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Finally spent the money on Torchbearer 2E (Scholar's, Dungeoneer's, and Loremaster's) having been a big fan of burning wheel for over ten years (though alas, mostly in a theoretical sense as it is a hard game to find players for). I am in love with Torchbearer. It has really seized my imagination and gotten the creative neurons firing.
May 11, 2023 · Torchbearer is a really good tactical (not grid combat) strategic dungeon crawl game. If you like darkest dungeon, you'll like torchbearer. You're characters will be impoverished and (at least if you've got the tone right) get beat up by your dungeons, so it is important to have something important drive them forward.
Jan 24, 2022 · Jan 24, 2022. #1. I backed the Torchbearer 2nd edition Kickstarter in April 2020. My books arrived a couple of weeks ago: the two core book (Dungeoneer's Handbook, Scholar's Guide), the expansion book (Lore Master's Manual) and a book of scenarios (Cartographer's Compendium). I also got PDF of all these plus the Scavenger's Supplement, another ...
Dec 11, 2021 · Torchbearer, unlike many other fantasy TRPGs, does not utilize any sort of grid-based combat. All the Conflict opponents act in kind-of abstract "theatre-of-the-mind" scene where the marching order does not matter as much, as everyone can target everyone. Which, by extension, removes any positioning tools from the hands of the players — mages ...
Apr 13, 2015 · Most of these come with mechanical penalties. Unlike the 1hp fighter who's basically fine, a Torchbearer character with a lot of conditions feels like a half-crushed insect crawling for cover. A badly roughed up party is a sorry thing indeed. One tool the characters have to help with time is their Instincts.
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Jan 31, 2023 · Both editions of the game are completely fine. And 2e offers much more content. Thing is, that content, for me, goes against the very thing that makes the game appealing to me. At the heart of Torchbearer, there's this idea that the dungeon is a dangerous, actively hostile environment, something that exhausts you and pushes you out.
Nov 8, 2021 · Difficult. Short answer is yes; Torchbearer 1e, in many ways, is very much designed to be a DD-type game, primarily supported by the Turns/Grind system that makes the dungeon itself a constant and looming threat, all of which is setting agnostic, but assumes deadly.
Sep 18, 2014 · Torchbearer is unique in the amount of detail that goes into each individual map. It's also unique in the fact that the system essentially has a clock built into it. It really gives a sense that every action has to count and and makes it fairly easy to kill newet players...
Jul 31, 2020 · Furthermore, I think D&D, even DarkerDungeons, delivers on a slightly different aesthetic than Torchbearer. In D&D more items are looted, like healing potions and true magic items. In Torchbearer's system, you're quickly overburdened. Stealing the different body slots, I'd allow for more slots for loot. Some may even be class-based.
