Misdirected Mark Podcast

It's part 4 of A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are still getting ready for PROM. They're also getting ready for the post prom ritual, or at least to stop the Wyrm Cult, get Meseme's essence back, and reconstitute her, hopefully, if they don't mess it up. This week Ti brings Bo home for dinner. Gunny brings Casey home for dinner. Chris and Phil get to play multiple characters in multiple scenes and we take our story to the PROM or at least right to the front doors of the main event.

We're touching on a topic that most people say is terrible in RPGs. The Red Herring. We get into how it should be used, when to use it, and why you might want to drop one in your game. We also have a few asides, especially one about old school gotcha monsters.

It's part 3 of A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are still getting ready for PROM. They're also getting ready for the post prom ritual, or at least to stop the Wyrm Cult, get Meseme's essence back, and reconstitute her, hopefully, if they don't mess it up. There's a Suweet looking Gunny in this episode, an Urlis sighting, and some couple napping in this episode. Hopefully it all goes well for the Junior Guardians.

The guys get into story 3, talk about the choices they made as the GM and the players, and how this nine part epic became a nine part epic because the GM sure wasn't planning for it. So join us for the ups and down, the ins and outs of story three, Smarty Pants.

It's part 2 of A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are getting ready for PROM. They're also getting ready for the post prom ritual, or at least to stop the Wyrm Cult, get Meseme's essence back, and reconstitute her, hopefully, if they don't mess it up. Things heat up in this one with people pairing off for prom, Lisa causing some amount of grief, Ti looking for love in maybe the right places, and Gunny trying to get inside the Wyrm clan. There might even be a promposal.

Since we lost a recording and had to rerecord we got a little off schedule and didn’t have an episode for this week. Instead of not releasing anything here’s an off the cuff about your MORE

Welcome to story 4, A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are getting ready for PROM. They're also getting ready for the post prom ritual, or at least to stop the Wyrm Cult, get Meseme's essence back, and reconstitute her, hopefully, if they don't mess it up.

Have you ever thought that about your game? I've prepped this game but after the session my prep was only sort of used. We do...a lot. Today we get inside this idea, talking a lot about how to get the most out of these situations and why they might even be a benefit to you.

It's the epilogue and our Stars and Wishes for Smarty Pants. Done miss out on this one as it has some set up for story 4.

We're talking about three mods from Cortex Prime today and how we don't quite use them the way they're explained in the book. Stress, Action Based Resolution, and the Doom Pool. Enjoy and tell us about the mods you've enjoyed, used, or modified in your Cortex Games.

We join the Children of the Shroud as they throw down with Jenna in the decrepit Buffalo Asylum amidst shadows, falling apart architecture, and disturbed spirits. Will they defeat Jenna or will she end the children of the shroud? Tune in this week to find out,

What do you do when the players make a choice that jumps ahead of what you were planning on and either skips everything you had prepared or moves towards the end of a story by passing many other story beats along the way. We call this Story Jumping and we're discussing it on todays Misdirected Mark Podcast.

We join the Children of the Shroud as they break into a house. I guess we're gonna be criminals but I suppose we do have probable cause to check out this place. After all, Meseme's essence has been detected within the apartment. So check out the twists and turns on this weeks Children of the Shroud.

Here's the Cortex Primer on Plot Points. Enjoy another installment as we help you learn the ins and outs of Cortex Prime.

We join the Children of the Shroud as they return to school on a Monday morning and then continue their pursuit of Samia in the evening, but wait, there's a twist and Phil is gonna do some GM Gymnastics in this one. Check it out on this weeks Children of the Shroud.

Don't take away my agency...unless you have a good reason. And don't make me pay for it. In fact, pay me to take away my agency...in currency or in a story I can get behind.

We join the Children of the Shroud in the fallout of their fight and chase with Samia. They plan their next moves and Silas tried to get himself under control.

Our second cortex primer is all about tests and contests. We also chat about chases, multi person contests, and how you can utilize these two primary conflict resolution systems within a cortex game.

We join the Children of the Shroud as they try and get the drug dealer Samia to tell them what she knows but personalities clash and things might not go the Children of the Shrouds way.

Sometimes you just want to have that argument with another character. You don't agree with their motives, ideas, how they looked at you. Whatever the reason you just want to have that fight. It's not full on PvP but it's a conflict. So we're talking about the tools and tips you can use to have these moments at your table without it blowing up your game.