Symbaroum on the Cards
I’ve touched on the business of the Zero Level character before and the pleasures to be had in the process of taking players through the […]
Alternate
B is for Boons and Burdens
The nicest thing about Boons and Burdens, introduced in the Advanced Player’s Guide, has to be that they have a much less obvious connection to […]
Quick Arrow Reclamation
The Symbaroum Advanced Player’s Guide (APG) includes a whole selection of optional mechanics in the Alternative Rules section. Some will work for you, some not. If you […]
Monstrous Traits
Should Monstrous Traits be more generic? I had that strange thought the other day while looking through some of the reference material I’ve already created. […]
Who You Know
While the Contacts Trait appears in the Symbaroum Core Book as a Trait, generally associated with the player’s choice of race for their character, in […]
Favor and Disfavor
Symbaroum has a simple system for handling the challenges presented to characters. When challenged directly, players roll against one of their Attributes modified by the […]
U is for Undead
Death is not an option. Or, at least, sometimes you don’t want it to be something thrust upon a player when you’re only an hour […]
T is for Tarasque
The dragon was called of them that dwelled in the country Tarasque and it did make its abode about the wood bordering the Black Lake, […]
Dice Clocks
When you have a team of people working together to achieve a specific objective, it can come down to the dice to determine success or […]
Blood Host
On the battlefields of Alberetor, the forces of Queen Korinthia faced the armies of an unnatural enemy. Soldier battled soldier in what felt like an […]
Coughs and Sneezes
I have been reading through the Symbaroum core book and picking up areas that warrant more detail – or where adding more detail makes sense […]
Ansel Redefined
Google+ user Sushi Bacon highlighted concerns about the Defense score for pre-generated character Ansel, the Theurg of the Church of Prios, from the Symbaroum Core […]