That reminds me of a place in one of my stories, a farmhouse converted to an orphanage that was a half step off prime because the unseelie monster in the high-tech dungeon basement cycled through orphans trying to connect them to its vampiric network to give them superpowers, and only a handful survived.
gregory blair That actually happened in my campaign. Someone rolled on the Exasperation table from A Red & Pleasant Land while in the farmhouse and found a secret door. I decided it led to the basement, where the thing's brain was barely visible poking out of the dirt floor. They spent a long time just stabbing the shit out of it until it died - I forget the math, but I think we averaged everything out and learned it would take hours of attacking to run through its HP. There was also the scarecrow to deal with, so leaving wasn't quite THAT easy. I still think of it as one of the best games I've run.
Originally shared by Jonathan Tweet Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close. Meanwhile, the guys are work have talked me into running a couple D&D sessions for them. That was the day 13th Age was announced, and they're happy to play 13th Age instead. That will be my "Great Center" campaign, based in the imperial capital of Axis, the center of the world. It's my opportunity to explore the setting from yet another perspective.
Where did it all go wrong, Casey? I can’t pinpoint it, but it was already too late when they remade 3:10 to Yuma and took a movie that was mostly two men talking about morality in a hotel room and put in a Gatling gun.
It must be real nice!
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of a place in one of my stories, a farmhouse converted to an orphanage that was a half step off prime because the unseelie monster in the high-tech dungeon basement cycled through orphans trying to connect them to its vampiric network to give them superpowers, and only a handful survived.
ReplyDeleteTales of the Scarecrow house after the creature is somehow defeated.
ReplyDeleteYUP...that's the place alright...
ReplyDeletegregory blair That actually happened in my campaign. Someone rolled on the Exasperation table from A Red & Pleasant Land while in the farmhouse and found a secret door. I decided it led to the basement, where the thing's brain was barely visible poking out of the dirt floor. They spent a long time just stabbing the shit out of it until it died - I forget the math, but I think we averaged everything out and learned it would take hours of attacking to run through its HP. There was also the scarecrow to deal with, so leaving wasn't quite THAT easy. I still think of it as one of the best games I've run.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty wild Justin Stewart​! I like the idea of the Exasperation table leading to something unexpected.
ReplyDeleteOh, and when I see this picture I get Don't Go Into That Barn by Tom Waits stuck in my head. :P
ReplyDeleteJustin Stewart Oh hell yeah. Could be that combined with "What's He Building In There."
ReplyDeletegregory blair I love that one! Someone did a pretty funny parody of it on Youtube called Scissors. Don't have a link handy, sorry.
ReplyDeleteIs that Andrew Wyeth's barn?
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