Update!

Big update! With the imminent release of Wizard Trash, Goblin Treasure I wanted to get the dev version has merged back over.

This is hopefully the last big, structural update to the game, with only a few more additions and polishing from here on out. There’s a summary of changes below, but for a (somewhat) more comprehensive changelog check out the SRD.

Changes

Additions

• Unfinished Business - A micro dungeon adventure included in the book to act as an introduction to the vibes of the game, and as an emergency one shot if you need one.
• 3rd Party License & Logo - In case you wanted to make your own Brighter Words stuff!

Major Changes

• Critical Damage is now called Wounds
  • Sacrifices a bit of overlap with Cairn/ITO wording to make the language more consistent here (hopefully)
  • I didn’t like that Damage & Direct Damage were numbers, while Critical Damage was an event.
• Grit is set by DEX and WIL
  • Yes, derived stats, I am as surprised as anyone I ended up here
  • This is an attempt to avoid optimization/system mastery. Since most attacks will damage STR, starting your character with higher STR gave you significantly more durability and was usually the “correct” choice. By having higher DEX & WIL give you higher Grit, it’s more ‘balanced’ in that whatever you choose you won’t end up with a super fragile character.
• Calling Format Change
  • This is mostly just shifting things around, and making callings a bit more consistent in terms of how they’re structured.
• Eulogy is now called Epitaph
  • It’s more accurate (we’re writing it down!) and also the word is more fun to say.
• A bunch more smaller bits I won’t mention here. For specific Calling changes read the SRD.

Still To Do

• Example of Play
• Price List
• Finish the Cast & Crew pre-gens
• Session One Equipment rules
• GM Toolbox

That’s all for now! Thanks to everyone that has reached out with feedback and suggestions, it’s been super helpful!

As always, the online SRD is available here.

Thanks all, David