The Nor'Westers
about 7 years ago
– Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 05:26:59 PM
I have been posting examples of different genres using the Sword’s Edge rules. This time, let’s look at a more recent historical period.
"The Nor’Westers" was a campaignI just finished with one of my home groups. The story is set in 1810 in Canada and focuses on an uprising along the fur trade route used by the North West Company. The PCs were trouble-shooters linked to Angus Shaw, one of the partners in the North West Company and brother-in-law to NWC head William McGillvray. After the kidnapping of the daughter of Alexander Turnbull and shooting of Turnbull, the PCs are sent to track down the kidnappers and free Turnbull’s daughter, which drops them right in the middle of the action.
The minion in this case is just one of the Thugs used by the uprising.
The regular is one of the townsfolk in Wrightsville (what became Gatineau, across the river from Canada’s capital of Ottawa) and an ally of the PCs, Ezekial Wright.
The hero is one of the first villains the PCs faced, a quiet murderer who went by the name Tom River.
Half Way Point
about 7 years ago
– Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 12:50:59 PM
We have passed the halfway point in the campaign and are at 67% funded. Projections on where we will end up are good, but if the pattern of pledges remain steady for the next 15 days, we are unlikely to hit the stretch goal. That goal is still possible if the burst during the last two days of the Kickstarter follows the same pattern as those in my previous efforts, so we’ll see.
I’ll post a couple more examples of narrative characters in different genres in the coming days, but I think from the previous examples you can see the ease with which different genres can be represented.
Thanks again for all your support.
Fraser
Face ‘Splosion on a Sword’s Edge
about 7 years ago
– Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:02:50 PM
I’ve been sharing some of the genres in which I’ve used Sword’s Edge, and these are generally outside, or at least different, from those provided in the text. This time, it’s kind of sci-fi, but really it’s a computer game adaptation.
This is cross-posted to the Sword's Edge Publishing website.
One of the adventures I’ve written for Sword’s Edge is a science fiction actioner. I’ve been a fan of Borderlands for quite some time, as referenced here. I had developed a simple system to replicate the shoot ‘em up style of play, but it didn’t really work as I wanted. Sword’s Edge is one way of doing it, so here are some of the narrative characters I created to mess up PCs in Face ‘Splosion
The Assault Bots are the cannon-fodder, sent in to get blown up real good by the PCs. They’re minions, so one shot is one kill, but at Average, they aren’t complete push-overs.
At another point, the PCs will need to crack a secure program, and instead of just having “intrusion countermeasures electronic,” the system has an actual AI providing the security.
Near the end, the PCs face up to the underboss, a kind of boss fight but not the big boss. It’s Helmut, the brain of the big bad’s bodyguard put into a robot’s body. He’s definitely tuned up to ruin someone’s day.
So those are three of the characters that the PCs on Anesidora will run into in my own little version of Borderlands.
Media Section
about 7 years ago
– Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 03:23:33 PM
I've added a media section that right now includes two entries - one interview and one recording of a Test as an example. I'll add to this section with more actual play, including short snippets of Tests and longer actual plays from which those snippets come. It might help give a better idea of how the game runs.
The two items included today were
Five Or So Questions: I completed a written interview over at Thoughty, discussing the Sword’s Edge Kickstarter.
"Example of a Test": This audio recording provides an example of running a Test in Sword’s Edge, including Initiative and Action.
One Week In
about 7 years ago
– Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 04:45:58 PM
We’re a week into the Kickstarter and we are just over half-way to our goal. That’s pretty good, but there’s still a fair amount to go. We are in the lull between the rush at the beginning and the (hoped for) second rush in the last couple of days, so we’ll likely inch toward the target.
I’m going to add a reward tier that includes all the other PDFs from Sword’s Edge Publishing, as suggested by a backer. I’m interested to see how popular that might be, but I imagine many of the backers already have most of these games.
Thanks again for your support. It’s greatly appreciated.
Fraser
