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This is cross-posted from a new sticky in the Fantasy Sagas Development Forum. (more…)

This weekend we ran another phase of testing for Desecration. This time it definitely feels like the adventure is coming together. The players felt much more involved based on their general reaction to each encounter and challenge. Furthermore, some plot devices I was questioning have revealed themselves to be good choices in the long run. This was largely due to the fact that my current testing group is not playing a “standard” adventuring party. This makes the testing a little more difficult, but ultimately more rewarding. (more…)

Well, as the title suggest, it has been a busy weekend. It started through the week, as things were developing towards the weekend itself. An Ironwood Nexus Community Member, Ralph, posted some suggestions for a game aid that I developed. I took on the roll of both Project Developer and Executive Officer this week, and I prepared for the first play test for a Fantasy Sagas Game in almost a year. It all led up to yesterday, when it all came together.

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I just got a batch of new artwork from Marco Morte, the illustrator for our upcoming Desecration adventure. Check them out and enjoy!

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Many adventures are about dungeons, or epic events. Some are about political drama, or secret cults. Others are about people. Desecration, on the surface, is a rescue mission. The quest, and the adventure the players discover take center stage. However, the driving force behind the adventure are the NPC’s. In this article we are focusing on 3 of these. In particular, we are focusing on the NPCs that the characters will be tasked to rescue.

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I personally don’t believe in monolithic evil. I see evil as bad intent. However, doing evil, for the sake of doing evil, is more the mark of the insane, rather than just because someone decides they want to be evil. Most people, in the course of doing evil, will attempt to justify it with good end results. Hitler comes to mind. The man obviously was evil. His intent was to harm and destroy an entire people. But his purpose was to save Germany. In some ways, he may have believed he was trying to save the world. However, his intentions were flawed, and his actions were evil in the first degree. The man was bad, but he thought for a good reason. (more…)