Tales From the Hydian Way

We start with an impossibly powerful villain and try to figure out interesting fashions to make them feel menacing without having them feel staged or forced. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or have a little fun with us as we talk to Gort about some of the things he’s seen around the galaxy.

David and Ben talk about how you can get a brawl happening in a bar without your players going murder happy. From how to split a scene into two encounters to why it’s okay to do so we dive deep into brawling in public. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or duck behind the bar as the chairs are smashed while Ben and David discuss the finer points of pugilism.

We talk of fear checks and how some really dislike them, bringing a full top to bottom examination while giving a few ideas on how to make them much more awesome than a pit trap. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or sit back on the bogwing as we come back a little early from a salvage mission

This week Joshua asks David and Ben why his players are floundering after giving them an open sandbox to work with. Discussion erupts around ways to move the story along and ways of presenting story that players care about. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or discuss with us where to go to help fix the bogwing

We look at Special Modifications this week and find that there is a surprising amount in such a small book. We have a bonus sized episode for you to make sure we at least got through the start of the character stories. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or you can help us find a hypermater igniter on Mustufar.

We look to the art of Fantasy Flight Games to glean inspiration for adventures and even campaigns. Work coordinated and curated by Zoe Robinson has been an inspiration during her time at FFG, and this is our tribute to her work as she departs to Blizzard. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or come and listen as this heavily armed twi’lek comes in to make a daring proposal

Two listeners asked us about skill challenges in Fantasy Flight’s Star Wars system and we decided to give our thoughts on it. From outlining what they are for those unaware, to ways the advantage and threat skew how you can use them. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or listen in around the campfire as we deal with the heard of nerfs we suddenly are in possession of.

We were asked how to make being on a ship more then just piloting or shooting the guns. We come up with a few ideas that expand on your normal star ship scene and give some breadth to your scene creation. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or have you snuck on board with the Bothan to listen in below.

We talk about montage scenes in your game and mass combat in a way that makes every roll matter for your campaign and the fantasy world writ large. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or learn the secrets of Ramming Speed below.  

We saw the Rogue One trailer and then recorded an episode about it. We go from some of the initially cool things we see and how we can frame narratives around a briefing to the act of defiance that rebellion actually is. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or try out fashions at Bothan Trends and listen in  as we shop for new apparel.

We look at Lead by Example and poke it with sticks, trying to find interesting ways of playing the new specializations along with some ideas on how to use the new special abilities. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or listen below as we learn a little with the Savior of Dantooine.

We talk with Max Brooke about how to use the Dark Side in your Star Wars game. How do you make it more nuanced, and not just good vs. evil? How do you deal with people that don’t respect the force and player force users that aren’t major nemesis? You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or fiddle with the buttons on the holocomm below

We interview producer and writer Max Brooke of FFG about confict in Force and Destiny. As we lookinto a few gaps we’ve seen and stumbled over he’s able to help us greatly with our understanding. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or listen below as we work to fix what David broke by pressing the big yellow button

David’s back to talk about villains with us and how to make them just the big bad nemesis for your players to knock over. We go from Babylon 5 to Die Hard for examples and many places in between. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or watch the huttball game and listen in as we have a little side project we must finish

Ben and Joshua talk about Keeping the Peace and how the themes of the guardian career can be used in your game in shaping the whole party as well as the individual characters. You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or come with us below as we walk with the Shadow Walker