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Added Squad Mage class. Various clean-up of typos.

Some cleanup. Added the Desert Scuttler creature.

Finished a lengthy play test session and the following modifications have been made to the game: Tie-breakers for Initiative are now – Calculated Initiative, Initiative <N>, Soft Strength [SS], and then single card flip. (It didn’t include <N> before) Changed medium and

Major editing today. Ran some of the pages through a grammar checker and also re-read everything myself for Chapters 1, 2 and 3. Some obvious glaring mistakes (such as old references to multi-classing and Physical STUN vs. Mental STUN, neither of which

Some Nature spells added. Clarified (or attempted to) the difference between <ER> and <IR>, physical and mental damage, etc. It feels simple to me, but it definitely wasn’t clear. Also, I really need to work on some more spells that do mental

Big addition – Monster creation, monster traits (used during creation), and a monster manual! Another big edition – For Advantages, I’ve changed all “once per” to “twice per” to make them more attractive, since Advantages are limited. Added the Courier’s Duster magical

After receiving feedback, fixed the Combat Example. It had a reference to the “Too Many Cards” rule, but I changed it up from 3 to 4, and it was no longer valid in the sample combat. Also fixed the “Profession” skill. It

Added a random name generator Appendix.

Clarified that some of the towers ARE in the northern wastes and southern deserts, after re-reading the nonsense I wrote. Added a brief blurb about the Great Coastal War. Added a very large section at the end of Chapter 17 – The

Added a section on NPCs and Skill Checks to explain the GM can use Unopposed Skill Checks in some situations where it may seem like an Opposed Skill Check would normally be used. Added a bunch of new manufacturers and names for

Made the pretty important decision to start everyone out with an Initiative of 2 instead of 1, PCs and NPCs. I had concerns about a single bad flip making someone miss an entire fight. Unlike other Combat Values, Initiative is only really

Changed how Explosive Burst Armor works. Changed healing magical items (unguents and elixirs) to only work once/hour because LETHAL needs to mean more. Changed the format of The Last Gun. Added info to state that magical armor and weapons based on existing

Spelling and grammar review. Started work on an Appendix for monster/NPC creation. Added Nature Magic and clarified that Light/Dark spells are still elemental spells and not “divine spells”. Not sure where I was going with that one. I want to avoid the

Started a new Appendix for reminders about game mechanics. Kind of a quick reference to processes, but without going into much detail. Behind the scenes I’m still working on NPC/monster/creature stat lines. Its definitely not easy to balance or test. I also

Minor modifications to Chapter 17: The World. Various fixes for typos and phrasing across all pages.

Added the story of Major Rogers Pembrose and the rekindling of the first tower in Chapter 17 – The World. However, this story isn’t “public” knowledge and players would not know it. I know I need a better way to do spoilers

Back to it. Modified the Basics page to add a little more detail and clean up some content.

Sample combat example is up and ready. The best way to make sure Two Guns Blazing isn’t overpowered is to… increase its power? Added the Split-Fire advantage to allow someone to fire at two different targets. Changed the Second Wind advantage to

Concerned about Two Guns Blazing still being overpowered, I’ve changed it. Now the attacker gets a single flip with a potential (flip-1) penalty. The best two cards are kept. The defender gets two flips. Another (somewhat) limiting factor of Two Guns Blazing

Added a section to the top part of the Skills page to make it easier to quickly jump to the skill details. Added Appendix C to demonstrate the generation of a level one starting character. Changed a subtle but important distinction for