It’s taken a very long time, but finally here is an update. A BIG update.
This took a LOT
longer than I’d intended, and I thank everyone for their patience.
With this update out of the way, I can move on to finishing the Bestiaries.
If you find any typos, layout errors, inconsistencies, or anything unclear, please let us know
Each time we put out a new update, a lot of people ask what we’ve changed. This is a big update, so we’re not going to go into every minted detail given the raft of changes. However, here is a big list.
GENERAL
I've completely re-presented the core game rules to make them easier to learn and reference. Most of these changes do not affect actual game play.
CORE RULE CHANGES
1. Movement: Diagonal moves now require an ability. Halflings get this natively.
2. Diagonal attacks: Remove the expanded range introduced in Reforged, but this can be regained through an Ability.
3. Critical Hits: Melee Crits now half toughness, either type of crit can be converted to bonus attacks (or sometimes moves) with the right Ability.
4. Wounds/Damage: Significant change to the wording of the mechanic to cover edge cases and special effects. Wounds is now a Value Pool.
5. Fate/Destiny: Significant change to the wording of the mechanic to cover edge cases and special effects. Fate is now a Value Pool.
6. Minor changes to turn structure to tidy things up.
7. Added Boons to the game to give per-expedition variability to Heroes.
8. Replaced Free Attacks with other mechanics for clarity.
9. Renamed Fame to Glory, as the name was too similar to both and Faith.
APPENDIX I - Exploration
1. Room type Table: Redone to scale with party size, and to add more variety.
2. Changes to furniture rules to make it more interesting.
3. Seven additional special Quest Rooms.
4. Added “Cross-Roads” to dungeon generation tables, adding a slight wrinkle to corridors and the potential for some VERY long stretches!
5. Reinstated the empty passage, though it’s not as common as it once was.
APPENDIX II - Traps
Several corrections and wording tweaks for clarity with no material changes.
APPENDIX III - Hazards
Several wording tweaks for clarity with no material changes. A couple of extra Hazards added.
APPENDIX IV - Treasure
1. Several wording tweaks for clarity with no material changes.
2. Several extra treasures added to deal with new Abilities and options.
3. Treasure Chests changed to scale with party and give greater variety of contents.
APPENDIX V - Quests & Campaigns
1. Revised Quest Reward table for ease of use.
2. Added rules for Abandoning a Quest.
3. Revised Town Events & Training tables.
4. Several wording tweaks for clarity with no material changes.
5. Added Training 3 for Heroes only.
APPENDIX VI - Bestiary
1. Updated Enemy Matrices to make them easier to use.
2. Changed the rules for Sentries turning up to make them easier.
APPENDIX VII - Hero Creation
1. Several wording tweaks for clarity with no material changes.
2. Updates for core rule changes.
3. Race-Based option to take a bonus Ability.
4. Many paths tweaks, a couple of additional paths.
5. Re-presented the Paths list for ease of use.
6. Given Henchmen and Ability to make them cheaper to train.
APPENDIX VIII - Henchmen Creation
1. Several wording tweaks for clarity with no material changes.
2. Updates for core rule changes.
3. Several Path tweaks.
APPENDIX XI - Play Sheets
1. Updates for core rule changes.
2. A few additional Mastery Feats.
3. Replaced one Hero Skill with three new ones.
APPENDIX X - Abilities & Equipment
1. Updates for core rule changes.
2. Several new Abilities.
3. Added details for Boons.
4. Expanded options for Ammunition.
5. Updated Pistols and Handguns to make them more effective and interesting.
6. Updated several Abilities, most notably making Exhaustion a test you want to pass, not fail.
APPENDIX XI - Co-Op play
Large changes to make this into a co-op/GM-less system with Dungeon Counter draws and an enemy AI, making this harsher the more Heroes are playing.
CAMPAIGNS
Updates to match new rules.
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