Random GM Tip: Evocative Descriptions (Early Access)
Not to be confused with fictional leakage.
2017-08-09 17:52:48 +0000 UTC View PostPart 11: Narrative vs. Action Resolution
Part 12: Hidden vs. Open Difficulty Numbers
I'm occasionally surprised at how long the Art of Rulings series is running, but perhaps it's not that surprising: Rulings lie at the very heart of the RPG experience, so it makes sense that there's a lot to talk about with them.
Attached you'll find a full PDF of this Eclipse Phase scenario which will be getting serialized at the Alexandrian over the next week or so. Where the previous PSI-CHOSIS scenario is a node-based investigation, CRATER DREAMS is a location-based covert ops scenario that uses an adversary roster for active resistance.
2017-04-08 19:52:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I can’t do a murder mystery because the PCs will just cast speak with dead.
2017-04-04 19:41:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Wrote this last night. Today my plumbing exploded. So... we'll see how it goes. :P
http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/38991/site-news/site-update-were-back
http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/38931/roleplaying-games/ten-candles-the-dig-1939
2016-11-16 23:36:40 +0000 UTC View Post
http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/38919/roleplaying-games/ten-candles-apocalypse-dark
2016-11-08 04:16:51 +0000 UTC View Post
http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/38913/roleplaying-games/ten-candles-aurora-australis
2016-10-31 19:02:30 +0000 UTC View PostA curious coin crafted from jade, perhaps mixed into a pile of gold and silver, but more likely found like a lost penny laying in some forlorn spot. Historians, even those of a numismatic bent, will not be familiar with any culture – whether modern of archaic – which uses jade coinage. Of a similarly curious nature are the runes which mark the surface of the coin, which do not appear to be drawn from any known script.
The jade coin is not magical. When left with other coins, however, ...