Posted February 20, 2024 by Joel Happyhil
Yo! This was another two week update, so I've got lots of new changes for y'all, mostly focused on enemies and their mechanics.
β1.5
- The “Last Legs” authors note is inaccurate and has been removed.
- Last Hope 1 change.
- Dramaturge 1 is now once per action.
- Combos have been changed so that only one can occur per action.
- The Guardian Angle 1 syntax has been changed.
- More clarification has been added for how Wounds are taken.
- Finishers now do minimum [Tier x 2] damage.
- More clarification has been added for enemy Tiers and how they scale.
- Rules have been added for enemies taking Wounds.
- Bloodletter 2, Constrictor 3, Cryomancer 2, Chronomancer 2, Grappler 2, Feral Arcana 3, Flame Heart 3, Skirmisher 3, Martial Artist 3, Mana Blades 2, and Thunder Blood 3 have been given a small bonus to the user’s attacking Advantage.
- Responding with Stress now makes Rolls count as Partial Successes.
- Interact has been reworked.
- Clarification has been added to show that Dodge cannot make you avoid targeting.
- Bodyguard and Swarm enemies now target adjacent characters.
- Most enemies have had their Attacks changed to make multi-targeting more common or make the rewards more potent.
- “My Master’s Teachings” now gives a Teacher Bond instead of a Student Bond (oops).
- Opportunist 3 has been fixed to say Round instead of Turn.
- There are now alternate name examples listed under each non-modifier enemy’s name.
- Tension is now a universal rule and is included in narrative scenes as a way to set roll challenges.
- Antagonist Actions now only give players Influence the first time they’re used in a Scene.
- The Antagonist Action “Present Problem” has been reworked.
- Each outlook page has been given a title showing what the two Outlooks on the page represent and contrast each other on.
- New Antagonist Edge: God-Like.
- Assassin 1 rework.
- Gale Strider Rework.
- New Disruptor Technique: Chemist.
- Slight Ego Arm 1 change.
- Supernatural Deafness rework.
- New Antagonist Action: Threaten.
- Clarification has been added for “Centered Zones”.
- The “Turning The Dial” subsection of “Encounter Design” has been changed to be more specific.
- Slayer has been renamed to “Vagabond”.
- legion now has a different amount of damage taken when Fodder is defeated.
- About a half page of text has been added to each of the “Worlds Of Dawn” subsections.