Topic: New RM Classic/RM2 Actual Play Campaign - "Twilight of the Old Order"

[jdale]

>Typically can you predict a Total Party Kill (TPK) in advance or are they a total surprise in your TTRPGs?

I could design an encounter to kill the total party but in practice I don't want to do that. I have had the party overwhelmed and defeated, but I did not see it coming. Definitely some mistakes on the player side I could not have predicted....

[C.Tozer]

Hi J Dale - yep for sure you never can pick what the party is going to do huh? Thanks too for all the assisttance you have provided the RM community over the years too by the way.

>Typically can you predict a Total Party Kill (TPK) in advance or are they a total surprise in your TTRPGs?

I could design an encounter to kill the total party but in practice I don't want to do that. I have had the party overwhelmed and defeated, but I did not see it coming. Definitely some mistakes on the player side I could not have predicted....

[C.Tozer]

What are the best 1st or last words from a character in a TTPRPG game that you will always remember & why so?

Please check out our new Rolemaster Actual play episode; (E119) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Not today, Hades”

https://youtu.be/mXyYasFQ8lI?si=ZC0PykQI-OJDhD1L

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

 What have been the most intense repercussions for characters who have "murder hobo-ed"/killed innocents in a TTRPG you have seen?

Check out our new Rolemaster Actual play episode; (E120a: Side Quest) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Murder in the alleys”

https://youtu.be/rUMGIQD35xE?si=kOFbdv3Ezr3tGasP

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

What is the biggest "I didn't see that coming!" moment you have experienced mid combat in a TTRPG?
 
To see one such moment check our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E143) Twilight of the Old Order “The dice rolled in our favour”

Key moments in the Episode:
   - Server Elemental - 1:09:54
   - Spine severing - 1:18:11
   - A wee surprise - 2:02:00

https://youtu.be/bsLXlNrfZ2E?si=zOul-YbQ8HhkiUoN&t=1

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

What is the best way you have experience a GM/DM handle a "lore dump" in a TTRPG?
 
Check our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E120) Ain’t no place for a Hero “The calm before the Storm”

https://youtu.be/IJpIE5yHlz8?si=yAgJrFBaMpiSOjQS&t=1

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

 What is the worst "combat gone wrong" in TTRPG game you have seen?
 
Check out a combat that goes VERY wrong in our new Rolemaster Actual play episode; (E120b: Side Quest) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Picking open the Dark”

https://youtu.be/o7BY15NkPX8?si=u19ctoIVKLWOy3X5&t=1

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

How helpless is a paralyzed spell caster in your TTRPGs?
 
Check out our spell caster and see, in our new Rolemaster Actual play episode; (E120c: Side Quest) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Naked Truths”

https://youtu.be/4I6OUJ42t90?si=l1bdXc0kJUKEtmpk

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

How often do negotiations & communication mistakes play a critical role in your TTRPGs?
 
Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E145) Twilight of the Old Order “Sitting on the Fence”

https://youtu.be/dGIgjWKE-FA?si=Sv21oniXL8HZ2hrM

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

Visions of Horror & Monkey Business!!
 
Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play: (E123) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Past Visions + More Monkey Business"

https://youtu.be/q7qDY5oXH-E?si=fPE1w1nksunc9KXO&t=1

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

Is it metagaming if players form their characters into a predetermined battle formation at the start of each fight without describing their individual movements in a TTRPG?
 
Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E147) Twilight of the Old Order “Incy Wincy Spiders”

https://youtu.be/_VLTXN3b_x8?si=5JkyzN9Hv6-lDjuI&t=1

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

Undead swamp horrors!! Watch your back!

Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E124) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Backs to the Flames", to see all the action & zombie smashing!

https://youtu.be/XujuRWFzn1I?si=r32uqPv8C04pPZqo

May the dice roll in your favor!

[C.Tozer]

Burn baby burn! Who knows players who just like to burn stuff??

Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E125) Ain’t no place for a Hero “If in Doubt Light It on Fire!” Hot stuff!

https://youtu.be/TxmCehLogr0?si=-vlsSSX2_VGy0pX9

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay #KiwiRPG

[C.Tozer]

Rolemaster is deadly! Roll to hit, then roll damage & criticals often kill, like the image attached which took down a character last night. Yikes!

Want to learn more about the system? Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E126) Ain’t no place for a Hero “The Dead of Night", to see all the action (critical at ~2:30:38)

https://youtu.be/QGiy9FFiYIs?si=xDDi6GCA7wcrv8vu


May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay #KiwiRPG

[C.Tozer]

"Head strike. Foe's brain falls victim to massive shock and Surface burns. Foe drops into unconsciousness, and dies in 6 rounds. +20 hits." … and this is the NICEST result of a roll of a 100 for an Electricity Critical in Rolemaster! Eeeek!
 
This result was rolled in our Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E127) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Wall to Wall Bloody Ghouls" last night … check out the link below for the action:

https://youtu.be/-sMQsP-fuss?si=WuH5JKqVUEDjDvZR

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay #KiwiRPG

[EltonJ]

"Head strike. Foe's brain falls victim to massive shock and Surface burns. Foe drops into unconsciousness, and dies in 6 rounds. +20 hits." … and this is the NICEST result of a roll of a 100 for an Electricity Critical in Rolemaster! Eeeek!

Yep, sounds like Rolemaster! At least your heroes are capable warriors. It's a good thing you are putting up these podcasts.  Keep doing it!

[C.Tozer]

Yikes! Nasty fight coming up …

Check out a major "Uh-Oh" moment in our game last night at 2:55.51 in our Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E149) Twilight of the Old Order “Perhaps we should have been Quieter?”

https://youtu.be/tCH79UAM-rk?si=zUNo2pONxNa6FzAr

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

Okay … so didn't expect that!!!

See 2:37:09 for an unexpected turn in a fight with a 14' Construct in our Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E150) Twilight of the Old Order “A weight off our Mind”

https://youtu.be/nWauaNDY0Gg?si=0rVZKY5wVPFcoVf2

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

So have you heard of the Rolemaster Criticals? Basically roll to hit & it you hit well enough you do some of this nastiness to your enemies (see attached)? Ouch!

For more crits & shenanigans see our new episode Rolemaster Actual Play: (E151) Twilight of the Old Order "Thought you were safe hiding in a room?"

https://youtu.be/ja1MTLOVh04?si=ZAK_eGtiXdrc5Zex

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

[C.Tozer]

Friendly NPC Deaths! Do NPC deaths often hit the party in the feels in your TTRPGs?
 
We played in person recently! Check out our new episode & everyones faces for a change - Rolemaster Actual Play: (E129) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Dead & alive: Schrödinger’s Validation”

https://youtu.be/PH-Ugm09mTA?si=q1BwGcpRNtvszPVa

May the dice roll in your favor!

#rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay #KiwiRPG