Last time on Song of Swords: Some Audatia cards New Update Soon Jimmy single-handedly genocides the uruk race
Song of Swords is a a tabletop RPG centered around realistic medieval fightan' with a ludicrous variety of weapons and fighting styles, centered around a dice pool system. It's currently in beta, and can be used for both fantasy and historical games. The Kickstarter was nearly 300% funded, and we're on the fast track to kicking ass baby.
Call of the Void: Ballad of the Laser Whales is a pulpy sci-fi tabletop RPG about fighting space-nazis and hunting giant whales with harpoons made out of the moon. Its combat system is more modern, based in the early 20th century, but can probably handle combat up to the present day.
MEGA folder containing current version of the game and all supplementary materials. Note that the latest version of the game is v1.3. The next update will probably be called v1.4. mega.nz/#F!S89jTT7J!ozFi9GvzaFGHfBa59Ik2-Q
There's also a roll20 room where new players are encouraged to try the rules, test new rules, and find game breaking issues: app.roll20.net/join/346755/hRKd4w If you're looking to learn, post here in the thread.
We also play Guy Windsor's card game Audatia in the room, but now we have a much better way to play Audatia: Tabletop Simulator! The (official!) mod for Audatia is now up and running! steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=904774480
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Sebastian Scott
I deliberately made 10,000 promises and then broke them.
Luis Garcia
ZERO CONSEQUENCES
Michael Gutierrez
Where's the update announced for "this weekend or sooner"? Has thrace been right all along?
Aaron Carter
It's only satuday, there's still sunday for jimmy to procrastinate
Sebastian Ross
Claymore is actually holding the doc right now, for further proofreading. t. Jimmy
Carson Kelly
What's this about an update?
Christian Price
Jimmy said to expect an update this weekend! He always tells the truth, so get hype
William Cox
>A workhouse >Strength within the human limit
Jimmy what the fuck is this
William Green
Wew. That don;'t make sense.
Bentley Brown
They have bonuses to MOB and CAR based on their size and quadruped nature. Don't get your panties in a twist. 7 is significant STR
Adrian Watson
>zero punctuation
Liam Young
Can we at least get a teaser of what's changed?
Jaxon Bennett
Everything
Jonathan Ward
As far as I can remember, talents, maneuvers, toughness, and some other stuff. So really, pretty much everything
Andrew Bell
What would a SoS-inspired 17th-18th century setting look like? Think like a third setting spun off to fill the period between the two existing ones. I love the vibe both settings have but I also want muskets, fundraisers, and gold braid.
Mason Richardson
*cuirassiers not fundraisers
Charles Myers
Oh man. It'd be something weird like Pirates of the Caribbean meets Sunless Sea meets Potop.
Benjamin Hall
So would you guys use the Mount rules or the Monster rules for war elephants and such? Perhaps a weird combo of the two?
Man setting an one-off in not-India is weird.
Juan Hill
>Timothy, you put that face protection on right this second! >fuq u u aren't my real dad anyway
Justin Reyes
The only truth you've ever told us.
Dylan Bailey
By teaser I mean a picture or something. The threads are dying without new content.
Luke Murphy
I am straining at the bit to get this thing out, I'm sorry for the delays but this one needs to be perfect and some of the changes were hueg.
Parker Cooper
I really want to print out a version to use to introduce local gamers to it, make it a good one.
Daniel Nguyen
>central game mechanics are overhauled >trying to make release perfect Pick one
Ryder Martinez
Precious few hours Jimmy. Will you keep your promise?
Nolan Perez
Venezuelan issues are at 100 days now.
Brody Ramirez
We're trying our best here man, there's a lot of stuff to juggle here.
Shadows of Mordor shit right here.
Xavier Morales
Their struggles will be resolved before the update comes out.
Christopher Ortiz
So, new update. What's opinions on this Luck stuff and the revamped Talents?
Hrm, I wasn't sure I was overly fond of Noble Schools only having 3 proficiencies max, but Unorthodox Fencer's 6 proficiency max makes up for it well enough.
Anthony Ramirez
>1.9.8 -> 2.0 -> 1.9.9 -> 1.2 -> 1.3 -> 2.0 Computer program labeling was a mistake
>happy hottest month of the year to everybody else Jimmy, there are English speakers in the Southern Hemisphere too, you know?
Connor Nelson
>Chapter 09.1: Melee Weapons >1. Added Easy to Aim to Crossbows & (some) Firearms >2. Updated Reloading Rules for simplicity and to fit new system Gotta reload those melee weapons guys
>Australians >people
James Morales
Oh yeah man, this is Fox News levels of fair and balanced.
Owen Lopez
Here's the PDF guys
Ryder Brown
>OR >OR >OR if they were ands it'd be MSNBC levels of fair and balanced.
Gavin Gonzalez
>Chapter 13: Wounds & Recovery >4. Addition of Level 0 Wounds We Bovine now?
Ian Rivera
We Ballad now.
Parker Anderson
>implying I'm Australian [angry flightless nocturnal bird noises]
I'd personally change the way that's written to be "Simplicity, and ONE of Flowing Water...". Just to idiot-proof it.
Grayson Lee
>Soot Macross, one of the infamous Macross Sisters, is trying to climb a 30-foot tall fortress wall escape capture. Is this the first time we've gotten a name for one of these sisters? Also there are grammar mistakes in the example, shame on you Australian editor
Owen Allen
Huh, is Deep Draw Cut gone on purpose?
Jordan Lee
>I'd personally change the way that's written to be "Simplicity, and ONE of Flowing Water...". Just to idiot-proof it. I agree completely.
No, it's down here on swing. It's like power attack now.
William Jackson
hey wait a second
JIMMY
Jordan Carter
Got it.
Kevin Lee
>can't use Pommel Strikes after throwing the pommel away What if I want to belt a blaggard with the pommel-less end of the hilt?
Hunter Jackson
Whoa, arc gain is way down
Asher Anderson
It is literally impossible to do such a thing. At the quantum level there are an unlimited number of universes which explore every possibility, like islands upon the ocean of probability. On none of those islands is a world where you can pommel strike after throwing away your pommel.
David Adams
kek
Wyatt Sullivan
>I'm sorry for the delays but this one needs to be perfect
Jack Howard
Ya blew it
Cameron Butler
Also noticed that the Willing to Learn feature is different in the character section for humans and the schools section. The former says that the first two proficiencies are free, the latter says they cost 1 Arc each.
Joshua Perez
Hey, there's a big discrepancy here.
On the humans racial abilities page, it says they get the first 2 proficiencies in their school for free. In the proficiencies chapter, it says humans buy new proficiencies for 1 arc instead of 3, and also get a free talent.
Which is it?
Elijah Hernandez
There was a short test-fecht the other day with the new rules in the Roll20
Parker Sanders
Oh shit guys, the drawback to Rules of Nature is a lot more lenient. You might actually do it more than twice now. That makes O-dins even more dangerous.
David Watson
A River of Blood is weaker and Sartur Hungers! is better. For some reason I was thinking the Chosen were getting overhauled, but they're basically the same.
Nathaniel Martin
Why are Prodigious boons still in the table? They're not in the book
Nathan Cooper
New Berserker boon.
Uhh... >-Increase your WIP by 4 for the purposes of Damage and Pain Reduction. Doesn't that just mean +2 Grit? Why wouldn't you just say +2 Grit? Does Opaque think we still subtract WIP from Pain?
Ian King
Frail is where it should be alphabetically in Banes, but Robust is at the end of Boons and not where it should be.
Juan Sanders
I am afraid
Jose Clark
WIP indeed
I am too, but probably for different reasons than you
Tyler Davis
One of these things is not like the other. Do you see what I see, Veeky Forums?
Adam Gray
Why isn't Withdraw Amount listed as 1gp (20sp), 2gp (40sp), 3gp (60sp) like Liquidated Amount is?
Jonathan Morales
>Dane Axe no longer has swinging slots Thank God
Luis Butler
This bit from Mounted Combat isn't updated. Closing Void and Dart Out no longer exist
Easton Edwards
Oh what the fuck is this
Hudson Thompson
Hey it sure would be nice if SDB was actually explained anywhere. It sure isn't here. What the fuck is it?
Cooper Jenkins
an extra , ? that's all i see
Andrew Lee
it's a static number equal to half your strength says so right in the thing you posted
Nicholas Adams
Okay you've got me there, but it's still not in character creation anywhere.
Elijah Sanchez
High Freemen are the only ones who can't take Hale and Hearty
Jacob Scott
Drugs are bad for you.
Michael Perez
Okay but that doesn't answer my question. What do I do if I want to hit a guy with the bit where the pommel used to be attached?
Michael Peterson
...
Jonathan Watson
Am I stupid, or is this slightly confusing? I'm guessing it means 10 months for RS 10, 20 months for RS 11, etc.
Also, for the That Which Stares Back tests, how many hours of analysis are you assumed to be doing per day for the things that take multiple days/weeks? Say for RS 8, is that a week of 8-hour days, and I can get it done faster if I pull longer shifts, at the expense of being more likely to be noticed?
How about with breaks? If I have an RS 6 device (12 hours), can I analyse it in two-hour chunks over a week and not really have to worry about being spotted?
Leo Howard
Oh God what the fuck is that font
Robert Murphy
Google Chrome encountering Times New Roman, I think. It replaces it with Papyrus for some godless reason.
Gabriel Cooper
It only seems to do it in PDFs, though. I've had it do it to a couple of other ones as well.
Isaac Scott
That sounds like an April Fool's joke
Levi James
I'd think that too, if it hadn't been doing it for fucking months.
Nicholas Ramirez
I don't think that's papyrus, mate. It's some kind of chicken scratch
Henry Ramirez
Honestly, I don't know what it is. I can't exactly check, either, because it appears normal in Acrobat.
Luis Moore
...
Jayden Russell
How do you stat a whip? What proficiency would it use?
Lucas Lee
What's your favorite talent tree, Veeky Forums?
Adam Brown
sounds like since it's 10+Rs and it says x10 per RS in months that it'd be 100months for 10 110months for 11 etc
Jose Carter
Six weeks to eight years is a hell of a jump.
Zachary Green
I miss good form
Isaiah Bennett
What do you think is a good time to learn how a warp drive works? 8 years sounds generous to me
Nicholas Green
I'm really digging the Light Armor tree.
Justin Price
Can you use The Basics to apply to a shield?
Ethan Johnson
Shield Tactics 2 is a worthless piece of garbage. You went me to spend 2 talents so that in a very specific circumstance I can make them pay one more die? That's awful. Shield Tactics 2 and 1 should be combined into a. Ew Shield Tactics 1. Shield Tactics 3 is super sweet though.
Nathaniel Thomas
RAW no, because shields do not have a proficiency and are treated as distinct from weapons.
Jacob King
Well, we asked for it hard, and we definitely got it hard. Time to get to work.