v0.8 - Big update and first outside playtester!


Hi there!

Coupled with announcing the new 0.8 version, I've gotten great feedback from ArcherRatbone, the first playtester outside my immediate group of friends - exciting to say the least!
Every new eye sees something new, so every form or comment here is useful and greatly appreciated!
I want to make a good game and I've spent lots of time on it, so I dont' want to commit to an end-product that has glaring shortcomings. Please check out the feedback form on the main page if you want to make a difference (and get a free final copy and your name/alias in the book)!

Changes (Where do I start?!):


- ALL sections have been cleaned up, but "Playing the game" has gotten much love, so it should be easier for you to know how to start playing.

- Stress: Taking a Bane to a Test is no longer an option to Calm Stress. Resting, good Food and Herbs are now the primary sources for Calm.
This might seem restrictive, but should lead to Stress being used as a calculated risk, instead of a routine boost. Stress really was too good, and characters with WIL now benefit from Stress more than Heroes with STR or DEX.

- Starving now brings Stress as well as Damage.

- Patrol mechanics have been tweaked to end up in a better spot between never being that much of a problem, and being overrun by a possibly endlessly large Group of Foes. The possibility of an open-ended Patrol smashing down on you is still there, but now, the Patrol-die is Reset upon rolling a Patrol.

- Eavesdropping (Opener) now has the same negative effect as Sneaking if failed.

- Traps have been reworked as to their interaction with Tools. Now, Tools are only added to Trap Tests instead of being an auto-success. Still might need some tweaking, but now, Traps actually have a CHANCE of being Sprung!

- Camp rules have been polished and the section is cleaner. Numbers have been tweaked and Oaths have been clarified.

- Prisoner Trials have now been reworked against the Camp rules to more often encounter the extremely rare occurences of [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] (if you know, you know).

...and much, much more!


Let me know what you think!

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