Kurtadam

1 minute ago, The13Fates said:

Mechanics wise is the unsatisfying answer of: When the FM says so.

For my table I have a personal preference for having an enforcer rank + die/taken out of combat when they suffer a lasting Severe Crit. Sometimes it's less than that, sometimes it's the big 22+ Severe crit of it raining bloody chunks; it depending on the mood I'm trying to set.

But yeah, a good FM will have an NPC die/taken out of combat when it makes sense to do so and every table is going to be different I'm afraid.

That's a weird approach. We'll see how it plays at the table. Thanks for the answer!

35 minutes ago, Steamtastic Vagabond said:

Do you think you would keep fighting if your lost one of your arms, a leg, and a lot of teeth?

I mean, you could if that was the only option out, you are relentless, you are crazy, you are enraged and so on. But the point is, mechanics wise, how do I kill an npc over Enforcer rank if I want to kill it?

3 minutes ago, Steamtastic Vagabond said:

Human characters would likely succumb or surrender to critical injuries before a death effect comes up. Constructs and Undead on the other hand aren’t usually smart enough to know when to give up.

So how does killing occur besides "coup de grace"?

I have another question regarding the rules this time. I will also ask it here so that it'd be more organized. So, how do you kill npcs over Enforcer rank if they automatically succeed their unconsciousness challenge? Do we keep imposing critical effects on them until something death related  comes up. Wouldn't that be like too long to kill one. Do we have to make them unconscious by other means? Depending on the flip they potentially may not fall unconscious for indefinite amount of time. How the heck do we kill those guys? Thanks.

Greetings people, 

This Saturday I am going to be running a one shot penny dreadful to a group of 4 players. None of us has played/run Through the Breach before. This is going to be a test game of whether we want to play a campaign in this or not. Of course, I have no experience with TtB system but I quite like the world. I want to choose a penny dreadful one shot that would best simulate the atmosphere of TtB. And preferably one with pregen characters at that. Currently I've been considering Sixteen Tons and Child of Flame. I would appreciate your comments and suggestions on the matter.

P.s: We don't want the adventure to be directly focused around Resurrectionists. 

What books did you read? And also did you read any other sources for lore? 

That's great, thanks. It's been a while since I read the core book so I don't really remember much but I am sure once I re-read it, the questions you asked ^^ will be a great help for me too

Hi, I am going to be starting a TTB campaign also and will be a running a test premade one shot on this saturday. I was just about to open a topic with my questions although mine are more lore related  Anyway, I'd very much appreciate it if you'd share your experiences with your first session. Maybe something in particular that you think could help me!

5 minutes ago, Thedeadclaw said:

@Kurtadam I'm very unsavy when it comes to tech tbh and I'm trying to figure out how to scrub personal identifiers that my google account has from it but yes! Sorry, I know that's frankly super inconvenient 😕

That's fine. The fact that you found it great. Let me know when you figure it out.

@Thedeadclaw Hey, did you find that document you mentioned?

Some people say that From Nightmares will come out later this year, some say it is never going out and the lead designer, apparently only person who is interested in Through the Breach, is not in the project anymore. It would be nice if a developer gave us a tip about what's going on. Maybe they already did, I don't know.

Master level play book sounds exciting too but I really would like to dig through the Neverborn book. Hope that it is in the works.

Well, okay. Thanks for helping me out.

Do you still have that Google Doc? If so can you please share it with me?

I just finished listening to the 4th episode of the Breachside Broadcast. And I wonder how do you people remember or keep track of the details presented in the stories? Has anyone tried to make a Wiki?

Greetings,

I recently discovered / got into Through the Breach. I am currently devouring the core book. Reading through, all these questions and ideas were popping in my mind. I was desperately looking forward to discuss it with other people who were interested in it. Unfortunately, I realized that the community had criminally gone out of sight. After reading lore section in the book, I was thirsty for more. I looked for sources of lore and was ultimately disappointed. It was scattered around all of the Malifaux products and was rather intimidating for a newcomer like me to dig into. Then I found the Breachside Broadcast, which seemed like it was my best bet at getting what I wanted. I must admit, the podcast is devilishly brilliant. I am enjoying it quite a bit so far, and it is doing a fantastic job creating the image of Malifaux in my head. Although the lack of any apparent index makes it harder for me to keep track of everything that is going on with the lore. I can't help but wonder how will I be able to remember what bit of information was in which episode as I move further through the episodes. I am hoping that this forum will take on the role of my Through the Breach sanctuary. Where I can get rid of all the mentioned uneasy feelings I acquired in my discovery of Through the Breach. I gather four of the intended sourcebooks for the game has already been published and only two left from the initial Kickstarter campaign road map. Although I have read from various sources that it will be long before they are published if ever. Wyrd, had simply narrowed their focus on their war games. Not knowing if this is true or not, this saddens me deeply as I really do believe that this game is something special. Since especially the neverborn are the big question mark in my mind, I feel like the neverborn sourcebook would be the fresh blood that is needed. And I think there would be others who agree with me. I will be waiting to hear any of your insights, advices and responses.

And I greet you once again...