8/10/2023 Cleaning Up + 2 New Archetypes

8/10/2023: Rulebook 0.12.3 and Database Updates

Hello once again! Currently, a semester is upon me again soon, and I have made quite some progress on writing Creature support...is what I would say if it weren't for more imbalances rearing its head (lord help me I don't think I'll ever get done fixing these things).

Anyways, included in this update are 2 new Archetypes, the Warlock (WIL) and the Weaponmaster (WIL), as well as a new Equipment type, called Trinkets, which are-- probably predictable at this point-- yet another source of passives (beyond just the Archetype and 3 Masteries).

Rulebook 0.12.3

• You no longer gain Focus out of Combat
  • You now also start Combat with 2 Focus (Focus gain out of combat has proven messy time and again)
    • But if you are ambushed or Surprised, you start with 0 instead.
• Actions
  • Dash Basic Action renamed to Sprint (because Dash already exists as a Spell, heehee)
  • Concentrate Action removed (Again, somewhat abusable alongside Focus gain outside  of combat)
  • Command: Spell buffed. You can cast a Spell you have prepared for free and then resolve your command effect.
  • Cast Basic Action Perfect Success Nerfed. The Instant on the Spell on a 15+ was consistently forgotten, even by me.
• Alchemy Mechanics
  • Now Requires Alchemy Reagents (new item, see the Items section)
  • Potion options renamed
  • Added New Potion Option
  • Focus gain and loss effects nerfed to 2. It's cool that you can gain a lot of Focus in one go, but 9 is too much.
• Items
  • Bombs given 1 Weight
  • Item list moved to Database
  • New Item Type: Equipment - Trinket
  • New  Item: Alchemy Reagents (3 Uses, 1 Weight, 15 Coin)
  • New Weapon: Battle Standard
  • Artificer's Tools (Trade Tools) renamed to Inventor's Tools. We found a duplicate item that's a Trade Tool and a Magic Weapon.
  • Melee Weapons now also grant Armor (Damage bonuses have also been rebalanced to accommodate)
• Archetypes
  • Artificer Starting Weapons and Inventory updated (Collateral from renaming the duplicate Artificer's Tools)
  • New Archetype - Weaponmaster (WIL)
  • New Archetype - Warlock (WIL)
  • Passive Nerfs - Bonuses reduced to +1
    • Bard's Duet
    • Fighter's Force of Will
• Tags
  •  Menace changed to Menace N.

Database

• Renamed to Ability & Item Database.
• Spells
  • Puppet Strings (Black) - SIG Range specified as Close.
  • Unholy constitution (Black) - T3 duration clarified.
  • Artifice Brewing (Colorless) - T1 to T3 reworded to Concoct or Brew
  • Fireball (Red) - Tier raised to 2, Range reduced to Far
• Skills
  • Karmic Debt (WB) - Reworked into a Tier 3 Skill
  • Karmic Retribution (WB) - Changed.
  • Nimble - Distance scaling reversed to the correct scaling
  • Spiteful - Tier raised to 3
  • Sadistic - Tier lowered to 1, effect Changed
  • Battle Hungry - Bonus reduced to +2

[To my current players in oGaD: If you've read these patch notes-- take a screenshot of this part and DM it to me for a reward ;) ]