Here is my Delve playtest with thanks to Shawn Tomkin .
Here is my Delve playtest with thanks to Shawn Tomkin .
Wolfcrag Tunnel :- Domain : Cavern . Theme : Haunted .
Leela and Kodroth head into large opening in Mountain tentatively .
DELVE THE DEPTHS : WEAK HIT.
2 PROGRESS - REVEAL A DANGER!
The large opening gets tighter and deeper into the Mountain . The cave walls get wetter as they descend.They come to a dead end with a large pool of water . Leela enters the water and finds an opening . They would have to swim underwater to continue .
FACE DANGER : STRONG HIT - MOMENTUM +1
Leela holds her breath and swims , feeling her way - Kodroth in tow . After 80 yards she reaches other side and leaves the water .The narrow passage opens to a large chamber , Skulls and bone scattered to the side . The remnants of a battle of some sort . Leela and kodroth continue towards the exit ahead .
DELVE THE DEPTHS : MISS
The floor begins to crack underneath her , some of the large stones begin to fall . She runs tripping over , scrambling on all fours . The floor collapsing behind her.
FACE DANGER : WEAK HIT -1 HEALTH
She manages to stand , just ! Makes a run and leaps as far as she can . She looses her footing and falls to the floor smashing her already injured leg .The sound of the large stone floor falling hundreds of feet behind her echoes in the chamber .The tunnel is collapsing . Leela continues through the exit . The walls appear to be glowing a ghostly light blue. The corridors once again getting tighter .
DELVE THE DEPTHS - WEAK HIT - REVEAL A DANGER
A sudden mist rolls in , cold , Leela cant see . She follows the walls blinded by the mist . It feels like the mist has hands , prodding her , round her neck choking her , she cant breath!
FACE DANGER - WEAK HIT : -1 MOMENTUM
Leela picks up the pace , the mist dragging her back . She powers on and the mist subsides . The tunnels begin to branch off like a labyrinth . Leela feels lost , like she is going in circles they all seem interconnected .
DELVE THE DEPTHS - MISS - REVEAL A DANGER
The floor walls and ceiling begin to tremor violently , the tunnels were caving in . She had to find the exit quick .
FACE DANGER - STRONG HIT
Kodroth begins to run ahead , Leela follows him . The tunnels collapsing all around them . Kodroth finds a new opening , in the distance a small window of Sunlight .
LOCATE OBJECTIVE - WEAK HIT - SACRED BEING
Leela and Kodroth head towards the light ascending up through the winding dank corridor . Behind them they here an eery scraping like shoes on a shiny floor . A Frostbound !
Leela makes a run for it and panics tripping to the floor .
FACE DANGER - STRONG HIT +1 MOMENTUM
The Frostbound swings its cold clawed hands at Leela on the floor , Leela dodges at the last minute and scrambles to her feet.
KODROTH _ ENTER THE FRAY - WEAK HIT
Kodroth jumps at the Frostbound pushing it back
KODROTH HAS INITIATIVE
Leela runs up the cavern toward the light , "KODROTH - THIS WAY!"
ESCAPE THE DEPTHS - WEAK HIT
Leela runs toward the exit drawing her sword as she hides in wait outside the cave, Kodroth follows . The Frostbounds runs after them .Leela swings at the Frostbound with all her strength .
LEELA STRIKE - WEAK HIT - 2 HARM +1 HOUND .
The sword hits with a cold thudd! Embedding into the Frostbound . The Frostbound shows no emotion . Kodroth bites onto the Frostbounds leg .
KODROTH - CLASH - MISS - PAY THE PRICE - COMPANION ENDURE HARM
The Frostbound strikes at Kodroth . Kodroth is knocked back and makes a chilling high pitched yelp as he lies limp and lifeless on the floor . Leela in horror runs for the woods behind .
Wolfcrag Tunnel :- Domain : Cavern . Theme : Haunted .
Leela and Kodroth head into large opening in Mountain tentatively .
DELVE THE DEPTHS : WEAK HIT.
2 PROGRESS - REVEAL A DANGER!
The large opening gets tighter and deeper into the Mountain . The cave walls get wetter as they descend.They come to a dead end with a large pool of water . Leela enters the water and finds an opening . They would have to swim underwater to continue .
FACE DANGER : STRONG HIT - MOMENTUM +1
Leela holds her breath and swims , feeling her way - Kodroth in tow . After 80 yards she reaches other side and leaves the water .The narrow passage opens to a large chamber , Skulls and bone scattered to the side . The remnants of a battle of some sort . Leela and kodroth continue towards the exit ahead .
DELVE THE DEPTHS : MISS
The floor begins to crack underneath her , some of the large stones begin to fall . She runs tripping over , scrambling on all fours . The floor collapsing behind her.
FACE DANGER : WEAK HIT -1 HEALTH
She manages to stand , just ! Makes a run and leaps as far as she can . She looses her footing and falls to the floor smashing her already injured leg .The sound of the large stone floor falling hundreds of feet behind her echoes in the chamber .The tunnel is collapsing . Leela continues through the exit . The walls appear to be glowing a ghostly light blue. The corridors once again getting tighter .
DELVE THE DEPTHS - WEAK HIT - REVEAL A DANGER
A sudden mist rolls in , cold , Leela cant see . She follows the walls blinded by the mist . It feels like the mist has hands , prodding her , round her neck choking her , she cant breath!
FACE DANGER - WEAK HIT : -1 MOMENTUM
Leela picks up the pace , the mist dragging her back . She powers on and the mist subsides . The tunnels begin to branch off like a labyrinth . Leela feels lost , like she is going in circles they all seem interconnected .
DELVE THE DEPTHS - MISS - REVEAL A DANGER
The floor walls and ceiling begin to tremor violently , the tunnels were caving in . She had to find the exit quick .
FACE DANGER - STRONG HIT
Kodroth begins to run ahead , Leela follows him . The tunnels collapsing all around them . Kodroth finds a new opening , in the distance a small window of Sunlight .
LOCATE OBJECTIVE - WEAK HIT - SACRED BEING
Leela and Kodroth head towards the light ascending up through the winding dank corridor . Behind them they here an eery scraping like shoes on a shiny floor . A Frostbound !
Leela makes a run for it and panics tripping to the floor .
FACE DANGER - STRONG HIT +1 MOMENTUM
The Frostbound swings its cold clawed hands at Leela on the floor , Leela dodges at the last minute and scrambles to her feet.
KODROTH _ ENTER THE FRAY - WEAK HIT
Kodroth jumps at the Frostbound pushing it back
KODROTH HAS INITIATIVE
Leela runs up the cavern toward the light , "KODROTH - THIS WAY!"
ESCAPE THE DEPTHS - WEAK HIT
Leela runs toward the exit drawing her sword as she hides in wait outside the cave, Kodroth follows . The Frostbounds runs after them .Leela swings at the Frostbound with all her strength .
LEELA STRIKE - WEAK HIT - 2 HARM +1 HOUND .
The sword hits with a cold thudd! Embedding into the Frostbound . The Frostbound shows no emotion . Kodroth bites onto the Frostbounds leg .
KODROTH - CLASH - MISS - PAY THE PRICE - COMPANION ENDURE HARM
The Frostbound strikes at Kodroth . Kodroth is knocked back and makes a chilling high pitched yelp as he lies limp and lifeless on the floor . Leela in horror runs for the woods behind .
A few comments about it . I need to get used to it for a start . I've played probably 40 hours of Ironsworn so I know the system quite well , adding Delve to the mix slowed me down a fair bit but thats to be expected .
ReplyDeleteI couldnt rationalise using "Check your gear " as my adventure was quite established and I didnt want to add something I definately didnt have due to immersion in my story .
Also I was getting lots of samey rolls on the dice like Twisting passages , Cramped caves , Tight squeeze . Which i can put down to bad dice rolls . When that happened I went to the oracles and things fell into place to be honest .
Overall , I think this will be a fantastic addition to Ironsworn and it was alot of fun to play through .
The Delve took me approximately 3 hours of playtime .
Thanks Paul R! Really appreciate you giving it a run. The feature rolls are getting a bit more thematic as I continue to rewrite, so hopefully that'll help with the saminess. And, as you note, you can choose to go to more abstract oracle rolls any time.
ReplyDeleteNo problem Shawn , I had a blast running it in my campaign . Looking forward to my next Delve !
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