Obskures.de recently interviewed three-fourths of the creative team behind 13th Age. (Aaron McConnell was on deadline and chained to his drawing table that week.) In this installment, Jonathan Tweet about his favorite roleplaying games, designers and artists, and what’s happening in the industry. obskures.de: Let’s start with a personal introduction, and your gaming history. Jonathan Tweet: […]
Ralf Schemmann of Profantasy Software and long-time fan of Ashen Stars, has made up some Tech Cards. These are to aid in tracking tech, gear and viroware and contain all the info players need to keep all their add-ons in order. You can download the zipped PDFs here.
by Ryven Cedrylle “The mannusiha is a creature unknown to the world prior to the time of the current Priestess. Four ascetics serving different gods were independently give the same vision – ‘go to the village called Sittwe; when you arrive a woman will give birth. That daughter is the next Priestess.’ The ascetics travelled […]
Pop quiz, hotshot: a mysterious figure tosses a grenade at you. How much damage do you take? In GUMSHOE, it depends on who’s throwing the grenade. A cultist of Hastur? Point-blank grenade damage in Trail of Cthulhu is +3. Right there, one table, look it up, bang. Or rather, boom. A vampiric henchman, or a […]
by Robin D Laws GUMSHOE in its various iterations takes the basic investigative structure as seen in TV, movies and fiction and turns it into a platform for roleplaying. The word doing the most work in that statement is basic. Investigative storytelling takes many shapes and outward forms. Any plotline featuring a protagonist’s pursuit of […]
by Casey Peavler The Werebeast is a player race that gains +2 to Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom. Once per month a band of hunters come in from the wilds, leading a cart drawn by a pair of magnificent white elk. Their cart is loaded with animal pelts of every description, tools and weapons crafted […]
Here at Pelgrane Towers our production has been ramped up significantly in the last year or two so our stable of very talented artists are becoming overworked. We are in need of fresh meat. I get a lot of emails from artists offering their portfolio and services who clearly haven’t looked at our books to […]
by Jason Morningstar These tables are a small part of Fight Fire, a firefighting supplement for Fate Core written by Jason Morningstar. The Fate Core Kickstarter has now funded. Make Your Own Alarm Call These tables are designed to quickly generate fire department alarm calls. They are weighted toward the mundane and routine, but […]
by Paula Dempsey A little before dawn on Friday 21st December I was awoken by the sound of thunder. It felt like the cowshed roof was about to cave in. Mindful of the date, I hoofed it outside expecting to see the sky roiling and the drinking trough boiling, the face of a wrathful deity looming […]
The second edition of Esoterrorists is available for pre-order, as are our Stone Skin Press fiction anthologies. 13th Age layout continues apace, and Ken works on practically everything. Ashen Stars beta ebook available from download page. 13th Age Pre-orderers now have access to three final laid-out chapters in all their glory. Layout is taking longer […]