Welcome, faithful readers! Bit of a departure from the usual format for Second Edition blogs this week, as we’re firmly into “second drafts are arriving back” phase, and there isn’t really anything to show you that you haven’t already seen in first-draft form, not yet. What we do have, though, is a third draft, for … Read more
Howdy. I wanted to share another bit of World of Darkness: Hurt Locker with you. I’ve also seen a lot of questions about development, and about “red lines”, our development editing notes. So, I figure I’ll knock that out, and kill two birds with one stone. The Draft This draft is the Storytelling section of … Read more
We all need mirrors. The Awakened are strange, maddening people to be around. Imagine the most insular subculture you’ve ever come across, where the members have their own bizarre rituals, jargon, and shared references, then multiply it by a thousand. Then curse almost everyone else to be driven mad by exposure to that subculture even … Read more
The third in my series of rapid-fire teasing Seemings, The Fairest. By now, I hope you can see the general feel and format. We’ve already shared Darklings and Beasts; I have the others lined up, they’ll probably go out this coming week. Here’s the draft. The normal rules for my draft sharing apply. Here’s the … Read more
Keeping this update, this teaser, short and simple. Earlier this week, I showed you what a Beast looks like. Now, I want to show you what a Darkling feels like. Here’s the first draft. Same rules as always apply. Here’s the forum thread to talk about it.
Welcome back, faithful readers! Mage: The Awakening Second Edition has spent the last four months being redlined with a fine-toothed comb, and is now back with the authors for a spruce-up before evolving into its final form. As second drafts come back in, I’ll be sharing the topics we didn’t get around to in the … Read more
I just posted the first Seeming, Beasts a few days ago. I’ve had a lot of people asking about Kiths, because of their relationship. So I wanted to share the first draft of the Kith explanation, and a number of example Kiths. The whole book will have about 100. This is about a third of … Read more
Happy Sunday night. A lot of you have been asking about weapons and equipment in Hurt Locker. So here you go! Some ground rules. Same as the old ground rules. First off, notes need to be in one place. I’ve set up a forum thread for that. I’ll pay attention to that thread. This will be … Read more
Lost 2.0 is coming. I’ve talked a bit about it. How Kith is defined by the role you play in Arcadia, by the place your Keeper put you. Seeming is defined by that moment where you took control, where you broke free. We’re set to have about 100 Kiths in the Lost 2.0 core rulebook. … Read more
Now, presenting our final playtest blog for Secrets of the Covenants: the Lancea et Sanctum! Here’s an assortment of new Merits and Miracles for your characters. When discussing this, please link to the original document, rather than reposting it. I sometimes make changes or clarifications in response to feedback. Please note that we’re primarily interested in … Read more