I'm usually a DnD or Call of Cthulhu GM. It's easy enough to figure out how to start those games--quests, mysteries and the like. But with Changeling it feels more about building a home and court politics, and that's where I'm stuck. There's a certain slice of life vibe I'm getting from this game that needs to be established before I can threaten it.
My players and I have decided to start when the characters are still new to the freehold, but not during their escape so the whole "Returning from Arcadia" opening won't quite work.
I've never run a WoD/CoD game before. The basic "loop" of the game kind of escapes me a bit. There's not a lot of "fight the monster, get the loot" in here. The aspirations and oaths of the Court leaders is a helpful way of figuring out how to run them, but oh boy I've never run a political campaign before. Constantly sending characters on quests just sounds more DnD than the game is built for, but it sure sounds easy to lean into that.
When it gets going, I think I'll be fine. Literally every game mechanic imposes consequences in the story which will keep the story flowing on its own, but right now the nerves and unsurety of how to kick the game off is a lot.
My players and I have decided to start when the characters are still new to the freehold, but not during their escape so the whole "Returning from Arcadia" opening won't quite work.
I've never run a WoD/CoD game before. The basic "loop" of the game kind of escapes me a bit. There's not a lot of "fight the monster, get the loot" in here. The aspirations and oaths of the Court leaders is a helpful way of figuring out how to run them, but oh boy I've never run a political campaign before. Constantly sending characters on quests just sounds more DnD than the game is built for, but it sure sounds easy to lean into that.
When it gets going, I think I'll be fine. Literally every game mechanic imposes consequences in the story which will keep the story flowing on its own, but right now the nerves and unsurety of how to kick the game off is a lot.
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