*Applause!*

Congratulations, you two! Welcome to your next adventure!

Well, it's official - we missed out funding goal by a large margin. Disappointing, but I do hope we can try again before Christmas with more of a media footprint.

Many thanks to everyone who backed us!

For the Haunted Tower of Tor Naether in the Paths of Gaeda game, I had a puzzle which needed to be solved to break a spell.  The party had to gather weapons, psuedo-dragon parts, prayer medallions, and house insignia, then combine them correctly and infuse each group with the proper magic. It was very complicated and took two sessions to complete:

Main: "This house shall never fall, nor any live to despoil it’s dark splendor, while Rhadec Malygris sits in judgment of the fallen of Ge’an. Let only a true child of Ge’an restore what was sundered, if he have the will to try. "

“Five great houses did a dance of intrigue. Each House was blessed by an aspect of Ge’an, each did take of the essence of the Dragon, each did work Mighty Magics according to their mastery, and each did raise up its favored weapon. Who remembers now what part each played? Who knows the place and the order of each? Beware that house which took up the dagger, to the betrayal of all.”

• The House of Alric is blessed by Thunder.
• The House of Embric favors the Mace.
• The Mages of Indradath are the masters of Transmutation.
• The House blessed by Mist stands ever at the left hand of the House blessed by Wind.
• The Mages of the House blessed by Mist are the Masters of Enchantment.
• The House which takes the Scale of the Dragon favors the Spear.
• The House blessed by Rain takes the Blood of the Dragon.
• The Mages of the House which stands third in the cycle are the masters of Abjuration.
• The House of Naether stands first in the cycle.
• The House which takes the Wing of the Dragon stands close by the House which favors Poison as a weapon.
• The House which Favors the Sword stands close by the House which takes the Blood of the Dragon.
• The Mages of the House which takes the Horn of the Dragon are the Masters of Evocation.
• The House of Shadow takes the Sting of the Dragon.
• The House of Naether stands close by the House blessed by Lightning.
• The House which takes the Wing of the Dragon stands close by the House whose Mages are the Masters of Conjuration.

I don't blame the dice. My players expect me to put them in awkward situations!

I know! I don't think we handled our publicity well on this. We may end up re-running it if things continue this way.

My current gaming group has myself as GM plus eight(!) players. Granted, we almost never have a full table, but we're usually pretty close. It's a ridiculous proposition trying to run combats and keep everyone engaged. But I've finally cracked it:

Turn them on each other!

The half orc keeps failing his will saves against various mind-altering effects and over the course of several combats has ended up trying to kill or injure his companions over and over. I really wish we were recording this game, because it's totally hilarious how he always manages to roll a 1 at the right time.

THis is gloriously silly.

I would love to hear what Fin sounds like playing this game.

Hey! We've updated the Kickstarter page with a play-through video so that you can see how much fin you're missing out on .

Check it out here:

And the Kickstarter is still live here:

https://www.kickstar...e-twelve-realms

How could I possibly have left that out of my bio!

Please feel free to share the link around some more! We really need to get the word out on this.

You might be amused to know that I vastly underestimated the demand for Dwarven Poetry at Gen Con 2015. The book sold out less than halfway through the convention!!

Still available on lulu though.

Making slow but steady progress on Twilight Arcana!  Check it out:

https://www.kickstar...e-twelve-realms

Thanks to Thranduul for coming by the table today! Thing: sorry you couldn't make it.

We're making slow but steady progress on our Kickstarter! Anybody who can help by getting the word out there please share/tweet/pin/tumble/etc!

https://www.kickstar...e-twelve-realms

And I am a backer for your Kickstarter game

Good luck Mr Wolfsnap...

Hal

For the past few years, I've been knocking together a card game, and my friend Alina Pete from Weregeek and I decided to team up to try to bring it life!

https://www.kickstar....-twelve-realms

Please check it out - it's going to be a really beautiful game and it's a lot of fun to play.

I'm not sure I can express how big a deal this is to me if it gets funded. I really, really need to get the word out on this, so if you can tweet/share/pin/post this anywhere/everywhere I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!

Here's a late announcement! I'm going to have Book 4 of Dire Destiny with me at Gen Con! AND I'm running a Kickstarter for a new game! Stop by my table if you can.

The Book of Exalted Tweeds - A sourcebook for the more nattily dressed characters in your game.

The Book of Vile Harness - a compendium of evil horse tack and saddlery.

The Tomb of Whores - Adventurers explore a nasty, trap-filled tomb under a brothel.

I'll be there in the Author's avenue section hawking books all day. Feel free to stop by and say hello! (But be sure to tell me you're from RPGMP3 early on or I will assiduously try to sell you a book.

-Rob Kendzie

Dire Destiny Books

He's not the only one.

 

You know that when I run the Giantslayer adventure path it's going to be for an All Dwarf Party, right? .

Nice! Please tell me you're going to record it!

Thanks! I shared it with one of the contributors over at GeekDad and he said that it made him want to roll up a dwarf Bard for his next game!

Still trying to figure out how many copies to print up for sale at GenCon. It's kind of weird sell.

I've got a new book out.  It's... um... different:

Hammer on Stone: Poetry of the Dwarves

Yes, all the verse you can stand about war, drinking, mining, and ancestor worship all in one place. It's out on Lulu now and will be available at the Paizo store after Gen Con.

It's also available in PDF.

I hope some of you will check it out!