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Pigsmoke: A Roleplaying Game of Sorcerous AcademiaClick to magnify

Pigsmoke: A Roleplaying Game of Sorcerous Academia

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Step into the shoes of the faculty of Pigsmoke School of Sorcery, America's finest learning institution for the magically gifted. Teach classes, publish research, and try to navigate the cutthroat world of academia when the demons are real, the auditors are constructs of pure order, and imposter syndrome might just mean you're a doppelganger.

Students exist to make your life difficult. Your department head is an arch-conservative taskmaster who leans on you to make their department look good. The Dean's Office wants to ensure you're following all of their ridiculous rules. The bursar won't give you any money, your peers want their names ahead of yours on your latest paper, and your personal life is a garbage fire. Chase tenure, avoid burnout, and try to resist the urge to go adventuring: like all get-rich-quick schemes, it'll probably just end with a humiliating death.

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Manuel N September 21, 2022 4:47 am UTC
Will there be a preview?
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Shane Z August 01, 2022 3:30 am UTC
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Pg 119 of the PDF is missing an image.
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Chris L August 01, 2022 6:50 am UTC
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Thanks for letting me know. I need to overhaul the pdf anyway, so I'll fix it when I do that.
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Mark C July 08, 2022 2:08 am UTC
Could you give an overview of the system?
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Chris L July 10, 2022 12:07 pm UTC
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It's a pretty standard Powered by the Apocalypse game: you have four stats that range from -1 to +2 and you roll to do things using 2d6 + stat. On a 10+ good things happen. On a 7-9 good things *and* bad things happen. On a 6- bad things happen.

The various 'moves' (prompts for rolls) are geared towards talking, research, and casting spells as ways of solving problems. Sneaking or fighting is possible, but it's usually a bad idea.
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Kelly W June 23, 2022 9:56 pm UTC
this playable with 1gm and 2pc?
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Chris L June 23, 2022 10:03 pm UTC
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Should be fine. Personally I prefer 3-4 players, but nothing will break if you only have two.
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Matthew S February 26, 2021 2:01 am UTC
I love the concept. Be nice to see any sort of Preview, though.
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Chris L February 26, 2021 9:46 am UTC
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Yeah, sorry -- Drivethru seem to have axed the previews on all of my titles recently and I don't know why. I've re-set the previews to the first 20 pages but it might take a while for them to process.
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Timothy S December 11, 2017 4:31 pm UTC
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Is there much color imagery inside? I'm trying to decide between Standard and Premium paper and my understanding is color images look better on Premium.
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Chris L December 11, 2017 7:24 pm UTC
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The book is full colour throughout, with an image every 2-4 pages.
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