Tilt oracle and Troika! – Part 2

This is the conclusion of a brief solo play of Troika!, using Alex Yari’s Tilt Oracle. There is combat in this chapter, for which I used the Initiative manager from this site – https://www.technicalgrimoire.com/troikagenerator As before, textual Oracular answers are cutups seeded with Dunsany’s Time and the Gods. Last chapter saw Yale, Sorcerer of the […]

Tilt Oracle and Troika!

I volunteered to playtest the Tilt Oracle by Alex Yari, the basic premise of which is that you have a Number which determines what type of question is more likely to give a yes or a no answer, and as with other solo oracles you use those to frame your adventure. Unlike other oracles it […]

Solo-a-module month – Death in Freeport, Part 4

Last time, Jevan was accidentally initiated into the cult of the Nameless god that’s corrupting the city of Freeport. This time he’s still got a scholar to rescue and a high priest to slay. Currently Jevan is level 3, has 15 out of 21 HP, is out of Epiphany spells and has one use of […]

Solo-a-Module Month – Death in Freeport, Part 3

Or, The cover is not a lie Last time in Death in Freeport, Jevan’s investigation into the disappearance of the scholar Lucius was interrupted by an attack by mercenaries. Once they were defeated, he found a scrap of parchment with an address on it. GME Q: Does he go there this evening? A: Yes. He […]

Solo-a-module Month – Death in Freeport, Part 2

Lucius’s House The next morning, Jevan decides to start his investigation at Lucius’s house; he sends word to Egil that he’d like to look around. The message comes back to meet in the mid-morning. GME The GME throws a twist at us, right at the start; an interrupted scene. The people behind Lucius’s disappearance were […]

Solo-a-module month – Death in Freeport

Introduction We’re playing through the Shadow of the Demon Lord versions of the Freeport trilogy. SotDL is a D&D adjacent RPG, with a character advancement scheme that owes something to Warhammer FRP in that you pick careers – called Paths, for your character. However, unlike in WHFRP, the Paths are picked at set level points […]

Scarlet Heroes, Part eight – Urban adventure, Part five

Scene ten As Kasumi listens at the door, it’s time to decide what’s actually going on; if the current score would have been a Complete Victory, we’d go with Option 2 – Yanmei has actually been kidnapped; as it’s only a partial victory, we’ll pick randomly. “If this is true, perhaps we deserve to be […]

Scarlet Heroes, Part seven – Urban adventure, Part four

Scene six Once in the mansion, Kasumi is going to poke around a bit more to try and find out what’s actually happening. I could swop over to the Dungeon adventure rules here, but I want to test out each adventure engine as a discrete thing rather than play mix ‘n’ match. Scene type: Investigative […]

Scarlet Heroes, Part six – Urban adventure, Part three

Scene four Before turning her attention to the matter of getting access to Boss Nobu’s mansion, Kasumi takes a few hours break to rest and recoup her energy, healing all damage and refreshing her spells. The downside of this is that it automatically gives the Antagonists a Victory Point. Scene type: Conflict Intimidate or put […]

Scarlet Heroes, Part five – Urban Adventure, Part two

Scene Three Mechanics – Heat The Urban Adventure engine has a mechanic called Heat – how much attention your character has drawn to themselves; it increases when you use violence against unacceptable targets, and sometimes when you use magic in a noticeable to solve problems. If you have too much heat at the end of […]