Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

[Reynard]

I would love to hear more about the development of this campaign as it comes together. This sounds like a lot of fun and the idea of taking an elevator down into the dungeon, letting the PCs out into a lightless corridor, is a great visual.

I'll keep this thread updated. I have a sketch of a replacement for carousing called "office politics" that starts like this:
OFFICE POLITICS MANEUVERS

Cost	Maneuver	Bonus
30 gp	Buy a tie in your manager’s favorite color.	+0
100 gp	Buy coffee for your department.	+1
300 gp	Order lunch for your department during an important meeting.	+2
600 gp	Upgrade your wardrobe for the job you want.	+3
900 gp	Gift something expensive to your department head.	+4
1200 gp	Hire someone to scour your fellows’ social media accounts for dirt.	+5
1800 gp	Upgrade your personal vehicle for the job you want.	+6

 

[Reynard]

One thing with "Power Lunch" is that the PCs will be presumed to be modern earth humans. Is there a reason in Shadowdark to reconsider that? Does Shadowdark lose anything in play by limited species to human?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

One thing with "Power Lunch" is that the PCs will be presumed to be modern earth humans. Is there a reason in Shadowdark to reconsider that? Does Shadowdark lose anything in play by limited species to human?

Nope. No one has darkvision in Shadowdark and humans are among the strongest choices to play in general.

 

[Fenris-77]

Nope. No one has darkvision in Shadowdark and humans are among the strongest choices to play in general.

Factually correct. The balance between the ancestries is one of SD's best features though, IMO anyway. I always hated that demihumans in D&D were so much better than humans.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Factually correct. The balance between the ancestries is one of SD's best features though, IMO anyway. I always hated that demihumans in D&D were so much better than humans.

Yeah, it's actually a hard decision picking an ancestry, since all of them have something really good going on. Goblins are probably the weakest, but if you have a game where surprise is important, that suddenly becomes a super power.

 

[Fenris-77]

Yeah, it's actually a hard decision picking an ancestry, since all of them have something really good going on. Goblins are probably the weakest, but if you have a game where surprise is important, that suddenly becomes a super power.

In a dungeon focused game I think its still pretty good.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

In a dungeon focused game I think its still pretty good.

Yeah, that's definitely one of the situations where it shines. But I was thinking that in the City of Masks, for instance, which is going to be more socially focused, not being surprised will be less useful than being able to go invisible once a day, for instance, or starting off with two talents at level one.

But it's a good problem to have, having too many ancestries that are so competitive.

 

[Scribe]

Any thoughts on this? I know the original had some good reviews.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/626169339/wildendrem-volume-two-the-saintly-hollows/description

 

[SpellObjectEnthusiast]

Any thoughts on this? I know the original had some good reviews.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/626169339/wildendrem-volume-two-the-saintly-hollows/description

I've been running vol 1 for about 8 months or so using OSE. Its been fantastic - easy to riff adventures off the random tables and the included dungeons/locations are very good.