Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+]

[Fenris-77]

I'm going to drop a couple of screen shots from the document above so people can see more of what it's about.

 

[Velderan]

Cursed Scroll 5 is out.

 

[Fenris-77]

Cursed Scroll 5 is out.

Fenris makes contented sounds in Stingbat.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Cursed Scroll 5 is out.

Boy, that is really fun. And a great class and equipment list for megadungeons generally. One of the classes and most of the monsters are pretty setting-specific, though.

 

[Fenris-77]

I'm not sure how much the Chittering rule will come up, based on the seasons as it is. IDK, more reading.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm not sure how much the Chittering rule will come up, based on the seasons as it is. IDK, more reading.

Yeah, it feels more like color than anything, or an explanation of why some of these long-term delvers turned into [redacted]. That said, I could definitely see using those rules with Downcrawl or Veins of the Earth (which I thought was also getting a second edition).

 

[Fenris-77]

Yeah, it feels more like color than anything, or an explanation of why some of these long-term delvers turned into [redacted]. That said, I could definitely see using those rules with Downcrawl or Veins of the Earth (which I thought was also getting a second edition).

Yeah, for sure. For folks who want to go full underdark it'll play.

 

[Scribe]

Cursed Scroll 5 is out.

Oo the Dungeon is 8th level.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Per the latest Kickstarter update, Kelsey still expects everything to be delivered by "late spring," which means before June 21.

I've never fulfilled a Kickstarter project, and she has, but that still feels optimistic to me. But I certainly hope she's right!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Also, you can see what's on the new core screen in a blurry fashion if you zoom in a bit. And yeah, it's all the basic rules for Shadowdark, as requested by the backers on Discord, plus the NPC generator, but that still feels odd to me.

Are these rules so complicated that people are forgetting them in play? I was open to getting this new screen if its contents made me slap my head and say "yeah, I'm always looking that up!" but they aren't, at all.

Maybe it's all the years of TSR D&D and now 5E, but I don't ever find myself looking up basic rules in play. At most, I need to double-check a specific spell listing or magic item, which is beyond the scope of a screen to help with.