Leo
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Project Update: March 2026 Update [LAPIS SERPENT]
Hello wanderers,
This missive comes a little later than I wanted, as I've been waylaid again by the typical February plagues that ravage everyone who has small children. Anyway, production continues! We have LAPIS SERPENT, a new preview draft of the core rules, to download if you so desire.
Currently LAPIS SERPENT is the most recent draft. If you have comments/questions/typos/suggestions on content, please try to identify which draft you're reading from! It makes it much easier for me to keep track.
What's new in LAPIS SERPENT?
I'm still focusing on getting new content laid out and drafted rather than updating existing pages.
- Sample Elixirs - we now have d20 example Elixirs to find as treasure. This also now completes the starting equipment for all PC options, so there should be no more holes in PC creation. Find on p.51.
- 100 Story Seeds - this is quite a big piece of new content, found on p.81-82. You can use 4d100 to create weird emergent fragments of narrative, suitable for backstories, incidental drama, myths and legends, narrative songs, prophecies, rumours, news from afar. They require quite a bit of interpretation but I think they're fun and some Referees will get a lot of use out of them.
- Fortress Location - a new regional location type. Fortresses are what they say on the tin - fortified positions that are usually controlled by one of the Major Factions. Create one on p.157.
- Oracle's Sanctum Location - a new regional location type. Sanctums are the dwelling place of a mysterious Vaarnish Oracle. Create one on p.166.
- Creedspeaker - a new synthetic monster, found on p.175.
- Drill Drone - a new synthetic monster, found on p.176.
- Jollyhoss - a new hypergeometric monster, found on p.182.
- Magneticrab - a new synthetic monster, found on p.183.
- Sawbone Drone - a new synthetic monster, found on p.188. (this should hopefully conclude the Bestiary, I really need to stop adding more monsters!)
- New Encounter Tables for various environments like Sky Islands, Hypergeometric Labyrinths, and Deathlands. See p.196.
- Barter Rules have now been fully drafted, including Merchant reaction rolls. See p.209.
- Fine Clothing and Musical Instruments - a pair of d20 generator tables to create fine Vaarnish clothing and weird musical instruments. No real gameplay purpose but it's a lot of fun and fleshes out the world in a small way. See p.220.
- Influences - we have a short list of fiction, games, etc that influenced Vaarn. More to come. See p.315.
Still to Come
- Expanded list of Hypergeometric Equations
- The Lithic Lyceum (major faction)
- d100 Landmarks
- Settlement Quirks
- The Head of Briareus (an adventure site)
- Innumerable tweaks and edits.
You will note that the list of major content to be updated is quite short now, so the end of drafting is hopefully in sight.
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