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[RollPlay: Blades Q&A] Episode 10: The Bees

no, its that people dont give theses shows a try and was hoping to get help with how to make someone see how great this show is because this is honestly better than a cable show…

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That one is rough. I think the new viewership thing is a struggle for a lot of these shows since there is just so much freaking content!

Good question.

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not only that amount of content isnt what i think people a afraid of i think they just think its going to be bad because its RP…

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so what do you think about this problem Mr.John? because today’s RP showed that its worth your time and emotional investment XD

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Oh, I’m subbed to the Patreon. Just thought there was no harm in asking here too. They have asked for questions before. :stuck_out_tongue:

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There was some preplanning - I think I’m the only one who knew the full story of what had happened to Belle (because I wrote it). Wheat and Geoff were completely in the dark, Zeke basically only knew that his sister had disappeared and her spirit somehow became trapped in the book. I worked out some of the specifics with John but none of them knew what I was going to say. I made a list of bullet points for things I wanted to mention and the rest was live!

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…amazing have you considered becoming a movie star :3

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Mother of god… 10/10

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I may have had something in my eye.

You can’t make someone like a thing. But you can talk about why you like it and point them to it. After that, it’s up to them. :slight_smile: Maybe find a short bit in a YouTube video that really nails the thing you love about watching RollPlay, then share just that short bit, so they don’t have to commit a lot of effort to trying it out.

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thank you very much that is exactly what i was looking for ^^

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because i am craving more blades in the dark also because i think your game is amazing i will watch all your episodes on your youtube channel ^^

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Just finishing watching the post show. Bravo. Great job taking those notes and weaving something truly magnificent. I look forward to seeing how more of that story unfolds. As Zeke mentioned, there’s definitely going to be a tipping point for Aldo at some point in this storyline. I’m curious to see Rune’s part in that story too, considering her aptitude with ghosts.

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Here’s a question for @iNcontroLTV what does Firm’s sword look like? Is it a full weeb katana? Or is it medieval looking? Just having a rough time picturing the bullet scene in my head. Also for you or @OneSevenDesign what does the ghost killing spear look like? Thanks! I loved the show!

I suspect it’s something spiky.

That or ultimate ornate nerdcore knife you’d find on on some giant geeks wall. xD

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I picture a saber or thin scimitar. But only Geoff knows for sure.

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One hell of a performance today from AnneMunition and Ezekiel_III .
At the risk of sounding a tad soppy, I feel that said performances earn the honesty to say that the intensity of emotion that Zeke was able to display during that scene coupled with the painful sincerity that Anne brought to a character with no prior backstory besides simply being Aldos sister, actually caused me to turn the volume of the stream down and to take it off of full screen because it was that convincing and raw. A knee jerk overreaction? most likely, but as I said, it warrants the honesty. So truly, as a fan, I’d like to say Thank You.

As I mentioned in the Q&A for episode 9, I do ponder the possible developments of Aldo as a character, I noted last time whether the introduction of the “Getting a taste for it” clock was a sign of a paradigm shift of Aldo walking the Carriless Path. Now with the understandable rage upon learning his beloved sisters grim fate and continued suffering, will we see the favoured son of “She Who Slays In The Dark”, Carriless Firm, tempt Aldo into embracing the Goddess to aid him on this revenge tour? One can only hope.

I also hope that Geoff/@iNcontroLTV will think about investing in, if memory serves, the “Cultist” Veteran Skill that will allow him to converse with the Goddess, I’m really interested in her being fleshed out and being more of an active presence for both him personally and for the rest of the Gang. Not a demand, just a hope.

One last thing, I wanted to ask @OneSevenDesign if you’ve ever thought about a system to reward great roleplay during sway rolls or the like? I’ve noticed that often Geoff speaks in character straight away to a situation because he seemingly really lives and breathes his characters, then he has to roll and sometimes it’s sorta retconned because the roll was too low or something, I know that Geoff personally often revels in the randomness, but still, out of combat, it would be interesting if at your discretion you could award someone say a +1 dice on their sway roll or something for engrossing roleplay in the moment.

Once again I end up wanting/needing to put thoughts to paper in the form of a wall of text, so my apologies for that. Looking forward to next episode and what it brings.

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I was wondering if it would be possible to show character and crew sheets on screen, when appropriate? I.e. when a player does their downtime, we’d see their sheet, or when the crew gets an upgrade, we’d get to see that.

Edit: Oh, and I forgot… @AnneMunition - :itmejp10::itmejpfist:::itmejpcrit:

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I saw that you had stated that Rune’s ritual essentially creates an Expert Cohort, at a cost of 4 Stress. I’m under the impression that this essentially works just like the Hound’s ability Ghost Hunter, where they get a pet with a ghost power, in Myth’s case the Ghost Form and Mind Link powers. Except instead of ghost-ey, it’s shadow-ghost-ey.

I was wondering, could Rune research modifications to the Ritual to make Myth a Fine Expert, since she doesn’t seem very interested in learning other Rituals so far and how would you handle that? Is there a way to do this with other Cohorts? And as GM, what advice would you have if a player suddenly went, “I want to summon like five more Myths now”?

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I envisioned a thin flexible sort of saber. Kind of like a medieval (not Renaissance) rapier, but shorter and curved. I’m interested in what Geoff will say :slight_smile:

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I need more CLOCKS!!! You can do so much with them! Rune could make Myth stronger. They could get an advantage against their main target. Make a new weapon. Hell, maybe even become immortal. I need more clocks! … Ok … That’s all.