TEA Tuesday: NPCs and Monsters

Hi folks,

I have updated the Playtest Rules document with a new system for NPCs that I have been testing over the last month. The system borrows heavily from the system Luka Rejec uses in Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City. It basically reduces NPC stats to a level from which the other stats can be derived. I have been testing this system in the open table game I run over Discord and I think it works really nice. The simple number leaves a lot of room for the Seer to interpret and choose how they want to present the creature to the players. It also helps with coming up with creatures on the spot, since you only need to determine a rough Thread Level and some peculiarities that make it an interesting encounter.

Here is the new NPC page that is now included in the 0.6 update of the Playtest Rules:

The full zine will include a lot more creatures in a small bestiary :)

Let me know what you think! You can find me on Twitter or in the CULT OF THE LIZARD KING Discord.

If you want to support what I do you can now also find me on Patreon, where I've shared some exclusive previews of the Electrum Archive regions!

I'll see you all again next week!

Emiel

PS: I now also have a newsletter where I recap what I've created and shout out the cool things I've discovered each month. You can find it here :)