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Dragon Heresy playtest: Group 2 – character build and design chat

+GodBeastX , +Anne Hunter , and Wright Johnson joined me for three hours to kick off the “second” playtest group (of three) for Dragon Heresy. We did not play. Nonetheless, they stuck with me for three hours of chatting, with interruptions by my 6yo, something outside, and tea. We talked setting and character generation from the perspective of three people…

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Dragon Heresy sneak peek: Magic and the Runes of Power

In keeping with the Norse-ish theme of the country from which most adventurers in Dragon Heresy will originate from, I decided that the magic would be a bit more flavored.  Here’s a look at the box for the flavors of magic. You’ll recognize some of the text as right from SRD5.1, as is appropriate. Some…

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Dragon Heresy sneak peek: Oath of Yggdrasil (paladin oath)

One of the more challenging and enjoyable parts of writing Dragon Heresy is creating subclasses. Don’t get me wrong – the basic subclasses provided with the SRD5.1 are nice, and a good start. But the defining of additional sub-classes isn’t just an exercise of “ooh, cool powers.” I have done more world-building in defining these…