A Peek behind the screen (Saibankena's Q&D)

[Asahina Bo]

No immediate questions - just thanks for a great game even if you snuck some evil in at the end there

[Saibankan]

Biggest surprise the game threw you?

Biggest "damn, I wish I'd done that differently" moment?

Favorite scene?

Biggest surprise the game threw you?

Biggest "damn, I wish I'd done that differently" moment?

Favorite scene?

Biggest surprise: Soyokaze crafting a magic mirror. A wonderful example of "If you set a TN for something, no matter how challenging, someone is gonna mek it by throwing enough dice at it." Course that TN was set by the book, not me.

Wish I had done things differently: I should have accepted Nesshin's offer to co-gm. I liked giving him the chance to play first, and he really loves his Deer, but I could've done more with the NPCs with some help.

Favorite Scene: Seppun Unsei and Wattan

[Saibankan]

From 0 to 10, what is your intention to throw another game in the same setting (perhaps same characters)?

10

[Saibankan]

Appreciate the game. No dueling next time!

I challenge you to a duel over your insulting the dueling system.

Next game planned doesn't have dueling as an event, and in the meantime we have top men working on improvements to the system, thanks in no small part to everyone here stress testing the RAW. Sorry for the anxiety, and thank you for the help.

[Saibankan]

Why no kite-flying?

This ain't Naishou bub


I dunno, with strife I thought players wouldn't really be interested in another event, but Koi's festival events went over fairly well, so maybe it would've worked.

[Saibankan]

Surprised at the relative lack of interest in the available NPCs as spouses?

Actually the opposite is true.

I didn't expect Hajime and Taemon. Murato would have taken Bayarmaa as a backup, a few people wanted Reina. They served their purpose fairly well.

[Kitsuki Edogawa]

Thank you for the game. I'm still not sure how I felt about the system, but this was a nice introduction.

[Saibankan]

Did you make plot hooks on the fly depending on what players show interest in or was it all written beforehand?

If the latter, are there some big things you're disappointed we missed?

The only pre-existing plot hooks were the events, and what the NPCs had written into them. That plus the madness that PCs bring with them is more than enough for a game. I was surprised how long it took for players to uncover Renjiro. Apparently a cat as an innkeeper is highly believable XD

I didn't have any pre-written undiscovered plots, but I did have some on the fly hooks written that wouild've been interesting that went unuused:

What if Seppun Yuzu had destroyed the mirror?

What if Seppun Unsei was left tied up in the woods overnight?

Overall, I'm glad I didn't have to use these, but they were interesting.

[Saibankan]

Thank you for the game and I hope. You have won this one as a player in future games.

Excellent. You're always welcome at my table. Well, my virtual table, covid y'know

[Saibankan]

No immediate questions - just thanks for a great game even if you snuck some evil in at the end there

You're welcome and to be fair that evil was there from the beginning