[Guest Review] Berlin the Wicked City for Call of Cthulhu

Hi there! I’m Lanz, a new-ish Keeper of Arcane Lore. I’ve been running Call of Cthulhu games for only two and a half years, so the perspective you’ll see in this review is from a new Keeper’s point of view. I saw this book posted on Chaosium’s website a while ago, and I immediately assumed […]

[Let’s Study: Trinity Continuum Core] Part 3c Action Types and Sequences

As with most action-oriented RPGs, Trinity concerns itself a lot of little details in Action sequences. Rounds, Ticks and Focus In an action sequence, players roll for initiative which is the lower of Athletics + Cunning or Empathy + Dexterity. The number of successes rolled determines the character’s tick rating. This is important because there […]

[Let’s Study: Trinity Continuum Core] Part 3b Conditions and Scale

Holy crap it’s been a while. Quarantine is still in effect in Manila, Philippines so I’ve been on a state of emergency all this time. But I figured I need to start re-establishing routine, and what better way to do it than to continue the Trinity Continuum Let’s Study series. When we last left off, […]

[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 […]