RPGs, Wargames, and Everything In-Between
If there’s one thing I’ve learned while getting ready to play the solo campaign in Dragonbane it’s that combat is fast and deadly.
I just had Splats run another encounter with a pair of orcs, and I learned how to ‘push a roll’ in order to avoid him getting killed by one orc who was armed with a spear.
He eventually managed to kill the two orcs, with 4 of his 15 hit points left.
MEDIC!
Splats Gleamhelm stood before the gaping mouth of the cave
The cave where the troll had been spotted the previous night by the anxious onlookers who now stood a good distance behind him.
Go on then, Splats, he thought to himself, what’s the worst that could happen, besides getting killed by a troll?
Upon entering the cave, Splats found it unusually well lit, for a cave that is. He didn’t need to light a torch or an oil lamp, it was lit as well as the morning was, just outside.
“Boo,” said a voice ahead of him. It was the troll.
Wasting no time, Splats took a defensive position as the troll strode toward him and proceeded to bite the young Mallard-kin.
“Ack!” Splats exclaimed excitedly, then realized that his armor had taken the brunt of the bite. The troll then gurgled and spit up a tooth and some foul liquid that barely missed Splats, but did piss him off a bit.
Splats then took a couple of swings with his broadsword at the monster, connecting both times and visibly causing the creature some harm.
Another couple of sword strikes by Splats, and the monster spit up again, this time the stench of the troll vomit causing Splats to waver a bit. The troll picked up Splats and hurled him across the cave, his armor once again saving him from serious harm.
Now Splat was really mad. He picked himself up from the ground where he landed, charged the visibly weakened creature while yelling a battle cry, swung for a killing blow…
… and missed, his sword clattering to the floor between himself and his opponent.
Shit, good thing no one saw that, he thought to himself.
Before he could pick up the sword, the monster clawed at him, troll nails scraping against his armor, which protected him once more.
Splats recovered his sword, slashed at the creature once, then twice, and the troll finally fell.
Breathing heavily, Splats proceeded to check the troll for any treasure that it had, but found nothing but a rusty nail, which did actually poke and hurt him and later required a tetanus shot from the local healer.
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And thus begins the epic tale with the Dragonbane RPG system.
Don’t touch that dial!
Remember when I said I was going to shelve Savage Worlds and focus on Dragonbane, Captain’s Log, and Dungeons & Dragons with the Mythic Game Master Emulator?
Well, 1 out of 3 was accomplished.
And while I still do plan on starting Dragonbane and Dungeons and Dragons, I’m re-adding Savage Worlds Adventure Edition to the mix, using Pulp Fantastic as the setting.
Along with The One Ring.
In the last month or so I’ve been delving into reaction videos for The Lord of the Rings, and *tried* to continue watching Rings of Power. The latter never got done, and after reviewing the game system, I’m going to play The One Ring with Strider Mode, the solo system for TOR.
Don’t touch that dial!
I think I have too many proverbial irons in the fire.
So I’m reluctantly shelving Savage Worlds and Marvel Multiverse RPG for the time being.
Focus will be on Dragonbane, Captain’s Log, and Dungeons & Dragons with the Mythic Game Master Emulator.
I didn’t get too deep into Savage Worlds and Marvel, having learned most of the mechanics and character creation through YouTube videos.
Don’t touch that Dial!
I have to admit that I don’t know why it took me so long to use YouTube the way I have over the past few weeks.
In that time I’ve gotten a better (full) understanding of the basic game mechanics of at least 3 4 different RPG systems that I’ve owned for more than a few years, but never sat down to really learn any of them.
And other video tutorials are enticing me to learn more about still others.
Heck, I may finally learn how to play GURPS.
Stand by!
… have you felt it?
Between watching YouTube videos on Solo RPGs and reviews on the systems that I own, I feel more ready than ever to finally get things started with…
How I let this one sit on my shelf for this long without taking a good look at it is a crime.
It really feels like everything I want to get out of a Fantasy Solo RPG experience, and it’s all coming out of one box.
No Mythic GM Emulator needed, though i may use that later, either for this of if I decide to go back to D&D 5E.
I made a DUCK KNIGHT for crying out loud! I’ll probably try him out in combat when I get home from work.
Stand by!
I’ve hit a snag as I’ve been finishing up reading the Mythic Game Master Emulator.
I can’t decide which system I want to run first.
I thought I had settled on either Dragonbane or Covert Ops, but I’m feeling the pull of something simple/familiar with 5th Edition D&D , Top Secret New World Order, and a couple of others.
I’ll get it all sorted out, eventually.
Don’t Touch That Dial!
System: Dragonbane
This one was a tough choice because of the numerous fantasy RPG settings that are available to play.
It was a Kickstarter, so that kinda played into my decision.
In the end, it’s the simple fact that I can play a duck (Mallard) character in this system that made me decided on this one.
Don’t touch that Dial!