Playing Pathfinder again

A little over a year ago I backed the Aethera campaign setting, a science-fantasy campaign setting for Pathfinder, on Kickstarter after reading an enthusiastic preview article on io9. Earlier this year our group had a weekend of tabletop gaming to celebrate 20 years of gaming together and the fine folks at Encounter Table Publishing were kind enough… Continue reading Playing Pathfinder again

Shelving LiLF

After discussions with three of my players I’ve decided to shelve my Lamentations of the Flame Princess (LotFP) campaign. We’ve played five sessions over several months and the group were clearly not getting into the campaign. Discussion revealed a multitude of reasons, including: one player unnerved by the lack of rules in LotFP another who is not really excited by… Continue reading Shelving LiLF

LiLF Session 5 – To Karlstadt

Present: Montgomery (James), George (Gaz) Szölôs snook off whilst the party watched the circus show and found out that the sorcerers in Karlstadt, the Seven, have a bounty placed on their head by the Bishop-Prince of Würzburg. The party set out for Karlstad as Montgomery has hatched a plan to convince the Seven to help the party… Continue reading LiLF Session 5 – To Karlstadt

LiLF Session 4 – A Circus Show

Present: Montgomery (James), George (Gaz), Hans (Ben) The party leave the orphanage and approach the nearby town of Theidenfeld around 09:00. On the way into the settlement they see a circus but are too exhausted to be interested in it now. Hans helps the party find an inn, the Tipped Mule, and they hear fairly poor lute playing… Continue reading LiLF Session 4 – A Circus Show

LiLF Session 3 – A Grey adventure

Present: Montgomery (James), George (Gaz), Hans (Ben) From his position hidden by the roadside Montgomery sees the Inn is on fire. Heading round to the garage to find water he stumbles on George’s body next to all of the party’s equipment. Montgomery revives George and tells him that he was barely able to get him out… The two… Continue reading LiLF Session 3 – A Grey adventure

LiLF Session 2 – Kill them all and let the lord judge them

Present: Montgomery (James), George (Gaz), Joey (Dave), Frederik (Ben), Thomas (Matt) Another adventurer, Thomas, seeks shelter from the rain at the Incontinent Vicar. The inn-keep, Cameron Fiddlesticks, makes the same offer of shelter and drink as to the rest of the party. He also shares some gossip, including: Some of the guests are merchants selling… Continue reading LiLF Session 2 – Kill them all and let the lord judge them

LiLF Session 1 – a corpse and the Incontinent Vicar

Present: James (Montgomery), Gaz (George), Dave (Joey), Ben (Frederik) The players rolled up characters and found themselves on the road in Lower Franconia, a rural region of Germany embroiled in a war between Catholics and Protestants. Their coach broke down and they’ve spent the day trudging along the road towards Wurzburg. It’s night but a fellow… Continue reading LiLF Session 1 – a corpse and the Incontinent Vicar

Lamentations in Lower Franconia

I’m currently running a LotFP campaign set in Lower Franconia (somewhere in modern day Germany). This is a bit of information on the setting for my players. Overview One thing that makes the 17th Century setting of LotFP interesting is that whilst it’s the time of the Scientific Revolution[1] and the rise of the scientific method,… Continue reading Lamentations in Lower Franconia

Rulings, not rules

For around a year I ran a very enjoyable 5th edition campaign in our homebrew campaign setting. I struggled a bit at first with the “rulings, not rules” motto of 5e (as hinted in a previous post) but have really come to appreciate how 5e has solid core mechanics with simple rules for common actions… Continue reading Rulings, not rules