[Let’s Study: Trinity Continuum Core] Part 3a The Core Mechanic

We’re back with a Let’s Study session for Trinity focusing on the core mechanics that drive the Storypath system. 10-sided Dice Pools Here’s some familiar territory. The Storypath system relies on the use of pools of 10-sided dice that are determined by the Attribute + Skill being tested. This pool is then rolled and every […]

[Let’s Study: Trinity Continuum Core] Part 2 Character Creation

Jumping right into it, we’re off to do character creation for Trinity Continuum. Word of warning, this is going to be a bit of a long read, so make yourself something to drink and watch me build a character! Character creation is broken down into several steps: Concept Paths Skills, Skill Tricks, and Specialties Attributes […]

[Let’s Study: Trinity Continuum Core] Part 1 Introduction

I was a latecomer to the the original Trinity line of products from White Wolf. Fully invested in Mage: the Ascension at the time, I was only able to buy the Aberrant and Adventure! core rules and run a few scant games before falling back to a massive Ascension campaign for the rest of my […]

[Let’s Study: Unknown Armies] Review of Book One: Play

Unknown Armies is one of those books that would survive a bookshelf purge after a post-New Year’s viewing of “Tidying up with Marie Kondo”. It sparks the same kind of perverse joy on reading that puts me in the same bewildered headspace as I felt after I’d finished Grant Morrison’s “The Invisibles”. I feel that […]

[Let’s Study: Unknown Armies] Part 7: Adepts

Nothing encapsulates the sheer weirdness and unique occult vibe of Unknown Armies than Adepts. Rather than embodying what the collective unconscious believes to be aspects of (capital “H”) Humanity, Adepts forge their own dangerous path to magic. Adepts are people who have a unique vision of the universe that allows them to basically give reality […]