Starting Mission Specialists
Hey folks. Our group will be doing the starting mission for The Horned One soon. We’ll have 4 players plus me, the GM. I don’t see the Specialists called out in the mission, so I’m guessing we use 2...
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The Deep Druids, a faction
Spun up a new faction and thought y’all might enjoy it as well TURF: The Deep Forest. An overgrown world of dark brambles that coexists alongside Duskvol, only accessible where the natural barrier...
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[LFP] Band of Blades - A Baptism of Fire
With a fresh faced army of youths, they sent you to reclaim a war torn city, locked in sin and lost to the Daemon… You are an Exorcist of the Grael army. Exorcists are decorated officers who must lead...
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Hello I am trying to track down a thread by John and Ron Edwards called “Can someone explain the true reasons behind traits (PTA style) to me?” I found it in a bibliography of a French book on RPG...
View ArticleA problem with healing i coudnt answer
Hey there everyone, ive been running bitd for friends and was wondering if anyobne could answer something at the end of last hiest two of my players were full on level 3 harm with 1 stress left each,...
View ArticleDrupal errors
Hi @John_Harper! The Blades website has some errors pushing the content below the fold on mobiles, thought you’d want to know. 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
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Foundry Tips for BitD?
Hi, first time BitD GM prepping. It’s mostly creating some nice macros to roll names, locations etc and switch scenes with zoom in to locations. Much lighter prep than other RPGs. HOWEVER… The rules...
View ArticleCorruption and squad
Hi everyone. It’s not clear to me how corruption works on unnamed squad member. For example: a squad of 5 rookies got 2 corruption (toxic gas). No specialist can help them. Does every rookies get 2...
View ArticleLooking For Playtesters (Kung Fu Gangsters!)
So I might have accidentally written a full-game hack of Forged in the Dark (60 000 words!) complete with a unique setting and a handful of rules hacks. I only wanted to see if I could make wǔxiá work...
View ArticleLooking for a discord dice bot - bitdicebot appears offline
Hello scoundrels and GMs, I’m setting up to run a new campaign of Blades in the Dark, and getting pretty excited. I’m going to run it online, through discord chat and voice chat, and I used to have a...
View ArticleHow well will Band of Blades work if only 2 players can show up regularly?
Basically the title. I have a 3rd who’s interested, but life will keep them from reliably making it to the session and I don’t want to leave them out. I can see little disruption to the missions, but...
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Uncönsekrated Encöre: A one-shot pamphlet RPG using the Paragon System
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay Announcing Uncönsekrated Encöre! A one-shot pamphlet RPG about a heavy metal band fighting the forces of Hell, made using the Paragon System Get the playset:...
View ArticleBreaking Coruscant (A Star Wars Story)
I’m adopting Blades in the Dark to run an Andor style Star Wars campaign following a rebel cell trying to bring down the Imperial Capitol. I’ve written a little spiel here: The Emperor is dead. The...
View ArticleBlades in the Dark System on DadinciBot
Hello Everyone, I’m thrilled to introduce you to a bot that I personally built for Twitter 11 years ago. However, due to the new restrictions on that platform, we have decided to expand our horizons...
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Witches of Midnight Final Day!
Our Forged in the Dark offering about witches in the modern world is still available on Kickstarter until noon tomorrow, I would love some feedback on the campaign from anyone who has paid attention...
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Introducing myself and Route 6D6 my Rock n' Roll Americana Psychedelic...
Hello Blades in the Dark Community! My name is Stirling, I am a professional illustrator, long time GM, and (tentatively trying out the title) Game Designer. Most recently you might have seen my...
View ArticleVillain Mastermind npc new game
Hi, I’m prepping for a Blades in the Dark game. After doing character creation a week ago the players talked about starting the game as sorta whitehat thieves. They “appraise” the security for a...
View ArticleDownloads page - core play sheets
the first link on the download page says “download core play sheets here” and a broken link to https://bladesinthedark.com/sites/default/files/sheets/blades_core_playsheets.pdf i recall seeing...
View ArticleSuggestions or tips for running an office game?
Bit of an odd and one off question here, but I wondered if anyone had any stories (successful or otherwise) they could share about running a Blades and the Dark game for co-workers. There are a few...
View Article[LFG] Blades in the Dark at Australia friendly time
Hey, as the title says, I’m looking for a group to play Blades in the Dark with. Would prefer in person, if in the Adelaide area, but I don’t mind playing online through Roll20 or foundry. 1 post - 1...
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