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 […]

Scarlet Heroes, Part four – Urban Adventure, Part one

Having created Kasumi, it’s time to send her on an adventure or three. This time I’ll be using the tables included in Scarlet Heroes, and running Kasumi through each of the three types of adventure. There’s a page of General oracles, Including a Yes or No? table, tables that answer How far away a thing […]

Scarlet Heroes, Part three – Completed character

Kasumi Tanaka 1st level Cleric Str: 7 -1 Dex: 14 +1 Con: 15 +1 Int: 11 Wis: 16 +2 Cha: 8 -1 Attack bonus: +1 HP: 7 AC: 6 (5 with shield) Fray die: 1d6 Traits Warrior Monk: 2 Bursts of Strength: 2 Helped a Skilled Lawyer: 1 Spells […]

Scarlet Heroes, Part two – Character creation

Scarlet Heroes, Part two – character creation I’m going to be following the quick character creation rules, which start by rolling for your Race and Class (1d20, 1d8). 1d20: 11, a human 1d8: 2, a Cleric Next three rolls on the Trait tables – one Background, one Inate quality, and one relationship. (1d100 x3)

Scarlet Heroes, Part one – Overview

Scarlet Heroes Published by Sine Nomine Publishing, Scarlet Heroes is an OSR game intend for lone player characters rather than the usual party. Whilst the standard assumption is for the usual GM and Player setup, the book also contains oracles and systems for three types of solo adventure – the Dungeon Crawl, an Urban Investigation […]

Crypts & Things – The Halls of Nizar-Thun, Part three

Having run out of places to explore, Joran had a swing of wine and stepped through the circle of anti-magic runes. 15. The Despoiled Garden The magic that allowed this once fine garden to thrive far from the sun is failing, and now the plants are sickly and dying. There’s a door to the south, […]

Crypts & Things – The Halls of Nizar-Thun, Part two

Day two – return to the halls Relatively well rested, Joran lights his lantern and returns to the ruins. GME Q: Has anything happened to Devran’s body? A: Yes – The most likely thing is that one of the various denizens has dragged it off to eat. The most likely culprits are the centipedes from […]

Crypts & Things – The halls of Nizar-Thun

The Halls of Nizar-Thun Having generated a character and his henchman, it’s time to send them on an adventure, in this case the little dungeon crawl provided in the C&T book. As I only have one PC, I’ll be using the Solo Hero overlay from Sine Nomine Publishing, as seen in Scarlet Heroes and Black […]

Crypts and Things, Part three

Completed character [aesop_character img=”https://moggynomates.angrymog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/jaron.jpg” name=”Jaron Dario” caption=”1st level Sorcerer” align=”right” force_circle=”on”] Strength 15 – +1 to hit and damage Dexterity 10 Constitution 10 Intelligence 17 – 50% chance to understand language, Maximum spell level 6, 5% bonus XP Wisdom 12 Charisma 10 – 40% charm, 4 henchmen limit HP: 6 Luck: 11 Skill: 15 Sanity: […]