RPG From Scratch

The Wing Mob, both sound of body and full of belly, set off to confront the Flesh Shaper in his very own Labattoir and find that there is far more to this experiment and its progenitor than meets the eye... Show Notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/05/rpg-from-scratch-agnes-ashes-arms-races Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The crew dishes out GMing advice on how to deal with problem players without ruining your game and how to manage complex combat encounters without losing your mind. We also delve deep into chance-to-hit as a concept and what it means for our system. Show Notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/04/rpg-from-scratch-design-episode-22-sadistical-distribution Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

The Wing Mob are deep in the Pawa keep and trading blows with a houndmaster, his spiky juggernauts, and his chimeric canines. Soaked in blood and reeling from battle, the team discovers an old friend and learns about the true maestro of their misfortunes. Show notes and more: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/04/rpg-from-scratch-agnes-ashes-primordial-soup Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

We introduce the concept of Heraldy and what it means for Citadel players wanting to be known throughout the world of Urd. Encumbrance is discussed, and Crafting gets refined for those of us who prefer to make our own arms, armor, and potions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the third part of Angela's Ashes, The Wing Mob dives headlong into the woods with Champ the 'dillo in tow, searching for Ned and the reason for the militarization of the Pawa. What they find both amazes and disgusts them. Show notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/04/rpg-from-scratch-agnes-ashes-ra-ra-fight-the-pawa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We build a set of level 10 characters to see how much bookkeeping is involved with everything we have already made and run a mock boss battle to see what it's like to really use our Dice Tier system in late game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Come one, come all! See The Wing Mob in action! Chookie shows off her cooking skills, Ned has a couple of surprises for us, we learn about the majestic wildlife of Urd, and our campaign leaps into an action-packed fray! Show Notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/04/rpg-from-scratch-agnes-ashes-dillo-talk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before wading chest-deep back into Step 4, we ruminate about what our new campaign says about our mechanics, and we introduce static attribute defenses. Join us as we tackle Citadel, Champion, Scoundrel, Zealotry, and Radiance! Show notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/03/design-episode-19-standard-operating-procedure Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet The Wing Mob, a small mercenary band on their way to deliver their boss' remains to her native sea. Passing through the Countryside of Galthreach, things are tense. There's a civil war on and the busiest merchant corridor has been disrupted by disappearances - neither side knows why. In an effort to make some much needed scratch, Wing Mob quickly become involved in an eerie and highly clandes...

Riding the high of our upcoming Actual Play campaign, we talk about potential balance issues and settle on terminology for our Dice Tier system before diving feet-first into Step 4, creating new abilities for Decay, Command, Champion, Fire and Ice. Listen in and get ready to spend some Momentum! Show notes: https://buff.ly/2UukFgM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for a new campaign and a new actual play podcast! Liam takes the helm in GMing and Josh and Doug finally get the chance to play the game they've been building these last few months. Also joining the players as a wildcard is the den mother of The Nerdy Show Network , herself: Cap Blackard! In this preemptive episode, we build our characters from scratch and end up with a truly unique grou...

Following the Grand Finale of our first actual play campaign, we further mill around the subject of damage scaling and debate the rules and terminology of an entirely new school of magic! Listen in and get pumped with us for the next phase of your favorite podcast! Show notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/02/rpg-from-scratch-design-episode-17-soul-magic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

It is the END! The gang confronts Kalavon AND Forsha and reveal the true nature of this incomprehensible dungeon in a finale that will shake the foundations of Urd. As we say goodbye to the characters we know and love, we look forward to the future and what it brings for our erstwhile band. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We go over some mild party drama and talk about how to resolve it, but the real meat of this episode is where we dive off the cliff into the dangerous waters of damage scaling. Our proposed solution is guaranteed to be controversial, but if geeks like us enjoy anything, it's arguing. Show notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/01/rpg-from-scratch-design-episode-16-neverending-compromises Hosted on Acas...

Which horrors are revealed and which are vanquished by the return of light to this pit of secrets? The gang discovers the source of the noise deep in the Earth and reunite with an old acquaintance as discord spreads between them, believing this to be their final moment. Show Notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/01/rpg-from-scratch-echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-13 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

We delve into our hopes and dreams when preparing to sit down with a new gaming group. Also, What is magic? Is it the power that underlies all reality, like The Force? Is it an alien essence being unknowingly mined by the collective unconscious for the benefit of our devourers? Is it like trying to tell a stranger about rock and roll? We don't know! Let's just make something up. Show notes and mor...

The mole is vanquished, and the gang has drawn the ire of a caretaker of this forsaken tomb. Dare you learn the secrets it keeps? Our heroes gain an insight to the very nature of this structure, and it greatly disturbs them. Show notes and more: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/01/echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-12/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We commit the ultimate party faux pas and delve deep into the cultural and political strife of our world, coming up with 3 distinct religions and give names to those who would be Emperors. Show notes and more at: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/01/episode-14-politics-and-religion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The gang scrambles to face down the giant mole! Who sent it? Is it the creature that has terrorized Clan Nargabar and The Way Forward? Listen in as they discover more about this creature and the nature of the site itself. Notes and more: https://nerdyshow.com/2018/12/rpg-from-scratch-echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-11 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want to go Core Radiance but feellt underwhelmed at unfairly targeted by Martyr? You're in luck! Along with rounding out some corners, we discuss some pie-in-the-sky Path ideas to see if anything from them is worth stealing for our current ones. We also finally begin our difficult conversation about Magick as a system. Show notes and more at: https://nerdyshow.com/2018/12/episode-13-dont-be-a-mart...

It turns out our party is by no means alone within the bowels of this alien ruin... and neither is whatever is chasing them! Listen in as we make a series of extremely questionable moral decisions while ignoring any and all integrity of the profession of Archaeology. Show notes and more at: https://nerdyshow.com/2018/12/echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-10 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

We come up with a new game name, patch up some small holes, do away with ammunition tracking, add a HoT spell, and dig deep into the meat of what conditions you gain when you fall to 0 HP, making our game riskier than ever for PCs. Listen in, and crawl your way out of a dungeon together with your Homebrew Hombres! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your favorite crew of miscreants begins their very first dungeon crawl: forsaking fresh air and sunlight for the horrifying secrets beneath the earth. Listen in as they brave the mysteries of the ancients and discover what haunts these ruins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We ratchet up the difficulty by deciding what happens when characters fall to 0 HP (and fail to get a full night's rest). We also come up with an elegant way of creating and using potions. Along with ironing out a half-dozen other small details, we bring up the feedback from one of our Patrons and work it into our game. Pitch-in and listen-in! Notes and more at: https://nerdyshow.com/2018/11/...

In Part 8 of our Actual Play campaign, the crew finds a glut of clues and tries to find a way to care for the four lost children, while engaging in intense debates about the scrolls, Forsha, and whether or not crocodiles have beards. Show notes and more at:. https://nerdyshow.com/2018/11/rpg-from-scratch-echoes-of-the-starcrypt-part-8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.