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Today is the 1st anniversary of the publishing of Blood Tithe's 0.0.1 version and I would have really loved to publish 0.0.3 today but it's still pretty deep in development, my current goal is getting it done at some point in September

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"When you don't have your horse, you are filled with the power of really wanting to see your horse again and deal extra damage"

I am considering adding a perk for mounted combat to Blood Tithe but I'm unsure due to the famous "You can't take a horse inside a dungeon/castle/tavern/whatever" issue.

Maybe just add a disclaimer along the lines of "Hey be aware that unlike most other perks there will be long stretches of the game where this perk will be useless, maybe also talk to your GM about whether this fits the campaign"

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I've been posting a lot about horses on this blog recently. This may or may not be related to any games I've been playing recently.

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I am considering adding a perk for mounted combat to Blood Tithe but I'm unsure due to the famous "You can't take a horse inside a dungeon/castle/tavern/whatever" issue.

Maybe just add a disclaimer along the lines of "Hey be aware that unlike most other perks there will be long stretches of the game where this perk will be useless, maybe also talk to your GM about whether this fits the campaign"

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Learned about this event

and the results clearly show that even ignoring other benefits horses provide (carries stuff for you, preserves your own stamina during travel), they still outrun humans at a distance of 34km/21 miles fairly consistently

One of the silliest rules of dnd 5e has to be that to get any benefits from having a horse for long travels, you need to get a new horse every 10 miles

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I'm unsure how I feel about the mechanic of using healing dice during a short rest because on the one hand, it's an interesting resource management mechanic, but on the other hand, rolling a die, calculating how much it heals you, and then deciding if you want to roll another die, potentially many times in a row, is just not very interesting or fun

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One of the silliest rules of dnd 5e has to be that to get any benefits from having a horse for long travels, you need to get a new horse every 10 miles

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in this fantasy world, theres no homophobia or sexism! but the governments are still patriarchal monarchies and everyone still adheres to the standard nuclear family, two things that have absolutely no relation to homophobia and sexism whatsoever

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The game is out now! I'm not sure when I'll first get a chance to play it, it could take a while, but I'll let you know what I think once I've played it

Something tells me Draw Steel! might be finished

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Something tells me Draw Steel! might be finished

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I'm currently playing a cleric who is in a toxic yuri relationship with her sentient weapon so I guess the bad part about this idea is the yaoi

Or more likely, it's actually a good idea

In a toxic yaoi relationship with my sentient weapon

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Scenario: it's your final exam, to be formally recognized as an evil wizard. You know you have the "wizard" part down pat, but you could use some extra marks in "evil". You have decided to transform an innocent victim into a frog. Your victim does not want to be a frog.

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The second playable version of Blood Tithe is now public!

Blood Tithe is a TTRPG in which you play a group of Vampires trying to survive and thrive. They will have to defend humans from other monsters but at the same time defend themselves from humans that don’t want to have their blood sucked. Of course, they are powerful beings, and might have ambitions beyond mere survival that they’re trying to achieve. But no matter how powerful a vampire becomes, in the end they are still a slave to their thirst

Check it out if you're interested and come to the playtest discord if you want to discuss the game.

If you struggle to read the white on black text, there's also a version that is black on white

Changelog under the read more

Fixed various spelling and grammar errors

added the concept of associated primary attributes and adjusted starting attributes accordingly

notably you can no longer have more than one 3

added the option to defend engagements with AWR instead of SPD

added roles as a guide to build more balanced groups

added the Mage archetype as well as a bunch of Magicks

the Magick previously called Burn is now Shock and Burn has an entirely different effect

added the Bind sorcery

clarified how Break Free works when you are grabbed with a whip

Added an On Failure effect for Targeted Accelerate/Decelerate and Daze (I think I just forgot them previously?)

Added Perks, the primary way of becoming more powerful as well as another way to diversify your character

now each skill that risks strain mentions this explicitly

Protect and Take Aim no longer risk strain

Reworked Hex’s “can use only body attacks” mode to instead inflict a heavy penalty when using a non-body attack skill

added a penalty to Aim while engaged with a hostile character

Changed Aim and Subdue to be equal to instead of higher than to succeed, which was my intention all along, idk why I screwed that up

Buffed the failure effect on Teleport

Renamed Ranged Defense to Entrenchment

Added Threats, a new category of enemy difficulty

added the Pixie as an example Threat

Added rules for Legends

added the Wyvern of Fire as an example Legend

Added the keyword Fast for skills that affect the current turn 

changed the example for a specific rule beating a general rule in Rule 0 accordingly

Reworked how skills that deal damage based on STR work

this also allowed me to get rid of the maneuver damage cap

reduced the impact of SPD on rolling engagement

reworked how running is resolved to make it much easier to run away

added the option to take a character you’re grabbing with you when breaking an engagement or joining another

added the option to escape

removed the restriction preventing you from using a shield while unarmoured. Don’t remember why that was there in the first place

renamed the engagement roll to the movement roll to better differentiate it from all the other things named engagement

made a general rule for what happens when you roll 0 dice instead of writing the same thing each time

renamed Werewolf Claws and Werewolf bite to more generic names so non-werewolf monstrous enemies can use them too

changed the base attack of Grab or pin to be based on STR so strong character have an easier time grabbing someone while weaker characters have a harder time. 

Added a fly spell and a leap maneuver to deal with the new flying enemies

Added the upkeep phase to combat, which doesn’t really change anything but should hopefully make things more clear

added stealth as one aspect of Awareness so now there’s finally a stat for stealth

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Considering how weird early DND was about gender it's almost surprising there isn't a Nightstallion monster