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by Jason Vey
Mon May 14, 2018 5:54 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: FREE Amazing Adventures Quick Start Adventure Module
Replies: 0
Views: 9174

FREE Amazing Adventures Quick Start Adventure Module

The Serpent God Rises! http://www.grey-elf.com/candc/serpentgod_sm.jpg The year is 1939, and the Brotherhood of William St. John faces a dark new decade. With war raging in Europe and Asia, the time is ripe for their enemies, the criminal empire known as the Order of the Black Dragon, to appear once...
by Jason Vey
Mon May 14, 2018 5:47 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: A-MAY-Zing Adventures Month!
Replies: 0
Views: 7027

A-MAY-Zing Adventures Month!

That's right, folks, we're halfway through now and I've completely neglected to come over here, for which I sincerely apologize, but it's A-MAY-Zing Adventures month! All month we've been posting previews, freebies, announcements and information in celebration of AA, over on our Facebook discussion ...
by Jason Vey
Mon May 14, 2018 5:38 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: Arcanist - Generic Character Class
Replies: 1
Views: 5493

Re: Arcanist - Generic Character Class

Hey, man, sorry for the late response. I'm a bit lazy about checking the forums. I believe what you're referring to is the references in the Companion about trading off spell casting levels to pick up generic class abilities. By deciding not to advance a level as a spellcaster, the Arcanist can inst...
by Jason Vey
Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:45 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C
Replies: 16
Views: 9632

Re: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C

Treebore wrote:Wolfen? What? No love for the Coyle? Changelings? Pixies? :lol:
I used to dig the Coyle. And changelings.
by Jason Vey
Wed Jan 31, 2018 10:00 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: Amazing Adventures Errata and Clarifications
Replies: 48
Views: 61299

Re: Amazing Adventures Errata and Clarifications

Request for clarification re: Mighty Blow (p. 51), please. The item includes the following: However, the character must then make an unmodified d20 roll; a result of 1-9 on the d20 means that the weapon shatters as a result of the mighty blow (firearms are ruined from blowback). This ability is use...
by Jason Vey
Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:38 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: ?My "damaged" AA Leatherettes arrived...
Replies: 14
Views: 17234

Re: ?My "damaged" AA Leatherettes arrived...

There's little doubt that when we do the next printing of AA (which I am hoping will include some interesting surprises and upgrades), I hope that kind of material will be available in a separate book, because otherwise your effectively doing a new edition, and I got tired of that with WOTC and oth...
by Jason Vey
Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:31 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: Amazing Adventures Errata and Clarifications
Replies: 48
Views: 61299

Re: Amazing Adventures Errata and Clarifications

I'm not quite sure if this is an error, but it seems like one. In "The Heart of Yhtill," p. 232, Act One, toward the end of the third paragraph, it reads, "Amanda insists that she has no idea why anyone would want to kill her husband..." At this point, however, it's her brother,...
by Jason Vey
Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:30 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C
Replies: 16
Views: 9632

Re: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C

Not interested in converting classes, just the races (some of which were their own class (RCC). C&C is THE system for me these days. Played many fantasy systems over the last 35 years, including Palladium. No system beats C&C for ease of use and old school feel...so if the setting won't wor...
by Jason Vey
Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:29 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C
Replies: 16
Views: 9632

Re: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C

The same could be said for any number of RPG systems back then, really. It’s amazing what we dealt with back then. Not that this is a defense of Palladium – they stuck to their universal system unchanged for so long. I’m no fan of the edition treadmill, but their system could’ve done with a serious...
by Jason Vey
Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:12 am
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: ?My "damaged" AA Leatherettes arrived...
Replies: 14
Views: 17234

Re: ?My "damaged" AA Leatherettes arrived...

What!!? I hope these are going to be available to the general public at some point! ☺ Hi, Morwen, They were a limited availability like all of our leathers. They were the top tier pledge for the Kickstarter, but Steve always prints some extras for public sale after the KS is over (one great thing a...
by Jason Vey
Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:04 am
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C
Replies: 16
Views: 9632

Re: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C

Really, I must have missed it. I will have to give it a look. Page 95, Appendix 2. ;). With Wolfen / Gnolls, I had Wolfen HATE them (along with werewolves) in my home brew. Sure, sure. I just meant that Gnolls give you a good jumping-off point to determine the racial abilities you'll need to adapt ...
by Jason Vey
Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:48 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C
Replies: 16
Views: 9632

Re: Palladium Fantasy Setting for C&C

Many years ago I ran a long-term D&D 3.5 campaign using Palladium Fantasy's setting, which is one of my all-time favorite settings. I think it'd translate pretty well to C&C. You'd need to so some work to adapt the various races--look at Gnolls for Wolfen, as a hint--and balance them as PC c...
by Jason Vey
Sat Jan 27, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: [AA] The Book of Powers
Replies: 21
Views: 23050

Re: [AA] The Book of Powers

Wow, thank you, Morwen! That's among the nicest compliments I"ve ever received. I think you also posted along those lines on the Facebook Page. I do plan to do some Amazing Adventures-specific steampunk stuff in the future, so stay tuned! I don't want to step on Victorious' toes, but since that...
by Jason Vey
Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:34 am
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Inspiration for character names , Where do you get yours ?
Replies: 15
Views: 7703

Re: Inspiration for character names , Where do you get yours

CAPTCHAs.

No, seriously. I keep a list of CAPTCHAs that I encounter in a text file. Many are junk, but some are outstanding inspiration for fantasy names.
by Jason Vey
Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:49 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: The Book of Shadows
Replies: 4
Views: 7942

Re: The Book of Shadows

If you haven't looked at the Book of Powers yet, it's one of the books I'm most proud of in my career as a game designer. Treebore has already mentioned he uses it to bolster and expand the super powers in Victorious; it can also be used as a different type of sorcery in C&C, an alternate means ...
by Jason Vey
Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:46 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Mind flayer
Replies: 37
Views: 19416

Re: Mind flayer

Reading all that... have tentacle fingers rather than squid face and have it eat through its hands. The head just has no features other than glowy eyes...then it can eat twice the brains. :p Yep. As for the spider man thing, thats stealing a very well known identity concept. You cannot draw anythin...
by Jason Vey
Sat Jan 20, 2018 3:38 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Mind flayer
Replies: 37
Views: 19416

Re: Mind flayer

The OGL allows nearly any monster TSR/WOTC has ever done to be used "as is". IE copy/paste it straight from their SRD. THIS is key. If it's not in the SRD, it's likely not available. It's not about what has been expressly protected; it's about what has and has not been expressly allowed. ...
by Jason Vey
Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: Amazing Adventures Errata and Clarifications
Replies: 48
Views: 61299

Re: Amazing Adventures Errata and Clarifications

Added a couple more errata clarifying CLs and saving throws for a few psychic powers.
by Jason Vey
Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:48 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Mind flayer
Replies: 37
Views: 19416

Re: Mind flayer

Also, it's come to my attention that a lot of people don't realize there is, in fact, an official psionics system for the SIEGE Engine. It's in Amazing Adventures, which is 100% compatible with C&C and also includes eight other new character classes, including a more sorcerer-inspired magic user...
by Jason Vey
Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:39 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: The Book of Shadows
Replies: 4
Views: 7942

Re: The Book of Shadows

Yeah. So people that know me from social media know that I'm NOT a big fan of "kickstarter exclusive" goals in campaigns. I think that so as not to piss off fans and retailers, any stretch goals for kickstarters SHOULD eventually be made available in retail. That's the story here. The Book...
by Jason Vey
Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:35 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: ?My "damaged" AA Leatherettes arrived...
Replies: 14
Views: 17234

Re: ?My "damaged" AA Leatherettes arrived...

It doesn't look like it, but you could email Steve ([email protected]) and ask.
by Jason Vey
Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:28 pm
Forum: Castles & Crusades
Topic: Mind flayer
Replies: 37
Views: 19416

Re: Mind flayer

It's not so much a factor of what is "protected" (that is, what has expressly been declared product identity) as it is what has and has not been released as open game content. The problem with the list that was posted is that it refers to monsters from the base monster manuals, and not set...
by Jason Vey
Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:34 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: Couple New Errata
Replies: 0
Views: 6164

Couple New Errata

Hey, all, Added a couple new errata in the thread above. A tweak to the archer class (basically swapping Rapid Fire and Blinding Speed, so Rapid Fire is gained at level 2, improving at levels 6 and 12, and Blinding Speed is gained at level 3), and some information about modern bows (short version: m...
by Jason Vey
Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:00 am
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: [AA] The Book of Powers
Replies: 21
Views: 23050

Re: [AA] The Book of Powers

When will this book be available in stores? I honestly couldn't say. The way distribution works these days it's hard to get distributors to show any interest in a short book (which Powers is). You could check with your FLGS to see if they can order it in; otherwise it's available direct from the Tr...
by Jason Vey
Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:40 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: Book of Powers Review
Replies: 0
Views: 6263

Book of Powers Review

http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.ph ... -Of-Powers

Chris Helton gave the Book of Powers a very nice review over at E.N. World. If anyone's curious, check it out!
by Jason Vey
Thu Sep 08, 2016 12:25 am
Forum: Victorious
Topic: VictoriousRPG.com
Replies: 11
Views: 8399

Re: VictoriousRPG.com

DMMike wrote:Thanks all, and we will get Liz's character sheet up there ASAP. I prefer it too. ;)

Jason, we went through Mudpuppy Multimedia for the base architecture, and liz does all the bells and whistles, as she's a code monkey and I'm just a monkey. LOL

Mike
Congrats, man. It looks fantastic!
by Jason Vey
Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:25 am
Forum: Victorious
Topic: VictoriousRPG.com
Replies: 11
Views: 8399

Re: VictoriousRPG.com

Looks great, Mike! What service did you use to build that? I've considered doing something like it for AA for quite some time, but have never settled on a design service (and my own hand-coding skills are woefully outdated).
by Jason Vey
Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:11 am
Forum: SIEGE Engine & Other TLG Games
Topic: StarSiege Relaunch
Replies: 230
Views: 172884

Re: StarSiege Relaunch

I can answer a few questions here. I'm writing the re-launch of StarSiege, though it's not on the release schedule yet (just trying to get ahead of things where I can). It will be brought in line with AA/C&C and as of now, the plan is that it will be released under the AA line as "Amazing A...
by Jason Vey
Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:21 pm
Forum: Victorious
Topic: Victorious is shipping!
Replies: 49
Views: 30178

Re: Victorious is shipping!

We did indeed have it at Gen Con and you guys are going to love it! It's GORGEOUS! Great work, Mike! The game sold fairly well, too, which is highly unusual for a successful kickstarter! I'm excited for the future of this one and looking forward to some Vicky/Amazing Adventures crossover product in ...
by Jason Vey
Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:03 pm
Forum: Amazing Adventures
Topic: [AA] The Book of Powers
Replies: 21
Views: 23050

Re: [AA] The Book of Powers

finarvyn wrote:I see that the printed version hit the TLG store, so I put in my order already. :)
It was released at Gen Con, and we sold through every copy we brought to the con, save for about 6.