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Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades Early Access (Patreon)

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2022-12-22 06:11:49
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Hey everyone, in preparation for the holidays where I'll be busy with all sorts of family stuff, and unable to record and edit, I've finished and loaded my next video up on YouTube early. It'll go live to the general masses sometime in the middle of next week.

This is a review of the Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades RPG from Osprey. It's a cool little wuxia-themed game with brutal combat. We've been having a lot of fun playing it.

I should have Closed Captioning finished for it tomorrow or Friday.

From what I've been able to find, outside of some comment recommendations on forums and the like, I believe this will be the first review from someone who actually played the game. I understand all the reasons and benefits for Impression Reviews, but I confess a bit of pride in my Played What I Review policy as something that sets my channel apart (that, and the silly character skits and liberal use of on-screen images).

Hopefully I can now take the time to get the last 2 episodes of the Modern Mythos Podcast up on that YouTube channel. The last month has been non-stop work putting together the Dungeon design series and this review. It'll feel nice to get everything off my to-do list for a few days before it all starts again.

I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable holidays.  Thank you for all your support.

-Seth

UPDATE: Closed Captioning is now loaded in, for anyone who uses that.

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Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades - RPG Review

Taking a stab at the Wuxia tabletop roleplaying game Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades. Inspired by films like 'One-Armed Swordsman' and 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' the RBRB features gritty action, powerful martial arts, and an elaborate Jianghu set during the Ancient China that never was. Buy the PFD on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/339100/Righteous-Blood-Ruthless-Blades-Wuxia-Roleplaying?affiliate_id=1017650 Buy the hardback on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Gb6Q13 Buy it on the Osprey Publishing website: https://ospreypublishing.com/us/righteous-blood-ruthless-blades-9781472839367/ Download my Character Sheets, Weapon Chart, & Cheat Sheets here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/190y_K0CcKKoegCuJT6dHaUG69QwrmmUo?usp=share_link SUPPORT ME ON PATREON (Tip Jar): https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky A heartfelt thank you to my 226 Patrons for their continued support in making this channel possible. ______ CHECK OUT MY NOVELS If you want to support my channel, or just want to read an action-packed Urban Fantasy about modern-day monster hunters and their sentient weapons, check out my four-novel Valducan series. They feature gun fights, sword fights, car chases, monsters, and a smattering of horror (except Book 2, which is mostly horror). Audio book editions narrated by the badass R.C. Bray: https://amzn.to/3rehNnJ I also write pulpy Sword & Sorcery thief adventures in my Tales of the Black Raven series. It's 21 short stories packed with action, intrigue, and daring heroics. Audio editions read by R.C. Bray. https://amzn.to/3faj4cX And if you want a kickass and dark revenge story about a modern-day sorceress hunting across the multiverse for lost Carcosa, my novel Ashes of Onyx is available in print, ebook, and audio book: https://amzn.to/3sfh1IA If you enjoyed my stories, please leave a rating or review on Amazon, Audible, and/or Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4088554.Seth_Skorkowsky __________ MY PUBLISHED RPG ADVENTURES A Mother's Love (Call of Cthulhu 7e). This collection of adventures won the 2020 Gold ENnie Award for Best Digital Adventure Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299661/New-Tales-of-the-Miskatonic-Valley?affiliate_id=1017650 Mysteries on Arcturus Station (Mongoose Traveller 2e). This is two adventures. One is written by me, and the other is my update to J. Andrew Keith's brilliant Murder on Arcturus Station: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/350034/Solomani-Adventure-1-Mysteries-on-Arcturus-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 And while I didn't write it (Marc Miller has that distinction), I did greatly expand and update the classic Traveller adventure Death Station to Mongoose 2e, which is TOTALLY FREE: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380659/Death-Station?affiliate_id=1017650 __________ GOT DICE? Check out the Q-Workshop Seth Skorkowsky RPG Icons Dice, a 10-die set that I designed with Q-Workshop: https://q-workshop.com/en/rpg-dice-sets/1670/icons-seth-skorkowsky For individuals of the 12-sided D6: https://q-workshop.com/en/single-dice/1713/twelve-sided-d6-seth-skorkowsky __________ SHIRTS! Check out the Channel Store for some shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/seth-skorkowsky __________ FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER I mostly ramble about movies, tabletop roleplaying games, and random other things as they occur to me: https://twitter.com/SSkorkowsky __________ I HAVE A PODCAST Check out the Modern Mythos Podcast where veteran RPG writer Jon Hook and I discuss horror and gaming, especially Call of Cthulhu: https://modernmythos.libsyn.com/?fbclid=IwAR1_wArr3cKQhXj5GNv52s2Q-_gdM9yyq-0O-_dugpOYp3CsevyZiir5mBU You can find the podcast on YouTube as well (You should totally subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA __________ As an Amazon and DriveThru RPG Associate I earn from qualifying purchases from those websites. #ttrpg 00:00 Intro 01:03 What is RBRB? 04:06 Game Mechanics 06:40 Character Creation 11:14 Combat 18:16 Criticisms 21:24 Is It Worth It?

Comments

Grey Wolverine

Very cool, and hey, a new outfit for Jack!

Cadence

And a happy new year to you 🎉

SamuraiMujuru

Ooo, been looking forward to this since you mentioned it in the miniatures video!

Seth Skorkowsky
>>98031056

What to put on his head was the hardest part. I've been assembling the costume since May or so. I'd picked up one of those wide straw hats, but aside from the technical problems of lighting and it being so huge I'd have to stand even further from the greenscreen, it looked more like a joke than anything. I don't want Jack's outfits to be crappy. The joke is he still talks the exact same no matter what outfit he's in. The cool period hats that weren't the classic round straw are special-order and way more expensive that I'd have guessed (save for the beanie-style caps that I imagine would also come off more like a caricature joke). So I settled on a head band, but that didn't look great, either. Finally, on the day i recorded I remembered my wife had a huge clip-on ponytail. So I found that (had to brush the hell outta it because the cats had found it first) and it worked great.

Anonymous

Excellent! I've been hoping for this ever since you said that you were playing it. Lovely little book with super little touches. Maybe this video will encourage me to get to table!

Seth Skorkowsky
>>98031452

Finding suitable wuxia miniatures is way harder than I'd have guessed. If you want Historic Japanese, there's thousands to choose from. If you want Historic Chinese (or at least passable as Historic Chinese) it's a serious hunt.

Grey Wolverine
>>98031056

So now you just have this big straw hat that didn't work out? Unfortunate but I can understand it being hard on the green screen especially in black and white

Anonymous

My wife would love this, but if only there was a supernatural supplement for it. She got really hooked on the series, "The Untamed," and that's got a bunch of supernatural stuff in it.

Seth Skorkowsky
>>98032214

You have the physical book? OK, one thing I wanted to mention in the video but wasn't sure if mine was some small-run author advanced copy Jeremy had or anything, so I didn't, but is the binding on your like REALLY good? I can't even properly describe it, but that little book opens better than any of my other RPG books, The pages are definitely held in there, but they lay flat when you open it. I don't know if it has to do with the 6x9 size, the paper, or the specific printer Osprey hired, or what, but the binding feels much higher quality.

Seth Skorkowsky
>>98032425

I'd love is they added an optional companion book for some supernatural and magical creatures. Classically, wuxia has no magic at all... except for when it does. My wife has recently become addicted to all the chinese wuxia shows on Netflix. That's been her decompress entertainment for the last few months since we started getting ready to play RBRB.

James P

Looks great, can't wait to watch. Have a good holiday and enjoy your well earned rest, many thanks for you hard work 👍

Anonymous
>>98032214

My copy is beautiful as well! I was so impressed when I received it. Top quality. Made me interested in other Osprey books once I held it.

Seth Skorkowsky
>>98031056

The B&W wouldn't be an issue. But the physical size... you never really know how huge something is from internet pictures until you get it. I'd have to stand about a foot or more further away from the green screen to accommodate it, which would require sliding the camera back. Easy enough. But then, because it's further away, the green screen wouldn't fill the whole frame anymore, so either Jack wouldn't be able to move much because wide movements would be cut off once his hand or sword hit the edge of the green border, or I'd have to make a new greenscreen setup to hang it wider (the screen itself is wide enough, but the hanging method isn't). It's a lot of technical headache for a hat that didn't even look good on me. Though I might be able to use it for a quick shot or 2 when I get to reviewing The Obsidian Bat. So I'm holding on to it.

Rolling Thunder

Great review! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Seth!

SamuraiMujuru
>>98032214

Pre-ordered a physical copy (and then was impatient when it kept getting delayed). It's not Free League levels of absurd quality, but damn if it doesn't come close. Bonus tidbit: If you dig the art, check out Kagan McLeod's excellent comic Infinite Kung-Fu.

Anonymous

This looks like it will have to be my first purchase of 2023. Looks like a rip roaring, tea house jumping, pole balancing, face punching good time!

Seth Skorkowsky
>>98079469

We've been having a blast. Outside of the normal Figuring Out Which Skill Does What, that happens with almost every new system, my biggest complaint is simply the sheer volume of Signature Abilities, Counters, and Weapon Abilities, that it's difficult to run without a LOT of organization (or a spectacular memory). It's very rare that I even look into games with lots of NPC special abilities for that reason. I'm cool with the players having to deal with their individual lists, but it starts buying me as the GM when all my badguys have their own unique lists of special rules.