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take a short rest and then flee the dungeon and go back to camp

Thats an easy one, I spent years as a gnome alchemist running my own laboratory and shop. The thing is an alchemist needs to gather rare and often dangerous ingredients as well as mixing strange formulas and taking unusual request - and the customers arent always of this world.

I consider inspiration to be diagetic, especially as I connect it directly to PC traits and goals, so Charactets feel inspired by their passions and bonds. Moreover the rally action can inspire others and imc Leanan Sidhe drain inspiration or cha

Inspiration, Advantage, Bonus XP As to Why - It incentivises players to proactively pursue goals

You said they were all hurt by the Usurper but do the PCS have a list of character goals and drives? Do pursuing those goals have mechanical effect? If you have that list then you just put that in front of them, add a challenge that takes it away from them and see how they respond

Forest Gnomes - specifically Forest not Tinkers, I like that they are a clever magically inclined species who are not optimised for combat. I imagine them as fey-[ike combination of Smurfs and the Nac Mac Feegle of Discworld and as fey I do like tying them to Spriggans, Jermlaines, Brownies...

I'd just give bonus Resolve +1 for monsters being in their lairs and maybe let them spend resolve to trigger traps and similar 'lair effects'. I also think that using this system would require the whole notion of XP for killing monsters to be replaced with a broader XP for overcoming challenges...

I really like this it gets a better framework for Inspiration (Superiority) and Resolve makes Morale an active narrative tool tied to enemy motivation not GM fiat. I really like that it encourages the players to make those tactical decisions to gain superiority rather than just targeting HP and...

I do like that this is a self-deprecating response to notions of Super Hero fatigue and that Damage Control is getting a bit more exposure.

Lost Souls is a good game, havent played that in a long while

Anyone remember Eerie, Indiana (NBC) which was a similarly town of weirdness vibe and featured a couple of kids on bikes too. It was filmed between Santa Clarita and Toronto.

yeah Adventurer meeting Aleena, encountering Bargle and then being chased out by ghouls is my first memory of actual DnD 'play'. The whole package with BEC was a perfect introduction to what the game could be.

Van Helsing (Syfy) was set in post apocalyptic Seattle, but mostly filmed in BC. CW Sabrina and Riverdale too (even though theyre suppose to be New York) Buffy is definitely Southern California though, shes a Valley girl

England in the 12th century was pretty dirty and gritty - and he's an outlaw in the forest robbing corrupt bishops and shaming greedy nobles. so what was the point of the character?

yeah having bugbears as just big hairy goblins is dumb, so I've long had them be the wildmen in the woods instead, even combining them with Su-Monsters to give them the scary "drag their victims up into the canopy" ability

surprised to see Sigourney Weaver in the cast list! I take it she is the BBEG?

I didnt watch it perse but kids were in the background while we were doing other stuff. I recall it as a terrible movie that makes no sense but yeah the Crane Squadron running down the walls was very cool. It would make a great DnD scenario

heh, so young! many of us remember the age before PCs, wikipedia is modern times!

I like using art as a reference to help me visualise what a creature or scene might look like, I even do my own little sketches during play as an imagination prompt.

Twin Peaks is easy to enter, but difficult to leave. The roads out of Twin Peaks are well maintained. Signposts are freshly painted. Distances are reassuringly short. Travelers who follow them notice small repetitions first. The same split log by the roadside. The same crow hopping once, twice...