Having escaped the Buttonsnemp Researchery with at least some amount valuable stuff last time, Nujanai, Fermi, and Emmeline decided to take the night to recover, burning almost the last of their monies on a room (but no food) to share with one another and Nujanai’s seven Mockery recruits.
This continues the adventures of Nujanai, Fermi, and Emmeline Grippelash, previously discussed earlier in this series. Last time, we ended with the protagonists talking to Mockeries in the Reading Room of the Buttonsnemp Researchery.
So, last time, we ended on a cliffhanger: Emmeline Grippelash was peeping through a keyhole and gasped.
So, I’m running an RPG for a couple of friends in the States (online, on Discord) who expressed interest in trying out an RPG. One of the players has done a little gaming; the other is a complete newbie. I decided to go with Electric Bastionland (or PDF here)because I was eager to try a system this stripped down and simplified. It seemed like a good introduction to the hobby, and has a setting that’s… well, different enough to sort of confound expectations. Electric Bastionland is effectively the 2nd edition of Into the Odd; I never played ItO, but I …