August!
almost 7 years ago – Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 04:29:58 PM

Hey all,

I wanted to do an update. As of now we are writing away. Hamish is working on his countries, I'm working on mine. The plan is to polish the first draft and then send that out to backers in the next few months. I don't have a hard date yet as I'm waiting to see when I'll have a few more pieces in place. Once we send it out, you can tear into it. It will be a play test copy. We will make any changes needed, then we will authorize a print version. This might take a little longer but I'd rather put out the PDF, make changes after your input, and then OK then print version. I'll update again in a few weeks.

Thanks

Wes

Monsters oh my!
almost 7 years ago – Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 04:15:49 PM

This months update is quick. So I've been under the weather for the past month, thought it was a head cold, but found out yesterday it was more than that. Now I on the right meds and getting back on track. I'm working on monsters today. The Clockwork Thugs, who are a mix of humanoids and clockwork tech. You most often find them used as muscle. The Clockwork Queen who is the dictator of Wisgo is actually similar in design, though she is always upgrading herself. After I'm done with a few monsters, I'm jumping back to the rulebook. 

Places to find Plate Mail Games

Patreon: $1 per ever 2 new non-KS tracks I make each months. 

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Every Friday I run a Call of Cthulhu game called Black Bag Vikings on the Saving Throw Show Twitch channel starting at 8pm PDT. You can also find the eps on Youtube. 

The Somber Woods
almost 7 years ago – Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 12:26:02 AM

The Somber Woods  

When a person dishonors themselves, their family, or their lord, they must do whatever it takes to restore their honor. If the disgrace is horrendous enough, it may require them to commit ritual suicide, or Kihadu, which is also the name of the Wosol god of death. Kihadu is performed by walking to the Somber Woods, no matter how far, and once there, disrobing and cutting one’s flesh to let their blood flow. Then, they walk into the woods where they are cut down by the beasts that live there.  

If a person says they are going to perform the Kihadu but are later found alive, they are sent to the Doomlands, and their family is stripped of all titles, lands, and money. If the family is poor, they are forced to commit Kihadu themselves. Whole families have died to regain lost honor. The Rykuda are a group that can be hired to help make sure those who set out to perform Kihadu finish their journey. 

People from Xisho, Acum, and Yulima for thousands of years have been making the journey to the Somber Woods to restore their honor, so it should come as no surprise that the forest is a very dangerous place. Aside from the typical creatures who call the deep forest home, there are several types of undead. These are the spirits of those whose sins were so great, their sacrifice was not enough to get them into heaven. There are also areas where the trees have become corrupted by the necrotic energy of the suicides. These trees lash out with vines and branches at anything that gets too close. Sometimes, they even shoot contaminated blood at people. The bark of the trees weeps blood and smells like rotten flesh. 

 Somber Woods Moves

• Haunt those who travel the well-worn forest roads. 
• Learn of a person who has run from their fate through stories from the locals. PCs must decide if they will find this person and bring them to justice, have them to pay hush money, or leave them be. 
• Have a necromancer or lich arrive to enslave the undead of the forest and attack the cities of light. Have a tree spray tainted blood over a passerby, doing great harm to them. 
• Find the ruins of the forgotten people who lived here before it was conquered by the Hidden Empress. Have the PCs create their stories. 

 Hey everyone! Working hard on the books. Just wanted to give a quick update with a preview. Have a great week.  

Wes

New Art for The Rothaen Monster Tome
almost 7 years ago – Fri, May 19, 2017 at 10:40:03 PM

Hey everyone, 

Jess sent me some of the art for the monster tome and I wanted to share it with you. Here some of what I got. 

 There you go. It's fun to get new art for the books. Hope you like them. 

Wes

Short Update
almost 7 years ago – Tue, May 09, 2017 at 03:44:20 PM

Hello all,

Hard at work on the book. Hamish is working on his areas. I'm hammering out the details for the Necromancer and Inventor playbook. They are now full character classes instead of compendium classes. Art is being worked on for the Monster Tome. As much as I wanted to send out a playlets earlier, I also want to get the draft to a certain point before that happens. 

I'll update you guys again in mid-June.

Thanks

Wes