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mister shine, you are 1 superb guy! i'm gonna use these in my next session. i have a guy in my party who always focusses and has a at least to every shot he makes.

^wht malsqueek said. also and this may seem "dumb" to say but. Malifaux is a TTG, a skirmish game, TTB is an RPG, in the skirlish game everything is in general well balanced (in general okay, no discussions on this) in the RPG its foremost a story telling setting and some combat can happen. the players are fated, strong, powerfull and can cheat fate! i had a battle.. that involved a 96x72 table, FULL with scenery. the nephilim invaded innocence. i had the setting they used on innocence but my players wanted a fully fledged battle/siege/invasion the players could easily manage 1 mature, 2 youngs and 3 terror tots.. they however, could not take 8 matures, 25 youngs and 50 terror tots in 1 stroke. this battle required cunning, scheming and a LOT of recources that they spend to deal with this. they managed to win, and they won good. and it was mostly because they where so strong and they have one of the strongest coherent parties i have ever seen. but this battle is something they still talk about and chat about. on how they managed to win this awesome battle. for me, combat is something for the players to calm their minds, to have this feeling of godlike status, to prove they are strong, so they don't have al the narrative, because only talking. is "boring" its a good thing to glue everything together. and if you really want to challenge the players. chellange them in something that can really kill them, a horde of gremlins, a horde of undead. a chase wich requires other skillchecks. i do not neglect however, that the combat is highly in favor of the fated. especially with all the amor but eventually.. if you want a fated dead.. its not hard to kill

check the advanced pursuit steamfitter. and the construction rules are there for the players, and not for an NPC a watcher is nearly not as expensive as you might think. 1 of my players just created a construct with AV 10 on its fighting skills and has 8 wounds etc. and it was not as expensive since he had a lot of materials at hand etc.

as far as i know.. they don't. WYRD GET THIS DONE!!

i have the pdf. and most likely will get the hard copy very nice books! and what can is ay.. i really love TTB and i'm a collector

^what he said i helped with the beta in the first book. and i was a new players (FM) and in my group there where new players and "veteran" players. just reading and testing once a month sometimes is all we need, if we have 20 group with aprox 4-5 people, thats a lot of data and feedbak

i would like to playtest together with my group i did it before and we can do it again edit: i'm not a huge poster right now.. thats because i don't have mucht to say give me a reason to keep posting!

^what they said + make sure everyone has their moment to shine, even in a session not for their abilities, like a social character in a more combat orientated session. its what i do. and players love it. also make sure that players have some things to discuss about. give them information that has NOTHING to do with the current setting. but may be used later on. stopping on a moment where the players know "oh next session, sh*t is going down!" gives them the chance to make strategies outside the gaming room. thus strenghtening the bond of your party. right now my party calls themself the fAte- team (pun intended) because of recent development in the story. they just finished the innocence penny dreadfull and the last chapter, we did a full town on a big table an they got a siege from everywhere. it was a lot of fun this is what my players wanted, and i provide cheers

thanks for the fast respons

the vague one just got mentioned, early summer. i still got one question about future penny dreadfulls and future books. people that did the KS. will they receive all penny dreadfulls (pdf version)? if i remember correctly they will. but what about future books? do they also receive the pdf version? or do we just buy the new book? does somebody know?

i found out that a master in TTB is not such a very big threat in TTB as it should be (for combat heavy parties) so you can always tweak a bit

looks nice can't wait for the book to be released

i would recomend playing this its really fun to do, especially for new FM. it "teaches" you all kind of extra tricks in plotweaving, plotmaking and extra plots you can just add at ANY moment in the game. players get cocky: add this players loves arcanists: add this players HATE ressers or neverborn: HOHO! add this!! tonight i will be playing part 2 (act 2) of this penny dreadfull. i'm so excited about what my players will do tonight

thanks be free to use it

Ancient nephilim, Living, 2AP Might 5, Grace 0, Speed 2 Resilience 5 Charm -2 Int 0 Cun 2 Ten -3 (just leaves these out of them afterwards) Df 5 (15) WP 4 (14) Wounds 14 Walk 7 Charge 10 initiative: 4 (14) armor 1 (his hide is as tough as steel) hard to kill hard to wound Skills Melee (5) Toughness (4) survival (3) wilderniss (4) track (3) notice (4) abilities: nephilim rage: this model always attacks the enemy model that is closest to it ( is closest a word i'm not sure but you get the point ^^) blood regeneration: when wounding an opponent this model heals 1/2/4 damage black blood: (no explanation here) "thats a lot of blood": when this model has 7 or fewer wounds left, his black blood ability does 1 extra damage and the range is increased to 2 terrifying (living) 14 attacks: +1 melee expert (1) enormous claws Av 7 (17) Rng 3 dmg 5/6/8 rst def this attack has on the attack flip (2) wind cyclone 6 all models make a TN 13 toughness duel, if they fail they are pushed in base contact with this model allright so this is my big nephilim i'm gonna use, players will have a hard time fighting it. its henchman potential and near master potential, why isn't it a master? well i also wrote a bit of lore for them these ancient nephilim are so bloodlusted and full of rage, they can't think straight and always need a stronger will beside them to guide them and give them directions. they will always listen to the weaker but respected blood shamans and to stronger neverborn such as nekima, pandora, lilith, etc how ever when they see an enemy they will rush forward with the power of a steam train and won't stop until their target is dead. because their body has a greater affinity than the other nephilims (yeah it is possible) they heal when human blood touches their skin, immediatly absorbing the blood and their body regenerates instantly. it takes a very good nephilim hunter to take something like this head on. Even the Ortega's has seen only 2 of these in their hunt, always ending in a bloody battle and a lot of casualties. have fun and you can always use this model if you like you can tweak a bit to the level of your party, i made this because my party is a heavy combat party. they will take him down, altough i think someone will collapse or lose an arm or leg.

can you post the stats of that beastie? i would be happy to use that i can always learn more since i'm a starting FM

he orders the bits and things, so there may be some on him or give him a hard to wound. the player who did al the damage: look at "ooh shiny things" this basicly requires them to take an alternate approach, if off course the one who did al the damage is a mage, give him a kind of magic resist/counterspell ability i happen to find that a party who can defeat a master that is really tough to battle and they nearly died themself, love that battle much more than if they defeat said master in like 2 turns.. for the defence of innocence penny dreaffull, i'm going to create my own special nephilim in the final battle. why? because no serious, i have 3 dedicated fighters and they all have the ability to kill a mature in 1 activation, i think i'm going to put something like a mature on steroids in there (or a mature with a high dosage of blood in his body) like a veteran that is ht 4 has 14 wd's and can punch holes right through the party. to give them something extra in the final battle

allright thank you very much i will post here what i did after our sessions, next up is "The Vote" after that will be the defence set up and after that the battle

what he said ^ i never did a real trap, but mostly i do "ambush traps"

what i would have done Bitsy Pieces: level 10 Neverborn, Living 3AP Might 2, Grace 0, Speed -1 Resilience 3 Charm 2 Int -1 Cun 2 Ten 3 (just leaves these out of them afterwards) Df 5 (15-17) WP 5 (15) Wounds 12 Walk 5 Charge 5 armor 2 (he is made out of bits and things anyway) Skills Melee (2) Toughness (3) Whatevercontrollingknicknackswouldbe (3) (1)Swarm of Knick-knacks Av 5 (15) Rng 12 dmg 2/4/6 rst def (2) "Got your nose" Av 5 (15) Rng 2 dmg 4/5/8 rst def (1) "oooh! shiny things!" Av 7 (17) rng 10 rst wp target of this attack gets the following condition: disarmed: this character loses the weapon he was using when he got this condition. this attack can be done once per activation (and afterwards when they kill bitsy pieces they can retreive their weapons) DF Trigger (M) Shild of things -Knick Knacks absorb 1/2/3 damage. also let this master be accompannied by at least 5-6 "spiders" (just use spider stats but they are creations of this lord) so this will be a much bigger threat

Aaron, i don't think i saw this in the pd version or so. but i'm running this in my current campaign (the players absolutely love this!) because this whole nephilim attack thingy is exactly what i was doing in my current campaign. now since the party in my campaign has a very dedicated political player (so guess what..) he is running for mayor and probably will be able to become mayor (a wastrel pursuit and high convince stat and he is able to talk his wway out of almost everything and he wwas able to talk some sense into the drunk Gustavo Ortega) in the pdf there is something about the reaction of the people of innocence but there is nothing about "benefits and gains" when a players becomes the mayor, what he has to do if he becomes mayor, what he gets etc. maybe i just missed it somewhere in between the lines (its a big pdf) but can you help me with this? cheers

hi all whith the standard Advanced Pursuits in the FM almanac and additional AP's in the penny dreadfull and chronicles i came to 1 conclussion. where is the supportive/non combat Advanced pursuit? i mean like a performer, lawyer, or other pursuits that can help in narrative or can be a support in certain ways. i'm thinking of creating a lawyer, but i'm not sure where to start. how would you do this? cheers

first empressions: pro's: i really like how this is such a big campaign like story, not something to be done in a single adventure really like the fates at the start of each chapter that can be "solved" its really good to have somthing like this the extra complication chapter with additional things that can be used is really really good for a new FM like myself and these are things that can alway come back in a certain of way in later adventures. cons: its a lot! thats it. not sure if this is a con tough great job Wyrd! this really is a nice penny dreadfull

i havn't received any refund yet for the widow weaver is that because there where some widow weavers?

hi guys i am thinkin of adding an advanced pursuit the guild gaurd (i'm just writing this down now without having the book next to me) step 1: drill training as a rookie you started training under a drill sergeant, you gain armor training talent, and have acces to all armor for free except heavy armor, dukes of york and kite shield and gain the gaurdsmen characteristic step 2: out in the field surviving in Malifaux is something not easily done, especially as a guild gaurd gain hard to wound talent and gain a custom melee weapon and next trigger on one of your melee skills arrest: if the target has been damaged by this attack, he can't take any movement actions unless he suffers 1 wd step 3: partner training training for a partner pet gain the husbandry skill on rating 1 (if you have the skill you gain 1 xp) and have acces to a guild hound or a Malifaux raptor (that will be your pet) for free step 4: construct protection gaining acces to 1 hunter, 1 gaurdian, 1 watcher, 1 riotbreaker or 1 warden to help you at a price gain the leadership skill (if you have the skill already you gain 1 xp) gain the gaurd authority talent: gaurd authority: you can command 1 construct and 1 pet under your command at the msame time step 5: sergeant promotion gain acces to the armory of the guild and all the constructs (for a small price) and have some serious influence in the guild. (FM discretion) gain next talent: Attennn-Hut!: Other friendly Guardsmen within 6 yards of this character are immune to the Slow Condition. all friendly characters that fight aside this character is treated as a gaurdsmen these are some things i'm working with cheers