Blades in The Dark system - Sundays - Entry Session 0$
Blades in the Dark, Forged in the Dark | Campaign
About the adventure
"We are all trapped in this place. City of factories, wondrous sparkcraft and illegal cults, city of legal corruption and righteous crimes. We are not most people. We break laws, screw with ghosts and refuse to grind our life in the system, only to die and find no rest. The sunlight was shattered, and we're all the better for it, for we are blades in the dark. Welcome to Doskvol. Don't go down quietly." Welcome all newbies and veterans to my Blades's game! This game is a sort of Peaky Blinders with ghosts. The setting is industrial-fantasy. Players roleplay members of a criminal crew with their own sheet and attributes, which include: -Assassins; -Bravos; -Cult; -Hawkers; -Smugglers; -Shadows; Each protagonist has one of these base archetypes, who will be Competent Player Characters - they'll have a plan for situations their players don't even fathom: -The Cutter; -The Hound; -the Leech; -the Lurk, -the Slide, -the Spider; -The Whisper; And togheter they do heists, chases, contend with occultism and ancient horror gods, engage in gang wars, strike deals, and make a fortune - or die trying! (You and your fledgling crew must thrive amidst the threats of rival gangs, powerful noble families, vengeful ghosts, the Bluecoats of the city watch, and the siren song of your scoundrel’s own vices. Will you rise to power in the criminal underworld? What are you willing to do to get to the top?) Tools used: *Roll20 *Discord for voice chat, with Streamyards as alternative. Who am I? *A 5 years Blades GM; *A GM of about 30+ other systems; *My jam's mostly story games and Forged in The Dark; *I run mostly low prep, laid back games uninterested in punishing player choices; *I'm part of a tabletop game design collective; *Author of Omens in The Dark, a solo/gmless supplement for playing blades in the dark, aswell as the Ascetic and Psychonaut playbooks for a playbook jam on itch.io *You can find my discord at “monocores” or “monocores#9775”
Additional details
How to prepare
*Microphone and wi-fi; *The desire to instigate changes in the world with their actions and scores; *Some previous repertoire with the heist genre is desirable, but not a dealbreaker;
What I provide
*A Roll20 Virtual Room with custom art, backdrops and clocks, aswell as maps, custom clocks, and many more! *The supplemental material of Omens in The Dark ( https://guimonocores.itch.io/omens-in-the-dark ), and the constant improvement of said material to assure the responses to our questions will never be dull; *The experience of 5 years running this game;
Gameplay details
*We'll be using this sheet: https://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/images/consent-in-gaming-form-fillable-checklist-2019-09-13.pdf *Topics marked in the consent sheet will be visible in a handout in Roll20 at all times; *Consent is not irrevocable, it should always be reassessed. *We may also use the WRAP dynamic: https://moth-lands.itch.io/wrap
Content warnings
• Violence
• Trauma
• Uncanny Valley
• Scars
• Racism
• PTSD
• Prejudice
• Police Brutality
• Panic Attacks
• Murder
• Microaggressions
• Mental Illness
• Nightmares about Traumatic Events
• Language/Cursing
• Kidnapping
• Illness
• Abuse
• Alcohol Use
• Blood
• Body Horror
• Classism
• Confronting Abuser
• Cults
• Death
• Deep or Large Bodies of Water
• Devils / Demons / Fiends
• Drugs (addiction, use, withdrawal)
• Fire
• Guns
Safety tools used
• Monte Cook RPG Consent Checklist
• Open Door
• Session 0
How will character creation work
*Standard charactetr creation rules presented in the player's kit: https://bladesinthedark.com/sites/default/files/blades_playerkit_v8_2.pdf *As an option, if you wish to play as a seasoned criminal, you may take an additional special ability from any playbook in exchange for 1 Trauma. *Custom playbooks might get approval, as long as everyone agrees to it. * In the last XP trigger, the text will be altered to: "You have faced significant setbacks caused by your injuries or personality"
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
Low
Roleplay
High
Puzzles
High
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Roll20
• Discord
$5.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Bi-weekly / Sunday - 11:00 PM UTC
3-4 Hour duration
2 / 4 Seats filled
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: 13-17