Wednesday game: An excellent night of personalized politics with the Fallen debating the right of the PCs to live in their society followed up by a rush to hold the line against an invading group set on eradicating the Fallen!
The group had some really cool speeches in the first part - great role play. And some creative uses of eminence during the fight, in addition to just kicking ass.
I got this after the game from B.
Wednesday game: It's been pretty weird lately. They are ☆completely☆ off the rails story-wise. But I'm rolling with it and they're having fun. That's really all that matters. I do feel like we're not playing the game as it was intended, though. I know, once I've started the module the story is mine. But I'm not sure we could ever play another written module again, seeing how far off the story we are. It's so much fun to wrestle with the story every week!
Wednesday game: Big talking night. There were threads to bring back to the fore and decisions for the team to make.
Had this conversation with them...
NPC: Do you know what the single most important thing for achieving a goal is?
B: A plan (all hangdog)
NPC: Having a goal.
B: (silent, head in hands)
But they picked a goal, and now I can actually do some planning for the story going forward. High trust is a big change for everyone.
Wednesday game: The gang took the fight to the monsters last night. They had a great time smashing things. Learned a little about Z'bri (the monsters) culture. Showed some empathy. It was cool to see B lean into his character background and stop the team from bringing more cruelty down on the already traumatized people who live there. They had fun! And I was reminded how crappy I am at tactics. B was kind to say he'd be struggling to balance it in this game too.
So, why is it that so many people think of magic as fantasy RPG technology?
In the #Tribe8RPG game we're playing, the magic is pretty much a completely open system, and he can't wrap his mind around how to use it. Apparently because it doesn't have rules to find the holes in.
He did try to do force lightning with one of the eminences. And it was a valid use, but defined in the books as extremely difficult! He didn't make the roll to succeed. And he never tried again. It's weird.
Wednesday game: Jumpgate continues to be a pain in the arse. People could only randomly see enemy tokens.
We didn't let it interfere with the fun. They managed to smoosh the necromancer and save the forest and didn't even come close to dying in that fight! Unlike other fights in this adventure. Maybe I should have thrown that fireball instead of trying to walk out while invisible.
Anyway, they enjoyed it and we're back to #Tribe8RPG next week.
From the Children of Lilith module for Tribe 8:
"With Lilith with them, the group travels at night to the edge of the Z’bri lands. There they are met by Lilith,..."
Which is it? Is Lilith with them or does she meet them there? I'm thinking she meets them there... the need for stealth would see them split up.
In regards to the permanent injury table mentioned a couple of weeks ago, my final ruling was that since we hadn't been using it all along, I wasn't going to spring it on them because someone noticed it.
We kicked around whether or not we want to use it and set some guidelines that work for the group but are a little less painful than RAW.
Technically, we're probably not really playing Tribe 8, but we're in the world and we're not too far off. It works for us.
Wednesday game: Well, they finished up the grab of the target and got out with all the pieces they walked in with. In a classic Hollywood trope, the building exploded behind them on the way out. Which surprised the hell out of them, considering they had never seen explosives before! They ran off the save one of the NPCs directly after.
By the time the night was over, they looked like they had been on the business end in an abattoir. Lots of rest in their future.
Wednesday game: Well, the target survived, but the PCs almost didn't. They've had such an easy time with the fights that I overcompensated with the baddies this time. Also, they were kind of stupid by being all over the map rather than focusing fire. In the end, it all got sorted, and they made it out alive with the target.
But one of the characters managed to roll full paralysis on the permanent injury table. 🫣 I'm feeling like I messed up. I do have
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Progress on getting Tribes in the Dark ready to go to crowdfunding has been slow, but we had a meeting today about how to get it moving again. Hopefully soon we'll have an update to share. #TTRPG #Tribe8RPG
Wednesday game: Everyone was on tonight. So many funny lines!
J: I can invest in craft clothery. (He wants gang colors.)
C: Everyone can get their chunk of meat. (pound of flesh)
B: (after hitting someone) It was a punchline.
That being said, they moved the story along and kept me amused. Shame that Roll20 crapped out tonight, so we wrapped early. Next week we'll worry about the target surviving...
Wednesday game: Well, we finally got back to the game. October was the month of scheduling difficulties.
C (the kiddo) skipped the game because of election stress. Her character is trying to foment a revolution, and it just hit too close to home.
We stayed out of too much politics this time, though. They finally managed to capture a Black Owl who knew something, and now they know where headquarters is and have confirmation of who's running the show.
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Wednesday game: They started investigating the murder one of the PCs was framed for. Completely fell for the red herring tossed their way. Except for the kid. Once again, they have the nose for the truth. I swear I'm not sharing extra information with them!
Some clever ideas this time, though, from all of them! I'm not sure if we'll play Tribe 8 next week, as the kid can't make it, and the group is hesitant to "play without their brain."
Wednesday game: wrapped up the failed envoy thread and moved into the "possessed PC kills someone" thread. Gave them a glimpse of the building of the forge that becomes important.
Once again, the kiddo guessed the cause of the plot point (Emile murdering someone) 90% correctly. It's amazing how good they are at this.
And we had another magic rules correction. We'll get the rules 95% right by the time the game is over...
Wednesday game: The gang decided to go escort the newly banished from the Tribes down to Hom. Then they decided to tell the Tribals to quit it with the extra humiliation of tying them to stakes. Given how deadly the gang is, the Tribals finished their ritual and wandered off. Feels weird tho. They're definitely a murder hobo group. Which is harder when you're not hobos.
We turned it into combat night with...
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Wednesday game: Busy night. We brought back the one player (minus his attack wolf), but that ended up splitting the party and running over the time of a planned adventure point. So, one person saw the adventure point (Houri's Kiss, night 2), and the rest were helping the missing character.
It's weird how little magic is used in the adventure given the fact that it's real. I mean, there's an eminence that allows for reading memories, and NO ONE uses it!
Wednesday game: Took a week off to figure out how to handle the murder hobos, and all I came up with was, "I'm not angry. I'm disappointed."
The ruling council approached the team and had a chat with them about slowing their roll. "We obviously can't force you to do anything, but you need to figure out how you're going to live in this society."
B took it well & said they were already working on it. C argued that it was not really their fault. We moved on.
Wednesday game: One of my players was having a crappy week and told me ahead of time he wanted to "hit something." I figured I'd throw in a little light fisticuffs to help out and to push the point that their actions are too heavy handed in some ways and are alienating the other Fallen.
So, some random person shoulder checks B waking down the street. B reacts as a normal but fighty person would ("You sure you want to do this?") Next thing I know...
Wednesday game: More politicking. This time with an eager recruit.
Got to participate in a hissing match between Porelyn and the kiddo when Porelyn came to see one of the guys in the group. 😂😂😂 I was like two stray cats fighting over territory!
Also, I finally remembered to throw in some combat. Balance is a thing I forget sometimes.
And I had a great writing session last weekend, so more good things to come!
