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Foe - Deserter

This quest front is now featured in the Quest Fronts magazine (issue #1), which you can get in digital or print format on the following store pages:

• DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/...
  2020-09-16 23:37:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Quest Front - Engulfing Siege

A settlement is slowly but voraciously being swallowed by engulfers, corrosive multi-eyed giant slimes.

Patreon Revamp

Hi folks.

I would like to approach you with this post mainly to thank you for your support, the experience has been so positive, both with the release of the Charact...

Foe - Engulfer

A large engulfing ooze.

Quest Front - Engulfing Siege

Quest Front - From the Entrails

EDIT: This quest front is now featured in Quest Fronts #1, which you can get in digital or print format on the following store pages:

• DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.co...
  2020-09-10 03:51:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Ancestries Card Set Released!

The Ancestries Card Set has been released as a standalone supplement for the Ironsworn System on DriveThruRPG and 2020-09-04 08:21:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch - Bestiary Update, Part 2 (Changelog 20200830)

• Reworded all the demeanors.
• Reduced the lupine ancestry edge by 1 and increased the iron by 1.
• Reworked the armor's and shield's values. Now, instead of an additional dice for the Endure Harm, Face Danger, and Clash moves, they are +2 additions.
• Simplified the compan...
  2020-08-31 18:46:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Introducing Quest Fronts

Here is the preview of something I've been working on: elaborated quest started I'm tempted to call quest fronts. The design template is heavily inspired by Dungeon World.

Please, feel free to share your thoughts.

Demeanors Card Set Released!

The Demeanors Card Set has been released as a standalone supplement for the Ironsworn system on DriveThruRPG and 2020-08-04 23:11:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch - Bestiary Update, Part 1 (Changelog 20200731)

GENERAL

• Removed the resilience cards mechanic.
• Reduced by 2 the total stat points if not playing with ancestry and by 1 if playing with ancestry.
• Reduced the starting wealth in every difficulty setups.
• Increased by 5 the starting effort levels in every difficulty setup.
• Adjust...
  2020-07-30 14:50:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Removing the Resilience Cards Mechanic

The concept of using a deck of playing cards in the Ironsworn system has been something compelling for me since the beginning of the Ironcrunch development. However, with the implementation of more cards into the game (Items, Conditions, and Demeanors), I've been having my doubts about keeping this mechanic....

Note About the Contents Under Open Game License

The premise of Ironcrunch has been mixing Ironsworn with some OSR vibe. The issue with this is that parsing the licenses (properly identifying which parts are Creative Common 4.0, Open Game License, and my own identity product) may be a tad cumbersome for the core rulebook, reason why I would like to avoid u...

Ironcrunch - Demeanors Update (Changelog 20200631)

RULEBOOK STRUCTURE

• The rulebook is now divided into two sections: Rules (up to page 37) and Appendices (the rest).
• [NEW] The Basics chapter has been rewritten.
• Removed the Ironcrunch Moves chapter, as this content is already present in the Ironcruch Moves Quick Reference, which...
  2020-06-30 06:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Current Status and Where This Is Going

ON THE WORKABILITY

Last month's update simplified things in terms of gameplay and workability (Ironcrunch it's becoming less crunchy as a matter of fact), and in tune with this, I've been working my head around making it possible to play without cards. As a result, for this month's update, I will be adding a ...

Motivations Card Set Released!

The Motivations Card Set has been released as a standalone supplement for the Ironsworn system on DriveThruRPG and 2020-06-03 19:33:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch - Gears Update (Changelog 20200531)

GENERAL

• Reduced the startup wealth for the character creation.
• To simplify the game dynamics, the motivations per character have been reduced by 1. The maximum is 2.
• The non-humanoid ancestries were left out of the ancestry appendix. This has been corrected.
• The following conditions ha...
  2020-05-30 10:34:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Choose one: Card Format ●Without Icons ●With Icons

After this month's update, I'll start working on the Bestiary Update, the final one, which will not only include an appendix of 50+ pages of creatures, but also a creatures card set. This is why I need to know which card presentation likes the most.

I'll offer the creatures card set in both formats if the poll says so, ...

Preview: Item Cards

The item cards set will consist of the following.

• 50 weapons.
• 19 armors.
• 8 shields.
• 28 consumable items

Addons have been removed out of the game in the pursuit of simplicity. Artifacts (from Delve) already fits the concept addons were aiming for. Probably in the futu...

Design Thoughts: Simplifying Foes

An exposition about the reason and the ways to get rid of the health-to-progress track conversion and the foe sheet.

THE CURRENT ISSUE WITH COMBAT: END THE FIGHT

In vanilla Ironsworn, the total health of foes is as per their rank:

• Troublesome: 3,5 health
• Dangerous. 5 health...
  2020-05-12 14:15:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch - Dangers Update (Changelog 20200430)

• Merged the three character creation chapters into one, turning the ancestries and motivations sections into appendixes.
• The elf ancestry states that it is immune to stupefied condition (instead of the numb condition).
• The construct ancestry states that it is immune to stupefied condition (instead of th...
  2020-04-29 14:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Design Thoughts: Toxic Substances Conversion from d20 System Games

I've been converting 103 toxic substances from Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 and 5th edition, and Pathfinder 1st edition, meaning that this is the time I get to definitely establish the price and damage conversions I'll use from Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder to Ironcrunch, at ...

Ironcrunch on Roll20 Work in Progress

Ayethin has been working on an Ironcrunch character sheet for Roll20.net. So I will get 50% of this Patreon at the end of this month to support her: https://ko-fi.com/ayethin

Thank you...

Choose One: Appendices or Not Appendices

I'm currently considering including appendices to list and present all the ancestries, motivations, and the upcoming bestiary entries.

So far, the listing of the ancestries and motivations alone takes around 25 pages of the first chapters, which makes the scrolling a bit awkward.

If appendices are included, there ...

Development Roadmap and Monthly Content Program

This is the current working plan for content creation.

The development roadmap is updated when a milestone has been reached or a new goal has been set. Elements in it (especially the ones in draft) are subject to be reprioritized, discarded, or renamed.

LIFETIME PLEDGE PRODUCTS REWARD

Each month, you will ...

Ironcrunch - Ancestries Update, Part 2 (Changelog 20200331))

General

• Changed the Race term to Ancestry. This opens the room for interpretation when choosing this aspect of your character, as it doesn't restrictively imply belonging to a specie. This is further explained in the rulebook.  
• The character creation process has been streamlined and simplified, an...
  2020-03-31 11:10:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch Playtest Package (20201104)

This playtest package is a draft of what the Ironcrunch expansion was intended to become. It is currently fully playable, but some rework might be needed. Even though there are currently no plans to continue developing the project, feedback is always welcome to encourage the resume of the development for a proper rel...

Preview: Race Cards

As every other Ironcrunch card set, these will be patron-exclusive. For the public playtest package, the rulebook will offer everything needed to make index cards for the races.

The rulebook will also expand on the specifications of each race, with flavor texts, stats base and maximum, and age.

There will...

Ironsworn in Spanish (Ironsworn en español)

With the Delve release and the influence of some Internet's personalities, Ironsworn has received a great deal of popularity. This is probably why since the beginning of March I've been getting emails of people requesting to ...

Design Thoughts & Preview: Races (and Ages)

Races are fun.

I've managed to rebuild the database spreadsheet of the races, and improve it significantly over 2020-02-28 09:00:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch - Ancestries Update, Part 1 (Changelog 20200217)

This update paves the way for the upcoming races cards.  It brings utility redesigns, rules expanded explanations, many balance tweaks and some mechanical bits.

If you are a patron, you can access the folder of Ironcrunch playtest package via Google Drive.

SHEETS

• [NEW] ...
  2020-02-17 19:47:45 +0000 UTC View Post