05-28-2018, 09:36 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.A.
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'Smell A Rat', Advice or help please? Anyone who has run it?
Greetings,
On June 16th I will be running a Dungeon Fantasy game session at the store for "Free RPG Day". Okay I haven't GM-ed any game sessions for 3 or 4 years and I'm feeling really rusty. In the past I have run long GURPS campaigns that lasted more than 2 or 3 years. I am planning to use the "I Smell A Rat" adventure that is included in the DF boxed set. The plan is to try and time the game session to be 3 to 4 hours long - which is the length of both 'Pathfinder' and "D&D" game sessions that others run at our store tables. The Main questions: 1) Who has run the Adventure before? 2) What is the best way to pace it to fit 3 or 4 hours? 3) What habits or crutches I had as a GURPS GM that I don't need when I run Dungeon Fantasy? Any other tips or tricks for running "I Smell A Rat?" - Ed C.
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05-28-2018, 10:21 PM | #2 | |
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Sydney
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Re: 'Smell A Rat', Advice or help please? Anyone who has run it?
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Haven't 2) Im thinking of running it over two sessions at a con Start in media res In the basement as the fight breaks out. Then if the PCs want to talk and interact thats great but you don't lose 30 mins in negotiations. Be prepared to cut fights, have monsters run away or disintegrate. Also finish immediately after the big final fight. Are you going to use tactical combat? That will slow things down immensely. Also magic.... explaining that to non GURPS players is a chore. 3) I dont know |
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05-29-2018, 04:19 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Canada
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Re: 'Smell A Rat', Advice or help please? Anyone who has run it?
I think fitting it into a 3 or 4 hour session could be challenging. I ran it for a group of inexperienced roleplayers with limited to no previous experience with GURPS, and it ended up stretching out over nine 3 to 5 hour sessions. (We are now three sessions into the successor adventure "Against the Rat-men", and have just got into the Main hallway.) It could have wrapped up much more quickly, but I think it would be difficult to finish in the time you have available.
To speed it up, use “And Stay Down!” (Exploits, p. 86), and, as lachimba says, tactical combat (which we were using) can drag things out.
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05-29-2018, 05:54 AM | #4 | |
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Saint Paul, MN
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Re: 'Smell A Rat', Advice or help please? Anyone who has run it?
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Finally, I don't know how things customarily work at your store event, but I recommend using sample characters that you either create yourself or pull from Delvers to Go or this forum. This allows you to plan ahead for the abilities that the delvers are likely to have. |
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05-29-2018, 09:02 AM | #5 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Re: 'Smell A Rat', Advice or help please? Anyone who has run it?
Discussions in
http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=152846 and the threads linked in its second post might help you. To fit it in 3-4 hours, you will have to cut down a lot of the elements in the adventure. |
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