Introduction into Urban Shadows

Introduction into Urban Shadows

Urban Shadows on Theater of the Mind, Discord

Price per player-session

You will be charged when a session starts

$15.00

Information

  • Duration: 2 to 3.5 hours

  • Number of players: 2 to 6 players

  • Experience required: Open to all

Price per player-session
$15.00

About the adventure

This game is for anyone who is interested in urban fantasy setting and those who are new to PBTA system games. Urban Shadows is a political urban fantasy tabletop roleplaying game in which mortals and supernatural creatures alike vie for power in a modern-day city. Vampires, faeries, hunters, wizards, and more clash in the shadows...or make backroom deals for their piece of the streets and skyscrapers. In Urban Shadows, you play unique and powerful characters, protagonists who are attuned to the supernatural world. While most of the mortal world remains ignorant of the struggles of the city’s supernatural denizens, you are caught in the middle of the physical conflicts and political drama of the city’s secret past, present, and future. This game focuses on mature stories of political conflict and personal tragedy, as the many communities of the city come into conflict around you, forcing you to make difficult choices about your friends and allies...and the price you are willing to pay for power.

LGBTQ+

2 years on StartPlaying

Highly rated for: Storytelling, Inclusive, Creativity

Additional Details

How to prepare

You'll need a discord and a decent microphone or excellent typing skill/speed if you prefer to type. Players upon joining the discord have access to the rule book and can look through it at their leisure or wait until session 0.

What I provide

I'll provide the discord, rule book, bot dice roller, and my own experience in running the system.

Gameplay details

We will be using Urban Shadows 2e Quickstart which I will share a copy with the players. Players unfamiliar with Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) can expect a fairly rules lite experience with tons of character agency. Each character has a list of basic moves they can choose from like Turning to Violence or Figuring Someone Out, as well as moves specific to their playbook. When you trigger a move you'll be asked to roll it. The game is a conversation that keeps going rolls happen to keep the conversation going in interesting places.

Content warnings

    (none)

Safety tools used
  • Debriefing
  • Lines and Veils
  • Open Door
  • Session 0
How will character creation work

We will meet for session 0 and go through the playbooks and each player will decide on which one appeals to them. From there we'll expand our understanding of them through their background questions and starting debts. We do this collectively as a group to ensure that everyone is interconnected and we can collectively flesh out the city and world we will be playing in.

Players can expect

  • Combat/Tactics: Low
  • Roleplay: Medium
  • Puzzles: Low
  • Experience Level: Open to all

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