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Dev Blog 14 – Downtime 2

This is going to be a weird thing to say because it should seem obvious. I really like running the game I made.  The Streets of Avalon is a lot of fun and while it’s not perfect I’m starting to think one of the best features of the game is Downtime. I wrote about it...

Dev Blog 13 – Extra Attacks

So I had a pretty long and involved fight where I tried out some mob rules and pushed my level 5 party hard with a big old fight in the game. So in having this big old fight the group cast Haste on the fighter and supported the fighter to great effect. Bitsy is a...

The More You Know

I was recording an episode of Under the Lamplight with Brett the other day and we were talking about Monsters. In fact there’s three episodes in a row about monsters. One about three specific monsters, The Red Cap, the Goblin, and the Brain Gorger. One about monster...

Dev Blog 12 – Fighter Trainings and the Fighting Stat

After one of the last play test sessions we were discussing a couple things.  The fighter getting some more talents to give them a more well rounded set of talents to do things in different situations Why is there a fighting stat Fighter Trainings The fighter issue is...

Downtime

A whole section of the Streets of Avalon RPG is about what happens in the lives of the PCs between the scenarios that punctuate their lives with high stakes. The quieter parts, the day to day events, the chances for them to get to act and take a little more control of...

General and News

Under the Lamplight Eleven – Thorbrindor

Under the Lamplight Eleven – Thorbrindor

Under the Lamplight (UtLL) is the Streets of Avalon RPG companion podcast where Brett and Chris talk about the setting and the game. The Streets of Avalon RPG is a Low Fantasy Urban RPG focused on the stories of people living in a city of classism, corruption, and...

Dev Blog 9 – Issues

Dev Blog 9 – Issues

I'm running the 3rd scenario of my Streets of Avalon campaign, The Whispers of Erlig, and I'm starting to notice just a few things that I want to potentially shift or update with the game. The NPC stats are Attack, Dodge, Physical, Mental. I like that there's an...

Dev Blog 8 – Stat Blocks

Dev Blog 8 – Stat Blocks

I keep thinking about stat blocks. I have two styles I’m working with at the moment but I think I like the second version better. I don’t like looking at tons of text in abilities on stat blocks and tags version is the better version for that. Plus, it allows for the...

Dev Blog 7 – Writing Scenarios

Dev Blog 7 – Writing Scenarios

I’ve been writing up the Whisper Killings scenario which has been interesting and a lot of fun. So the way I write playtest and then rewrite scenarios for other people to run is as follows: I write the scenario using the play sheet for myself. It’s how I would write...

Dev Blog 6 – The Whisper Killings

Dev Blog 6 – The Whisper Killings

I’m running a playtest game of the Whisper Killings. The first scenario in my Whispers of Erlig campaign for the Streets of Avalon RPG. We finished it last weekend. My crew decided they were interested in continuing on so we’ll be playing more of it. I think it went...

Dev Blog 5 – V02 of the Streets of Avalon Playtest

Dev Blog 5 – V02 of the Streets of Avalon Playtest

It’s been a month and I’ve updated the playtest book. Here’s V2 with some changelog notes. Characters get two trainings instead of one from their occupation The Armor rules have been updated so Heavy armor use makes sense Text has been edited and shifted to clear up...

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