Update - 22/01/2024

Hello, everyone! Welcome to another weekly update. I hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was spent working on Ruthless Heavens, Boundless Fate (we have a couple of new Order members here, so in case you guys don't know this is my next RPG), but I did have time to play a bit on Sunday with my old group of friends, we continued the Pathfinder campaign we started playing a month ago. I'm a player here, which is a rare treat, so I'm having a lot of fun so far!

Last week I finally finished the character creation chapter for RHBF. It ended up being 20K words, which is already longer than most indie OSR games out there. This isn't a bunch of rules, though, it's a simple D20 ruleset so there's nothing complicated about it (besides, the rules are all on the chapter I'm working on now). No, this is all character options and details. Between your class, ancestry, soul, and lineage, there are a lot of things to consider when creating a character! Most of the chapter is dedicated to the description of the 100 skills (think kind of spells, but not really) that the game comes with, and that are the cornerstone of your character's strength. It's going to be great! 

I'm currently working on chapter 3, which is all the core rules. I've just finished the 16 critical hit tables (separated by damage type), and I'll wrap up the chapter with the healing and injury rules. This is not a low fantasy, gritty game, though, so although you can get wounded pretty badly, getting healed is relatively easy, so you'll not walk around missing a limb (at least not for long). A pity, I know.

Last week we finally released Under Ashen Skies, and so far the reception has been amazing! Both Alan and I are very grateful for this. To be honest, for a moment there I thought nobody would be interested in the game due to its setting, but we've been proven wrong! It's been sitting at the top of the best selling titles list at DTRPG for almost a week now!

This week I will start working on the layout for RHBF. A month ago I optimistically thought I'd be able to have the game done for you guys this month, but yeah, it's not going to happen. The worst of it is behind me, though, so I'm confident I will have it all done in February. So this month's Patreon content will be the character creation section of the game. You all know how I prefer to give you guys finished content for the monthly Patreon rewards, but as usual this game has taken a life of its own and it's just growing and growing. You'll be able to start planning your characters, though, and get a good feeling of what the game's about!

So that's it for now, I hope you all have a great week!