We're gonna get into some of the "rules bits" this week, with our chapters on Character Creation today and the Storypath Ultra system on Thursday. Plus you're going to get one of the Appendix sections as well (Appendix II, I believe). Lots of amazing stuff coming our way as we finish up August.
We're also going to have a few sneak peeks this week as well, looking at some of the stuff from the Jade Powers chapter that we'll get in September. Never hurts to have a taste, right?
But before we get to our manuscript today, I've also got two fun bits to share that let us know more about the game and world of Jadestorm.
First up, from Matthew Dawkins, the Gentleman Gamer himself, with his What is the Jadestorm RPG video. Matthew is the developer behind Jadestorm and provides a great overview of this game.
Secondly, while we're dealing with rules and systems this week, I still want to share a bit about the setting for this game. The Onyx Path crew have been using this rough map as a bit of a guide to plan out how the various factions and organizations interact with one another in the world.
I'll stress that this is just a working prototype - a draft version of the map showing the general positions of the countries and not a detailed geographical map, nothing you should use for navigation! But as pieces of the world are revealed and hinted at, this may help sort of organize things in your imagination.
A rough reference to keep things a bit more organized in our imaginations. And, probably doesn't need to be restated, but absolutely not a final version.
Because backers make it better!
Draft Manuscript Previews
Over the course of these 4 weeks, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Jadestorm, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in jade-sized installments throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next 28 days, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.
Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form - it hasn't been edited yet, and there will be further rounds of development - but you can consider it about 75% finished, so keep that in mind.
In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: <Jadestorm Feedback Form>
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