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The Unlockening Is Happening! (It's a word in my head! I swear!)

So... another day, more stretch goals unlocked! Contributor Raises and an increase in our Art Budget are underway... next up will be the Godless core class.

What is the Godless Core Class?

Originally, we were going to release a player's guide to the Black Ballad in the future, focused more on rules for the divine, extra classes, feats, and a ton of additional setting information outside of the main campaign. (We still will be, but after this).

In the setting of the Sunless Crossing, the Godless Monarchs reign over the realm. Guarding souls on their transition from Purgatory to their final resting place (or back to the lands of the living). Yet the House of the Sovereign has its own secrets...

The Godless is a new core class (not subclass) of Divine casters who do not pray to a singular deity--or even ones that are still living. Within the Storm of Broken Worlds, the Monarchy tends to the tombs of dead and forgotten deities. Harvesting their remnant energies to fuel their magic for different purposes: Either they are shepherds who study these forgotten gods to spread their words back into the world in hopes of reigniting a divine spark. Or they siphon the god's power until they are drained and obliviated... ensuring that the entity is finally removed from existence.

As a class, the primary abilities will focus on granting your allies secrets of lost entities so they can channel divine magic temporarily. Of course, there will be a host of abilities, but our primary focus for this book will be presenting two different paths for the Godless: Positive and Negative.

Entry into the Godless Class will have a variety of hooks. Some unique to the setting of the Black Ballad, and others for homebrew campaigns. One example will be "You were a cleric, and your god was slain in a holy war... you are one of the few faithful left who carries on your gods dying spark."

This weekend, I'll be drafting up the initial content and we will enter design promptly. This new class might not have the same spell-casting power as a proper cleric, but will instead have unique abilities centered around discovering lost lore and True Names for them to carry out their duties (or siphon forbidden power). Unlike Warlocks, their power is never tied to a pact, and the Godless will need to travel into treacherous lands to acquire their secrets in the graves of fallen deities.

Playtest will happen immediately upon the first batch of design and will continue during the cycle while the rest of the book is finished. We encourage you to come join our playtest by popping into our Discord and signing up for the TBB-Playtester role!

Debut of Chapter 1!

Our good friends over at Amateurish Productions debuted an actual play of Chapter 1! Featuring Pat Edwards, one of the co-founders of Storytellers Forge running the group of Jesse "Brickers Rockchewer", Ben "Adelard", Katie "Elira Pond", Glaiza "Sluen Haradraith", and Jenn "Sera Tone" as they discover the truths behind their death and kick off the events of the entire campaign storyline.

This stream will hit you in the feels when they get to the Reflecting Pool. Click Here to watch!

Let's hope this weekend we can unlock the Godless Class, as I'll be writing the first draft this weekend!

Thank you so much everyone!

-Rick and Storytellers Forge!
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