Who would you like to see take part in #RPGaDAY?
Honestly? I would like to see some of the big names in the industry do something with it. So Wizards, Paizo, and others. Sure, use it to sell your own games, but it would be fun to get some of the big names involved.
Though the more the merrier to be honest!
As always, to stay objective I will be following my rules for these reviews.
Children of Midnight: Coven Quickstart
PDF. You get six files with this:
In order, the GM Session Notes are exactly that, a form for recording sessions. The Consent form is similar to others I have seen before. Green, Yellow and Red indicators on what all the players think on various topics. Starting Undertaking is a three page document with an overview/background on the game rules and the world. Quickstart GM Cheat Sheet is a 6 page PDF with various guidelines and rolls used in the game. Children of Midnight Coven Quickstart Grimoire is a colorful 2 page character sheet.
Children of Midnight Coven Quickstart is the game proper. This is a 40 page PDF. It uses a system called Forged in the Dark that I am not entirely familiar with. The authors are Gavin and Áine Moore. For 40 pages there is a lot of material here. The font is a little small, but I can put this on a larger monitor than what I am using now.
There is an absolute ton going on in this game. There is lore. There are detailed NPCs with photos and social media. I honestly feel I need to do some more research into this game before I can even properly review it. So since this is a quickstart, I feel a quicky review right now is good. But really there is a lot of promise here.
To get a better feel I'll certainly need to play it, but I like what I am seeing so far.
Style Sunday: Roll 1d8+1, tag that many friends with your favorite RPG cover art.
Well. Again, I am not a huge fan of tagging people at random.
So instead here are some (1d8+1) of my favorite pieces of RPG art.
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D&D Basic Erol Otus |
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WitchCraft by George Vasilakos |
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Vampire the Masquerade |
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Monster Manual |
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Larry Elmore Witch |
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Blue Rose |
Today is not one of those days.
Now. I try to avoid ripping into products. There are plenty of bad products out there that you will never hear about from me because frankly, I would rather talk about products and books I like.
The White Vale: Sex Starved Witch, Alien Horrors,& Dark Secrets
PDF. $4.00. 10 pages. One cover, one title. 4 pages of art. 1 map. 3 pages of content.
So yeah there is this title.
I am not sure what this is supposed to be. Is it an adventure or a location? Hard to tell. The art is...sub-par to say the least and mostly terrible to be honest. There is no witch mentioned, but there is one pictured, though it looks really amateur.
It has an "Adult Content" warning for the previously mentioned "witch" art.
No. This is pretty bad.
After 40 years all my characters have changed a bit.
One character I had, Nigel was a Neutral Evil assassin, but over the years my DM pointed out he wasn't actually acting very evil anymore and he slowly had drifted to Chaotic Neutral, even to the point of losing his assassin's guild.
Larina went from a rather minor character in the late 80s to more and more importance in my games. I even made subtle changes to her looks, ie her eyes went from brown to blue, and in-story I claimed it was because her magic had become more powerful.
Now how *I* have changed with my characters is I am far more willing to try weird characters. Crazy Gnome bards (although not that weird anymore), crazy little goblin cultists, anything. I was never big on the Sword & Sorcery trope characters, but now even less so.
A long time ago I picked up a bunch of stock art for my witch books. I never got around to using all of it. I might one day. But until then here are some reviews/overviews.
As always I will be following my rules for these reviews.
10 High-res CG images of witches.
I like Sade's style and I would love to find more places I could use this art.
I used some of this art for the Sisters of the Aquarian Order.
A cute little frog-fae girl. 7 images, beautifully done with transparent backgrounds.
6 images, three different figures with a transparent or detailed background each.
The art is good and I am glad I bought it, I just need to find a good use for it.
The art is good and hi-res. Not sure why it is called a "witch", "moon elf" would be better. I had been using these for characters in my old D&D4 game.
Good art for a character concept. The variety of images/poses are good.
Nine images of the pictured hero. Works great as a noble or other important NPC.
The art is very good.
Fantastic works of art. Human (or half-elf) cleric/druid girl in a variety of poses and backgrounds. 3 with backgrounds and 8 without. She wears armor and carries a staff.
There is no attached license though the main page says for commercial or personal use. The lack of a clear-to-understand and read license is a bit of a downgrade for me, but if you are looking for art for your own personal use then this is a 5/5.
8 image files of a redhead sorceress. Various poses with transparent backgrounds.
She is partially armored and carries a staff.
Ah. The age-old question. Why do characters adventure?
For the Johans it was always about destroying the forces of evil. Fighting the undead and demons so innocents would not have to perish.
For Larina, it was always trying to uncover that next occult secret. Or in my case with her, discover the ins and outs of a new game system and its magic.
For each character for me it is usually about exploring some archetype or some aspect of the rules I want to uncover.
And some characters, like my gnome bard Jassic Goodwalker or my goblin warlock Nik Nak, it is just about having a good time. Both for me and the character.
