#shadows over sol

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[darker-than-darkstorm]

Against The Dark Yogi (by Tab Creations) uses a standard 54-deck of cards including Jokers instead of dice. In addition to using the values on the cards, the suits each corresponded two of the eight stats (one mental, one physical), and if the stat matched the suit, you draw again. If the second card's suit also matched the stat, then you add the two cards together; if the second one didn't match, you took the higher valued card. An optional rule has the suit also affecting the damage of attacks.

(Alternate rules for mughal ganjifa cards — which have eight suits and no jokers — are also explained. The Campaign Options book has options for using dice, but it's more complicated than just "roll a d10" due to simulating the various suit-based options and trying to approximate the same probability spread, to the extent that you really might as well use the cards if you have some)

I'm not sure how the other Saga Machine games work, I haven't read any of them other than AtDY (and the character I created for that game went unused since the game master dropped out before we started).

Edit: Grabbed the Quickstart documents for a few other Saga Machine games (Shadows over Sol, Dime Adventures, and Age of Ambition) to see the basics, and they also use cards in much the same way AtDY does.

Ultimately an RPG that uses playing cards as a randomizer but doesn't actually utilize the cards for. You know. The things that cards can do. Is just using them as a fancy, weirdly shaped die.

A few things that cards can do that dice can't:

You know that dice superstition that people have about how if they roll enough low numbers they're bound to get a high one? That sort of actually works with cards provided cards aren't immediately returned to the deck and the deck reshuffled. Because there's a limited number of each "roll," good or bad.

You can hold them in your hand. It's basically like pre-rolling a bunch of numbers and then getting to spend those numbers as they become relevant. Maybe you only get to draw more cards by playing all your cards, meaning that if you don't conserve your good cards your character's luck is eventually bound to run out.

You can make poker hands with them. Added to the previous point, maybe you will be forced to play a worse hand and have your character flub a non-critical roll because you're hoping for that better hand that'll turn the tide.

There's suits as an added bit of information that can be utilized for some mechanics. Maybe matching suit with an action type results in an extra benefit?

[samthecookielord]

Is this anything.hello

[mjbear130]

merry crimbo! redrew an old piece this year — i still adore dark noël + the rest of the shadow government sm <3 (old under the cut!)

EWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[inkedintothepaper]

new reaction image just dropped

[kiwinatorwaffles]

siblinghood is a thing with teeth

I keep tallies I keep score I'm a petty thing on a high, high horse You've got your mouth open I hold my tongue There's so many things that we can't ignore The Crane Wives - High Horse

oh, rufus. i would say sorry for making your life suck but it's not my fault that you're too easy for angst fuel

alt ver + shitpost under cut

i've also got this silly little writing here on toyhouse of him and ivy :D

[waxwater]

A Cursed Clock is Right Thrice a Day

I wanted to expand that time trouble comic a bit! Some people just shouldn't have guns. Or time travel.

[afklancelot]

there’s a lot of things that make West of Loathing superior to Shadows over Loathing, but i think the most important one is that SoL does not have an actual concrete running gag

[adriiivna]

sad girl with blue irises

[blogofloathing]

Gygan Clarks, Our Favorite Newspaper Manfailure!

[taxonomyterror]

gerald the freelance uncurser

[moth-mayh3m]

fancy dan. send tweet

[samthecookielord]

Oh yeah i kinda just put this on my art summary and didn't elaborate

Phone background i drew as a holiday gift for @snekatiemainy !

[mjbear130]

prof. gunslinger drunk as hell . . .

[m0th-misruled]

repost of the gashu design, but all together; floormasters as the shadow government associates from shadows over loathing!!

[kiwinatorwaffles]

loathingverse art backlog dump part two YAYYYY

finally made a proper sheet for my design of rufus :3 featuring @mjbear130 's rufus in the gif LMFAOOOO

and some gaye sibs stuff <3

SOME NEW ONES!!! MY SPACE AUTISM DOCTOR AND SHADOW TAM !!!! and bonus doodle with rufus hehe

as usual more info about them are on my toyhouse @ kiwinatorwaffles :D coming later is part three aka the shadow goons uh oh