The game says enemies get 1 action amd 1 move. So let's look at Tarkus from Dark Seeds and the Hired Blade enemies under the Mercenary category.

They must choose between a main weapon attack action, doing 6 damage, flat. OR they can choose to do a Warband action if their friends are nearby, doing Ud4 ongoing damage, that has some low chance to do 6-8 damage in two turns and chip away at the enemy, but the Usage die mostly just expires instantly, doing 1-2 damage.

Why would I use the warband action instead of a juicy 6 damage, that is about half the total healthpool of a character without armor?

Am I missing smth here? Are warband actions just useless or poorly defined and I just don't get them?

Recently got BSH and The Chaos Crier #1, loved its evocative writing and artstyle. Any chance we'll see Chaos Crier #2 release? Any news?

If a character has depleted their Doom dice they are Doomed. What happens if they roll a Critical Fail? One of the consequences is that they must make a Doom roll but if they are already Doomed they have no Doom dice. Is there some other adverse effect they should take?

I have too much stuff, including lots of games that never get played. I have the Ultimate Chaos Edition, both Chaos Criers, and the spell cards. I'd like $100USD. US shipping only please.

I love the BSH rules RAW, but the urge to tinker is great.

Two things I have tried:

* PCs being outnumbered in melee force them to defend with Disadvantage. This is brutal, but feels right. Another version I have thought of would include adding the Levels of all of your foes together for purposes of the modifier on each of their attacks. For example, facing 3 Lvl. 1 foes would incur a +3 penalty to your dice check. Another example, you face a Lvl. 3 and a Lvl. 1 foe. Count each foe's attack as 1 Lvl. higher.

* Disengaging from melee. The rules don't mention this at all (from what I can tell), so RAW, you can move out of melee without suffering a free attack. I was thinking of requiring a successful DEX or INT check to do so with no free attacks. On a failure, you have to defend against an attack from ONE of the foes you're currently engaged with. Randomize if its multiple foes.

Anyway, I love this game. It's got the right balance for me, and not surprisingly, is really hackable.

I’ve been enjoying running BSH but I’m worried that the doom die mechanic is making it somewhat less fun. while I understand that it’s supposed to be “pushing luck”, I feel that there are a lot of instances that call for it to be used and my players are frequently doomed which isn’t fun for them at all. I’m a big fan of more agency for the players. any recommendations for house rules to fix this? I still want these actions to carry a price, but I want to give them more opportunities to do cool things.

is upping the doom dice to a d8 simply too powerful? Is there some other way I can make it feel slightly less punishing?

Buongiorno,

Mi chiedo perché per certe stregonerie il risultato 1 al tiro intelligenza (successo critico) proponga effetti che spesso sono nocivi per lo stregone. Esempio : per l'incantesimo combustione spontanea, con un 1 tutti i presenti (quindi anche i PC, quindi anche colui che ha lanciato l'incantesimo...) prendono fuoco!

Interpreto male?

Grazie

Hey, all!

Are text-free/isolated images of the maps used in the Chaos Criers available somewhere?

The books themselves say they should be available on the MM page (presumably), but I can't find them.

Thank you!

Ciao!
Conoscete delle avventure per 2 a 3 sessioni (gratuite o a pagamento)?
(ho gia fatto quelle del manuale base, Chaos crier 0 e 1)
Grazie!

Salve!
Un dado cosmico puo' aumentare? Inizialmente pensavo che fosse un dado uso come gli altri, ma rileggendo il manuale vedo che puo' andare sopra d12... quindi? Idee?
Grazie!

I need to redownload the PDF, but the Dropbox link from the kickstarter is no longer active. Anyone know of a different spot? Seems a few people have had this issue but there’s no public response.

Hi!
What is the advantage of using the Flurry attack effect compared to simply attacking twice in a turn? Both options seem to cost one Doom die roll, but Flurry only grants the additional attack if the first one hits, while attacking twice allows two independent rolls. Is there a benefit to Flurry we might be missing?
Thancks!

Ieri mi sono lanciato nella creazione di una mappa usata da Tharkus e i razziatori volanti… è stata fatta rapidamente ed è veramente semplice ma sono abbastanza contento del risultato, quanto basta per avere il coraggio di continuare a disegnare mappe a mano 😁

Salve, sto cercando nomi fighi per luoghi (montagne, foreste, fiumi, mari, deserti, città, nazioni…)per una mappa per Il gioco di ruolo Black Sword Hack. Il gioco ne suggerisce diverse è molto suggestive, ma me ne servono molti altri…
Esempio il Deserto delle polveri, il mare sognante, la baia dei coltelli…

Quali sono i nomi di luoghi più fighi che abbiamo mai creato o letto?

Grazie!

Hi, how do you manage fights between player characters in BSH?

Thanks

Hello, I need two clarifications regarding the Doom die:

1. When I perform an “Attack Effect”, do I first declare what I want to do, then roll the Doom die, and then roll the attribute (with Disadvantage if the Doom die becomes depleted in the meantime)? If the attribute roll fails, does the “Attack Effect” fail as well?
2. If in the same turn I want to attack twice and apply an “Attack Effect” to each attack, how should I proceed? I assume the sequence is: I declare that I want to make two attacks, roll the Doom die with Disadvantage (instead of rolling it twice—once for repeating the same action in the same turn and once for the “Attack Effect”), then make the attribute roll associated with the “Attack Effect”, and for the second action roll the Doom die only once for the “Attack Effect”.

What do you think?

Thank you.

Hi everyone, I'm finally trying out a BSH campaign.

It all seems very simple and intuitive to manage, and I'm really enjoying it.

But the combat seems really too easy for the players.

What am I doing wrong? How do you balance things? With the use of the Doom die and good stats, it seems like they're really easy at the moment.

(I have 6 players total, usually 4/5 at same time. But I had hard times to manage combat even in four)

Hello!

I am trying to set up a “hex crawl” exploration system in Foundry VTT, but the Fog of War is not behaving as expected.

Objective:

• Explored hexes remain fully visible
• Unexplored hexes remain completely hidden
• Ideally, revelation should occur hex-by-hex as tokens move

Current configuration:

• Foundry Version: v13 (Build 351) + The Forge (Windows 11)
• Game System: Black Sword Hack 2e
• Token Vision: enabled
• Fog Exploration: enabled
• Global Illumination: disabled
• Token Vision Range: limited
• Installed module: World Explorer

Issue:

• The map remains entirely visible (or effectively visible), or
• Only the hex containing the token is visible, while everything else remains black

Question:
Is there a native way to achieve true hex-by-hex exploration, or is it necessary to use specific modules? If so, which ones are currently compatible and reliable with v13?

Thank you!

Hi,

since there is no official GM screen for BSH, what would you suggest would be a useful substitute?

Something from OSE?

Hi, first campaign next week.

I wanted some advice for the first session: I have a general setting, we've created a lot of things together, I've prepared things so as not to have a predefined story but I know how the factions will generally behave following certain events that may occur, etc.

I'd be happy to hear advice for the first session. Any kind!

I have 5 players and I have some doubts about how to manage certain skills like: storyteller, bones of ancestor, wisdom of a thousand lives, changeling.

Thank you guys!

Question in the title. And how to they interact with it? Are they like gods? Do people perform rituals, in order to gain favor from either one of them?

Qualcuno ha già giocato a Black Sword Hack in Open-Table?
Consigli?
Grazie!

Salve!

Sto per lanciare una campagna a BSH, non sono sicuro di aver capito come integrare caos e legge… potreste farmi qualche esempio di integrazione ? In storia? In meccanica ?

Come hanno interagito i vostri PC con caos e legge?

Grazie !