A Basic Breakdown of the Political System Corim was once a monarchy and the crown still holds onto some institutions, the royal post office, and air force of note. The country is run by an oligarchy – called the high council – made up of ministers, a publicly elected representative of the general public, a…
Category: Tabletop Games
Some of the Faces of Arcadia
I thought I’d talk a little about a few characters I have made to fill the streets of my cyberpunk setting – Arcadia. The Harlequin The Harlequinn is dangerous merc who is as lethal as they are unpredictable. She uses a bat with neurotoxin laced barbs on it and the symbol for the card suit…
Character Profile: Cindy
Cindy is a character I made for a game of Cyberpunk 2020 a friend is running, the group so far has a pathetic nineteen year old netrunner girl who is having troubles getting over her ex, and a teenage rockerboy who was forgotten by their corpo family. Cindy is a thirty four year old sex…
Character Profile: Aminah ‘Alpha’
Aminah ‘Alpha’ is a recent character. Not made for any particular system or project, but just as a concept with a friend who made her partner in crime – Keiko. Aminah would be called a solo in a Cyberpunk 2077 style setting, they are a gunslinger with a chip on their shoulder. She’s an angry…
MAKING TTRPG CHARACTERS
I have been thinking a lot about the pitfalls players fall into that make their characters not work well with my games. This was kicked off with the realisation I missed my last blog post and I’ve watched a few videos on this topic that I will discuss further. I’m going to talk about some…
Prepping to play in a reboot
So the Masks game I have been playing in is getting a reboot since due to a lot of things the game was stifling the game masters motivation. So the game is being heavily rebooted with a lot world building changes mainly the dropping of a lot of the ‘hero institutions’ which means no more…
Why I won’t be running long campaigns anymore
I have run a few long games, and tried to run a lot more that fell apart due to scheduling, burnout, people having to move, and a dozen other things. Long campaigns are hard to organise, even more so as my friends and I get older with more responsibilities and less freetime. I love running…
Daisy Chainsaw
So I have been looking at Daisy Chainsaw by Charlotte Laskowski, a hyper violent magical girl ttrpg. It is very different from other things I have run and is over all quite interesting to me, and with my recent exposure to the cognito hazard that is Madoka Magicka I am considering running a Daisy Chainsaw…
I watched Madoka Magicka
There will be spoilers here so be warned. My roommate has been a fan of fucked up magical girl media for a long time and finally got me and my partner to sit down to watch Madoka Magicka. I have…thoughts. She has referred to it as ‘Sad Lesbians the Anime’ and yeah… It was an…
Heartblood World Building 12 – Healing Magic and Disability
So Healing magic is an interesting topic to me, because I hate when healing magic smoothes over everything. You know what? having your leg cut off should be hellish and traumatic, dying shouldn’t be a planned part of battle (Cough D&D 5e), and no healing magic should wipe away the ability for characters to get…
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