Project Update: September 2026 Update [JADE IBIS]
Greetings wanderers, I have some great news.
The initial pass of editing is complete, and I'm happy to release all 336 pages of the newest draft, codenamed JADE IBIS, to you today. Click here to download this latest version.
The initial pass of editing is complete, and I'm happy to release all 336 pages of the newest draft, codenamed JADE IBIS, to you today. Click here to download this latest version.
What's New?
Even though I said we were text complete last time, we do have a few new additions to the draft that I'd be remiss if I failed to mention them. They are:
- The contents page. We now have a contents page. The page numbers are yet to be instituted though (more on this below).
- The Equipment page (p.33) now has instructions! No more players generating their gear wrong, I hope.
- The Referee's Toolkit now has an introduction (p.81). Hopefully this helps would-be referees get oriented a bit easier in the text.
- The Vault Creation chapter now boasts some expanded room details, including room shapes and floor types. It also has some new Hallway Obstacles (p.112).
- The Settlements chapter now includes expanded settlement creation at the map level, including 12 new d20 tables of buildings (p.139-140). This has diversified settlement creation a lot and has been really fun to use so far.
- The Region Generation chapter now has completed Place Names (p.165).
- The Monster Generator now has instructions for use (p.223).
- The Influences Appendix is now complete (p.321), with some thoughts about the most influential works of art and literature that helped me create Vaarn.
- We have several Indexes although the main proper Index is yet to be compiled. (p331 onwards).
What's Changed?
There have been innumerable changes and fixes thanks to Christian's editing pen. Honestly there are too many to exhaustively list, but I want to highlight a few of the main fixes.
- Moved the Armour Bonus optional rule from Character Creation to the main Rules text.
- Combat Rules now contain definitions of Blind and Entangled conditions.
- Faa Nomad PCs now have altered special rules. Their worm summoning rule has been reworded and clarified.
- Replaced the 'Strange Hued Eyes/skin/Hair' mutations with more impactful results.
- Altered and clarified several Bloomboons.
- Poisons now properly explain their effects.
- Several Major Factions have had their missing faction text added, and reputation tables updated.
- Disease Virulence is now measured differently, to make the Saves required more readable.
What's Next?
Christian is now going to run through the text a second time, after which we will begin the long and tedious job of cross-referencing, indexing, and hyperlinking the PDF. All of this will make the book significantly more usable and easy to reference, we hope.
If you run into any errors, mistakes, unclear language, or similar while reading the JADE IBIS draft, please hit the tipline. Either post about it on our Discord Server or email me directly at graculusdroog (a t ) gmail dot com and include JADE IBIS in the subject line. I may not respond to all these messages directly but I will add your comments to the master list for action.
If you run into any errors, mistakes, unclear language, or similar while reading the JADE IBIS draft, please hit the tipline. Either post about it on our Discord Server or email me directly at graculusdroog (a t ) gmail dot com and include JADE IBIS in the subject line. I may not respond to all these messages directly but I will add your comments to the master list for action.
When Will 1.0 Be Released?
The next document made public will be the completed 1.0 release, which may be a few months away. Those of you with calendar-savvy minds may have noticed that we are now only two weeks away from October 2026, which was the original estimated release date. I'm sorry to say that this is now impossible. I still have more than 70 pieces of artwork to complete, and I need to finish the layout (some pages are still rougher than others).
I'm now eyeing January 2027 as the date to get the files to the printers, after which I will be able to give a clearer timeline of printing and shipping your books and add ons. I do apologise for the delays, but I'm dedicated to making this project as good as it can possibly be. With the text locked in and edits underway, I can now focus all of my time and energy on getting the artwork finished and into the book. Thank you all for your continued support, more updates soon!
I'm now eyeing January 2027 as the date to get the files to the printers, after which I will be able to give a clearer timeline of printing and shipping your books and add ons. I do apologise for the delays, but I'm dedicated to making this project as good as it can possibly be. With the text locked in and edits underway, I can now focus all of my time and energy on getting the artwork finished and into the book. Thank you all for your continued support, more updates soon!
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