Goodman Games

Ok, I'm starting to see the use now. And I have for many, many years preferred to interpret skill/attribute checks with degrees of success, rather than a simple, binary "success/failure". Make your roll by 10?? That will get you amazing results, if amazing results are to be had... And a Ro...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I don't remember reading about other attribute checks having a "roll under" way of doing it, at all (although admittedly that is a possibility). I always thought this was very specific to Luck. I've always done it that if I don't have a DC then I follow the gu...

I know the rules say that when you make a "Luck Check" you looking to roll under your current luck score. So when a module sets a DC for a luck roll it that a equal to or higher, or still roll under? Basically my question is: when making luck rolls do you always want to roll under the numb...

I don't typically allow for characters to level up during a session. That stuff happens in between game sessions, which means not at all for a one-shot adventure. As you noted, the level-up process can be very lengthy particularly if the players are novices. Thanks dude, I agree and that's what I d...

Yubacore, You'll do fine. Just let the players have fun. When they finish having fun with one scenario, move to the other. The game really takes care of itself. As far as initiative, I like to make little index card tents with the players names when the players arrive. Ahead of time you can already...

Hey thanks for the response, and answering my questions! I don't know how I missed the racial 0-level traits. Thank you for pointing those out. The Elf and Wizard differences make a bit more sense now, elves are more rare indeed. Also, thanks for clarifying the player to level 1 character ratio. I'm...

Question the first: The Wizard vs the Elf. Am I missing something or is being an Elf like being a Wizard but way more awesome? There is the iron thing, but other than that the Elf seems way better. Question the second: Do racial abilities count at level-0 (Infra vision, smell gold etc.)? It dose say...

Glad to offer assistance. Remember that there are a couple of key goals in a one-shot store session: (1) Make sure folks have fun (2) Give folks a look at the way the game plays so they can see how this game differs from others they might have played (3) Try to finish the session at an "end&qu...

Thank you for the welcome! Thank you for such a wonderful response! It was good to hear about someone who was doing the same thing as I am about to, although I sure you had more GM experience than me overall. The way this game store dose it is the 4-hour block route, so plenty of time for Sailors, g...

Hello, I've run my first game/0-level funnel recently, we did Sailors on the Starless Sea. I had such a blast and was so psyched about it that I went right over to my local game store where I attend Free RPG Day every year and offered to run it on that coming up day. I'm excited, but I'm also a bit ...