I compiled all the maha signs into one table. those included in the rosary have a box around them, so your players may figure out what some of the signs mean while experimenting with the rosary. It may not be neccessary to solve the Pelagia riddle, but I found it weird not to have them shown on the rosary.
I found it very useful to not think about percentages of given price, but the actual situation the hagglers are in. Once a peddler-pc wanted to buy some iron and rent a smithy to craft something and wanted to pay with a gold piece (I placed some that were minted in Glethra - as a plot hook). Unfortunately, there wasn't much the smith could do with a gold coin, so It took our peddler a successful manipulation roll to get the equivalent of 7 silver in rent and iron. Dalb, fully aware that the PCs had no torches and inside weatherstone was dark, asked double the price, if not more.
Remember there is no economy in the Forbidden Lands (yet?), so favours and goods in demand will be common. Also let them know that there is a point where coins become heavy ;)
Going lemmy is the right thing, it's the better product without big-corp envolvement and brings social media back their owners. It has of course not the refinement of an app that runs for 12 years. But everyone can help improve it, since it's open source. But since reddit is open again I expect things to slow down here (until reddit goes full twitter again and the next wave of protesters arive. we'll see)
I used to run Forbidden Lands excessively for several years now. Kinda moved on to new games, but still play Bitter Reach and one campaignless hexcrawl.
UPDATE: the sheets are now printable if you right click and select "print". If you choose "Background graphics" the red dots to show attribute damage will be printed as well. So if that kept you from using the sheets - you can now bring them to the table.
You need successes to heal damage with the heal skill, whereas magic requires you to spend willpower but it "just works" (misshaps notwithstanding). Note also that you can't tend to critical injuries with healing hands (but with heal skill) - you need mend wounds for that.
No. If a player uses his throwing spear, let him decide which talent to use. He may switch for the next attack, but each attack should benefit from only one of the two talents.
This is essentially copy/paste of what I wrote on blahaj.zone, forgive me when I could have done it more elegantly:
I believe it hits the sweet spot on many levels, including:
Combat is much quicker resolved (and, as stated above, much more streamlined and fluid than pathfinder or DnD). A character has at most 6 Hitpoints (his strength), and losing those points makes him weaker (because they use strength to do melee attacks as well). At the same time, becoming "broken" takes you out of the fight and you receive a critical injury, possibly, but not necessarly, death. Call it - more dangerous, but less deadly.
I in fact love it enough to have opened the lemmy community.
Edit: I think it's vital to have a Session 0, especially with players accustomed to D&D.
I believe it hits the sweet spot on many levels, including:
Combat is much quicker resolved (and, as stated above, much more streamlined and fluid than pathfinder or DnD). A character has at most 6 Hitpoints (his strength), and losing those points makes him weaker (because they use strength to do melee attacks as well). At the same time, becoming "broken" takes you out of the fight and you receive a critical injury, possibly, but not necessarly, death. Call it - more dangerous, but less deadly.
I in fact love it enough to have opened the lemmy community.
Edit: I think it's vital to have a Session 0, especially with players accustomed to D&D.
So usually I would post this into the link collection, I just recently discovered more cool features that I like to share. If you are the author of this tool or know who it is: receive my gratitude and respect.
How to have online charactersheets & group overview:
in the addressbar of your browser, notice the id=xxx... bit. This id leads to your unique character! anybody using this link will be able to see & edit your character; That's why you should:
backup your character by "Export" - you'll receive an ".fsjson" file that you can "Import" should anything break with your character. I recommend saving regularly.
go to https://groups.forbidden-sheets.com/ and enter a name for your crew. Choose wisely, as you won't be able to change it later. It does not have to be unique though.
at the bottom, paste the url to your character and click "Attach". repeat until done
Voila! you have an overview of your group and a shortcut to your characters. (mouseover a character card, "open full sheet")
Add sebedius, a helpful bot to handle inititive & dicerolls, to your discord (https://github.com/Stefouch/sebedius-myz-discord-bot) and you're good to play online.
It may prove useful
"place them where you want", they said. But if you want a consistent world, not every placement will make equal sense. Find thoughts and inspiration on where (and why) to put the Raven's purge sites.
Beware:
Spoilers ahead
Although your GM might have an entirely different view on the world. You have been warned, though.
What is your current favourite player character? Tell us about their Kin/Profession, what makes them special? Bonus points for Prides/Dark Secrets. Your next character might be inspired from a post here.
I played lots of forbidden lands and quite some dragonbane. Undoubtedly dragonbane is much more heroic with the aforementioned death saves, hitpoints and conditions. Bear im mind that damage taken while down (from an aoe-monster attack or a stray fireball) is an automatically failed safe. In my experience you can absolutely play it gritty, dark & challenging, just by giving less opportunity to rest & be on friendly grounds. You could even homebrew-temper with the death saves, die after 2fails but recuperate with 5successes, or leave them out entirely. But gain a bit of experience with playing as intended. Characters do die, by no means less often than in fbl.