Adept Play
Adept Play
Tag: The Sorcerer’s Soul
The second supplement for Sorcerer, by Ron Edwards, first published by his company Adept Press in 1999 (PDF) and 2002 (book).
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Autopsy of a situation
This post is really a follow up of this one about situations and reincorporation. I wanted it to be a comment in that post, but it became too long. It’s about “playing the situation” vs “preparing it”. So please check it and see it’s more about general skills of play than about The Clay That…
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November Q & A
Very meaty questions, good examples of highly specific topics which open up important levels of understanding, or so I hope. The relationship map technique from The Sorcerer’s Soul The Elemental Control from Champions At one point I mistakenly said “powers” when I meant “attacks,” unfortunately, as that is a key factor in my reply to…
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The day of the Dupes (4) : we’re into it!
This session was a lot of fun and the players are getting into it! This game is going very well and teaches me – and the players – a lot.I was waiting to edit the videos of the next sessions, but HD crashed and I’ve lost them, but here’ the account, far from my anxieties…
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The day of the Dupes (3) : playing vs planning
Here is the Sorcerer game Day of the Dupes first session. In a previous session after creation, we played the bind as flashbacks. I planed this game a few months ago so I had to remember things about their characters, but they really decided everytghing. First, I discussed about the expectations of the game. I explained…
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The day of the Dupes (2) : the paralyzing swamp of Sorcerous prep
As I said in this previous post I realize that the way I handle the preparation of a Sorcerer game pushes me in a paralyzing swamp that impede me to GM the game. It’s the third time I experience this for the game, as GM, with three paused games for the same reason. Here is the…
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The Day of the Dupes (1) : The exciting creation of Sorcerous Characters
Hi all, I'm finally writing this post about a game that has never happened. I gather friends to play a Sorcerer game a few months ago, based on the Day of the Dupes from the Sorcerer's Soul supplement. They created very cool characters. But I realize that the way I handle the preparation of a…
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Monday Lab: The Other Kind of Map
“Everyone knows” what a relationship map is, but they’re definitely not all the same thing, especially with these variables exposed: Whether the player-characters are in it Group preparation vs. single-person construction Criteria for links/connectors I also had prepared more thoughts on the Sorcerer’s Soul method, with the depicted Forbidden Tome map as the example, which…