Halloween 2021 Special - BTS - The Victims Game

Sit back and enjoy this Halloween themed episode for Railguns & Dragons, as I have Steven Dawes from HouseofBTS.net join me and talk about his experiences playing the Victims games, located in the BTS 1e core book, p197. 

 

This was a really interesting episode, because while I've always seen this in the back of the book, I've never actually used it, as I didn't think anyone would be interested in it. As a huge fan of horror and thriller movies, this seemed right up my alley. 

 

I could easily run a Slasher stalker type adventure for fun. So listen in as Steve who is a master at BTS, gives some solid advice at convincing your group to play, to even running the monster of the "movie". It was a fun episode!

Palladium Fantasy - Clergy - Priests!

In this video, I am back on the table for another point of view video, Some folks have requested more videos like this, so I figured let's try it again. Anyhow, in this video, I am going over the Clergy OCC, Priests and the powers their Gods have bestowed upon them! 

 

Sitting down talking about Clergy today in the Palladium Fantasy world. I am not sure if I like this video style still, but some folks did comment they wanted it again, so here you go! Enjoy! Like, Comment, share :)
 

Tell me what you think?

 

House Rules - Fantasy 1e - Armor/Shield Maintenance

 

Something that always bugged me was that in Palladium Fantasy 1e (far as the core book is concerned) does not go into detail or cover anything about Armor & Shield repair/maintenance. So I've come up with some house rules to make things a bit easier to make it happen.

House Rules - Fantasy 1e - Called Shots

 

This mostly applies to Fantasy 1e, but can work for any edition of any game that doesn't clearly have rules defined for this situation. 

In later editions, called shots takes up 2 actions to get a -4 (Head/Arm/Leg) and aiming your shot, which added a +2, ate up another action. So basically you'd be burning 3 actions to hit someone directly in a certain area that you picked (Head/Arm/Leg). 

In my game, a called shot is normally -4, which would be looking to hit a Head/Arm/Leg, rolling above an 17. If the player rolls below an 18, they missed the target as its such a small area to hit, they were off by a small bit and the melee weapon or ranged weapon just misses its target.

Now if someone wants to hit a smaller target, like a hand, a foot, a knee or even a crotch (Hey its been attempted!) its even harder to hit those areas, making a -8 to hit, having to hit a target of 18.

Now of course all this is kind pointless if the AR is reaching 19 or 20...but that's not a worry right now and I can handle it in a case by case basis.

Thoughts?

Northern Hinterlands™ Overview & Thoughts

Welcome to another video! In this video I explain and go over book #13, the Northern Hinterlands. Talking about the new information that's in this book, the new OCCs, new magical items, new rules about snow & ice conditions, a great book to add to your pile of resources to mine for information in your campaign, whether you play 1e or 2e, this book is very useful. 

TLDL: Palladium Fantasy Recap - Session 2

In this Too Long, Didn't Listen episode, I recap what happened in session 2 of my Palladium Fantasy game. 

You can listen to actual play right here: 

• Episode 3 - https://rollhighordie.com/2021/10/08/palladium-megaverse-podcast-fantasy-1e-episode-3/ 
• Episode 4 - https://rollhighordie.com/2021/10/12/palladium-megaverse-podcast-fantasy-1e-episode-4/

BTS - Interview with Steven Dawes, Creature Feature!

Welcome to another video. This time I changed it up a bit as I had a chance to sit down with Steven Dawes of HouseofBTS.net website and author of the new Creature Feature book coming soon from Palladium Games. In this interview we talk about Steven's background as a Supernatural Ghost Hunter, how he got involved in gaming, What to expect in Creature Feature with some sample art and some General advice for running BTS. Check it out! 

House Rules - Fantasy 1e - Traps & Locating them

 

As anyone knows who reads my blog, listens to my YouTube videos and actual plays for the Palladium Megaverse Podcast, I tend to run the earlier systems for Palladium games. That's because I grew up playing these games and I felt I really didn't need to update things. I felt the games were good enough on their own and if there was an issue, I can always house rule it to my liking. That's the type of game/system I enjoy and as a GM, I love the challenge of figuring out how to make things work.

Fantasy 1e - Mind Mage!

In this episode, I flip to page 123 of the core book, going over the mind mage class, the abilities and then talk a little about the psionics in general. I thought this was a fun class, but probably not something I'd include in my fantasy game, I just don't like mixing Psionic abilities with fantasy. This has always been a personal preference that I've had with all games, not just Palladium. Hey if I am running the game, I can do as I please. If you are running it and included it, I would never say a peep!

Palladium Fantasy - Adventures in the Northern Wilderness Overview & Thoughts

Welcome to another video! In this video, I go over a book that got me thinking back in the day about adventures in the snow & ice. This book is out of print and replaced by another book, but is still full of great ideas and information for your 1e campaign. I think its a valued addition to anyone's book shelf if you run Palladium Fantasy.

Palladium Fantasy 1e - The Summoner!

Today we flip to page 113 of the 1e book and talk about Summoners. I also give some advice on how to handle circles and the possible abuse of the class. I am also going to reference Book 3, High Seas P24 to answer some questions about summoners as the core 1e book leaves things too open.


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TLDL: Palladium Fantasy Recap - Session 1

A new series I started on my channel to give reports on how my game was going, called Too Long Didn't Listen, because you can listen to each and every game session my group goes through over at rollhighordie.com but as we know, most people don't really care for actual plays, even if they are 1 hour or less.

So I came up with a video series, to compact the recaps into small bite sized chunks where a person can enjoy it and get some DM insight on how things went and what I tried. 

Seems to have gone over well!

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◘ Palladium Fantasy 1e book
◘ Palladium Fantasy 2e book
◘ RIFTS 1e
◘ RIFTS Ultimate Edition
◘ Game Master Kit
◘ Heroes Unlimited 1e Basic
◘ Heroes Unlimited 2e

Palladium Fantasy 1e - The Diabolist!

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◘ Heroes Unlimited 2e

Palladium Fantasy - Western Empire Overview & Thoughts

House Rule - Memory Recall

 

There comes a time in your campaign that you've given out some important information and it flew past your players, or maybe some time passed between gaming sessions and no one remembers or wrote it down.