PJ Coffey
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situations like this before so you've all that experience to draw on whereas for me i'm trying to you know think i'm trying to get everything together and think about it so it depends what depends what tools you have like i i presume russ is talking about i presume we're talking specifically dnd and acceptable variations thereof and it's going to depend what tools you have available um so that's and how much customization you want to throw in yeah
So, you know, with off-the-shelf bits, yeah, like, you could probably knock something fairly decent together in, like, 20 minutes. In terms of things like plot and flavour, reading books is, like, super helpful.
So, you know, with off-the-shelf bits, yeah, like, you could probably knock something fairly decent together in, like, 20 minutes. In terms of things like plot and flavour, reading books is, like, super helpful.
I had a one-shot, which I had to do unexpectedly. And I basically stole the plot from Shadowslinger, the second Black Company book that I set up for that. And my players were like, ah, this is such an amazing idea. Wow, that's so creepy and cool. I'm like, yeah.
I had a one-shot, which I had to do unexpectedly. And I basically stole the plot from Shadowslinger, the second Black Company book that I set up for that. And my players were like, ah, this is such an amazing idea. Wow, that's so creepy and cool. I'm like, yeah.
Absolutely. Yeah.
Absolutely. Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, and stealing from related stuff, like one thing that an old Jim of mine did, which I thought was very clever, and which it was like, it was an itch in my brain for ages, because we were playing like a vampire game, not using the vampire mastery system, and it's like the enemy, like the big bad evil guy, created a storm of crows that ripped the enemies apart.
Yeah, I mean, and stealing from related stuff, like one thing that an old Jim of mine did, which I thought was very clever, and which it was like, it was an itch in my brain for ages, because we were playing like a vampire game, not using the vampire mastery system, and it's like the enemy, like the big bad evil guy, created a storm of crows that ripped the enemies apart.
And I'm like, I know this. Where is it from? Where is it from? And eventually I realized, oh, Danabd at 40k, it's the unkindness, which is Robot Brakens. But such a strong image that you could take it from a different genre.
And I'm like, I know this. Where is it from? Where is it from? And eventually I realized, oh, Danabd at 40k, it's the unkindness, which is Robot Brakens. But such a strong image that you could take it from a different genre.
clonk it right into the vampire and it fit perfectly and it's only because like I read like a whale just scooping up books with my big old yeah I'm really glad you explained the metaphor because I was like I don't know whales read a lot like I didn't but you know Consuming books.
clonk it right into the vampire and it fit perfectly and it's only because like I read like a whale just scooping up books with my big old yeah I'm really glad you explained the metaphor because I was like I don't know whales read a lot like I didn't but you know Consuming books.
Right, yeah. They need to be. Yeah, yeah.
Right, yeah. They need to be. Yeah, yeah.
And also just breaking away from the 2014 edition where they asked some particular kinds of people who had definite opinions, which are maybe not as mainstream as one would imagine.
And also just breaking away from the 2014 edition where they asked some particular kinds of people who had definite opinions, which are maybe not as mainstream as one would imagine.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, is this not like... Surely they've got this in the 2014 DMG. This is like super standard stuff.