Recent content by icedrake

These timelines with 1 to 2 years out seems to be the model across their books. I'm still waiting on M20 Technocracy rewards to come my way from last year, and I'm dissatisfied with how long things are taking. They do provide updates, but most of the kickstarter emails say 'check our weekly...

Having read through the books and the PDFs and all the artifacts that are bundled together, its honestly a good price point for the amount of content. You're buying the whole black cube for that price. However, after playing the game? I'm not a huge fan of the many subsystems embedded within the...

Anyone who was an original backer of the first kickstarter product got pdfs for free as an additional reward. I'm not sure about kickstarter 2 for the reprint or people who preordered the box.

As someone who's playing in a game of Invisible Sun right now, it's not the cost for our group that's offputting. It's everything else associated with MCG and the game system itself that's been disappointing. The game system has a ton of subsystems, and the rules arent always consistent or...

The elements from this UA seems related BG3. Descent into Avernus is a prequal to BG3 and it seems like BG3 is all about mind flayers and creepy illiad stuff, just like the sorc archetype presented here. I think there might be some sort of companion book to come out supporting BG3 and these...

I wonder how many of these characters are used in play, or are thought experiments people do as a form of solo play to build a theoretical character.

I'll see what the reviews look like after the book comes out. There are a ton of concurrent kickstarters and game books that Monte Cook is putting out in the next year to two years, I'm concerned about fulfillment of later kickstarters.

I've been playing remote for a group that plays at the table for this game, and I have very very mixed feelings about this game. Its a beautiful high end product with cool themes and concepts, but I absolutely dislike the fact The Way isn't a digital book for easy reference. There are two...

If he's been there since BG1, he's likely a double digit employee, which means he had stock options or equity that got turned into cash when EA bought Bioware. He's likely retiring and a group of friends are working on joint RPG projects they've been working on again / off again for years and...

I've heard really great things about the Freeport adventures and I have the Pathfinder copy of the setting that I need to dive into. Rise of the Runelords and Curse of the Crimson Throne have both been published as hardback adventures, and very easy to get ahold of. If you play with minis, the...

I would consider making travel in extreme weather a scaling skill challenge using inspiration from 4e rules. As a part of the consequences for failing rolls, you can inflict levels of exhaustion as the party travels. Carrying the gear appropriate for the locale can provide advantage on their...

Also, the king's council might cycle periodically to represent the shifts in political climate. If the kingdom is going to war, members of the court might ascend to fill specific needs / obligations. The ruling council should represent the scope of the court: larger courts with sprawling...

I just ran my party of 4 players through their first session at level 1, and things could have gone super south super fast. My dice were really hot that night, so I fudged my dice behind the screen into misses. If you're against fudging your dice, you can just give players more HP. I would also...

Just talk to your players ahead of time and see what they want to mutliclass as. What kind of thematic character do they want to build towards mechanically? I'm running a rouge (AT) / wizard, and I explicitly wanted to represent a fae-aligned arcane thief / researcher who has more flexibility...

...the swordmage mark is rather amazing compared to the other classes. Mind you, I haven't played a warden or looked at it much, as my preference is clearly for the swordmage. Firstly, the shielding mark is by far the strongest of the bunch. You sit back attacking other foes while the primary...