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Yeah, absolutely. I’m just giving extra options.

They clearly intend that the default is “the NPC helps you in accordance with their motives” and if the PC takes advantage giving Adv is...

I don't really buy that. I mean, I get the designers think that, but the genre itself often uses what could be called "NPCs". There...

There’s just no intent or interest in statting non-adversaries out in this system. You just show what they do in the fiction, or give a...

I'm not sure why there isn't a straightforward NPC Ally rule: Any player may choose to spend a Hope in order to spotlight an NPC ally...

I've never really understood this mindset and that's as someone who's often described as a killer referee. The referee should never...

Could be all of the above. He might have wanted more pay for his work, or to focus more on his personal projects, but wanted to stay...

Quite possible. He got Daggerheart as a major project completed and under his belt. That's an awesome milestone, marking a good point...

Is it also possible that Ivan has been planning to leave for a while but waited until his replacement was onboarded before he formally left?

I’ve worked in the entertainment industry for years as an executive, and I’ve seen this a lot… Especially with newer production...

Definitely one way to go. I remember reading a bit about the referee not rolling for NPCs somewhere in the book, but don't recall...

@Seramus The simplest way to handle the NPC ally is to use up a GM turn or a Fear on the ally as they occupy an enemy or even a group of...

Oh! I see that now. Since we're all online PDF players and don't actually use cards, we were all going by the information in the class...

Managing the spotlight in an active fashion also goes hand in hand with “GM moves” and all the stuff there. Most of it works best when...

I ran "Sablewood Messengers" and now looking back I think I was taking the spotlight too often in combat, thinking I needed to whenever...