Just finished the 7th session of my Mythic Bastionland campaign
The players encountered a few omens, then sought the advice of a Seer. Upon doing so, they uncovered a coup in progress & the new player was forced into a Knightly duel that ended in a double Scarred, double KO draw! #ttrpg#OSR 🎲
It was so sick! In MB duels don't take turns, all damage is dealt to both parties simultaneously.
The PC scarred the enemy & they got concussed and down to 5 Vigor. But the PC exhausted themselves denying the damage. Next turn, they got scarred by the enemy & knocked down to 2 Vigor. Both then KOed
Yeah, it's only for Duels & Jousts and it's meant to be non-fatal, but the stakes were really high for the PCs
The whole battle lasted 5 rounds, and until round 4 the PC was completely uninjured
Definitely gonna try and add more duels where I can because this was a major hit for the whole party, especially the duelist, who's only on their 3rd ttrpg session ever
They've been really good at avoiding combat though, I think finally recognizing that OSR is much deadlier than 5e
Exactly this!
Like, not only are the raw numbers lower, but you only have 3 attributes. It's up to you how creatively you employ them. It helps that 2/3 Knights in the party have a social special ability, so they're looking for ways to talk it out
I stopped running 5e games before the OGL scandal and haven’t looked back
every new adventure I run I tell players “your character sheet isn’t your character and the rules aren’t a suicide pact”
Such a great way of explaining it!
I do think the relationship between TTRPGs & RPG videogames is what makes people think the character sheet is the ultimate arbiter/limiter of their abilities during play, so having a way to explain that away is probably something more GMs should think about
read the Elusive Shift earlier this year and it’s just nice to know this shit was being argued about in the pages of wargaming zines and Dragon in 1975
Lol, all that is old is new again
I've been reading a few gaming blogs lately & they've been full of great advice/discussion. I think I might just do write ups for my next campaign to pay it forward
