphile101361 You can find us and much more at TheHydianWay.com Please … Continue reading "Episode 16 – The Underside of the Galaxy"

We had a bit of fun, starting with monsters and finding some ways to bring them into an adventure, but quickly the Wookiee and Trandoshan rivalry reared its head and we were off chasing ideas down. Space slugs and idle Infiltrators give us ideas for making things more complete on your tables. In case you’re … Continue reading "Episode 15 – Not the Normal Way"

While Adventure Campaigns are fun, we find that using the two words interchangeably to be infuriating. We take a look at ways that we can expand upon the Fantasy Flight Games Adventure settings and how to make them less infuriating to use at the table. Lengthening them to the point of making sense for our … Continue reading "Episode 14 – Blowing up Published Adventures"

Come out of the blowing desert winds. We take a look at beginning sandbox campaign creation, running them, and common pitfalls. We have a few ideas for campaigns we want to run and seeds that will eventually let us make them. Items and sites mentioned in this podcast: Donjon Fantasty Name Generator The Galactic Campaign … Continue reading "Episode 8 – Playing in the Sandbox"

Welcome to another Tales from the Hydian Way. Today we talk about force powers and how they can be used. We even take a quick look at some of the potential outcomes that might occur when you use them. The use of the Force, even in it’s simplest forms, can have far reaching affects for … Continue reading "Episode 7 – Forceful Discussions"