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AW:Dark Age / Questions for people who have run the game
« on: March 17, 2014, 10:17:45 AM »
Hello people who have run a playtest game!

How 'big' is your setting? Did you keep it small and intimate (just the locations/holdings defined in character creation) or big and Game of Thrones-y (large in scope, lots of additional areas)?

Are there lots and lots of NPCs running around or is the story zoomed in mostly on the PCs?

What kind of narratives dominated play? Action scenes, political intrigue, gossip and social backstabbing, etc?

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AW:Dark Age / 6th Century Britain
« on: March 13, 2014, 05:42:48 PM »
Vincent,

I see a lot of 6th century Britain is AW:DA (the retreat of the empire, the structure of the competing religions), do you plan fictionalizing some of the prominent events of that period as well (the Plague of Justinian, the volcanic event of 535)?

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AW:Dark Age / Choosing Rank
« on: March 12, 2014, 12:25:08 PM »
It seems choosing a higher rank is better (strictly from "what you get")

For some characters (Dragon herald) I can totally see why I might pick a low Rank (playing a street profit instead of an aristocrat has appeal)

For other playbooks it's less obvious; why play a Rank 3 Outlaw Prince over a rank 2? Both are high ranks, so there doesn't seem to be an incentive to pick 3 over 2, and 2 has more fun hooks built into the backstory.

Only think I can think of is the higher your rank, the more people who have you in the crosshairs (you are between them and the crown).

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