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Farank has strong feelings about walking.
Let’s just say… he’s not a fan.

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Reggie: “It’s not Either/Or… it’s Yes and Options.”
When improvisation meets investigation in Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye.

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Maker (Constitution) Artisan and engineer: you craft gear in downtime, bolster your hit points for arduous crafting, and fight with the inventions you’ve built.

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Skilled Sneak lets the Infiltrator add a die to a Stealth or Investigation check on the fly, even after seeing a poor roll, ensuring they slip through hidden backdoors or spot the hidden ledger.

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Miss the premiere of Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye?
Catch the VOD on Twitch, YouTube, or Spotify and then join us live Tuesdays at 9 PM ET for more mystery.

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Aurikesh Session 163

In today's session, my PCs returned to the City of Brass, where they had previously depowered and driven out the Flame in the Bronze, the city's ruler. It is now under the control of Feriza, a fire elemental.

They were coming to the city to keep a bargain with Dispater.

Aurikesh, Session 136: In the Claws of the Demodand

The PCs learned that one of their bosses - Puck, masquerading as a mortal - was being hunted by something called a “demodand” and some bounty hunters. So one PC who is especially close with him agrees to magically disguise as him, as bait.

Aurikesh Session 169: A Fallen Tower

In this online session the PCs used their fast travel artifact, Gravestone, to travel from their home city to a graveyard that is a week or two away, in the hinterlands.

48 sessions ago, they had freed a storm giant king, who had once ruled an empire.

Player Holdings in Aurikesh

Today in Harbinger of Doom, I've created rules for player holdings in my long-running campaign, ranging from a countryside estate to a cult and a casino. Check it out!

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Aurikesh Session 139

I ran my D&D game on Saturday. The PCs decided to go back to the Tomb of Djored the Golden and keep trying to find a domain sentinel's faceplate so they can make a magic item that will let them teleport to major sites of death (graveyards and battlefields, mainly).

Aurikesh Session 168: The Valley of Dry Pines

In this session the PCs handled some personal magic item crafting; I'm negotiating a variant Figurine of Wondrous Power with one of them, and another finished making a reskinned Mizzium Apparatus called the Coffer of Cacophonies. (This will come up.)

Connect them with short notes that explain who owes who, who protects who, and who wants what.

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You may have seen references to this deck in our upcoming projects, Shadow City Mysteries: A Clockwork Noir and the Case Files series. Within those titles, the Tarot serves as a thematic and storytelling device.

Read more 👉 https://playonwordsstudios.com/dev-blog/f/dev-blog-5-spotlight-on-the-tarot

Start with your Patron, add player characters, their key contacts, one notable NPC organization, and one interesting item or event (McGuffin).

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An array of 7 people, photographed in black and white, partially surround a promotional image that reads: The roleplaying game Shadow City Mysteries House of Skye Weekly episode begin Tuesday, October 7th at 9pm EST on Twitch.TV/PlayOnWordsStudios

Debuting tonight, @playonwords.bsky.social presents their new AP stream “Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye”.

From in their upcoming 5e setting book, SCM is a dark clockwork noir where the lines between reality & the supernatural blur.

Airing Tuesdays @ 9pm EST on Twitch.TV/PlayOnWordsStudios

Dev Blog #17: Building Shadow City Together: https://lttr.ai/AjhG0

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The wait is almost over...

Join the Family.

Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye premieres Tuesday, October 7 at 9 PM ET

Watch live on Twitch and YouTube.

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🕰️ Loyalties are never certain…
Saturday, October 4 at 9 PM ET — Join us for Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye – Behind the Scenes: Intro to Reggie.
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Reggie Wrenne, torn between family and the Brass Consortium.

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🎲 Enter the shadows live. Follow us on Twitch and watch Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye unfold in real time.
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🕰️ Blood runs deep…
Thursday, October 2 at 9 PM ET — Join us for Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye – Behind the Scenes: Intro to Ignatus.

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A cousin of House Skye, bound by family and shadow.

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Conspiracy – Power up to uncover the deeper machinations that lurk in the city’s corridors of power, blending high stakes with daring plots.

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🕰️ The underworld has teeth…
Tuesday, September 30, at 9 PM ET.
Join us for Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye – Behind the Scenes: Intro to Quinn.
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A Heavy in the Court of Rats.

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Every great Shadow City Mysteries campaign starts with a table full of ideas. Our City and Relationship Map system turns those ideas into a living blueprint for intrigue, allies, and trouble.

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🕰️ Every choice shapes the City…
Saturday, September 27, at 9 PM ET — Join us for Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye – Behind the Scenes: Intro to Peryn.

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A man of the cloth, walking in shadows.

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🕰️ Shadows deepen…
Thursday, September 24 at 9PM ET — Join us for Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye – Behind the Scenes: Intro to Raven.

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Every secret has a price.

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🕰️ Step into the shadows…
Tuesday, September 22, at 9 PM ET — Join us for Shadow City Mysteries: House of Skye – Behind the Scenes: Intro to Farank.

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Discover the faces behind the noir.

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Hey you! With the face!

Looking to get into playing or update your Pathfinder library? Why not do that while you support an INCREDIBLE organization dedicated to reducing stigmas and improving mental health awareness and support in gaming.

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