Recent content by Helena Real

Setup complete and characters created. (Session Zero of a Against the Odds playtest two-shot)

Cathartically horrifying all the way. (Bluebeard's Bride)

Sadly I have the 9th occupied but, if not, I would've joined in a heartbeat. Good luck! ☺

The thing is that, at least in my anecdotal experience, OC/neo-trad players usually do not come from a TTRPG background. Instead, they come from text roleplay on places like deviantART originally, and nowadays on Discord. I participated in one of these recently and it's fascinating how they...

Something else I wanted to say but forgot in my first post (and I don't where to add it, so that's why I'm writing it here) is that PCs in OC/neo-trad, the way I see it, have to be, most of all, vehicles for drama. It's not about PCs getting more powerful; instead, it's about creating characters...

I'm still reading the thread, so someone may have said this already, but OC/neo-trad as it is defined here is how I've been trying to play since I started roleplaying, back in 2001, so it's not something new. And it doesn't have to do with PC empowerment only; I love it and I'm mostly a forever...

Hi! No, I was just confirming whether this was the latest version or not. Thanks a lot for all your work! ☺

The first time I left D&D (2nd Ed), I left for Vampire The Masquerade. For a couple of years I exclusively ran or played in WoD 1.0 games. Then I felt the itch to play something fantasy-related (I always oscillate between epic fantasy and goth stuff). I discovered D&D 3.0 (and then 3.5) and...

Thanks so much for this! Any updates? ☺️

Highlander was (and still is) one of my life-long obsessions. Its world always felt so mysterious and cool. I ran a one-shot using a fan made adaptation to WoD 1.0 rules back in the day and it was lots of fun. I remember someone creating a more in-depth version for WoD 2.0 rules that I read but...

So much YES on the Cyclops restoration. I missed the team leader and main heartthrob SO much from the Fox-Men. Don't get me wrong: I love Wolverine, but for me Scott and Jean will always be the main couple, the heart and soul of the X-Men 🖤

Well, that was one awesome season finale if I ever saw one. This felt SO good. I'm happy to have read somewhere that we'll get season 2 and potentially 3 of this, so I can only wait with baited breath until we get a release date. All the wonderful cameos in this episode made me wish for an...

What a great little show! And yeah, as somebody said upthread, the animation side of Star Wars remains as the undisputed provider of good stories. And holy naughty word! What a gorgeous show. And the action sequences! Breathtaking. Special mention to both Morgan Elsbeth and Barriss Offee as great...

I gotta say: after 9 episodes, and some stumbles, this series is everything I hoped for and dream about when it was first announced back in the day. And yeah, I'm your basic bitch queer who's always loved the X-Men because it feels like a story about people like me who happen to be superheroes...

Heartbreaking in the best way. (Avatar Legends, end of Season 3 of a planned 4-season campaign ☺ 🖤)