Gutter Shadows

Creating your character

It takes about 2 minutes to make a character in this game! we'll build them as part of the session.

Preparing for the session

I use Discord for the voice chat, everything else won't require you to make an account. The playbooks: Cutter: The ultimate muscle and combat specialist. Hound: The tracker, sniper, and animal handler. Leech: The gadgeteer, alchemist, and demolitions expert. Lurk: The stealth, burglary, and infiltration expert. Slide: The face, social manipulator, and impersonator. Spider: The mastermind, planner, and networker Whisper: The occultist who speaks with spirits and controls arcane power Background: Academic: Well-educated type, school or otherwise, my guess is this is going to have an interesting twist as to why you joined a crew in Duskvol Labor: Working-class folk, never in charge, probably already facing some sort of danger at work and maybe an easier story into why they might join a crew? Law: Working for those in charge, maybe even a Bluecoat, might be an interesting twist to see why they changed sides? Trade: This might sound similar to ‘Labor’ but seems to be described as being a more skilled craft, a merchant-level sort of tier. Military: Former soldiers are a common trope in gang/mob/heist stories, I imagine folks choosing a Cutter might look to this one often. Noble: Living the good life, or maybe used to and have fallen onto hard times? If a noble is in the trenches of the district fighting for turf, I imagine they must have a strong motivation against someone or other options have been removed from them. Underworld: If you are already on the streets or somehow already involved in the existing underworld, you have an easy tie-in to the crew life but maybe have some sort of axe to grind or ambition for more. Heritage: Akoros: Described as a European-like conglomerate of cultures, this is where the default setting of the city of Duskwall (or Doskvol) is located. I treat this like ‘Human’ in D&D where it’s a wide choice of where you are from and what your life was like. Dagger Isles: You probably spent time on a boat and don’t have a specific place you call home. Iruvia: Described as a ‘foreign’ desert country in “the South” (again, think European-centric) this is supposed to be more like an old Persia, Egypt, or India. Very powerful kingdoms that have a different culture making you feel a little ‘out of place’ in Doskvol. Severos: Nomadic horse-tribes from the deathlands, probably similar to being a Goliath Barbarian type of idea. Skovlan: An island kingdom near Doskvol that lost the war and was ‘unified’ into the Empire against their will. You probably have a chip on your soldier, but likely not a bunch else to your name. Tycheros: This is literally described as the “wierd” one. Maybe a Tiefling type of option? Supposedly part demon, you get to have a demonic physical feature that sets you apart

What Isaac Schubert brings to the table

- Discord server for group chats and voice calls You just go to a webpage to play the game! - - automated character sheets - - ingame notes, handouts - I have official PDFs, with printed rulebooks for my own reference - ambient music and sound effects.

How Isaac Schubert creates a safe table

We are all adults here, I maintain an open door policy. If you have to step away for *any reason*, I'm not going to be annoyed or angry. I will find a way to progress the story, such as cutting away to other characters. I want to make sure I can improve; and know some things can be difficult to say directly. Please use it! My goal is to get better! There are certain themes that are central to the text and cannot be avoided. Blade in the Dark games generally play on themes of body horror, ghosts, and desperation. Antagonist NPCs may also have unpleasant, political beliefs: these are almost always an obstacle to the player characters. Anyone wishing to discuss triggers may get with me privately over Discord or SPG. For any situation you find too stressful, simply go AFK for as long as you require. My games are the equivalent of a PG-13 movie. I don't do explicit sexual content, but I may allude to it. Tabletop role-playing games are meant to be an escape from the troubles of our daily lives. Above-table prejudices, including racism, misogyny, homophobia and transphobia are NOT acceptable at my table and will lead to your immediate removal.