Laughing Leviathan

Here's the first draft of the first phase of D&D backgrounds I'm making for a home Troika game. I've had players mention wanting to try something a little more vanilla and more in line with what they were used to after trying out Troika for the first time, so here's my attempt to bridge the gap. Some things I wanted to keep in mind when making these conversions: Making the items as flavorful and evocative as Troika backgrounds Blending skills from both games Only use Spells from Troika Taking a page from GLOG, and giving a template choice for Special Abilities to the player, with carry over from 5e abilities but translated into Troika rules Let me know what you think, if you have any suggestions or recommendations, and how you feel I should continue on. First Draft of D&D x Troika! Backgrounds   Preview:  Note: Art and flavor text is directly from the D&D PHB. I plan on replacing both in the future, this is just for my reference.

 This is the last part of my series of posts covering a playthrough of the two-player roleplaying game A Single Moment. You can find the Chapter 3 here. I might make a postmortem looking back on this session and covering my thoughts about the game itself. If that's something you'd be interested in, please let me know in the comments below, and post any specific questions you might have and I'll do my best to cover those as well.  The Finale is broken up into two parts. Over the course of the game, both players accumulated a meta-currency called Hatred, and help bridge the gap between the last chapter and the moment of the Duel through a series of events per how much Hatred that player has accumulated. During the Finale, the players take turns narrating as either Attacker or Defender, and roll to see the results of their attempts spending Edges and accumulating Scars. Enjoy! CHANNELING YOUR ANGER Artrail stewed on what Virgil had told him for weeks.  They've accomplishe...

  This is Part Three of my pbp playthrough of A Single Moment RPG with a friend. One player is in green, the other in red. Check out Part 2 here .  CHAPTER THREE  Virtue / Justice Key Focus / "The Moment You Crossed The Line" This is about doing what must be done, making the hard choices.   I remember that which you did that began all this… After a few years of searching, we had finally found the Balrog that had killed my brother. Artrail, Tristan, and a few others had blocked off this large abandoned cathedral on the outskirts of the city. It was impressive, it had large stained glass windows outstretched to the heavens, now tarnished with cracks and broken glass. The pristine white paint on the large stone walls now flaking off and discolored, and the stone itself cracked and falling apart. The door, nearly ten foot tall of solid oak reinforced with iron plates, worn down but holding strong.  Artrail and Tristan stand at the main entryway. Wearing th...