Colville suggests that starting in a tavern is a chance to show off the setting in a microcosm. Put folks there that represent various factions or attitudes prevalent in the setting. When I ran a Savage Pathfinder game and had my players start in a tavern, I had some incurious off-duty town guards, the dillettante son of the mayor. I couldn’t figure out a way to work in the diabolist church (I set my game in Cheliax), but I did have a choice of several “first jobs” for them to take.

Look, maybe he was a paladin of Sune. (Or Calistira, if they’re playing Pathfinder.)

An actual exchange in a group my wife was in, back before we were even dating:

Player: “I wanna catch the stone from his sling! What should I roll for that?”

DM: “Damage.”

Volo sure has a lot to answer for.

I have promised myself a rogue named “Duncan Disorderly” but have yet to actually play him.

Put the “Master” in “Game Master!” ~Professor DM, Dungeon Craft

Me too, I backed the project but I’m not on the Patreon, so I gotta wait for my packet, lol. But if James was right in the last Q&A they posted to the YouTube, it should be out sometime next month!

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What does that mean?!

POODLE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!!

Shadowrun has entered the chat.

I’ll do you one better, I have the books (except for Irongate), AND the Action Decks, AND the custom Bennies!

I’m not surprised, I don’t recall how much the kickstarter raised, but it wasn’t a ton. (Still enough to fund, obviously.) It was originally called “Bite Me!” (which is approximately as vampire-y, though I certainly liked it a lot better) but somebody had a copyright on that name.

Anyway, here’s the DriveThruRPG listing

The MCDM RPG, it’s not out yet. (Patreon backers have access to playtest documents, but I’m not that dedicated.) Also it has a name, we just don’t know it yet. No, I’m not salty about that.

“Bite Marks”, a PBTA game about werewolves. Just hasn’t been the right time yet.

Savage Worlds variants include Weird War II, Weird Wars Rome, Last Parsec, Legend of Ghost Mountain–in each case, I only have limited game time, so there’s just a big old backlog, you know?

Rope your girlfriend into it, Konsi, that’s what you have her for.

RIFTS does now come in Savage Worlds flavor! Simpler, more cohesive… Still a little imbalanced, but what’s RIFTS without imbalance?

My Savage Pathfinder players did this to me in our last session. “Okay, there aren’t that many guys once you’ve climbed up here, so I’m gonna do this as a Quick Encounter…” Player uses “Surprise” card, immediately throwing them into a more difficult fight. Me: (sigh) “Ohhhhh-kaayyyyyy…”

Everywhere I’ve seen them posted, the episodes are full length, but they DO have a much smaller cast, only 4 PCs, which was what hooked me.

Your drawing style is adorable.