Originally posted to Google+ in May 2016: "TRANSFIGURATION (Lost Technique)Cost: 1 Refresh, Good (+3) Lore, an Aspect relating to Acupuncture or Internal Alchemy or similarEffect: With hours of work, meditation, and carefully crafted chi exercises, you may roll with Chi to Create a [Cultivated Transformation] Advantage on yourself. This Advantage warps your appearance inside and … Continue reading Redux: Transfiguration Technique
Tag: Rule Scraps
Redux: Breaking Bread, Custom Move
Originally posted to Google+ in July 2015: A location move I'll be using to represent the church in a religious neighborhood, in a game of 'Hood I'm starting:When you participate in the neighborhood’s ceremonies, break bread, or otherwise make amends with the religious community, roll+Straight. On a hit, you’re in good with the Lord and … Continue reading Redux: Breaking Bread, Custom Move
Redux: Heavenly Sword Technique
Originally posted to Google+ in May 2016: "HEAVENLY SWORD (Lost Technique)Cost: 1 Refresh, Great (+4) Physique and Chi or higher, and an Aspect like "Immortal of Zu Mountain"Effect: You are able to conjure one of the great immortal weapons -- in this case the Heavenly Sword, a prismatic spray of smoking projectiles that obey your … Continue reading Redux: Heavenly Sword Technique
Redux: Check your own Hashtag, Custom Move
Originally posted to Google+ in July of 2017: I've got a story arc going on where public perception of the team is as complicated as its ever been and I'm having fun playing around with a custom move that emphasizes the caprice of popularity and the fragility of teenage egos.When you check your own hashtag … Continue reading Redux: Check your own Hashtag, Custom Move
Redux: Fire in D&D
Originally posted to Google+ in February 2015: Basically, the DM wanted a fight that forced some choices: there's going to be a hellhound, a zealot bad guy, and the scene is going to be on fire. It's going to make the PCs have to decide whether to turn and flee or fight on, and the … Continue reading Redux: Fire in D&D
Tome to Table: Godsteel in “The Chalice”
This week I finished reading The Sword, The Ring, and The Chalice, a fantasy trilogy penned by author Deborah Chester; it forms the smaller part of her Mandria/Nether cycle, alongside the four Queen's Gambit novels. I enjoyed this series quite a bit! The lead character, Dain, is the elven heir to the throne of Nether, … Continue reading Tome to Table: Godsteel in “The Chalice”
