Writing a Case in City of Mist TTRPG
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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MC Kevin Carpenter gives tips and tricks for writing a mysterious and action-packed case in City of Mist TTRPG!
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The hardest parts of the case is two things
1. Coming up with logical clues that will lead the players to the solution, while at the same time being open to other ways to get clues
2. Getting your players to go out and investigate the case while trying not to railroad, especially if they are not cops or reporters.
All this said cases can be pretty straight forward and really fun to unravel.
1. This is why it pays to have the timeline and backstory created, because knowing the full story makes it easier to create the clues for it. Also, keep in mind your crew's abilities. If one of them can track people's scent, put a small item from someone they're trying to track in one of the areas.
2. On a similar vein, take note of what's important to each character. Even if a PC is a stay-at-home mom, they'll want to get involved if the mystery starts affecting her neighborhood.
As a "forever MC" I think this is my favorite video so far. I can't wait to give these techniques a try.
Good video, Kevin! I like this series of CoM videos where you provide tips and explain things as well. So far I have read the books but have yet to play so these videos help me understand things better. I also enjoy the refresher of rules and it becomes a good source for whenever any of my future players have questions, I can send them one of these videos along with my explanation.
Glad to hear they help!
Absolutely loving these videos on City of Mist! I am currently just starting to read the Player's Guide now and eventually the MC toolkit. Keep up the good work!
Ehy! You do a really marvelous job and I bought all the reminiscenze nanuals wich i had no idea they existed (in italy we have only one i had to take them in english) by the way i was thinking that thus game have the PERFECT bases for a metal gear themed campain and I was thinking is it a good idea?
It could totally work! You can use this system for anything. Check out the hacking channel on our discord for more.
I don't know if this issue is tackled in something I haven't read, yet, or if I just don't recall it if I have, but... what does an MC do if a player wants to use a Mythos the MC or a module has already utilized for an NPC?
Say I was going to use Jack Frost for a skater punk NPC, but a player wants to use him for their newly created politician? Or, like, the players decide they want to use Zues, Poseidon, and Hades as part of a three siblings approach to the game. ...what happens to Anatoli Vidales?
I guess the basic question is: Can a Mythos manifest in more than one person... and what happens should those two people meet?
Good question!
There is no official solution to this.
You can try and replace the mythos you used or that is used in published content with a similar mythos. There is no shortage of chthonic deities to replace Hades.
You can also say that a mythos can manifest indifferent individuals, but differently in each such Rift. Then these Rifts can be attracted to one another, and PCs may find it hard to resist the logic of their enemy if they share the same Mythos. At the same time they can fight each other to ensure their interpretation of the Mythos is the one that prevails.
Hope this helps!
Any videos about writing a series?
Question : how do you do this for solo play?
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