Suitable Campaign Age: (Late) Bronze, Dark, Extreme, Cinematic
Adventure Tone: Action-Adventure, Philosophical
Recommended Power Level: Low or Classic
Content Warning: Mild body dysmorphia (cybernetics), hard moral choices, no happy endings
Overview
Science is always pushing the edge of what is believed [...]
Posts tagged Glass Shadows
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Suitable Campaign Age: (Late) Bronze, Dark, Extreme, Cinematic
Adventure Tone: Action-Adventure, Philosophical
Recommended Power Level: Low or Classic
Content Warning: Mild body dysmorphia (cybernetics), hard moral choices, no happy endings
Overview
Science is always pushing the edge of what is believed [...]
Operator Spotlight 2: Red
In the world of Glass Shadows, where almost every device is computerized and interconnected by the Datasea, it’s always smart to be on the right side of a good hacker. If you need information about anyone, or even information about a deep black Megacorporate project, you turn to a hacker and hope they are friendly. Red is our friendly. [...]
Handler Spotlight 2: Lector Jones
For our second Handler, we explore a character motivated not by political aspirations, or even greed, but actual capitalism. The idea that an open economy means everyone profits and those with savvy profit even more.
Lector Jones (Grace Moore)
Motivation: Restoration of a Free Economy 7
Faction: Unjacker 3
Occupation: Unknown/Arms Dealer(VP [...]
One Size Does Not Fit All – Multiple ...
Something that we mentioned in our article on Handlers and Operators is the idea that players do not just have one Handler and one Operator, but multiple Operators. This is true. While traditionally players have only one character, Glass Shadows breaks away from this to help emulate the genre, and to keep the campaign fluid and interesting.
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Unveiling Covers Part 3: Bastian
Meet Bastian McKirk, a mercenary BattleFrame pilot, and his Godalming Arms GA-27 Doberman Anti-armor BattleFrame. While Bastian is a fortress and a killing machine while he’s Synced with his BattleFrame. Outside of it, he still knows how to use a gun.
Operator Spotlight 1: Percy St. Croix
In the massive sprawl of the Easel, no one stays in one place. If you are going to move around though, you probably want some protection or at least know what gangs control what territories. That is where Percy St. Croix comes in. Born into a labor camp, known as a “Co-Op”, Percy’s first choice that he really made for himself was [...]
Unveiling Covers Part 2: Gillian
Time for the next piece of the cover pie. Meet Gillian, a retired corporate solider and drifter. Gillian’s training has left her with a diverse skill set and a fondness for energy rifles.
Next week we introduce Bastian.
Handler Spotlight 1: Aloysius Lavie S...
Let me introduce our first Handler, Aloysius “The Wish” Lavie Suvue. Because we are playing in a world of conspiracies, why not jump in to where so many theories are birthed; politics and religion? The modern world has a good number of examples of politics and religion overlapping, too often with terrifying consequences. However, [...]
Unveiling Covers Part 1: The Title Ca...
The cover is in and it is awesome! Now we’re going to have a bit of fun. We start with the title card.
Next week we reveal Gillian, one of our signature characters who made it to the cover.
Under the Hood: Handlers and Operator...
As we mentioned before, players in Glass Shadows take on multiple roles. Each player acts as a Handler, creating operations and affecting the course of their missions. Players also take the role of an Operator, the people directly involved within a mission. Today, we’re going to discuss what what defines a Handler and and Operator.
In [...]