Shadowdark Shadowdark Discussion Thread [+]

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Technically, the paladin theme is "French, hangs out with Charlemagne," which is even tougher to get into a Shadowdark campaign.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Technically, the paladin theme is "French, hangs out with Charlemagne," which is even tougher to get into a Shadowdark campaign.

Incoming joke about failed morale checks....

 

[Mannahnin]

Technically, the paladin theme is "French, hangs out with Charlemagne," which is even tougher to get into a Shadowdark campaign.

Or "Danish, WW2 resistance fighter, portal fantasy'd to fantasy medieval Europe", but that one had a fancy horse (Papillion!) too.

 

[Reynard]

I think it is easy to overstate the inherent "tone" of Shadowdark, from a mechanical perspective. It is one of the easiest games to hack to get whatever tone you want out of it. Many, many people and small companies have already proven that grimdark, mud and blood spelunking is not nearly the only way to play SD.

 

[Bill Zebub]

I think it is easy to overstate the inherent "tone" of Shadowdark, from a mechanical perspective. It is one of the easiest games to hack to get whatever tone you want out of it. Many, many people and small companies have already proven that grimdark, mud and blood spelunking is not nearly the only way to play SD.

Absolutely true.

I really want to play Shadowdark in Dolmenwood. If I'm interpreting the setting correctly I think Kelsey's Paladin would be a great thematic fit there.

 

[Fenris-77]

There's a whole thread on the AC Discord about converting Dolmenwood to SD, so a lot of that work is already done, if not publicly shareable.

 

[Bill Zebub]

There's a whole thread on the AC Discord about converting Dolmenwood to SD, so a lot of that work is already done, if not publicly shareable.

I'm so tempted to buy Dolmenwood, but I think I want it in physical form and it's....gulp...$120 for the three core books.

So then I think that maybe I'll get the PDFs after all, but those are sixty bucks. So, for "just" another $60....

And then I think, "I don't even have Western Reaches and Trudvang for Dragonbane yet...save your money."

And a week later the cycle repeats.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm so tempted to buy Dolmenwood, but I think I want it in physical form and it's....gulp...$120 for the three core books.

So then I think that maybe I'll get the PDFs after all, but those sixty bucks. So, for "just" another $60....

And then I think, "I don't even have Western Reaches and Trudvang for Dragonbane yet...save your money."

And a week later the cycle repeats.

This mental loop has saved me so many times. I've also made sure I put all of the RPGs I haven't played yet on a single shelf where I can see them easily.

 

[darjr]

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[mcmillan]

Todd Stashwick is talking with Kelsey Saturday at 8am in his coffee show.

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Join me Saturday morning 8am PT on my coffee chat live with my special guest @thearcanelibrary creator of TTRPG phenomenon, old school delicious, Shadowdark, Kelsey Dionne! We are going to talk all...

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I’m not familiar with his stream and don’t use instagram but would be interested in seeing this conversation. Does anyone know if it gets made available on other sites?