1/5/2022 - Advancement Update & First Printing!

First Printing!

The first version from the printers is on its way to my house, and then we have 500 more official copies on their way! I’m so excited to share with you all this book in physical form, it’s going to be amazing!

The Advancement Update

Likewise, with the coming of the end, the rules need to be fully finalized. So, what better way to mark the end of an era than to update the advancement system?

Everytime I’ve ran a campaign of Crowns I’ve used a houserule for experience and feats that basically allows everyone to have more feats than the rules state. At some point, I had a realization, if I houserule the game everytime I play, and I’m the one writing the rules, maybe I should just rewrite the rules. So I did!

Levels are now half-cost, and feats are similarly half-cost. And from my playtesting, this has only improved the experience everyone is having with the game. When I first wrote the rules I would say, “Feats should be big deals!” And they still are! But they are so rare that they have ceased to be relevant. Everyone was basically playing the same character with different equipment. This update should help change that!

New Character Sheet

There’s a new character sheet put out by our new artist InkedGas. Can’t wait to see more from him!

Changelog

• Dealing damage over a monster’s resolve now gives a bonus instead of a minus (that was a copying error)
• Clarified Resolve & Defiance
• Conditions are now placed wherever the player wants in their pack and there is greater clarification
• A greater description of what a monster can do on their turn
• Introduced the term “defeating a monster”
• Clarified how “Leader monsters” work
• Clarified “Tending to the Wounded”
• Changed “unconscious” to “incapacitated”
• Added in “Hand Mirror, steel” and “Scroll and Quill, case” items in the General Items
• Sacks can now hold 4 slots worth of items
• Animal feed is no longer per day but for every 3 days (like rations used to be)
• Halved the experience costs to level up
• Reduce the costs of most feats
• Changed some text for Grimoires
• Changed some text for Treasure Items