Category: Actual Play
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Savage Malifaux Session 1: Into the Breach
Roasting in the noonday sun, passengers gather at the train station in the fortified Guild outpost of Breachtown. First, they had to finagle permission to board the Iron Ram, the locomotive that carries people and supplies through the Breach from Earth to Malifaux; now, they shuffle slowly through the security line. When the red-and-grey-clad…
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Savage Malifaux: Meet the Characters: One-Glove Bernard
Character Name: “One-Glove” BernardPlayer: SteveProfession: Gremlin pugilist and aspiring rocketeer Very few Gremlins have ever seen the blue skies of Earth, Gremlin-kind being in general banned from Earth (and most polite company), but Bernard has made the crossing many times. When Walt Mannic, dressed in his purple sequined tailcoat and top hat, encountered “One…
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Savage Malifaux: Meet the Characters: Zai
Character Name: ZaiPlayer Name: LaraProfession: Illusionist She is the Incomprehensible Butterfly, Master of Prestidigitation, Virtuoso of Dreams, Sovereign of Your Reverie. When she struts into the spotlight, Zai’s mussed pageboy hair might be pink, purple, or indigo; her sinuous arms draped with fur stoles, or silk kimonos, or glittering chain mail, or bridal veils…
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ETU Actual Play with the Roll20 Gang: Graduation Day
After their shared nightmare on Walpurgis Night, the students want nothing more than to bunker down and prepare for the Convergence (and ensuing demonic apocalypse). Unfortunately, instead of cleaning swords, firearms, and Zippo Lighters from Hell, they must smile and nod at their excited families, who are bubbling over with enthusiasm about graduation. After lunch,…
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Savage Malifaux: Meet the Characters: Anna Mae Hawkins
Player: LillieName: Anna Mae HawkinsProfession: Anthropologist Although short of stature, Anna Mae is a striking presence, with an elegant Gibson Girl hairstyle and a large pair of spectacles necessary for a life of squinting at footnotes in academic texts. The first woman in her family to attend college, Anna Mae studied anthropology at Bennett…
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Savage Malifaux Meet the Characters: Providence McCoy
Player: BenName: Providence McCoyProfession: Mage, survivalist Providence grew up in Australia, and her insatiable curiosity sent her running all around the continent, trekking from the urban areas of the Gold Coast, into the surrounding bush, and all the way out to the remotest stretches of the Outback, where, inspired by Aboriginal culture, she committed to…
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Savage Malifaux Session 0 – What is Malifaux?
Happy Monster Press and our local RPG group, the Salem Savages, welcome you to a new Savage Worlds adventure, a non-canonical adaptation of Malifaux. We’ll be playing fast and loose with settings and characters of Malifaux, the better to give the Salem Savages maximum flexibility in their choices and roleplaying, so if veering from canon annoys some…
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Savage Temeraire at Arisia 2019
It is 1798 and the French tyrant Napoleon Bonaparte is sailing an invasion fleet to the Eastern Mediterranean, hoping to wrest India (and its riches) from Britain. In pursuit of the French fleet, Admiral Nelson of Britain has a smaller fleet, with an eight-dragon support attachment. Varinia is one of the eight dragons, a middle-weight Yellow…
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Legion of Liberty at Arisia 2019
It is 1777, a turning point in the American Revolution. Despite help from the superhuman soldiers of the Legion of Liberty, George Washington’s surprise crossing of the Delaware and subsequent has failed and the general has been ignominiously captured. General Charles Lee, unpopular with the rank-and-file troops of the Continental Army, has taken over command…
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ETU Actual Play with the Roll20 Gang – Walpurgis Night
It is April 30th, Walpurgis Night. With graduation only days away, and with it, the Convergence, the ETU seniors, our heroes are on high alert, keeping weapons handy and a close eye on social media. They’ve been hearing about the Convergence all over the place – from ghosts, from scary cultists, and from the loner…