Tag Archives: Firefly

Leveragin’ the Black – Situation Generator

Posted on December 23, 2011 by craggle

A little stocking filler for Firefly RPG fans this festive season, and a wrap-up of the Leveragin’ the Black series: – Floundering for that germ of an idea to spark your next epic adventure in the ‘Verse? Or maybe you … Continue reading →

Posted in CortexPlus, Gaming | Tagged Cortex Plus, Firefly, Role-playing game, Serenity Plus, Situation Generator | 9 Comments

Leveragin’ the Black – Stressin’ the Story

Posted on October 6, 2011 by craggle

Rob Donoghue introduced an idea on his blog using Stress tracks for tracking ideas other than “wounds,” such as Insanity for a game of eldritch horrors, or an Enemy Alertness track shared by the players for stealth situations. I’ve really taken … Continue reading →

Posted in CortexPlus, Gaming | Tagged Cortex Plus, Firefly, Role-playing game, Serenity Plus, Stress | Leave a comment

Leveragin’ the Black – Stressin’ The Rules

Posted on October 5, 2011 by craggle

One of the innovative ideas that the Smallville RPG brought to the table was to have five categories of Stress that characters could suffer from: Afraid, Angry, Exhausted, Insecure, and Injured. For Serenity Plus, each character also has five Stress … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | Tagged Cortex Plus, Firefly, Role-playing game, Serenity Plus, Stress | Leave a comment

Leveragin’ the Black – Stattin’ the ‘Verse

Posted on October 4, 2011 by craggle

We’ve covered what dice the players roll for their characters, from the assignment of their statistics to covering which dice to roll and when. But what about the GM: what dice does the GM roll in opposition to those rolled … Continue reading →

Posted in CortexPlus, Gaming | Tagged Cortex Plus, Firefly, game design, Leverage, NPCs, Role-playing game, Serenity Plus | Leave a comment

Leveragin’ the Black – Gettin’ to the Point

Posted on October 3, 2011 by craggle

Fate is a fickle mistress (that’s Fate, not FATE; I refrain from hazarding a guess as to the gender of the RPG) and were the success or failure of the PCs totally in the hands of the dice, we might … Continue reading →

Posted in CortexPlus, Gaming | Tagged Cortex Plus, Firefly, Flashbacks, Leverage, Opportunities, Plot Points, Role-playing game, Serenity Plus, Smallville | Leave a comment

Leveragin’ the Black – Gettin’ Things Rollin’

Posted on September 15, 2011 by craggle

We’ve now got our characters for our Serenity Plus game, with their Stylin‘s, their Refinements, their Values, and the rest of the attributes rounding out their sheets. But how to approach the actual game play itself? How does the GM … Continue reading →

Posted in CortexPlus, Gaming, Mechanics | Tagged Cortex Plus, Firefly, Leverage, Role-playing game, Roleplaying, rpg, Serenity Plus, Smallville | Leave a comment

Leveragin’ the Black – Quite the Experience

Posted on August 25, 2011 by craggle

Characters need to grow and mature over time, else the drama has less impact, and in the case of a roleplaying game, players don’t get any new “toys” to play with. So for this post of Serenity Plus, lets look … Continue reading →

Posted in CortexPlus, Gaming, Mechanics | Tagged Achievements, character advancement, Cortex Plus, experience, Firefly, Leverage, Record, Serenity Plus | Leave a comment

Leveragin’ the Black – Aspects, Resources, and Distinctions

Posted on August 10, 2011 by craggle

We now have our main attribute pairing for Serenity Plus: Stylin’s and Values. On their own, however, these don’t paint the complete portrait of our characters. We need a bit more rounding out of their personality with Aspects, Resources, and Distinctions.

Posted in CortexPlus, Gaming | Tagged Aspects, Assets, Cortex Plus, Distinctions, Firefly, Leverage, Resources, Serenity Plus, Signature Assets, Smallville | 2 Comments

Leveragin’ the Black – Challengin’ Beliefs and Appealin’ to Ideals

Posted on August 3, 2011 by craggle

So, we have our Values for our Serenity Plus game, but how do we use them to achieve our goals, not to mention, how do we use our opponent’s beliefs against them? How about when our characters need to go … Continue reading →

Posted in CortexPlus, Gaming, Mechanics | Tagged Cortex Plus, Firefly, Role-playing game, Serenity Plus, Smallville | Leave a comment

Leveragin’ the Black – The Value of a Man

Posted on August 1, 2011 by craggle

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. – Albert Einstein As mentioned back in the post Rollin’ Roles into Stylin’s, the themes we are concentrating on as our … Continue reading →