Fire n Dice

The Fire n Dice crew have been put on hiatus for the month of May. People moving homes, changing jobs, and prepping for The Flipside of Con, we haven't had time to return to the wonderful worlds of Kamigan or Velocity. But that's all about to change very soon. We have another session played through and being edited now, and a new guest player will be coming into Hero's campaign, and hopefully the other campaigns as well.

For now I wanted to show you all the game book we are using to play Wild Talents. From the game creator who brought you Unknown Armies and Monsters and Other Childish Things comes Wild Talents, Essential Edition. This is a great book at the absolute best price you can ask for in a hard copy. At only $10, the Essential Edition contains everything any player and GM needs to begin playing in their own comic book style, super hero game. The book explains all the rules you need for any situation, from combat to skill checks, and all the rules you need to build your character. It even has some pre-gen characters for players who want to jump right into gaming.

What the book does not have is story setting. The world of Wild Talents is entirely up to the play group with this bargain book, which is perfect for the Fire n Dice crew, seeing as we have a tendency to completely ignore canon in our games. Apart from that, a creative GM will be able to pick up this book at a steal and have all the resources necessary to run an awesome game. So be sure to pick one up at your local gaming store or online, you won't be disappointed.

Fore more information on Wild Talents, check out their site.

Jump straight into action with Ace played by Ball-z, Pham played by Ghost, and Church played by Mono, as Hero brings you the missions of H.U.N.T. in Velo City.

Due to bandwidth issues and the ever growing Fire n Dice audience (thank you guys so much for that, please spread the word), we are changing file hosts to Kiwi6 which should hopefully be able to handle all your future downloading needs. If you had been experiencing downloading issues, slow dl time due to limited bandwidth, I hope that this update will address those issues. Thank you for baring with us, keep listening and soon Hero's Wild Talents first campaign episodes will be arriving shortly.

Also, the new files should be showing up in itunes. They are the same, so far, as the previous files, just from a different location, but if you couldn't download them before, or had to wait to get them, hopefully that issue has been resolved now. Thanks again, and happy gaming.

We just started Hero's Wild Talents campaign last night. The first episode will be coming to you very soon, and I am excited by this campaign, looking forward to many more sessions. I won't spoil it until the edit is finished, but I will introduce the silver-tongued Church played by Mono, the lightning-fast powerhouse Ace played by Ball-z, and I am Pham "the Phamtom" Huy.

Also, we just got another art submission from Nano, who is only four years old. She drew this pic of your lovely Anima GM, me, that is Ghost:



So, anyone else want to send in pics or photos, or even story of our heroes in Kamigan, or later in Hero's Velo city for Wild Talents, post a reply and we'll see about getting your submissions put up here in the blog and commented on in the podcast.

Happy gaming.

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This is the conclusion of the Prologue Arc where our heroes take some much needed vacation from adventuring and fighting, lots of drinking, singing, playing games, and meeting with important figures from across Kamigan to determine in what direction they want their lives to head. We will return to more adventures in Anima: Beyond Fantasy after Hero's Wild Talents campaign, coming up next. So stay tuned.

I'm happy to announce that the Fire n Dice troupe have finished the Anima: Prologue arc with session 5 soon to be edited and released. Stay tuned for more exciting adventures with Giri, Mofar, Nyxth, and the rest after a break. In the mean time we will bring you adventures in the world of super heroes with Hero's Wild Talents campaign, coming up next. For now, here is a pic of the map to Kamigan, if you want to follow our adventures:



Stay tuned for more exciting adventure from Fire n Dice...

You ready? You gotta be quick to catch sight of one. Here they come...Ninjas!!! There are two of them, and they are powerful. Did you see them? Look again. Don't worry if you missed them, there will be plenty more to come in later episodes, so stay tuned.

Can our heroes survive their first encounter with a real monster? Find out when they face off against a baby earth dragon. Do you think they could survive without the help from their korobokuru friends, Hong and Fong?

Our heroes learn the benefits of meditation and decide to take Hong and Fong up on their offer to explore a nearby sealed off temple set into a mountain. Traps, ghosts, and dragons await them.

*New Update* As far as I know, Dominus Exxet doesn't release for another month, but I was just up at our local gaming store and they have two copies sitting on the shelf. If I wasn't in the store to buy Unknown Armies (because I can't find a cheaper copy online anywhere) I would have gotten it, but the $39.95 price tag for such a small book is too steep for me.

*Update* Dominus Exxet pre-orders are now going on sale. You can order a copy at Amazon for $26.37 and will release July 12, 2011.

From Fantasy Flight Games website comes the news that a new supplement to Anima Beyond Fantasy is soon to be released:

http://fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=1985

"The mysterious force known as Ki flows through all life, its ethereal current linking the spirit and the physical body. But the most exceptional among us can learn to channel and control their own Ki, and in so doing break the barrier that separates the material world from the spiritual one. Those able to tap into the Dominion of Ki gain the potential to surpass all normal human limitations, and as they cultivate their powers, they approach a total fusion of body and soul. To those of noble spirit, the Dominion of Ki grants balance, peace of mind, and the means to fight injustice. But to those who would abuse its power, this sacred knowledge is twisted into a terrible weapon."

"Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Dominus Exxet: The Dominion of Ki! This supplement for the popular roleplaying game Anima: Beyond Fantasy is dedicated to the incredible applications of Ki, the innate inner power channeled by the greatest martial artists in the world."

"Dominus Exxet: The Dominion of Ki delivers countless combinations of character possibilities, useful for players and gamemasters alike. Elevate your combat to a new level of spectacular cinematic splendor, as you create amazing new techniques, invoke fantastic creatures, or awaken long-dormant ancestral powers."

"Unlock the secrets of this ancient philosophy, including:

* New Dominion Techniques: More than a hundred powerful techniques designed for use by any character. Also included are detailed rules for the creation of customized Ki Techniques, with dozens of new effects and exclusive advantages.
* Ars Magnus: A complete and exhaustive list of unique capabilities that will allow fighters to carry out the most incredible wonders, from controlling primordial energies in combat to transforming so as to acquire new levels of power.
* Impossible weapons: Rules to effectively create and wield amazing weapons. Summon hundreds of flying swords with only the power of your soul.
* Martial arts: Sixteen new martial arts and alternative systems of learning that allow characters to improve the advantages that their fighting styles grant them at the same time that their abilities increase.
* Legacies of Blood: More than twenty powers latent in the blood of the characters. Raise the dead and use them like marionettes, or devour existence to increase your own spiritual energy.
* Advanced Combat: All the rules necessary to carry out combats at the highest level. Create earthquakes with your blows, go through mountains, or move so fast that your antagonists are incapable of seeing you.
* Seals of Invocation: Rules to invoke creatures using Ki with the five seals of the Samsara.
* And much more: New Ki Abilities, Combat Styles, Advantages, Limits, rules of learning for Ki, and the frightful powers of Nemesis."



Hopefully this will mean that more supplemental books will be translated into English very soon. There had been talk that FFG had put Anima on hold in place of it's other, more popular line, Warhammer 40k, but it looks, with this second supplement focused on Ki, that FFG and Anima fans who don't read the native Spanish editions have much to look forward to. You can guarantee I will be purchasing this copy when it is released this spring. Ki abilities and additional rules will be greatly more useful to my campaign than the first supplement, Gaia, which covers the world setting that I am not using. Thank you FFG.

We have our first fan pics. First is Giri the Oni weaponmaster:



And next is everyone's favorite little scamp, Filch. Where do those hotdogs come from?



Thank you, Ball-z, for your submissions. We're looking forward to seeing more character sketches from you, our fans.

Our heroes have survived their first battle. How will they make it past the border guards, and what other colorful characters await them down the road they travel and into the town of Kagi? Find out in Anima, session 3.

This episode is for the technical gurus who want to learn more about Anima combat mechanics. Because the system is complex and covers many different possibilities and powers in combat, we spent more time learning and perfecting the mechanics and less time on story flair. If you want to hear more story, stay tuned for the next episode which will be posting soon, and will conclude this session and begin session 3.

Part 2 to our 2nd Anima session will go up tomorrow. As a warning, it is very technical and doesn't have the kind of flair that SAAMies are known for, mostly because the Anima combat system is very complex and we are still acclimatizing ourselves to it. Future combat will be more seamless as we have a better grasp of the mechanics and won't have to refer back to the book so often, a book that did not come with an index. Anima Project Studio, please invest in indexes, I know you have one in Gaia, a sourcebook that I am not using since this game takes place in a world of my own creation, Kamigan. So, next posted pod will be for all the technical gurus out there who want to learn more on the mechanics of Anima. The conclusion will follow and pick up the story that got bogged down in mathematics.

Our heroes find trouble waiting for them on the road into the Imperial Circle, their pasts come to haunt them. Join FnD as we explore the combat mechanics of Anima: Beyond Fantasy for the first time.

Oh no, you can see us now!!!

Yay, we got through a second session of Anima. It turned out to be almost entirely one single combat session. I think it went well and helped us to better understand how the system works so that in future games it should run more smoothly. I will edit and post tonight's session soon, it may be short just for entertainment purposes.

Storytime continues...

We begin our first session with Nyxth, an Oni ranger played by Hero, Giri, an Oni weaponsmaster played by Ball-z, and Mofar, a human illusionist played by Mono, as they travel to the Imperial Circle for the largest celebration in over 50 years in honor of the new Emperor's coronation. On the way they meet X'iang, an elderly Tanuki, who invites them to share stories in a cave by a fire while passing time through a snowstorm.