Mechwarrior PBeM report I: Hair of the Dog
The following is a dramatization of the first scene of a Mechwarrior RPG campaign played by e-mail using the Time of War rules (4th Edition) published by Catalyst Game Labs. Cast of Characters Mel “Mad Dog” Winters Current Rank: 1st Lieutenant Age: 30 Eyes: Blue Hair: Black caucasian Accent: A very “standard” sort of English … Continue reading
PBeM report 9 – Long Winter Shadows ~ A Single Step
Please enjoy this ninth and final instalment of A Single Step, the first in a series of stories called Long Winter Shadows, detailing the early years of the wizard, Marlin Tyrell, and his quest to regain his lost birthright. This last instalment is entitled: Luna Beach~ While you have often been drifting along, supported by … Continue reading
Ubiquity in Use: Weak Characters?
Are starting characters weak or just misunderstood? To answer this question for myself, I have decided to build two characters for All for One, then show them in use in standard genre scenes Character One: Gerard DeMoutiers, King’s Musketeer Although as a swordsman I tend to shy away from building characters with that archetype for … Continue reading
All for One : Methods of Corruption and Coercion
“He who roams the road to ruination must first traverse the trestle of temptation” The Primrose Path That the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and that the primrose path deludes us with its tantalizing pleasures while we march merrily on to damnation are two things well-known to any who seek to walk … Continue reading
Corruption: the other white meat
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. -Hamlet Stirred, not shaken Temptation to the point of corruption is not something which I consider to be easy … Continue reading
Casting Shadows 