Shadowdark looks so good!

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have been happily playing in a Shadowdark campaign for a while now. My character just reached 4th level. Caution, combined with being willing to negotiate, means we are surviving. We also have some interesting plotlines unfolding from our actions. Great fun!

I think part of the reason Shadowdark has been so deadly for everyone is that many people, including DMs, still have the bad habits of defaulting to combat, rather than rolling on the reaction table. (I know I don't always remember to.) Encounters jumping straight to combat is actually pretty rare, RAW.

 

[Reynard]

I think part of the reason Shadowdark has been so deadly for everyone is that many people, including DMs, still have the bad habits of defaulting to combat, rather than rolling on the reaction table. (I know I don't always remember to.) Encounters jumping straight to combat is actually pretty rare, RAW.

The reaction table not only saves lives, it insires far more interesting encounters.

 

[J.Quondam]

The reaction table not only saves lives, it insires far more interesting encounters.

In my head, I'm reading this in Very Serious PSA voice:

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The reaction table not only saves lives, it insires far more interesting encounters.

I just read an excellent article about this in Knock #4.

 

[overgeeked]

I think part of the reason Shadowdark has been so deadly for everyone is that many people, including DMs, still have the bad habits of defaulting to combat, rather than rolling on the reaction table. (I know I don't always remember to.) Encounters jumping straight to combat is actually pretty rare, RAW.

I mean, you're not wrong, but that's a thing people coming from 5E stumble over. People trying Shadowdark from the OSR have reaction tables practically tattooed on the backs of their eyelids.

 

[Arilyn]

I think part of the reason Shadowdark has been so deadly for everyone is that many people, including DMs, still have the bad habits of defaulting to combat, rather than rolling on the reaction table. (I know I don't always remember to.) Encounters jumping straight to combat is actually pretty rare, RAW.

Yes, reaction rolls really add to the game and got lost in 3e I'm thinking? I love that combat is scary, and to be avoided. And reaction rolls have led to some unusual allies and great roleplaying.

 

[Jahydin]

Saw this on the Discord. Looks incredible!

Shadowdome Thunderdark Digital.pdf

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Also, for those not on there, I highly recommend joining. Terrific community.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have been hankering for a way to do a dungeon without pre-filling all the rooms (I even made a thread about my lazy desires). Definitely going to yoink this format and try it out. I've got several big mega-dungeon ideas this would work with, just using whatever @Dyson Logos maps look good in the moment.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I just read an excellent article about this in Knock #4.

What's Knock?

 

[Nikosandros]

What's Knock?

An OSR magazine.

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