Nice session report with Shadowdark. What’s your opinion on this game?
I’m hoping to try it after our Scarlet Citadel game.
@copacetic I have been planning to run Shadowdark in my in-person home group (currently running CY_BORG) when the physical books arrive. I didn’t want to wait, so I’ve been prepping Shadowdark for online play in FoundryVTT which has pretty good support. The Shadowdark discord ( https://discord.gg/thearcanelibrary ) has a thread on using SD in Foundry with tons of resources and super nice helpful people.
I have yet to run Shadowdark, but it seems like a perfect way to introduce D&D 5E players an oldschool dungeon craw campaign. There’s familiar mechanics (dis/advantage), the old percentile Thief skill tables are gone, and DCC-style “roll to cast” seems like it’d be more palatable for folks used to attack Cantrips and ample spell slots. Plus, Kelsey Dionne is a fantastic adventure writer, so we’re all but guaranteed years of top-shelf modules.
Are percentage-based skills hard to understand? I’ve played a bunch of BRP stuff (Call of Cthulhu/Delta Green), so it’s basically second nature to me.
Though maybe it’s because you’re mixing d100 and d20 at that point…
Yup, unified resolution mechanics tend to be easier for new players to grasp. (I suppose a good comparison would be if Call of Cthulhu had you bust out a d20 to resolve breaking and entering.)
Shadowdark (like White Box: FMAG) replaced the d100 thief skills table with a simple, “Roll advantage on Thief type ability checks.” It’s a personal preference thing, but I like it.
