Delving Wolf

A while ago (almost a year, time flies!) I wrote a post asking whether we should bring back Hit Locations, including an example of a Dragon modified for this idea, the "final boss" of the Icespire Peak campaign I was running online, using Owlbear Rodeo as VTT. I can finally  announce that I've been able to use that stat block, as I've finally managed to finish that campaign! So I can now return to you with my impressions of how the fight went and whether I find it actually usable in play. Let's get to it! First things first, before getting to this fight I added another bit to this stat block, after the Legendary Resistances and Actions, Lair Actions and Hit Locations: borrowing the idea from Nimble 5e, I added a Last Stand to the Dragon, something that would trigger once it reached 0 HP, giving it 40 more HP and adding a bit more damage to its attacks. Now let's get to the fight itself: although it covered most of the last session (after quite a bit of plann...

This week I'll continue my character creation series, continuing the series of Borg-like games characters made for a future project of mine. These will be alternating with other kinds of posts, like my solo campaigns recaps and some gameable content coming from my Duet Pirate Borg home game. This time we're going with Punk is Dead by Tim Roberts , a post-apocalyptic songwriting TTRPG (as it says on the cover) which sees the PCs as members of a band touring the Ununited Kingdom after nuclear destruction. Without further ado, let's get into it! 1. First of all, as usual, we roll for our class, or in this case  BAND ROLE . There are 7 possible choices, 3 of which are hip-hop themed; for personal preference I'll roll a d4 to stay within the more punk-themed roles: 3,  Drums.  I've played guitar in the past so I was hoping for that...but the dice chose otherwise. This band role gives us -2 DR to any test related to using brute force with our hand and feet and a...

The following is part 14 of my solo Pirate Borg campaign. It focuses mainly around the character I created in this post , which was so interesting to me that it prompted me to set up a whole solo campaign . You can start with episode 1 here . Let's dive right in! The Captain turned towards her companions.  Stay close to me, don't say anything unless I tell you to, and most importantly don't make eye contact with anyone on our way to Pedro: always look in front of you and stay focused. Do you understand? Sam and White exchanged a worried glance; out of the whole crew, they felt they were the least suitable for that task. Nonetheless, they both turned back to the Captain and nodded stiffly. - Bueno. Let's go then.  She pushed open the tavern's door with her shoulder and in that moment the stink coming from inside made Sam flinch. Had he not spent the last few days on The Shriek he might've fainted on the spot; White was suddenly as pale as his robe. But they didn...

After creating a realm , a faction and a forest for my future Silksong-inspired duet campaign (I talked about how the idea came to be  here ) I've started creating a dungeon (The Abandoned Manor) that will be part of said forest using the procedure  included in Cairn 2e's Warden's Guide. You can find part 1 here  and part 2 here . We expanded the first 4 rooms of the dungeon last time, so let's continue from there. 5.  LORE .  Room type : 11, Kitchen /  Clue : 6, Leavings 6.  LORE .  Room type : 4, Cistern /  Clue : 18, Temperature 7.  LORE .  Room type : 14, Shrine /  Clue : 5, Footprints 8.  TRAP .  Trap : 1, Ages /  Trigger : 4, Disturbing  5. This room used to be the manor's dining room, where the cult partook in rituals to try to connect with the deceased by having one of them consuming a large quantity of the mushrooms found in forest area 2. Some remains of mushrooms are still present only on o...

This week I'll continue my character creation series, continuing the series of Borg-like games characters made for a future project of mine. These will be alternating with other kinds of posts, like my solo campaigns recaps and some gameable content coming from my Duet Pirate Borg home game. This time we're going with Red Borg , a Borg hack all about revolting against the capitalist fat cats. It's a bit bare bones, but very inspiring. I'll be using the Italian version of the game, which in this case is also the original one. Without further ado, let's get into it! 1. First of all, as usual, we roll for our  CLASS . There are 7 in the game, ranging from the Anarchist to the Cosmonaut and the Suffragette, so I'll roll a d8: 2,  Workaholic . This gives us higher starting HP and a range of possible starting weapons fitting a proletarian, as you'll see in a moment; 2. Next we roll for our  ABILITIES : - Strength : 11 => 0 - Agility : 11 => 0 - Presen...

The following is part 13 of my solo Pirate Borg campaign. It focuses mainly around the character I created in this post , which was so interesting to me that it prompted me to set up a whole solo campaign . You can start with episode 1 here . Let's dive right in! A few days later they reached Havana. Sam was feeling almost physically sick at the idea of being in the den of the people who killed Catherine, but he kept repeating himself not all the Spanish could be blamed for the action of one ship, otherwise he'd have to answer for all the crimes the Royal Navy committed, which...were quite a few. Still, he wasn't happy about it. Once The Shriek was properly docked Captain Ramirez approached him.  Sam, I want you with me and White while we   go talk to Pedro. You need to change your clothes to do that, though. Sam blinked a couple of times, confused.  Why? The Armada and the Navy are allied now, so they might be more worried about a pirate than a British soldier. -Just bec...