# \#system **URL:** https://forum.menagerie.team/tag/system/56.md [Latest](https://forum.menagerie.team/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.menagerie.team/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.menagerie.team/tags.md) --- ## [Brindlewood Bay and Clues](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/brindlewood-bay-and-clues/1309)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/brindlewood-bay-and-clues/1309 "2025-02-01T19:58:42Z")
Thought I'd collect the verbose conversation that was started on Discord (I've left off some stray comments) DAVE: Riffing off something either Mike or Bill said (or maybe both), I think a problem I am having is that I… --- ## [Sandbox by the Bay](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/sandbox-by-the-bay/1297)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/sandbox-by-the-bay/1297 "2024-12-03T21:58:13Z")
Well, not exactly. Brindlewood Bay has Mysteries that are defined, but also not defined, at the same time. We’ve talked about how there is no canonical solution involved in any of the BB Mysteries. The conceit of the B… --- ## [Search in Roll20](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/search-in-roll20/1296)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/search-in-roll20/1296 "2024-11-27T20:46:16Z")
I’ve incorporated the Search mod/API script to the Roll20 setup for the game. It allows for easy text searches of content, and given the variety of people and places I have set up, I thought it might be convenient for ev… --- ## [Notes to Matty](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/notes-to-matty/1273)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/notes-to-matty/1273 "2024-08-06T08:59:33Z")
For commentary on MEGALOS as a system / ruleset … --- ## [Journal Entries](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/journal-entries/1154)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/journal-entries/1154 "2022-10-31T22:39:54Z")
I’ve added four Handout entries in the Roll20 Journal for our game: Roguish Feats – Summary tables from both rulebooks (Core and T&O) with descriptions and notes about the Roguish Feats, since the character sheet doesn’… --- ## [The Name of the Game](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-name-of-the-game/1006)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/the-name-of-the-game/1006 "2021-06-10T00:13:49Z")
As we appear to have wrapped (or brought to a quite reasonable gravity-well-hanging moment), I’ll be the one to raise the question of … What now? I’ll start by saying, I’m not presently able to GM, largely because I’m a… --- ## [Basic Fellowship Moves](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/basic-fellowship-moves/738)
**Author:** [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/basic-fellowship-moves/738 "2020-01-13T22:59:37Z")
This is just a conversation starter, really. It sounds like Mike had some thoughts on the topic as well. Thought 1: Masks has either spoiled me or ruined me. Possibly both. Thought 2: There’s no way to take something f… --- ## [Fighting Big Bads](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fighting-big-bads/736)
**Author:** [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/fighting-big-bads/736 "2019-08-10T07:27:00Z")
Okay, so I’m parsing what that situation in the Forges looks like right now. It’s not… inaccurate to say it’s kind of like walking out of Bree and picking a fight with Saruman and the Witch-King. It’s not impossible, bu… --- ## [(re)Designing Threats](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/re-designing-threats/737)
**Author:** [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/re-designing-threats/737 "2019-08-08T22:53:50Z")
Elsethread, Bill wrote: Yes. This hits the problem on the head, because the wording of the Honor-bound threat in the Organization is not written very thoughtfully in terms of how it interacts with the available moves i… --- ## [Position/Effect](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/position-effect/680)
**Author:** [@insomn14](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/insomn14)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/position-effect/680 "2019-04-23T00:01:47Z")
So someone on the Blades in the Dark discord broke down Position and Effect into what I thought was the easiest to describe metric, so I decided to make a chart out of it (because I’m a visual person and I imagine other … --- ## [Masks Unbound - first impressions](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/masks-unbound-first-impressions/622)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/masks-unbound-first-impressions/622 "2018-11-08T23:26:00Z")
I got the Masks Unbound release (as of 10/11) and read through it a bit. Here’s some early thoughts, with emphasis on our campaign. What is this? It’s basically Fiasco-style playsets for Masks, framing the game in diffe… --- ## [Masks: Unbound stuff](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/masks-unbound-stuff/519)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/masks-unbound-stuff/519 "2018-05-29T21:04:16Z")
No idea if this will lead to any further items beyond this one, but in case it does … While reading the latest Kickstarter Masks release, this item from the discussion of the upcoming Masks: Unbound book, caught my eye: … --- ## [Masks to Mecha in a Hurry](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/masks-to-mecha-in-a-hurry/417)
**Author:** [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/masks-to-mecha-in-a-hurry/417 "2018-04-28T14:40:12Z")
So let’s say you had like… two hours and wanted to cobble together some kind of semi-playable version of Masks, but for playing Voltron, basically. Like… we don’t even have time to file the serial numbers off much, and w… --- ## [New playbooks and their moves \[System\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/new-playbooks-and-their-moves-system/329)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/new-playbooks-and-their-moves-system/329 "2018-04-15T04:03:47Z")
The new playbooks - the Brain, the Harbinger, and the Soldier - are out. They still feel like works in progress, with some moderately complicated mechanics. While I’m not changing classes any time soon, we have the optio… --- ## [Random Musing about 'themed' Masks games](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/random-musing-about-themed-masks-games/421)
**Author:** [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/random-musing-about-themed-masks-games/421 "2018-02-23T23:33:31Z")
Another weird halfway hack I keep thinking about - not even a hack, really just more of a framework for a Masks game, is “Everyone is part of the same group/organization.” Like it’s Masks: Bat Family or Masks: Green Lan… --- ## [\[System\] Magpie games chimes in on a post about Rejecting Influence](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/system-magpie-games-chimes-in-on-a-post-about-rejecting-influence/401)
**Author:** [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/system-magpie-games-chimes-in-on-a-post-about-rejecting-influence/401 "2018-02-13T01:08:14Z")
Not really questions that have (or probably will) come up in our game (partly because the problem is a player who really doens’t want to play Masks, IMO), but Magpie Game’s response at the end brings up some in-game situ… --- ## [Playbooks! \[System\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/playbooks-system/205)
**Author:** [@Dave](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/Dave)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/playbooks-system/205 "2018-01-14T06:37:10Z")
So we each have to have a unique playbook. I had something in mind, but it occurs to me I have several somethings in mind and would be perfectly happy to go last in the selection if folk have ideas they want to pursue. a… --- ## [Random Thought on the \[System\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/random-thought-on-the-system/324)
**Author:** [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/random-thought-on-the-system/324 "2017-12-19T15:00:23Z")
My favorite thing about PBTA games in general and Masks in particular is how the dice regularly inject unexpected elements into the game. I mean, at some point, I should go through the main events that have occurred in … --- ## [Villain Conditions as Phase Transitions](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/villain-conditions-as-phase-transitions/308)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/villain-conditions-as-phase-transitions/308 "2017-12-05T02:38:58Z")
In MMORPGs, and probably similar single-player games, the PC party can fight bosses that have multiple phases, or stages. I think this concept maps well to Masks villain conditions, and I want to talk about how we might … --- ## [Custom Moves Thread \[System\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/custom-moves-thread-system/254)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/custom-moves-thread-system/254 "2017-11-25T20:07:00Z")
When you ask AEGIS for help or official support, roll +Superior. On a hit, your request is granted, but with complications. On a 10+, choose one from the list. On a 7-9, the GM chooses two. There’s an ongoing investiga… --- ## [Outsider moves for ghosts](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/outsider-moves-for-ghosts/211)
**Author:** [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/outsider-moves-for-ghosts/211 "2017-09-19T16:58:59Z")
The unseen world: You can commune with other departed ghosts. Whenever you contact the unseen realm, roll +Superior. On a 10+, hold 3. On a 7-9, hold 2. On a miss, hold 1, but those beyond make an uncomfortable demand. S… --- ## [Custom Move Dissection: Googling Yourself \[System\]](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/custom-move-dissection-googling-yourself-system/234)
**Author:** [@doyce](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/doyce)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/custom-move-dissection-googling-yourself-system/234 "2017-08-30T18:49:03Z")
\[breaking this out from Link’s journal as a different topic\] \*\*You’ll Go Blind Googling Yourself \*\*When you scroll up and down your hashtag for hours or after making a scene, roll+Superior. On a hit, the wholesome meme…