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DarkAvenger211 posted:Having never played Urban Shadows but was interested in checking it out, how does it play when everyone's off focused on their own things? Does everyone just sit and wait at the table while the GM plays out a scene with the one player involved? There's gotta be ways for other players to inject themselves in a scene right? It’s hard, even with strong players. Modern life, compared to a fantasy setting, has super fast travel, traffic and often 10,000x more NPC’s. If you’re in the penthouse in Manhattan and there’s a werewolf rumble in Brooklyn, it could realistically be over before you exit your elevator and call a cab.
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Feb 14, 2023 18:16
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Theoretically yes, until you decide to go to any other place for any reason. You go visit my cousin somewhere else, the werewolf holds off hostilities for a while before they start… Same thing with Cartel, by cartel has much more robust combat so the problem can amplify. (I was playing the Esposa in one game and the Cocinero got in an accidental gun fight that felt like it took half the session.)
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Feb 15, 2023 00:56
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Magpie games aren’t really released, they escape.
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Feb 15, 2023 02:53
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It’s not the combat is complicated, it’s that combat generates conflict which generates moves which generates conflict. And then like a fantasy genre, most characters aren’t going to run towards a fracas on the other side of town.
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Feb 20, 2023 19:26
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I would imagine no, because the role of the MC is making specific moves. GMless generally diffuses responsibility.
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Feb 21, 2023 07:18
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I suggest spirit of 77. The sample adventure, cruise ship of the Damned, is an excellent one shot with seven amazing pre-generated characters, including the captain of a cheerleading team, a British spy, and Colonel Sanders.
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Feb 22, 2023 00:30
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There is a lot of great tips in the free module, cruise ship of the Damned, and the book itself has a lot of great advice! For even more advice, wide world of 77 has more. One thing that isn’t in there is how I prepare players for a session, which is playing a YouTube loop of 70s commercials. Really gets the vibe going.
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May 9, 2023 23:38
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Masks is a really good system, and the only ready to break it consistently is moves that replace danger with another stat semi permanently. I would use this custom patch that someone made, it fixes a lot of edge cases https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rHSefhKJFZsjy8t-Xfj45AXaMBwnyyVObISDiRbfFOY/edit#heading=h.wrcrswr95do9 . And I agree with the above poster; the nova should be able to solve cosmic threats and the beacon should be dealing with Dinkyness or you’re not giving the playbooks the full package. It’s in the GM moves for each one.
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May 25, 2023 16:46
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I saw early versions of the game and they seemed very combat focused, mostly aping the excellent board game. Maybe it’s different now, but a lot of the character playbooks seemed similar too.
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May 29, 2023 08:56
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Dawgstar posted:Isn't there a thing in Masks on how you shouldn't have two of the same playbook? Correct. Instead, give someone THE JOINED.
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Jun 20, 2023 17:47
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If someone rolls a six but you don’t know what to do with it, you can have them succeed and then screw them over later. It’s unlikely to run an entire campaign with good, instantaneous consequences, and if the twist is it all fair, you can point back to the six and the players will be with you.
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