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Nothing Wasted 6: The Real World?

Dec 05, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Nothing Wasted explores ideas to help utilize different aspects of gaming to their fullest or promote new ways to use existing tools. Have you ever been forced to question one of your fundamental beliefs? These moments may take any form. When they happen through, you know, because something deep within has shifted, maybe it’s resolutio [...]
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Land of Confusion 5: Exiles

Nov 28, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Tonight on ID we explore the culture of exiles. The disfranchisement that have opted to walk out on the world and hope for a batter tomorrow. Three cultures, each with very different answers to a society to busy to care. Outside the city we have the Beachers, below the Morlocks, and in the heart of Tiergarten the Church of Divine Sanity. I&# [...]
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Chatham House 5: Nikogda Volya

Nov 21, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
The Chatham House articles discuss people that may be inserted into campaigns as ready made NPCs to add flavor or detail to your world. The character’s discussed in the Chatham House often have ties to various organizations, Baronies, Corporations, Governments, but operate outside the normal protocols. Head of TK Excavation Security, Ni [...]
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Under The Hood 4: Action and the Non-...

Nov 17, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
When all hell breaks loose you want to be the guy with training, guns, and all the right answers. Lets face it through, those special operatives with years of training make up less than a 1% of the population. The world of Glass Shadows needs those special operators, but it also needs the investigators, data analysts, correspondents, and the [...]
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Tainted Souls 5: The Verdant

Nov 14, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Tainted Souls explores the unspoken costs of Lucidity. The physical or mental changes brought on by becoming Lucid and how that may impact their lives and the people around them. To be touched by the forces of unbridled nature. That is what it means to be Verdant. The essence of life has passed through the Verdant’s body and their manif [...]
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Nothing Wasted 5: Consequences and Re...

Nov 07, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Nothing Wasted explores ideas to help utilize different aspects of gaming to their fullest or promote new ways to use existing tools. The core of every role playing game is character interaction. How the players interact with the world around them and the people in it. While it can be fun to go head long into the fray of battle this is only [...]
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Lucid Tales – Coins

Oct 31, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
There was a distinct smell to a junk squat. It was a chemical smell that hung in the air, a smell that sober people knew instinctively to avoid. These instincts were cooked off, boiled from the primal lizard brain of a junkie’s mind. The smell of baking benzo carbazole meant pleasure not death to those so far gone they could be here. Pushing [...]
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Land of Confusion 4: The Religious Vo...

Oct 24, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Before the Purge no one outside the Reclaimer Church realized how large their numbers had swelled. Everyone was too busy fighting wars to check on splinter religious groups. While one could argue part of the reasoning behind the Purge was to consolidate power under a single religious banner it is unlikely the real reason will ever be known. H [...]
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Chatham House 4: Murdoch “Mud F...

Oct 17, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
The Chatham House articles discuss people that may be inserted into campaigns as ready made NPCs to add flavor or detail to your world. The character’s discussed in the Chatham House often have ties to various organizations, Baronies, Corporations, Governments, but operate outside the normal protocols. Want a week in someone else’ [...]
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Under The Hood 3: Fast Tracked Charac...

Oct 13, 2012 ~ Written by Dave Silva
With the concept of cinematic play and players taking on multiple roles, one thing that came up early on was speed of character generation. We wanted players to be able to jump right into the action. For this reason, generation took a dramatically different path than we expected. When developing the player Network, character concepts are disc [...]
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