For years, I started campaigns by wrangling my friends into playing, having them quickly roll up characters, and jumping on the dark and mysterious road. There were always growing pains and some people who never moved beyond a character who hacked their way through every adventure. I always wanted the players to jump into the … Read more
As the SagaBorn Kickstarter comes to a close, I have had a couple of questions about how to fill in campaigns with monsters if we don’t have a Creature Compendium out yet. Converting creatures to SagaBorn is quite easy. Basic Conversion Steps Hit points, CR, and AC all stay the same. Ability scores stay the … Read more
On February 20th, on a warm, not so stormy night the SagaBorn crew descended on the RPGnet IRC channel to discuss their current Kickstarter: the SagaBorn RPG. This is what was said. 19:31] <+MBielaczyc> Hello everyone! I am Michael Bielaczyc- co creator of SagaBorn and creator of the Dark Return RPG setting. [19:32] <+BrianCooksey> I’m … Read more
Since the Song of Creation wove our world into existence, we have sought for more than mere survival. We pray into the darkness, but the darkness remains silent. So it is up to us to find our own way. This is an age of chaos and strife. An age for new heroes. This is the … Read more
We are down to the last 2 days of our Kickstarter! THE CROSSING is a new, Dark Return setting adventure for 4-6 characters of 3rd to 4th level. Continue your characters’ Return of the Fey adventure path with over one hundred pages of encounters, locales, and terrifying monsters. Written by Shonn Everett and produced by … Read more
In this article, I address a statement I have heard players and GMs alike voice, namely that most NPCs should be 1st level at most or “commoners”. In times of war, those who actually see a good deal of battle and survive, either gained a good deal of experience, or just had really really good … Read more
Hello Wanderers! So it is a big week for SagaBorn. This week we release the SagaBorn Beta at Gencon 2016. It has been one year since we first started our own system, and now it is time to let the public in on our big project. The Beta is out on our website as a … Read more
So I love tabletop RPGs. And I love drinking. So I thought, why don’t I combine those two things? Another local game designer, the infamous Robert Schwalb of Shadow of the Demon Lord, is local to Nashville with me. So we asked ourselves, “why don’t we take over a bar and play some tabletop games?” And … Read more
“Out with it,” barked the wizened old dwarf. Erl’s leather face shifted into a smile and he slapped Gartnor on the back with a stinging but friendly force. “The faster you ’splain what you want, the faster we can guzzle that pitcher.” “I…uh…I’m not here to drink. I just…” “Not here to drink, he says,” … Read more
When creating Atheles, Michael Bielaczyc and I have worked hard to ensure SagaBorn gameplay becomes an immersive, story-based experience with interpersonal drama and engaging narrative rather than mere power gaming. An engaging narrative is difficult to accomplish when writing a book, but it is even more difficult to accomplish in a game whose story is … Read more