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Crowstone

@Crowstone@dice.camp

I go by he/him. Work (when working) in IT, currently a carer.

I play games, having returned to ttrpgs after a long time away - currently running them online as a gm.

I'm into left wing politics, speculative fiction, folklore & horror, guitar playing (mostly delta and hill country blues) and tai chi

Trans rights are human rights

I may or may not be the cat who walks by myself, and all places are alike to me.

#ttrpgs
#politics
#sciencefiction
#fantasy
#folklaw
#horror
#guitar
#blues
#taichi

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Crowstone, to Games
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There's often a difference between the books that we like, and the books that influence us.

What books have had the largest influence on your gaming?

#'ttrpg

Crowstone, to RPG
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It's about the journey, not the destination.

How do you make travel interesting for your players?

Do you use random encounters? Are these random monsters, or odd/interesting encounters?

Do you use planned encounters?

Do you use weather conditions?

Do you use the environment?

Do you skip travel altogether to miss out on the non-essential areas of the game?

factolvictor, to Batman
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I’ve just finished reading
Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. It’s outstanding in every way, a masterpiece.

@bookstodon @comics

Crowstone,
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@factolvictor @bookstodon @comics It's fantastic.

If you haven't already read it, I would heavily suggest reading the Neil Gaiman graphic novel Black Orchid.

It's another Dave McKean piece - written at the same time & releaed within a few months of Arkham Asylum. In a lot of ways the two comics complement each other. AA shines as an examination of villains, whereas Black Orchid is an examination of heroes - though it breaks a lot of the narrative rules of superhero comics.

Crowstone, to random
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What do you look for in a bestiary or monster manual?

Crowstone, to random
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Happy Easter to everyone.

If I recall my Catholic upbringing correctly today's when Jesus rises from his tomb.

If he sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of lent.

Crowstone, to RPG
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I've been recommended the game Vaesen as a rpg to look into, as it meshes with my interests of folklore and local superstitions.

Has anyone here had any experience of it & how does it play?

Crowstone,
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@SJohnRoss It seems to be getting great reviews, but I'm a little distrustful of ttrpg reviews. Too many of them discuss the way the book is laid out and the quality of the writing and the art, and too few start with "we ran this rpg and this is what we found".

Crowstone, to random
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I wish I knew where I picked up this image - it's my favorite Christmas meme.

Crowstone, to Horror
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This is pretty awesome:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t2wx

BBC Radio 4 is going to celebrate 50 years of The Wicker Man with an evening of folk horror programming and an audio retelling of the original film starring Brian Blessed as Lord Summerisle.

#horror #folkhorror #wickerman #radioplay

SubplotKudzu, to random
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General question: if you were considering running a play by email game of Glen Cook's Black Company series designed to replace the Books of the South, what would you use as a game engine?

I know Green Ronin did a d20 adaptation but it's wildly out of print, and I'm not sure how well d20 translates to the grittier action of the books.

Crowstone,
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@SubplotKudzu Band of Blades is a version of Blades in the Dark that's adapted to be extremely close to the Black Company set-up. I haven't played a game by email, so I'm not sure how a BITD hack would work in that format, but in terms of tone, character types and scenarios, it's already very close.

Crowstone,
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@SubplotKudzu I should add, Band of Blades is it's own thing - it just takes Cook's novels as one of the main points of inspiration.

Crowstone,
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@SubplotKudzu @kensanata "translation to e-mail experience" - this would be my primary concern. I'm not sure the structure of a BITD hack would work well, considering that it's divided into phases of differing intensity - between missions and downtime. It would take some thought.

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