Timothy Westwind

This is the second adventure report of a solo campaign set in the 13th Century during the Baltic Crusades using the free Dominion Rules RPG. I'm playing a mixture of a campaign (Crusaders of the Amber Coast) and my own generated adventures. My intention for this campaign is that it feels like a mixture of The Name of the Rose, the Witcher and the X-Files. Expect mysteries, intrigue, magic and action during a time of clashing cultures. The Christian Crusaders against the Pagan natives of the Baltic region. See the  Campaign Overview and Resources  for more details. While I'm inspired by the real history of the region and will do my best to respect it, ultimately I'm playing a game and readers should not look to my game reports for accurate history or my personal feelings about the people, cultures and events of this era. Today's scenario will be randomly generated and I'll show you how I go about doing that. I will use the  Ironsmith: Expanded Oracles  (which includ...

Here's the first report of my solo game set in the Baltic region during the early 13th century using the Dominion Rules RPG  (A free fantasy RPG that suits historical or gritty Sword & Sorcery settings) and an adventure from the campaign in the source book  Crusaders of the Amber Coast . I will 'railroad' myself through this first adventure, and possibly the next couple of scenarios, in order to set up NPCs, factions, character motivations and MacGuffins. I find that setting up the world in this way makes it easier to interact with and helps bounce off of what's already happening. Once there is momentum I can take more control. My reports will be written in a bullet point format. Enough to give you an idea of what's happening, a little bit of descriptive flavour, but not a fully fleshed out piece of fiction. I will record all the dice rolls including any oracle rolls. My preferred gamemaster emulator rules are  Motif Story Engine  and tables from Ironsworn ,...