More Playtesting
I posted a new kickstarter update about opening up the playtest to all backers. If you’re a backer, please respond here or on the kickstarter update. Thanks!
Choice Paralysis vs. Choice Scarcity
As I’m giving the playtest Classes chapter a once-over before sending it out to the playtesters, I’m thinking about the problem of “choice paralysis” in gaming. Choice paralysis is when you have so many options for what your character can do on your turn that you have a hard time decision about which you should…
Update #42: Incremental Playtest Rollout
If you backed this project at a level that gives you playtester materials, get ready for a lot of stuff to read in the next few days….
Update #38: Preparing Your Feats
I posted Update #38 to the Kickstarter page, which includes part of the intro to the Feats chapter explaining how you select which feats (cronks, spells, or stunts) you want to be able to use each day.
Update: Expanding Options, Traditional Fantasy Races
I posted Update #37 to the Kickstarter page, a detailed update about a change to character classes that greatly expands your options when you level up, some more info on the standard races going into the Corebook, and another Gerald Lee art preview.
Playtest Update and Wuxia Weapons (cronk)
I posted Update #36 to the Kickstarter page, just a quick update about the upcoming playtest, a new cronk that should please players who want badass unarmed monk characters, and another Gerald Lee art preview.
Bard Stuff!
Heya, folks! Just wanted to give you an update on the playtest document, specifically about the bard class. Bards have always been a problem because they’re designed as a support class, and when a support class has to fill in for a role normally occupied by a primary class (like a bard healer in a…
Sneaking, Class Skills
The Five Moons RPG playtest has been delayed because I’ve been fiddling with bits of the skills system. Sneaking As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Stealth in 3E/PF is a little wonky, and–because creatures are assumed to be looking in all directions at once–basically you can’t use Stealth if there isn’t cover or concealment.…
Lafreesh, the Lynx Moon
I’ve posted a kickstarter update about Lafreesh, the Lynx moon, with a few tidbits about how deities in the Five Moons RPG grant abilities to their worshipers, whether or not you’re a priest.
Designer Talk: When the Game is TOO Complex
It’s not secret that I’m a fan of 3E/PF, and the basics of Five Moons are informed and inspired by 3E/PF. But as I go through the chapters of the Player’s Handbook and Core Rulebook, I keep running into rules that make the game a lot more complex and “realistic,” but I don’t really think…
Building Your Own Custom Race
I was talking to someone interested in the game about whether or not there would be unique races in the Corebook or the setting book, and I thought other people would be interested in the answer, so here it is (slightly rephrased). Of course, I wrote an earlier blog entry about being able to reshape your character, including…
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