New version of the product is here! We've pushed the updated file to all our backers (including backers from this and other crowdfunding campaigns), as well as to our shopify store. Everyone who ever purchased Scions of Blood and Shadows should be getting an email with a link to the updated file. If you didn't get yours, email us at [email protected]!
What's new? This is a minor release overall, but with one major addition! First of all, we've fixed many wording and styling problems in the file. We clarified some stuff, like the Soul Drinker complication and one of the Insatiable Thirst table entries. We've also patched the Drink Most Exquisite ability, which throughout development costed 1 Thirst, but somehow we didn't put the cost into the 1.0 release. This was a bug, DME was always supposed to cost 1! We've also changed the Sonic Surprise signature ability and nerfed the potency for the Gloom Weaver form. That's all the functional changes!
Finally, on the credits page you will find a download link to a FULL FORGE STEEL SOURCEBOOK, CONTAINING EVERYTHING FROM THIS PRODUCT! What can I say except: enjoy your new, full Forge Steel experience with our awesome class!
I also want to officially announce, that the Vampire class is coming to the Codex, but we don't have any exact timeline just yet! Hopefully as soon as possible!
If you don't own this product just yet, you can buy it here (link)!
Some time has passed since the Scions of Blood and Shadows product was released and it's time for some updates! First of all, we are planning to release a version 1.1 of the file some time in near future and within it some fixes to bugs we didn't catch in editing and layout. The biggest of the problems - the class' maneuver, Drink Most Exquisite, should be costing 1 Thirst baseline, and the cost is missing from the PDF. Other changes are pretty minor, but all of them will be dealt with soon! If you want to be up to date with all the bugs and changes, currently we recommend joining our Discord server, but in the future we plan to put stuff like this into our website.
At the same time, in the PDF we will also link a Forge Steel sourcebook file, which will enable anyone who owns the PDF to build their Vampire in Forge Steel! And, more importantly, we are currently implementing the Vampire class (and associated content) into the Codex. No dates on when it will be available, but we will be informing you how it is going and when it will be out!
Until the Last Villain Dies crowdfunder
You may or may not know that we are currently running our new crowdfunder with a collection of amazing products! There are a ton of amazing things there (5 new products!) and a lot of the content will be coming to the Codex too (including one big and three small adventures)!
The campaign ends in 3 days and it has been incredibly successful, so it might be worth to check it out! Click here to have a look see!
That's all for today! Thank you for your eternal support! Cheers
This will be a short update, because we are pretty sure you will have plenty of reading ahead of you! At last this is the day we release the full version of the vampire class! It's been over a year since we started work on it, we've worked really hard, learnt so much, and we could not have been happier with the result! This has been a collective effort of so many great people and I want to thank everyone involved with the project. I feel like we've established valuable relationship with many Draw Steel community members and since this project has launched Triglav Games was joined by many amazing designers. Even though the vampires are now out and threatening the world with eternal darkness, we feel like the future of our team is very bright and we hope to bring you many amazing products in the future!
All backers and people who pre-ordered this product from the BackerKit pre-order store should receive an email regarding access to the version 1.0 file. We hope you will enjoy it and you will be drawing steel with many vampires at your tables!
At the very same time we've launched our online store! Check it out here! As could be expected, right now there is only one product there, but with time there will be more! If you know someone interested in getting the vampire, point them to our store, as it will be the only way to get the product for now!
If you find any problem with the file, feel free to let us know on our Discord server (https://discord.gg/tV6QSrU3n5) or message us at [email protected].
That's all for today! Thank you for your eternal support! Join our Discord server for early previews and spoilers! Cheers!
You've waited long enough, we know. Feels really bad it's not a full release yet, but here we are. The layout process takes a lot of time and energy, but we believe not rushing it is the correct way to go. That said, we made sure to have something released today and that's still a lot of content even if it's not a complete package! We are releasing two files through pledge manager today - the final manuscript containig the final text and rules for the product (very little changes compared to previous version, mostly editing and some balance changes) and a laid-out portion of the final product that contains: vampire lore, vampire fiction, vampire ancestry, vampire careers, vampire kits, vampire perks, vampire comlpications and the 1st echelon of the vampire class. It's around 60% of the final product. What's left to be laid-out is already in progress and, while we've learnt the lesson to maybe not say any dates out loud, we think the rest of the book will probably be released later this month.
We hope you will enjoy what you see today! You have all the rules and most of them are already pretty! For the whole manuscript to be pretty, wait just a little bit longer! Thank you so much for your support and understanding!
The Kiln is on fire!
Using this opportunity, I wanted to talk about our own GubDM's crowdfunder for his new class for Draw Steel - the Kiln! What is it? To use Gavin's words: "The kiln is a shaman-like martial warrior who gains power by burning special, hand-crafted wooden talismans. Mechanically, the class is designed to focus on mobility, command, and buffing your allies so they can do big damage. The class lets you use a martial kit, but features a lot of magic abilities."
Just look at this art!
If you are interested in the class, check it out here! I've played some games with a kiln in a party and I have to say, the class is literally fire! Hard to forget when my vampire censor did massive damage to an out-of-reach enemy thanks to the kiln's fire sword summon! Give it a look and maybe even consider backing the project, which is so close to unlocking its first stretch goal!
We have a Patreon now!
I was convinced that we should give having a Patreon a chance and so we did! You can check our Patreon out here! You can totally join for free and there will be some posts available to free members too, but there are two paid memberships that unlock access to Draw Steel designs we do for the Patreon. The 5$ tier let's you access the PDF with the design, but for the higher tier you also get a design-process writeup from whoever designed that month's paid thing.
That's all for today! Thank you for your support, patience and understanding! Join our Discord server for early previews and spoilers! Cheers!
Let me start with a slight bummer. As much as it pains me and the whole team, the layout process is taking a lot of time and the product is not yet ready for release. We REALLY wanted it to be done this year, but unfortunately the combination of us taking a lot of time to perfect the new layout and our layout artist being swamped with their day-job projects resulted in the Vampire Class taking a lot time getting laid out. Our update next month will probably be one announcing we unleashed the vampire curse upon the world!
Wait, "new layout"? Well, yes! You might remember that we launched our crowdfunder before Draw Steel was even out, so we didn't really know what the layout for the core game was going to look like. And when Draw Steel released, our layout for this product was... well, it was cool, but also felt out of place! Moreover, since then we've also had a campaign for Boggits of Kingsmire and people ADORED the DS-inspired layout we had for our frog dudes. It was a no-brainer to go back to layout-design and rework the vampire layout so that it's more in line with core Draw Steel books! Below you can see the new stuff (and the Vampire ancestry that's laid out and ready). Hope you like it!
New layout - part 1
New layout - part 2
You can see the laid out ancestry in full resolution here.
Wait, why is the ability blue? I am glad you asked! Some time ago, there was a survey in the Brewery, a Discord server for Draw Steel homebrew (hello!), asking about preferred color-coding for different ability types in the game, as part of a broader accessibility push among homebrew and third-party products. We've decided to join that movement to improve the accessibility of our product, so you'll see our main actions in red, our maneuvers in blue, and our triggers in green, among other small features like additional iconography!
Behold the cover!
We've already shown the cover for this book on our Discord server, but, naturally, we want you to see it too! It was done by the excellent Eryk Szczygieł (TyphonArt) that did most of art for this project. It depicts a group of slavic-themed heroes (including our iconic vampire hero) fighting a vampire lord, Viktor DImitrovich Rogov! We love the piece and hope you love it too!
Cover by Eryk Szczygieł
Vampire product preview
Thanks to the amazing Andy Aiken, you can now build a vampire hero in Forge Steel! In the Triglav Games sourcebook (where you can also find our Boggit ancestry), you will find levels 1-3 of the class with two out of five subclasses (bloodlines), some (not all) vampire perks, kits, and the vampire ancestry you saw earlier in this post. Hope you will have a lot of fun with it! We are thinking about releasing a free preview PDF with the same content later on.
Vampires in the Codex?
We've already talked with a really cool person that's working on the Codex, and they are willing to implement the Vampire stuff for us! We will most likely get to it once the Codex is officialy out! We don't yet know how we will tackle the associated costs of getting our bloodsuckers into the Codex, but we will definitely figure something out later on!
Thank you for your support, patience and understanding! We wish you happy holidays! See you next year! Join our Discord server for early previews and spoilers! Cheers!
