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A jam submission

Soul-Burning Torch for ShadowdarkView project page

A new magic item and monster for use with the Shadowdark Roleplaying Game
Submitted by Gaffer Games — 20 days, 2 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Game Master Usability#623.2683.268

Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Simple and cool! There's a small typo/inconsistency in the description of the torch, however. 

The curse states it turns someone into a "Torch-Wright," but the monster description beneath it is labeled as a "Torch-Wight" which I assume is the correct spelling. 

Submitted

Nice idea! Would be fun to just give these to players and have them try to figure out why they lost CON. Wonder if they would ever notice the torch hasn’t gone out, haha.

Submitted (1 edit)

A decent item with a solid risk/ reward. Nice layout too.

Submitted

This is an arguably perfect submission.  Unique, concise, in line with overall themes of the game, and eminently implementable.  Rooting for this one!

DeveloperSubmitted(+1)

Wow! High praise indeed! Thank you so much!

Submitted(+1)

Very cool item. Great description. Awesome convenience vs backfire thing going on. Feels like a solid mainstay given how important the light mechanic is in SD.

Submitted(+1)

so cool!

Submitted(+1)

I love this! I imagine an encounter with a group of crawlers that delved too deep, and now they're torch-wights. Afterwards the group finds a soul-torch, unlit.

Love it! So in theme for Shadowdark.