What do icy waterfalls, greasy floors, and light stealing smoke have in common? They’re all hazards! Welcome to Lair of Secrets. In this episode we’re talking about Shadowdark hazards. The things that drown you, crush you, blind you, steal your memories, and more! Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Shadowdark Hazards02:33 Types of Hazards in Shadowdark04:50 (Spoiler […]
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Venturing into the dark is dangerous, and the Shadowdark RPG offers monstrous threats, dangerous traps, and treacherous hazards to throw at your players. What it doesn’t provide is a hazards chart listing potential damage and check difficulty classes. So we made one. What are hazards? The Shadowdark Core Rules detail hazards — persistent threats like
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Our Shadowdark RPG one-shot concludes as the adventurers confront the vampiric horror lurking in the depths of the Lost Temple. Chapters 0:00 Intro – Return to the Lair of Secrets2:10 The Vampire Dilemma – Rest or Risk It?8:00 Light, Lore & Vampire Prep19:00 Into the Darkness – Back to the Temple28:00 The Encounter Begins –
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Torch rings — 12″ metal rings that are typically used for crafting — let you easily track light source illumination at your real-world ShadowDark table. The idea is simple. You buy a ring to represent the amount of illumination cast by your light source of choice. At our table, we interpreted “sheds light to ‘Near’
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We talk with Derek White, one of the minds behind DarkSpace, a science fiction rules hack for Shadowdark. Together with his co-creator Than Gibson, they created and released the basic rules through DMing the World and DriveThru RPG Now they’ve got a Kickstarter for an expanded version that quickly blew past their $15,000 goal and
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