I've been binging this story over the last two weeks and it's been incredible. I love your balance of explaining the rules but favoring the fiction. It's been really great to read, both as an enjoyable story and as a primer to the Blade in the Dark ruleset.
i'm excited to be caught up and able to engage with the story votes.
Thanks for all the effort! Trust me, I know it's a lot of work
That was great! I don't usually like too much the written narration for TTRPG fight scenes since they can become just a bunch of mechanical bits and repetitive, but you're experienced at it by now and it shows!
We finally get Emma and Carver together, too, which I was anticipating so much and it paid off.
Also, Rian is cautioning Aldo... And then an hour later he's the one engaging directly with Seek, pot and kettle I say!
Heading to the next episode now, can't wait to find out where the poll landed, all of these are great choices!
I find that PbtA/FitD are really great when it comes to fight scenes that feel like a film or book vs. a tedious back-and-forth blow-by-blow of combat. Probably the most important thing is that most foes can be dispatched in one or two 'moves,' which is pretty comparable to a Hollywood fight scene, and with a reduced focus on the exchange of blows, you can put more effort into the physical setting of a fight and what else is at stake besides physical injury.
I'm glad Carver + Emma is paying off -- their relationship was one that I was uncertain about. It'd be easy to make him purely suspicious of her, but I think it's more interesting if he's intrigued by her as a potential source of meaning beyond just his brotherhood w/ Aldo and Rian. Having someone else who can give him moral clarity makes for a really interesting triangle between Aldo-Carver-Emma.
I've been binging this story over the last two weeks and it's been incredible. I love your balance of explaining the rules but favoring the fiction. It's been really great to read, both as an enjoyable story and as a primer to the Blade in the Dark ruleset.
i'm excited to be caught up and able to engage with the story votes.
Thanks for all the effort! Trust me, I know it's a lot of work
That's so great to hear. :) Excited to have you up-to-date and ready to vote!
That was great! I don't usually like too much the written narration for TTRPG fight scenes since they can become just a bunch of mechanical bits and repetitive, but you're experienced at it by now and it shows!
We finally get Emma and Carver together, too, which I was anticipating so much and it paid off.
Also, Rian is cautioning Aldo... And then an hour later he's the one engaging directly with Seek, pot and kettle I say!
Heading to the next episode now, can't wait to find out where the poll landed, all of these are great choices!
I find that PbtA/FitD are really great when it comes to fight scenes that feel like a film or book vs. a tedious back-and-forth blow-by-blow of combat. Probably the most important thing is that most foes can be dispatched in one or two 'moves,' which is pretty comparable to a Hollywood fight scene, and with a reduced focus on the exchange of blows, you can put more effort into the physical setting of a fight and what else is at stake besides physical injury.
I'm glad Carver + Emma is paying off -- their relationship was one that I was uncertain about. It'd be easy to make him purely suspicious of her, but I think it's more interesting if he's intrigued by her as a potential source of meaning beyond just his brotherhood w/ Aldo and Rian. Having someone else who can give him moral clarity makes for a really interesting triangle between Aldo-Carver-Emma.