Heroic Roleplaying in a World of Swords, Sorcery, and Steam
I’d like to introduce Aetrimonde, a TTRPG I’ve been designing with heavy inspiration from the houserules my group used back in our Dungeons and Dragons 4e days. I’m not ready to publish Aetrimonde yet, but I’m opening up this blog to discuss its design principles, mechanics, and systems.
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To wrap up Ipki Chainbreaker, I’m going to take a look at one way that Ipki might advance through her first few levels. And, this will be a nice opportunity to preview some other types of Divine power, aside from the Wrath powers that Ipki focused on at level 0. Also, be sure to read…
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I’ve recently gotten the Game Master’s Handbook to the point that I can start sharing excerpts of it on a more regular basis. I’ve still got a lot of material to write–but then, that’s part of what this blog is for, to help me organize and trial material going into the GMH. Today, I’m going…
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We’re almost done with Ipki Chainbreaker: today, we’ll pick out her equipment and fill in her character sheet, and then I’ll wrap things up with one last post showing off some options she might pick as she gained levels. Equipment Armor Ipki is proficient with cloth, leather, and chain armor—no shields! And with just +1…
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I’m slowly working on a post that will go into more detail about the titular spirits that grant powers to Spiritual classes, but the title “Spirits of Aetrimonde” put an idea into my head that has been hard to get out. So today, I’m presenting the first in a series of posts examining Aetrimonde’s cultures…
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If this post is taking a while to load, or you have a large chunk of whitespace in it, not to worry! It’s because today’s post features a map of Aetrimonde, in what may be overly high resolution. It’s going to be a short post today, although I’ll mention a few pieces of worldbuilding that…
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Today, I’m going to be picking up after my brief hiatus by covering some of the goblins appearing in the Bestiary, specifically goblins that might appear in the Unclaimed Reaches. Goblins are a staple of RPGs, where they usually appear as weak low-level enemies that the PCs can mow down in droves. While there are…
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Today, as I return from an impromptu hiatus, we’ll be looking at a handful of powers for Ipki, our goblin Inquisitor of Deum Radiant. My poll results say that you would like to give her Wrath powers, which…actually fits quite well with Deum Radiant, so thanks for making this easy! Power Objectives The Inquisitor class…
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Before I get back to building the latest Inquisitor sample character (and if you haven’t already voted on their ancestry and faith, go do that now!), I’m putting up this one last post related to faith and religion in Aetrimonde. Today, I’m talking about the heavenly realm! …Which means it’s going to be a short…
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Continuing on from the overview of Aetrimonde’s many approaches to faith and religion, today I’m going to focus on the Pantheon, those gods that are responsible for the powers of Divine classes. Also, if you haven’t already, go vote in the poll that will determine the faith and ancestry of the sample Inquisitor I’m working…
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I’m about to kick off this blog with a series of posts on the design philosophy that Aetrimonde is built on, but before I do that I think it’s for the best to answer a few questions like “what’s Aetrimonde?” and “who are you again? What’s This Blog About? I’m going to be talking about…
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