Really well developed and thoughtful system, I love the blight vs composure checks, the summary pages are really helpful for checking your knowledge after the initial reading. I really like what you added with the Visions of Chaos characters and settings, it's great for finding ideas for other stories. I know the art is not yours, but you use it really well and put together a really evocative galley for gothic classics. I would definitely use this system to build a world for a GMed game, it has great elements for allowing the setup of interesting and tragic characters. So excited to use this.
Thank you for the review! Although I hadn't really considered it, I do see how the (albeit brief) prep process for Domains of Shadow could be used to board for Gothic stories in different systems. Blight and Composure would take some effort to translate, but the other elements are all general enough to be used for good stories in any system. Thanks for bringing that to my attention!
I think it's one of the strong suits, though I don't mean to take away from the GMless system itself. I'd adapt the Blight and Composure system as a means to track the inevitable collapse, if you think of certain events or the passage of time adding ticks of Blight, pushing players against the clock to understand their situation before the breaking point is reached and they tumble into chaos.
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The Domains of Shadow Guidebook was updated with some slight grammar and formatting improvements.
Really well developed and thoughtful system, I love the blight vs composure checks, the summary pages are really helpful for checking your knowledge after the initial reading. I really like what you added with the Visions of Chaos characters and settings, it's great for finding ideas for other stories. I know the art is not yours, but you use it really well and put together a really evocative galley for gothic classics.
I would definitely use this system to build a world for a GMed game, it has great elements for allowing the setup of interesting and tragic characters. So excited to use this.
Thank you for the review! Although I hadn't really considered it, I do see how the (albeit brief) prep process for Domains of Shadow could be used to board for Gothic stories in different systems. Blight and Composure would take some effort to translate, but the other elements are all general enough to be used for good stories in any system. Thanks for bringing that to my attention!
I think it's one of the strong suits, though I don't mean to take away from the GMless system itself. I'd adapt the Blight and Composure system as a means to track the inevitable collapse, if you think of certain events or the passage of time adding ticks of Blight, pushing players against the clock to understand their situation before the breaking point is reached and they tumble into chaos.
Some slight grammatical changes where made to the Visions of Chaos supplemetary guidebook.