Blightburg (PBtA)
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THE PITCH
Blightburg is a player driven game of intrigue and character drama set in a grim Renaissance era city. The dramatic intrigue is spiced with occasional action¸ witches and Faustian pacts with demons. The characters range from shifty lowlifes and zealous fanatics to powerful but flawed individuals involved in complex schemes. As a TV series analogy¸ think of it as a mash-up of Game of Thrones and Salem in the Renaissance period.
FEATURES
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Player driven gameplay fueled by the characters' three beliefs
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A lifepath based character creation system
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A set of basic and lifepath moves optimized for intrigue play
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Mechanics that allow the players in the audience to explore the characters in the scene
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Opposing character traits whose relative strengths are explored during play
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A tight set of witchcraft moves to empower characters lacking other means of influence
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A step-by-step situation creation procedure that involves the whole group
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Clear prep and kickoff instructions for the GM
Your object in all of this is to find out who the player characters are deep down inside.
PLAY
Best with 3-4 players¸ a game master and a campaign of 5-10 sessions. Print the play aids¸ follow the procedure to build your web of conflict¸ create the characters and start exploring them!
MATERIALS
You can check the character sheet¸ move reference¸ Devil's seat play aid as well as the situation and character creation references for free on the game's website. Additionally¸ Roll20.net has a digital character sheet for the game.