Well, I'm unironically excited. If it keeps up the same level of organization then this'll be worth picking up just for that.
Reprint of Masks of Nyarlathotep
David Morris
Easton Cook
I have some experience with CoC but never played this campaign. Is it fun? Can I get a tl;dr?
Parker Hill
My question is whether 7e is worth buying or not.
Elijah Hernandez
It is considered to be one of the greatest adventure modules ever written.
Aiden Richardson
7e isn't bad at all.
John Brown
I believe you, but it would give me more confidence if you could support that claim. Whats it like and what do you do? I'm looking to run CoC 6th edition for some pals and I'm on the fence about what module to run. Pretty sure no one would be invested in a dreamlands adventure like I am.
Dylan Lee
7th ed is very good. The rules a almost exactly the same but there's a tool box of optional rules to tune the game to the tone you want.
Samuel Howard
Would this adventure work with Trail of Cthulhu?
Jose Parker
on this train, I've been looking at running masks, does anyone have the Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion that chaosium did, that they can share?
Josiah Gonzalez
Seconding this
Ethan Watson
HYPE AS FUUUCK
Charles Evans
It's good. Core rules are the same as the previous editions, some parts have been streamlined a bit but I don't feel that compromises the experience. I liked it.
Aiden Bell
>>worth buying or not?
Meh. The changes to the rules are ok but most seem rather unnecessary--overall, my group and others I know were not really blown away by any of them.
As a physical and graphic object it's over-designed and over-produced--busy full-color, full-bleed, etc.--and therefore the price is maybe iffy? Call it the Kickstarter Effect?
(Pulp Cthulhu is a nifty presentation of the genre and has some nice tweaks to the rules that allow them to be used for a wider range of games. Still over-produced though.)
A 5.x edition book is fine rules-wise and tool-at-the-table-wise.
Angel Howard
>meta-currency
u g h
Brayden Myers
Of course. Pelgrane even does the conversion work for you.
site.pelgranepress.com
Look in the share thread (see the archive if it's gone. Don't forget to search through the OP pdfs). Not the final product, but still fine.
Carson Thompson
>does anyone have the Masks of Nyarlathotep Companion that chaosium did
that wasnt by chaosium
Mason Gomez
What's the metacurrency in CoC 7E?
Leo Green
That's fucking rad. Time to give Chaosium my money.
Lincoln Scott
Why not pick up an old copy if you're translating it anyway? The price tag will be much lower.
Ryder Brooks
I'm thrilled. I've been looking at running this forever but kept running into (self-induced) hurdles like wanting to have all the 7e stats ready, wanting more reference photos and maps for stuff that didn't have maps, wanting to incorporate the intro from the companion (still planning on using both intro chapters). I'm really hoping this delivers lots more in art assets
Rules are very good and the core books are essential to running the game competently (as opposed to the quick start), but come on are any RPG books worth buying? Just download the pdf
Cameron Robinson
>conversion.pdf
How did I not know about this
Thanks
Chase Richardson
I should have given you the source.
site.pelgranepress.com
More resources should you need them and more conversions if you are planning to run any other classic scenarios. Lots of links!
Hope this helps.
Joseph Rivera
I'll wait until I hear if they've added anything new to make it worthwhile.
Blake Powell
>Well, I'm unironically excited.
Why can't you just be "excited." What the fuck does Irony have to do with your enjoyment of a product?
Luke Brooks
You have a daily spending limit based on your assets and cash on hand, which are based on your credit rating. Credit rating is a characteristic you can roll against for NPCs to trust/listen to you.
If you spend less than your limit, your cash on hand isn't affected at all. If you spend more, ALL of your day's spending is taken out of cash. So that stuff you bought earlier that you thought was free is now costing you because you needed something else.
If you need more cash, you take it out of assets. During investigator development, you reroll your CR if you fall out of your asset bracket.
Basically all of this meta shit is based on whether you look like you have a lot of money to strangers. They tried to make it so you don't have to worry about minutia but then gave us a very upkeep-focused system that encourages metagaming because players are afraid to see numbers go down
BTW I love 7e but this stuff is weak and I don't worry about it with my players
Connor Reed
How long is this module?
Aaron Brown
Page length or average number of sessions or what?
Nathaniel Hughes
Number of sessions, I've been wanting to run a CoC campaign for a while, and I've been seeing good stuff about this one.
Bentley Miller
Right now in my 'to listen' actual play folder there are three campaigns of MoN. One is 51 sessions of ~1h each, the second is 28 of 3h each and the last 20 sessions of ~3h each (The Gaming Grunts, RPPR Community and RPPR for the interested). So I guess it can vary greatly- maybe the first rushed it or the last did a lot of investigating/pissing about. I suppose that's not too helpful, maybe someone here has practical experience. I know it's an investment though, you'll be playing it for maybe 6-12 months probably if you want my ballpark guess.
Juan Davis
It's basically world spanning adventure to avenge a friends death, find a missing expedition to Kenya and foil a big plan elaborated by various sects devoted to different masks of Nyarly acting as one.
Michael Sanders
I'd play Dreamlands. I love the Dreamlands, anything related to dreams is always awesome to me. :(
Have you looked at The Sense of the Slight of Hand Man, a Dreamlands-focused campaign (or is that the one you wanted to run?).
Luke Turner
Yeah, that helps. Cheers.