If you donated $5 to any charity, I'd give you The Hollow. Email me at mcdaldno (att) gmail.

You'd have to ask Jackson about The Selkie. Try his email "of.lightning" which is an account at gmail.

I don't think I'll be doing any more supplements, now that The Blood of Misty Harbour is out. Jackson has plans to ransom off a slew of new skins, and possibly an additional set of Monsterhearts scenarios (I think).

Agree with hobbesque and benhimself,

This move isn't "even," because Strings aren't symmetrical. The Fae doesn't mind having people who are kindly-disposed to themselves hanging around them - it's a chance to solicit promises and hint at the possibility of XP-enticement.

The Fae and The Mortal both love it when people have Strings on them, because it sets up the situations that they are the most powerful in.

Yes, you can still pick that, and if only one party has Strings, one party loses Strings.

Man, Better Than Nothing and Unresolved Trauma do sound like a bummer to play off one another. I don't know that I've ever seen those two in a crappy interaction between one another, but I can imagine it.

Care to keep talking through the issue?

How did the Hollow absorb blamed into their sense of self? Does the Hollow now believe that they killed the Ghost?

Your Hollow told you it was true.

Alfred got to the heart of it.

The Hollow changes what Conditions mean. They get power by re-writing their sense of self, which is a not-to-be-taken-lightly choice.

If you want to have The Hollow not walk all over you, and your name is Rudy, then give them the Condition "Rudy's bitch." They can gain power from it, yeah, but only by incorporating that power-relationship into their sense of self. Win-win.

I don't think that The Hollow is over-powered. If anyone is overpowered, it's The Infernal. Have you seen Strings Attached? You want a new mansion? You get it. You want a perfect girlfriend who's in perfect love with you? You get her. You want a mindless golem bodyguard? It's Free Golem Day in your neighborhood.

But, yeah. The Hollow is a weird skin with some weird mechanical tricks. But I don't really think of it as one of the "powerful" Skins. Can you share some of the situations that cropped up in your game that felt broken or weird or off-putting?

It's about having to change the rules to have experience mean anything for the character in season 2.

The game has a reward system, and it seems to break.

Maybe it'd be helpful for me to communicate some thoughts about how the advancement mechanic works in Season 2?

Monsterhearts isn't a game about characters who slowly become powerful and awesome. There is an upper threshold to what the characters can become. After Season One, take a break. Play different games. If you choose to return to Season Two, recognize that your character will likely max out their advancement in this season (unless you're playing a new character or a new skin). If this character already has six advances filled in, then we know that they're near the height of their power, and also that they won't be the one to trigger the end of the season. That's good and fine - the focus of Season Two is likely going to be on new characters and characters in new circumstances.

Monsterhearts is meant for tight arcs of play. If people return for a second season, then each player should take a look at their character and ask, "do I really want to play this character for another 2-5 sessions, or would I be more stoked to start a new one from scratch?"

I made one just for you! Here it is.