Christian's RPG Shelf

 I have been running occasional one-shot adventures in Daggerheart going back to the play test phase of its development. I wrote about a recent game I ran last week . This week, I got to be a player with my group for the first time and what a blast it was to experience Daggerheart from the other side of the GM screen.  I considered many options for a character but the Hope & Fear expansion has been on my mind and I decided to play a Tidekin Hearthborne Moon Witch. I wanted to try the new Dread domain and though the Warlock was tempting I found the Witch class a bit more enticing this time around. Made of the Sage and Dread domains, the Witch has a mix of nature and nightmarish abilities. I liked the way this character was shaping up and the concept for him came together very quickly.  Corrus was the name of my Witch, a beach bum who speaks to nature. This adventure took place in a seaside town and Corrus was part of a crew handling security on a ship. The party also c...

Exploring the original six Final Fantasy games through the Pixel Remaster versions has been a fun exercise and helped me appreciate the risks this series has taken and its influence on role playing games.  Hot on the heels of completing Final Fantasy II , I began playing, of course, Final Fantasy III. Much like its predecessor, I hadn’t played this one before, though I did recently find Final Fantasy III in my collection of Nintendo DS games. I have no memory of playing it so I must bought it and never got around to it. What a sin. Ah well, I am correcting that now with the Pixel Remaster version.  The first thing I noticed was that Squaresoft took a step back from the classless progression system of Final Fantasy II and made a game that harkens back to the original Final Fantasy. The difference here is that all of the characters are generic fighters until you complete the first quest and unlock several "jobs" that you can assign to the characters. This is the first appearanc...