Quote from: CRKrueger;937958It's pure Robin Laws "we're all telling a story, creating a piece of literary art" etc, complete with advice on breaking things into scenes, constructing Plot structure, yadda yadda *vomit*.  Make sure you have enough hard liquor to numb the pain but not enough to kill yourself when you're reading the GM Advice.  

Fucking Laws. I remember reading Trail of Cthulhu years ago and needing something to numb the pain of that idiocy. I still get a little annoyed thinking about the OOC scene cards - great immersion breakers.

Quote from: K Peterson;938139I still get a little annoyed thinking about the OOC scene cards - great immersion breakers.

Heh, yeah.

"WAKE UP! WAKE UP FROM THE FICTIVE DREAM! We've mechanically solved that algorithm, but there are still more boxes to tick. Isn't role-playing fun?"

Quote from: PrometheanVigil;938112Roleplay defines the difference at each level, not stats. There's not really much difference between our two Warriors, two Rogues and two Magicians really right now, you know stats-wise. Roleplay-wise, very difference approaches. Obligations in EOTE is meant to provide roleplay and narrative reason to go do stuff but anytime I haven't GM'd, the other GM fucked up (plus, character advancement is the usual individual-based approach). NWOD *forces* it by having it so that being badass does not make you *badass* in the game world because you can't do shit (like actually influence politics and stuff) and now that we're on Mage, a few of my players are nervous since they're not sure how to navigate the "aspirational" side of life (as in ambition, cutting deals, making friends in high places, building things, business, shit that I and fair few of the others at the club do naturally). The holistic approach to levelling means that SOTDL means that those level up points are those moments of calm where PCs can reflect and we see the true nature of the characters (at least I hope it does later on). Hope that makes some kinda sense.

It makes perfect sense. You, sir, are primed and ready for old school gaming.

People got bored of the Stars Without Number game (They got tired of planet hopping and having no roots and a response of "So, stop planet hopping and put down some roots." was met with "Let's vote on a new game!") so we played our first session last night. I really like this game. I describe the game as "What if 5E and Warhammer Fantasy had a baby". Which makes sense because Robert Schwalb worked on both.

Character creation is a snap. You pick an Ancestry, and either roll on some random tables for everything else or just choose what you want. In the spirit of Warhammer, I went random. And got Martok, the 0 Level Dwarf Gambler and Spy who thinks the other Dwarfs should stop being such mopey nihilists and get on with life.

Being down on his luck, Martok often visited a local soup kitchen for a free meal, but the priest in charge went missing and away we went. We got some investigating, some haggling (I tried to keep that part dice free, but the DM was a little bit leery. I still got what I wanted though.), some con artistry, and a pretty deadly little combat with a ghoul. One of the other characters bit it, and Martok got hurt pretty badly but we killed the damned thing in the end. It's a quick system, with just enough hanging on it to make things interesting. If anyone has any question about how it plays feel free!

Quote from: One Horse Town;937996I feel so old...

...or maybe someone from a different hobby.

I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign
Life is demanding without understanding
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong
But where do you belong?

Ace of Base - The Sign (w/ lyrics!)
[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEIAPvz6HeI[/youtube]

I'll forever be your Yellow Sign whenever you feel the world has gone mad on you!

Well, I had a read through (skim only), but while being a 'dark fantasy' it really didn't give anything of the same feel of WFRP.

I kinda get the impression that a few game companies are trying to make associations with WFRP at the moment, ever since the license elapsed. Maybe that's just me.

Quote from: TrippyHippy;939269Well, I had a read through (skim only), but while being a 'dark fantasy' it really didn't give anything of the same feel of WFRP.

I kinda get the impression that a few game companies are trying to make associations with WFRP at the moment, ever since the license elapsed. Maybe that's just me.

I agree on both counts. WFRP is Moorcock and AD2000; SotDL is Diablo and Dark Souls and whatever grimdark comics kids are reading nowadays. WFRP gets you started as a Camp Follower or Rat Catcher or Squire and makes sure you stay one for some time before hitting a really badass career; SotDL's level zero/funnel, like DCC's, feels almost like a token effort in comparison. In the end, each game is its own thing.

Though as you point out, there's definitely a void out there to be filled. Or so some people may perceive, seeing as my copy of WFRP2 is still legible.

I'd gladly play SotDL, though.

Quote from: Opaopajr;939264I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign
Life is demanding without understanding
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes, I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong
But where do you belong?

Ace of Base - The Sign (w/ lyrics!)
[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEIAPvz6HeI[/youtube]

I'll forever be your Yellow Sign whenever you feel the world has gone mad on you!

I always thought some metal band that's into Cthulhu songs should cover The Sign.
Then again, the original is sanity-blasting.

Quote from: CRKrueger;939278I always thought some metal band that's into Cthulhu songs should cover The Sign.
Then again, the original is sanity-blasting.

Give Orange Goblin a call, I'm sure they fit the bill: https://youtu.be/fHskFsdfeHg

This game is on sale right now on Bundle of Holding.