What would be the Balatro of playing an instrument?

You could have skipped the first four words and your statement would still be true.

If you are uploading a 1-2 page pdf file with nothing but text, it should easily fit within 1mb. Are you trying to upload pictures perhaps?

Less lucky players get to play with slightly soiled pregens. Hopefully they ain't gonna mind.

Never seen a simic who wasn't a menace to society

Thank you, I'll be here all week

The game even got a new patch just now 👀

Hope you enjoy the new version at least a quarter as much as I enjoy having this silly cat in my life.

It's a massive milestone for the game and me. Celebration is in order, and the best way to do it is showing you the newest addition to our family:

The moment I posted that, she curled up and fell asleep 😭😭😭

At least I will get to properly test out the equipment/armor rules and the overall damage rebalance before dropping it to itch.

Fingers crossed that the cat on my lap will let me go and prep for the session that starts in 50 minutes 👉👈🤠

Lancer could be a fantastic fit, as long as you concede that NHP can also be queer af

Someone did, yes. Would you like to know more?

As they bubbled away with enthusiasm, all I could think about was that most GMs could reach this result. Should reach this result. The system just needs to support them right.

And the Scorched Banner? Yeah, it will do just that. It just needs a few GM-oriented playtests.

To sum it up, if you play the class as it is intended, you feel strong. Yes, even at first rank. And that feels weird to people. Perplexing, even.

And I love it. Few things are better than ending the session, and then watching players talk and talk about the way the system made them feel.

Assassin? Broken, when you use hit-and-run tactics.

Summoner is too strong, when they can sit back and use their summoned beasts!

And oh, the Berserker! Too powerful is she, when standing ground against a horde of monsters. Gaining power with each strike taken.

Quite a few players left the table feeling like they were playing a "broken" class. What does "broken" mean? The class feels very strong when playing to its core fantasy.

Captain is "broken" when using minions tactically and buffing teammates.

Nuance is broken when clearing waves of enemies.

The combat rules, being the meat and potatoes of the game, feel sufficiently simple for people to grasp them as part of a oneshot, but also make the players feel like big damn heroes.

They feel so heroic in fact, that if you are used to GMing a grittier game, player strength can catch you offguard

Notable caveat being, that I am the one who's explaining the rules so far. Being nearly the only person that has run The Scorched Banner also makes me the most experienced GM of the game.

Next time I should get one or two experienced players to try and explain the rules instead.