tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post3902659523545254326..comments2023-06-11T14:55:18.119+02:00Comments on Fire Broadside!: TorchbearerMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273617095134919455noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-524416273721084052013-09-25T01:27:31.018+02:002013-09-25T01:27:31.018+02:00Session report and first impressions going up tomo...Session report and first impressions going up tomorrow. Finally. :)Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273617095134919455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-32746055625741620972013-09-12T22:48:07.955+02:002013-09-12T22:48:07.955+02:00Your first time experience pretty much mirrors min...Your first time experience pretty much mirrors mine. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves although the conflict mechanic needed some extra explanation at first. We also had one guy in the group who felt the game was a bit too "structured" which I can sympathy with, although I don't agree with it.<br /><br />Will type out a proper report once the Dust 150 is out of the way. So Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273617095134919455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-35763884936003097322013-09-12T14:02:58.578+02:002013-09-12T14:02:58.578+02:00Rolling Intentions blog has actually a good video ...Rolling Intentions blog has actually a good video podcast detailing character creation and and their first session in Torchbearer. They run the House of the Three Squires. Good stuff :)<br /><br />http://rpgbg.blogspot.fi/search/label/TorchbearerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243844590883423296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-874885729039120212013-09-09T14:45:45.034+02:002013-09-09T14:45:45.034+02:00Since last time commenting about Torchbearer, the ...Since last time commenting about Torchbearer, the game has actually taken quite a step forward in production. Printed copies are ready and will be shipped to backers during September. Yay, the first physical Kickstarter product to reach my hands! :)<br /><br />I've also had the time to read the whole rulebook and I've run a short one shot adventure of my own design for players from my Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243844590883423296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-61812149869891157192013-07-08T08:52:44.758+02:002013-07-08T08:52:44.758+02:00Now that the Torchbearer PDF has been released to ...Now that the Torchbearer PDF has been released to kickstarter backers (and probably to everyone else, who want buy it), I had a quick skim through it this morning. A few dnd'isms like race-as-class and class based weapon restrictions stood out and irked me a little. Personally in this day and age of game design I would have thought these seemingly artificial restrictions would've been a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243844590883423296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-56552027296086603502013-07-01T17:06:39.138+02:002013-07-01T17:06:39.138+02:00And I also meant to write something about Torchbea...And I also meant to write something about Torchbearer before going all out on Exalted ;D<br /><br />While Torchbearer Kickstarter backers will be given free access to the Middarmark gazetteer, when finished, I hope Torchbearer's inventory system and general rules are something that can be import to other settings or homegrown world building easily. Not that Middarmark as of itself doesn'tAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243844590883423296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-69354842028045638402013-06-18T10:14:05.264+02:002013-06-18T10:14:05.264+02:00Okay, this is going to be a long one :D
It's ...Okay, this is going to be a long one :D<br /><br />It's actually quite hard to put my finger on what defines Exalted and makes it work so brilliantly, as it's an amalgamation of various different influences. It might be said to be mythic bronze age setting with influences from Greek and Chinese epics, like Iliad and Romance in the Three Kingdoms. The player characters are near demigods Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243844590883423296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-65806760026687767992013-06-16T20:25:45.440+02:002013-06-16T20:25:45.440+02:00I have no experience with Exalted. Come to think o...I have no experience with Exalted. Come to think of it, I really have no experience with Epic Fantasy roleplaying. The closest we've come was when we played Drakar & Demoner ages ago and one of the campaigns had some hints of epicness to it. We were still pigfarmers and backstabbing nobles though, so I'm not sure that counts. Hehe! I can't even remember any of us playing a wizard Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273617095134919455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816649425171456382.post-71122042489485755312013-06-09T22:13:03.706+02:002013-06-09T22:13:03.706+02:00I actually pulled out of the Exalted 3rd edition k...I actually pulled out of the Exalted 3rd edition kickstarter and pledged for this instead. While I have fun memories of the original Exalted (never played the 2nd edition), the coming 3rd ed would have been almost a pure nostalgia buy. Me and my group have no plans of running a game of Exalted. <br /><br />Personally I feel Monte Cook's Numenera, which will be released this August, will be Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243844590883423296noreply@blogger.com