Ok. I finished reading the material and I finished watching the video.

He’s right.

I must say that I’m more optimistic than him, but I can’t argue with what he says.

I’m not worried about the diablerie thing, because it’s extremely easy to fix. I’m personally more worried about vitae being both blood and health. As a player (who never jumped on the V5 bus), I’ve been stripped of the ability to choose whether to stay bruised or risking hunger. And that’s hard to fix, because it permeates everything else: the cost of activating powers, combat, the success target on the dice, etc.

Well… I haven’t finished reading the playtest books, and I haven’t yet watched the video. But I do have opinions already 😅. So far, I think they’re trying to… I’m not gonna say “dumb it down”, but rather… making it more comfortable for players used to D&D 5E and more narrative games like most of the PbtA family.

I tried “buying” the whole bundle at DTRPG but I can’t see anything added to Roll20 nor Demiplane.

Anyone else experiencing this? Maybe it just takes some time?

I do have the proper accounts linked.

I don’t know… seeing how they’re having financial problems, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Oh, I wish. 😁

Thanks!

It's also fun to draw them.

Never considered myself good at drawing, so I imitate a lot. And I think my skills are getting better (or at least less bad XD).

I assume board games are not an option? I’ve played Salem with probably 10 players and it’s quite fun. It will take much less than 6 hours though.

But I don’t want to leave just challenging the question without suggestions, so I’ll ramble on…

I’m thinking very quick character creation (if anything because I have players who are unable to take less than an hour doing so), perhaps something like Mothership or pretty much any PbtA. Or pregens.

Spotlight time will be an issue, so a something with very fast combat mechanics should be very important.

I’m pondering if it’s worth a shot trying something like Dread, but I’m not sure if 6 hours is too long for a game like Dread.

I’m curious: do the 12 of you (+GM) usually play all at the same time?

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Yeah, shading would have helped.

I once read (or maybe watched a video?) saying that most cartographers shade as id the sun were in the upper left of the image. Of course, it’s an artist choice, so many more decide against it. :)

But even if you’re not an astronomy enthusiast, you can open up Google Maps and check out the satellite photo layer. Every now and then, you’ll come across a terrain feature that you can’t easily tell if it’s raised or depressed.

Huh. Didn’t pay much attention myself, but perhaps they meant to convey “availability” instead?

Actual plaster. Diluted.

I don't know if there are many types, but it's the one used to fill-in small details or to cover holes left by nails.

You could say I kinda have...

The thing is I mostly use scraps of paper that would otherwise be thrown away or shredded. Also, it's possible that if I used graph paper, my shaky hand would be more noticeable. 😅