Patch Notes

Bestiary

Monstrosities

• Added the Trow Warchief.

Rulebook

Glossary

• Added.

Part 1

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Size

• Added sections explaining Space, Base Speed, Dodge Penalty, R-DEF, Fall Damage, and Carry Capacity.

Part 6

Actions

• Added a paragraph detailing the rules for moving through other creatures' space.

Bestiary

Monstrosities

• Added various types of Trow.

Rulebook

Part 5

Arms

• Added a section detailing the unique properties of antitherium weapons.

Armor

• Added a section detailing the unique properties of antitherium armor.

Part 6

Basic Combat

• Altered how initiative is determined.

Crafting

• Adjusted the wording for various crafting activities.

Bestiary

• The logo being far too large has been fixed;
• Monsters now list their Initiative above their Speed;
• The amount of wording for save results has been reduced.

Beasts

• Implemented;
• Added the Piranha and Piranha Swarm.

Rulebook

• Added Pre-Made Characters to Part 1.

Part 1

Ability Scores

• The Action Time section of Dexterity has been renamed to Time Cost Reduction and reworded slightly - this change has also been reflected on the Character Sheet and throughout the Rulebook.

Skills

• Climb no longer gives creatures a default climbing speed, and is now used whenever a creature attempts to climb anything - Swim, however, does still give non-aquatic creatures a swimming speed.

Checks

• Adjusted the threshold for Partial Successes to be 90% of the DR for a check.

Part 2

• Example Races have had their Base Speeds adjusted to reflect recent changes;
• All Races now speak both Common and CSL.

Part 4

• Classes now explicitly state their Health Die under the "Health" section.

Spells

• The amount of wording for the save results of spells has been reduced, and the results themselves have greater consistency;
• Several Save Critical Successes have had their granted immunity reduced from 24 hours to 1 hour.

Rogue

• Expertise can apply to any 2 Action or Tool Skills that have <5 proficiency;
• Roguish Finesse now explicitly reduces TCR.

Part 6

Downtime

• Adjusted various activities so they no longer rely on d20 rolls.

Home Page

• The "Pre-Made Content" button has been removed until that section is ready;
• The "Support the Creator" button has been altered and moved to the top right of the page;
• The "Artist Credits" button has been removed until there is more art to give credit to - credit for the logo is now right below my name;
• The Dice Roller has been removed;
• The link to the Patch Notes is no longer a button.

Bestiary

• Added the General Information chapter, explaining in great detail how to read and interpret monster statistics;
• Monsters now have roles, listed next to their Size;
• Monster Tactics are now broken down by Group Size, Strategy, and Flee Conditions;
• Improved formatting on mobile.

Sentients

• Replaced the "Combatant" with the "Thug" and "Highwayman" - more types of combatants are in the pipeline;
• Removed the "Combatant Leader" while different types of Combatant Leaders are in the pipeline.

Undead

• Removed the "Skeleton Archer" and gave standard Skeletons Archery proficiency.

Making Your Own Monsters

• Added a step for deciding the monster's Tactics and role.

Rulebook

Part 1

• The Ability Scores chapter has been significantly shortened via the removal of redundant text;
• The Checks chapter has been added, and now contains all the information for making Skill and Ability checks, as well dis/advantage mechanics and the spectrum of success;
• The Proficiency chapter has been removed, with its content having migrated to the Skills and Checks chapters.

Ability Scores

• AGI now grants a 1:1 bonus to Speed instead of a 1:.5 bonus - conversely, Base Speeds for all Sizes have been reduced slightly.

Saves

• Simplified how saves are calculated and rolled; they can now only be whole or halfway between two whole values.

Part 4

Spellcasting & Spells

• Spells now use the abbreviated notation for each level of success, e.g. Critical Success is now abbreviated to CS, and so on;
• The explanation for spell damage now specifies that spells cannot Crit unless the spell description explicitly says otherwise.

General

• Huge improvements to formatting (including and especially on mobile) across the entire site.

Bestiary

• Fixed an issue with how Average Health was calculated when sorting;
• Added options to filter by Damage Immunities/Resistances/Vulnerabilities and Condition Immunities/Resistances/Vulnerabilites;
• Removed "Beasts", "Dragons", "Others", and "Monsters by Location and Tier".

Monstrosities

• Added the Bog Crawler, Drowner, Harpy, and Thrasher.

Sentients

• Added the Marksman.

Undead

• Added the Skeleton, Skeleton Archer, Zombie, and Runner Zombie.

Rulebook

Part 4

Spells

• Various spells have been altered slightly;
• The Truth and Lies spell has been removed.

Part 7

Concoctions & Enchants

• Added the exalted versions of Potions.

General

• Added the "Supporters" page to the homepage;
• Added a link to the Feedback Form to the homepage;
• Rearranged some content on the homepage.

Bestiary

• Implemented.

Rulebook

• Updated the Cheat Sheet (formerly Quick-Reference Guide).

Part 1

Creating A Character

• Characters starting at higher levels than 1 now gain an extra SP every 2 levels instead of every 4.

Skills

• Expanded the possible circumstances under which Tool Skill proficiencies can act as a bonus to Action Skill checks, and removed listing specific Action Skills under the description of each Tool Skill.

Size

• Adjusted the base Speeds and Dodge Penalties for all Size categories;
• Adjusted the R-DEF for Small and Big creatures.

Part 3

Creating Your Background & Sample Backgrounds

• Altered some wording to reduce redundant and repeated phrasings;
• Backgrounds now give 3 SP for Action Skills instead of 6.

Part 4

General

• All classes gain proficiency in Small weapons and at least one other Weapon Skill as they level up.

Spells

• Minor adjustments to various spells.

Arcanist

• Arcane Power Proficiency now becomes 2 at Level 2;
• In addition to their regular amount of spells known, all Arcanists also get Arcane Armor;
• In addition to their regular amount of 0-Mana spells, all Arcanists also get Arcane Hand and Arcane Missile;
• Bargain Arcanists are now able to use their Arcane Recharge ability more than once per night's rest.

Rogue

• The number of additional damage dice rolled when using Precision Attack now becomes +2 at level 2 instead of level 3;
• No longer gains 3 SP at level 1;
• The wording of Precision Attack has been adjusted, and Precision Attacks now ignore the Increased Crit Min granted by helmets.

Classless Feats

• Adjusted the wording of the Keen Eye and Master Alchemist feats;
• Tough now gives 2 Health per level instead of 1;
• Added the Field Medic feat.

Part 6

Armor

• The costs and Armor Bonuses for various Torso armors have been adjusted;
• The Armor Bonuses and various penalties for the different qualities of Helmets, Gauntlets, Boots, and Medium Shields have been adjusted.

Part 6

Actions

• Attacks now take at least 1 second instead of .5 seconds.

Alchemy

• Concoctions now have a 5th level of strength: exalted;
• The rules for brewing concoctions have been reworked somewhat.

Part 7

Concoctions & Enchants

• Adjusted the effects, duration, and cost for all concoctions, including adding an exalted level for each.

Rulebook

Part 1

Ability Scores

• STR now has a section detailing how it determines air-and-water-borne creatures' flying and swimming speeds.

Health

• Added a section on being reduced to 0 Health.

Proficiency

• Double dis/advantage has been added.

Part 4

Spellcasting

• The ordering of some rules has been altered;
• Rules for Portal Familiarity have been added, with each level of familiarity described in brief;
• Otherworldly Spells moved to the Spells chapter.

Spells

• Added spells and some options for sorting and filtering them.

Arcanist

• Added the Elementalist Arcane Augmentation.

Rogue

• "Quick Hands" has been renamed to "Roguish Finesse" and now increases your Speed by .5m/sec.

Part 6

Actions

• Movement now occurs independently of other actions;
• "Throw" has been renamed to "Throw Creature" and has been reworked.

Basic Combat

• Added a section describing Opportunity Attacks.

Advanced Combat

• Charging attacks have been slightly reworked;
• The rules for burning have been reworked.

Conditions

• Added brief descriptors for each condition;
• Placed each condition inside an accordian element.

Enduring

• Has been largely reworked.

Part 7

Aether

• Sub-Elements and Pseudo-Elements have been removed;
• The Neutral element has been added.

Bestiary

General

• Dummied out while changes are made.

Rulebook

Character Sheet

• Added space for weapon Crit Ranges in the Equipped Weapons section;
• Added space for Helmet, Gauntlets, and Boots in the Equipped Armor section;
• Increased the amount of space for Class Features and reduced the amount of space for Weapon & Tool Skills.

Part 1

Creating a Character

• Removed the pictures and example.

Part 4

Spellcasting

• Modified to reflect other changes;
• Otherworldly Spells removed, will be moved to Spells in the future.

Spells

• Added.

Arcanist

• Class features have been implemented.

Elemancer

• Removed.

Artificer

• Crit ranges have been added for the various Artifices;
• Added the Grenade Launcher class feat.

Rogue

• Added Small weapons as a mandatory PWS;
• Precision attacks can now be made with any weapon;
• Quick Hands now applies to all actions except Move;
• The wording of several class feats has been altered to functioned more like the Honed Skill feature;
• Added the Improved Critical Range feat.

Warrior

• The "Brutal Strike" Maneuver has been renamed to "Power Strike";
• Added the "Brutal Critical" Maneuver;
• Added the Improved Critical Range feat.

Part 5

Arms

• Added the "Poor" level of quality between Normal and Shoddy;
• Shoddy, Exquisite, and Masterful quality weapons now modify the Crit Ranges of weapons;
• Weapons have been given Crit Ranges.

Armor

• Added Torso, Helmet, Gauntlets, and Boots as different types of armor;
• Large Shields now give a +5 Worn Armor bonus.

Part 6

Basic Combat

• Reworked how Critical Hits work.

Part 7

Concoctions & Enchants

• Altered how Attunement works;
• The wording of several enchants has been altered - some for clarity, some to make them weaker or stronger.

Rulebook

General

• Several broken links have been fixed.

Character Sheet

• Minor formatting and wording improvements.

Part 3

Sample Backgrounds

• The wording around Medicine Kits, Equipment, and the Skill Training and Skill Master feats has been edited.

Part 4

General

• The "Health Beyond 1st Level" section of every class now rounds up to the next whole number, under the assumption that GMs will allow one-time rerolls if a player rolls a 1 for their Health increase;
• Every class (except Warrior and Elemancer) now gain proficiency in 2 Weapon Skills as they level up;
• Every class now gains an ASI at every even-numbered level, but ASIs are now reduced to only one increase of .5 to a single Ability Score.

Leveling Up

• The wording around multi-classing has been clarified slightly.

Warrior

• Warriors now gain proficiency in all Weapon Skills as they level up.

Part 5

Arms

• The Blunt(*) property has been added to several weapons;
• Throwing Weapons now have their ranges/long ranges extended by the STR score of the wielder;
• Handaxes are now worth 50c and weigh 1.5 lbs;
• Exotic weapons now come before Mechanical weapons.

Armor

• The "Light/Medium/Heavy" distinctions no longer exist, and if your armor would give you disadvantage on DEX checks, then your DEX score is no longer added to your Dodge score;
• Leather armor now does not give disadvantage on Stealth checks;
• Reinforced Leather armor now does not give disadvantage on Stealth checks;
• The cost, weight, and Armor Bonus of various armors has been adjusted.

Dice Roller

• Formatting has been fixed.

Rulebook

Part 4

Classless Feats

• Charger has been removed, and Charging Attacks have been added to Advanced Combat.

Mutant

• Veins of Poison now applies to blood, saliva, urine, and bile and deals 1d10 base damage;
• Final Form now allows you to apply a backup mutagen in only 3 seconds;
• Animal Senses now only increases your Perception by 1, but grants advantage on either sight or sound and smell-based Perception checks - the Amplified version grants advantage on both, but makes it easier for your senses to become disabled;
• Amplified Camouflage now takes only 3 seconds;
• Telepathy now specifies that it includes sentient objects, does not allow forceful mind-reading, and the connection ends when connected beings move too far away - the Amplified version also doubles the possible number of connections.

Rogue

• Superior Precision Attack can now be taken twice;
• Quick Hands no longer applies to spells.

Warrior

• Ferocity and Unrivaled no longer affect spells;
• There is now only one Additional Maneuvers class feat, and that feat can be taken multiple times.

Part 6

Alchemy

• Moved from Part 7 to Part 6.

Combat

• Has been split into Basic and Advanced Combat;
• Rules for Electrified Water have been added;
• Rules for Bodily Waste Poison have been added.

Rulebook

General

• The names of chapters have been changed to no longer include chapter numbers;
• Part 6 has been reorganized.

Part 4

Artificer

• The Creature artifice can now fly when it is Tiny;
• The special attack of the Turret artifice can now be one of several damage types, decided at the time it is created, though the Level 1 and 3 upgrades for it allow you to select additional damage types;
• Empty class feats have been removed from the list of class feats.

Part 6

Alchemy

• Moved from Part 7 to Part 6.

Combat

• Has been split into Basic and Advanced Combat;
• Rules for Electrified Water have been added;
• Rules for Bodily Waste Poison have been added.

Rulebook

General

• Swapped Parts 2 and 3;
• Minor alterations to the Character Sheet.

Part 1

Quick-Reference Guide

• Added a table that shows the formula for every stat described in the Guide.

Chapter 0

• Adjusted to reflect changes to the Character Sheet and Rulebook;

Chapter 1

• Creatures can now make straight AGI checks after falling to avoid landing prone;
• The Time Cost reduction granted by a creature's DEX now occurs at 1, 5, and 9.

Part 2

• The Tenacity feature now triggers at the start of your next turn;
• The Wings feature now specificies that flying is exhausting and you will take fatigue damage after doing it for more than 3 seconds.

Part 3

Sample Backgrounds

• Nomad's suggested ASI is now AGI or WIS instead of CON or WIS.

Part 4

Classless Feats

• The "Athlete" feat now reduces fatigue damage by 1d4 and allows you to fly for 6 seconds before it starts exhausting you (it does not negate the fatigue damage you take from flying);
• The "Sharpshooter" feat now allows you to ignore elevation-induced penalties;
• The "Otherworldly Touch" feat now describes how to figure out your spell's Save DR if you didn't already have one from another source.

Elemancer

• The starting value for the ESDR is now 10 instead of 5.

Part 5

Chapter 1

• Added a section describing the rules for currently equipped weapons;
• Clarified the wording for a weapon's Base Damage.

Chapter 3

• Removed the penalty for travelling in armor.

Part 6

Chapter 1

• Added the "Wake" action.

Chapter 2

• The rules for attacking limbs and appendages have been greatly simplified;
• The rules now clarify that while friendly space can be passed through, it cannot be simultaneously occupied by two creatures;
• Creatures now fall relatively short distances at the end of their next turn, instead of at the end of the current round;
• Creatures can now make straight AGI checks after falling to avoid landing prone.

Chapter 5

• The initial DR of the save has been increased to 20.

Chapter 7

• Expanded the mechanics for weather considerably.

Chapter 8

• Removed the penalty for travelling in armor;
• Added a Weather table for the GM to roll on when travelling;
• Changed how Navigating works so each type of weather now directly states how it affects Navigation.

Part 7

Chapter 1

• Aether has been changed to be an ever-present fundamental power of the universe, with it only being plainly visible or becoming solid or liquid when highly concentrated;
• Solid and liquid Aether is now referred to as Aetherite;
• Many, many wording adjustments and simplifications.

Chapter 2

• Altered how alchemy works to account for the Aether rework.

Chapter 3

• Added the time it takes to drink a concoction;
• Added more DRs for identifying concoctions of various strengths;
• Altered and simplified the Aetherite requirements for basically every concoction and enchant.

Pre-Made Content

Heritages

• The Tenacity feature for Humans now triggers at the start of their next turn.

Rulebook

Part 1

Quick-Reference Guide

• Updated to reflect recent changes to the rules

Part 5

Chapter 1

• Minor wording alterations.

Part 6

Chapter 1

• Added a section on splitting actions across turns;
• Various wording adjustments.

Chapter 2

• Various wording adjustments;
• Creatures now fall relatively short distances at the end of the current round;
• The time a creature can hold their breath is now determined by their Fortitude rather than just their CON.

Chapter 5

• Enduring has been reworked.

Pre-Made Content

Aethra

Calendar

• The Bahamian Calendar has been renamed to the Median Calendar.

The Ages

• Added a series to determine the Lore check DR for ascertaining a piece of historical knowledge;
• Added the following Ages: Ao the Precursors (formerly the Predecessors), Ao Arcana, Ao Arcanatech, Ao War, Ao the Other, and Ao Dragons;
• Filled out more of the Age of Peace, clarifying how the Common tongue, the Aeon currency, and the Median calendar came to be;
• "Since Awakening" has been renamed to "Post-Awakening", and rather than refer to years as "SA" and "PA", they are now referred to as "Post" and "Pre" respectively.

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 0

• Updated to reflect recent changes to rules.

Rulebook

General

• RaDEF and DEF are now referred to as R-DEF and M-DEF respectively;
• All instances of base Armor are now referred to as Natural Armor;
• "Flintlocks" have been renamed to "Hammerlock Pistols" and "Arquebuses" have been renamed to "Hammerlock Rifles".

Part 5

Chapter 1

• Minor wording fixes.

Rulebook

General

• RaDEF and DEF are now referred to as R-DEF and M-DEF respectively;
• All instances of base Armor are now referred to as Natural Armor;
• "Flintlocks" have been renamed to "Hammerlock Pistols" and "Arquebuses" have been renamed to "Hammerlock Rifles".

Part 4

Elemancer (formerly Aetherian)

• Name has been changed from "Aetherian" to "Elemancer".

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Added a brief treatise on how weapon size and creature size interact.

Part 6

General

• Chapters 2-5 have been rearranged into an order that makes more sense.

Chapter 1

• The Help action now specifies that under most circumstances, only one creature can help another;
• Clarified the wording of the Speech action;
• Added the Throw action.

Chapter 2 (formerly Chapter 5)

• Multiple wording fixes and adjustments;
• Added rules for targeting a creature's limbs and appendages;
• Added rules for targeting a creature of a different elevation with a ranged weapon.

Chapter 16

• Added a column to the Lingering Injuries table detailing how each injury is cured;
• The Effects of losing a limb have been moved to Chapter 5;
• External Bleeding now deals a flat amount of damage equal to 1 Health/second, applied throughout your turn.

Part 7

Chapters 2 & 3

• The exalted level of strength for concoctions has been renamed to exceptional.

Chapter 4

• A variety of errata fixes.

Rulebook

General

• Small wording and errata fixes.

Part 4

Aetherian

• Elemental Strike now specifies in can be used in melee without issue;
• The wording of Luxomancer's version of Avatar of Twilight is now accurate;
• Emissary of Day now specifies the range of your newfound arcane darkvision;
• Self Control now grants creatures disadvantage to move you against your will;
• The formatting of True Invisibility has been fixed;
• Panacea can now be used a number of times equal to your Aether Proficiency;
• The (Concentration) tag has been shortened to (C);
• The rules for the Monster spell have been expanded;
• The wording on the Speedbump spell has been fixed and it now costs 1 Mana;
• Extra minutes when casting Retrocognition now cost 4 Mana;
• The wording of Undo now specifies that an action can be undone within the last 6 seconds;
• The wording of Snapshot now specifies the amount of time it takes to activate;
• Fan of Frost and Fan of Flames now both cost 2 Mana.

Spellcasting

• Added the Damage stipulation that just because the caster is immune to the damage of their own spells, their equipment may not be;
• Notable Effects now clarifies how spell descriptions are formatted.

Rulebook

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Minor text changes.

Rulebook

General

• The term "Proficient Weapon Skill (PWS)" has been placed throughout the Rulebook; this term is explained in Part 1: Chapter 3;
• The Character Sheet has been reworked;
• The Quick Start Guide/Cheat Sheet has been updated;
• The Theology skill has been removed entirely, with religious knowledge being relegated to the Lore skill.

Part 1

• A character's Willpower is now comprised of the average of their WIS and CHA.

Part 3

• The base Speeds for all Heritages have been updated to reflect recent changes to the rules.

Bestials

• Felinae can now be Small.

Monstrouses

• "Drakon" have been changed to "Drakkar".

Part 4

Psychokinetic

• Added the "Mind Meld" Novice Class Feat.

Rogue

• Expertise now applies to 3 skills at levels 1 and 6 (6 skills total);
• The wording on the "Assassinate" Expert class feat has been clarified.

Warrior

• Added the "Piercing Shot" Combat Manuever.

Aetherian

• The Cure spell has been added to the Life spell list;
• The "Cure" Soul feature has been altered to "Enhanced Cure".

Bestiary

Monstrosities

• A small formatting bug in the row containing the Ork Spellmaker and Ork Warlord has been patched.

Pre-Made Content

Aethra

Ages

• Added the Age of Monsters, though it remains mostly barren (for now);
• Altered the method of recording years - years are now counted from the Awakening of the Humanoids rather than from the start of the latest Age.

Heritages

• "Drakon" have been changed to "Drakkar".

Home Page

• The buttons are now all aligned vertically with the center of the page.

Bestiary

Monstrosities

• Gorgons now have a Stealth proficiency of 4, have tactics, are resistant to being knocked prone, and are immune to being turned to stone;
• Griffins now have tactics.

Pre-Made Content

Table of Contents

• The links to each section now behave exactly the same as the links on the Rulebook's Table of Contents.

Rulebook

General

• Agility and Dexterity - and their related features (Movement and the Time Cost of actions) - have been normalized to 0 instead of 2;
• The Time Cost of all listed actions (including for weapons and spells) has been increased by .5s to account for the above change - additionally, if the Time Cost of an action would not be affected by your DEX, it now says so.

Part 2

• Backgrounds now give a single Classless Feat.

Part 4

Artificer

• Removed the various Demolitionist Class Feats while I work on replacing them with ones that are more in line with the current elements.

Psychokinetic

• Edited the wording on several class feats;
• Manipulating a creature via Creature Control now only requires a Fortitude save from the creature, and ripping off non-vital organs or appendages now costs 3 Source and deals an amount of true damage equal to the number of Health Dice the creature has in its statistics.

Rogue

• Added the "Quick Spells" Novice class feat.

Part 5

Chapter 3

• Antitherium is now a listed Armor Material;
• Shoddy Small shields now explicitly give an Armor Bonus of +1, instead of their implied bonus of +0.

Part 6

Chapter 9

• Added words for "Ocean".

Chapter 16

• The "Lost Eye" injury now only grants disadvantage on Perception checks to determine distance;
• "Broken/Severed Hand/Arm" and "Broken/Severed Foot/Leg" have been combined into one injury, which now includes wings.

Part 7

General

• The Ether category of concoctions has been removed, and there are now Potions of Mana Repletion and Potions of Temporary Mana.

Bestiary

Monstrosities

• Added Skak Leaders, Fighters, Scouts, and Spellslingers;
• Added Ork Warriors, Warlords, and Spellmakers;
• Added Giants;
• Added Wyverns;
• Added Ogres;
• Added Trolls.

Pre-Made Content

Aethra

Heritages

• Renamed from "Races" to "Heritages";
• Filled out.

Rulebook

General

• A few sentences throughout the Rulebook have been re-written for clarity;
• A round of combat now lasts 3 in-game seconds, and the time it takes to perform actions is now measured in seconds.

Part 4

Warrior

• Added the "Fierce" Expert Class Feat.

Aetherian

• The Friends, Charm, and Wonderwall spells have been removed from the Illusion and Life spell lists.

Part 6

Chapter 11

• Crafting explosives now gives a guideline for how much damage those explosives do.

Bestiary

General

• Since a round of combat now lasts 3 in-game seconds, monsters' actions are now measured in seconds.

Rulebook

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Added the firelance firearm;
• Masterful weapons now cost 6x as much as Exquisite;
• "Weapon Quality" has been moved to above the Normal Weapons table.

Chapter 3

• Armors now use similar quality mechanics as weapons, with slight tweaks to the given values; additionally, since armors can be made with a wide variety of materials, the table also explicitly says what materials are required to make armor at each level of quality. The same treatment has been given to shields.

Part 4

Mutant

• Now use d12s for Health.

Rogue

• "Advantageous Attack" has been renamed to "Precision Attack."

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 6

• Reflex saves are now used to avoid traps.

Part 4

Warrior

• Added the "Pain Tolerance" Journeyman class feat;
• The "Taunt" Novice class feat now specifies that the target must be able to see and hear you, you must be able to see them, and they must be with 15m of you - additionally, they must fail a Willpower save against your Intimidation check;
• The "Frenzy" Novice class feat now specifies that you cannot grant yourself advantage on spells (also applies to the Mutant's "Bloodlust" Novice class feat).

Aetherian

• The various Portal spells now explicitly forbid liquids and gases from passing through them (so no opening portals to the bottom of the ocean and flooding the room you are in);
• Added the Temporal Shunt Possibility spell.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• The Phylactery has been renamed to the Soul Jar.

Bestiary

Monstrosities

• Added the Mind Eater and Scarecrow.

Sentients

• Added the Mind Eater Host and Mind Eater Queen Host.

Undead

• Added the statistics for the Deadlight;
• The old Vampyre has been renamed to the Vampyre Lord, and Vampyres are now a separate creature;
• Vampyres and Vampyre Lords are now spider-themed;
• Updated existing creature statistics to be inline with the current version of the rules.

Rulebook

Part 4

Mutant

• Added the "Breath Weapon" and "Telepathy" Mutations.

Warrior

• "Master Martial Artist" now increases your Dodge by your WIS.

Aetherian

• Mana now goes from 0 - 100 (the vast majority of spells have had their Mana adjusted only slightly, if at all);
• Mana is once again restored via resting.

Classless Feats

• Classless Feats can now be learned with 90 days and 90d3 Aeons of training.

Part 6

Chapter 1

• The Evade action now consumes the rest of a creature's actions on their turn.

Chapter 3

• Intimidation checks by a source of the frightened condition against the frightened creature now automatically succeed.

Chapter 8

• Added "A frozen river or lake" to the Obstacles table.

Chapter 15

• Separated Combat and Non-Combat Encounters, though the latter still remains unfortunately empty for now.

Pre-Made Content

Aethra

• Added the "Cosmology" chapter, though it remains empty for now.

Calendar

• The names of the months have been updated to reflect recent changes.

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 0

• Updated to reflect recent changes.

Part 3

Bestials

• All Bestials now speak one language: Bestial.

Specials

• Automata are now also vulnerable to electric damage and resistant to burn damage.

Part 4

Mutant

• "Superior Reflexes" now only increases Reflex by 1, rather than doubling it outright;
• "Nimble" now grants disadvantage on attacks against you;
• "Rabidity" now also allows you to Shove and Tackle;
• "Regeneration" now only occurs once per minute, and the Amplified version only restores 1d3 instead of 1d4.

Rogue

• "Superior Reflexes" now only increases Reflex by 1, rather than doubling it outright;
• "Slippery Mind" now only increases Willpower by 1, rather than doubling it outright;
• "Reliable Luck" now applies to attacks and saves rather than attacks and checks;
• "Nimble" now grants disadvantage on attacks against you.

Warrior

• The "Martial Artist" Novice Feat now increases your Armor score by your Unarmed proficiency, following the same restrictions as dual-wielding melee weapons;
• "Martial Arts Master" is now an Expert-tier feat.

Aetherian

• Added Disintegrate back in.

Classless Feats

• "Charger" has been buffed;
• "Dual-Wielding" and "Two-Handed Dual-Wielding" have both been removed, since they are both something that can now just be done by any character;
• "Indomitable Mind", "Unbreakable Body", and "Uncanny Reflexes" have been adjusted so they only adjust the related save score by 1, rather than doubling it outright.

Part 5

Chapters 5 & 6

• Added in the Tank vehicle and siege weapon.

Part 6

Chapter 5

• Added a paragraph for dual-wielding melee weapons.

Chapter 9

• Removed all the Bestial languages and Goblic.

Part 7

Chapter 1

• Added a section on Antitherium, a metal that nullifies the effects of Aether.

Rulebook

General

• All references to the old magic system have been adjusted to reflect recent changes, especially the Aetherian and Part 7;
• Fixed a small formatting error with the Homepage button;
• All references to Weapon Points have been removed as per the new Weapon Proficiency system.

Part 1

Chapter 0

• Added in two paragraphs in Step 8 for granting characters extra skills and starting money based on their level.

Chapter 1

• All characters now have 4 actions on their turn unless their DEX is > 5; additionally, a character's place in initiative is now equal to their AGI or DEX.

Chapter 3

• Characters now gain proficiency in Weapon Skills as they level up instead of from Weapon Points.

Chapter 4

• The thresholds for becoming Injured and Bloodied have been adjusted to 30% and 20% respectively.

Chapter 7

• Day's rests can only occur in areas where the characters feel safe.

Part 2

Chapters 1 & 2

• Backgrounds no longer give Weapon Points.

Part 3

Creating Your Heritage

• Breath Weapon now specifies that using it uses 2 actions.

Special Heritages

• Elementia have been adjusted to reflect recent changes to the magic system, are born as Level 0 Aetherians, and have 1 innate Mana.

Part 4

Mutant

• Added the "Thermal Mask" Journeyman class feat;
• Bloodlust now ends if you are knocked unconscious;
• Updated "Nimble" and "Taking Initiative" to reflect recent changes to how initiative is calculated.

Rogue

• Advantageous Attack has been changed back to similar to how it was before the lasts change, and the "Assassinate" class feat has been adjusted accordingly;
• Advantageous Attack now works with all types of weapons;
• Added the "Spellslinger" class feat;
• Added the "Superior Advantageous Attack" class feat;
• Removed "Thermal Mask";
• Updated "Nimble", "Taking Initiative", and "Stealing Initiative" to reflect recent changes to how initiative is calculated.

Warrior

• Updated the Combat Maneuver descriptions to be more inline with recent changes;
• Added the "Brutal Strike" Combat Maneuver;
• Removed the "Critical Hit" class feat;
• Added several class feats that increase the number of times a Warrior can use their Combat Maneuvers between rests, as well as one that allows them to learn more maneuvers.

Aetherian

• Completely reworked as per the changes to the magic system;
• Aetherians now add their INT, WIS, or CHA to their damage-dealing spells and Aether Save DR.

Classless Feats

• Arcanist Slayer now gives a +2 bonus to attacks of opportunity against spellcasting creatures.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Added a small paragraph and a table detailing differences in weapon quality;
• The bola and net have been moved to Chapter 4.

Chapter 3

• The Armor Bonus that all armors give has been reduced by 1;
• The prices of the armors have been adjusted;
• Armors on the second table are now organized by their Armor Bonus;
• Large shields can no longer be wielded as weapons;
• The Armor Bonus that shields give has been greatly reduced.

Part 6

Chapter 1

• The Evade action no longer grants disadvantage on attacks against the evading creature and only costs 1 action;
• Attacks of Opportunity can now be triggered by anything that distracts one's foe from the fight, such as spellcasting or tending to another creature.

Chapter 3

• Blinded and Deafened no longer grant disadvantage on all Perception checks;
• Deafened creatures are immune to sonic damage.

Chapter 11

• Blacksmithing Tools now outline how to craft higher-quality weapons.

Bestiary

General

• Updated to reflect recent changes;
• Monsters are now organized by their Tier;
• Fixed a few minor formatting errors.

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 0

• Updated to reflect recent changes to the rules.

Chapter 1

• A creature now has a number of actions equal to their DEX score rounded down, minimum 2.

Chapter 8

• The physical space creatures take up according to their Size has been adjusted.

Part 4

Rogue

• "Extra Actions" is now "Extra Action", and only gives 1 extra action.

Psychokinetic

• Clarified some aspects of "Entropic Redirection";
• "Entropic Redirection" now takes only 1 action;
• Added the "Manifold Energies" Novice feat and the "Energy Creation" Expert feat.

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 0

• Updated to reflect recent changes to the rules;
• Added in a statement saying that characters must want to work with a party.

Chapter 2

• Numerous errata fixes.

Part 2

Chapters 1 & 2

• Backgrounds now give 1d10 Aeons.

Part 3

General

• Sample Heritages' sizes now state the height ranges for each Size.

Creating Your Heritage

• Breath Weapon is now restricted to only one damage type.

Part 4

General

• Characters now gain both an ASI AND a feat at levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 19.

Rogue

• Sneak Attack has been renamed to Advantageous Attack and has been reworked.

Spellcasting

• A spell's Mana Cost can be reduced by 1 by doubling the casting time;
• Added the Fragile Shell Otherworldly Spell;
• Curse now requires only two saves.

Aetherian

• Level 0 has been added in;
• Drown and Suffocate have been removed;
• Platform now costs 2 Mana;
• the damage of Heat Metal/Glass is now reduced by the target's natural Armor;
• Meteor now takes 5 actions;
• Hurricane now costs 5 Mana and deals 1/2 proficiency damage;
• Tsunami now costs 10 Mana, takes 5 actions, affects a 10-meter cube, and deals +4d8 damage.
• the save for False Cage can now be made at the end of every other round while in combat.

Classless Feats

• "Otherworldly Touch" now allows the taker to learn a 1-Mana spell that they can cast once between night's or day's rests.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• A flintlock takes 10 actions to reload;
• added the Piston Sword;
• a collapsing shield now states that it takes an action to (un)furl.

Part 6

Chapter 1

• A character can expend one of their reactions to grant themselves an extra action on their turn.

Chapter 10

• Added the Reading activity;
• Corrected an error in the Pit Fighting activity.

Chapter 16

• Broken/Severed Foot/Leg now affects the AGI of the affected creature directly.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• Added in the Elixir of Youth;
• Weak Poisons now have a save DR of 14;
• The Mana Stone now regenerates Mana every 10 minutes.

Homepage

• The Pre-Made Content link has been fixed.

Pre-Made Content

Aethra

The Ages

• Minor word adjustments.

Rulebook

Character Sheet

• Minor alterations to the layout.

Part 1

Chapter 1

• The threshhold for a creature gaining actions has been increased.

Chapter 2

• Proficiency in Medicine Kits is now proficiency in Medicine -1, unless a character specifically spends a point to make them equal; additionally, as the Field Medic Classless Feat has been removed, any character can spend 4 actions to use the kit half as effectively;
• The bonus to Tool Skill checks is now one of your Ability Scores, and is dependent on the nature of the task you are performing.

Part 2

Chapters 1 & 2

• Characters now gain 3 proficiency in any Weapon Skill of their choice from their background in addition to the 1 Small proficiency they also get.

Part 3

Bestial Heritages

• The Animal Senses feature for both Corvium and Felinae have been brought up-to-date;
• The Beast Speech (Felines) feature has been added for Felinae.

Part 4

General

• In accordance with the changes to Backgrounds, no classes except Warrior gain any WP at 1st level.

Artificer

• The special attacks of the Creature and Turret Artifices now go from d8-based to d12-based.
• When using the Integrated Artifices feat to combine the Creature and the Turret, the Creature gains 3 proficiency in Firearms.

Psychokinetic

• Source is now regained at a rate of 1 per minute;
• How the Source Save DR has been calculated has been adjusted;
• Clairvoyance now costs Source to maintain;
• The Source cost of various class feats has been increased;
• Efficient Entropy is now a Journeyman-level feat;
• Modify Memory is now an Expert-level feat.

Spellcasting

• The amount of extra Mana that can be spent improving a spell is now limited to the caster's Aetherian level and the amount of Mana at their disposal;
• A formatting issue for the Otherworldly Spells has been fixed.

Aetherian

• How the Aether Save DR is calculated has been adjusted;
• Mana is now regained at a rate of 1 every 10 minutes;
• ½ a pound of Aether now restores only 5 Mana, and takes 4 actions to eat;
• Elemental Armor now lasts 1 minute;
• The various Gate spells now allow the user to go back to the Central Corporeal Plane;
• Suffocate and Drown now require saves and reduce Health by 1d6 for every minute;
• Seismic Sense now detects the presence and location of every moving thing in the AoE;
• Telepathy now costs 2 Mana;
• Charm now costs 3 Mana and targets have advantage if they are hostile to the caster;
• Wonderwall is now an Animancy spell;
• Using Greater Magic to make an illusion solid now costs 1 Mana/minute after the first round, and making your illusory duplicate solid costs 2 Mana;
• Fake Out can be applied to your Armor score after 11th level;
• Truth and Lies no longer increases Perception;
• Magicians can no longer cast Charm, Confuse, or Wonderwall;
• True Invisibility now costs 25 Mana, takes 4 actions to cast, and lasts only 10 minutes;
• See Truth no longer increases Perception proficiency;
• Phantasm now costs 5 Mana;
• Invisibility now costs 3 Mana;
• Illusion now costs 1 Mana and affects a 2-meter cube;
• False Passage now specifies that the target must be Large or smaller;
• Push no longer deals damage and costs 1 Mana;
• Magicians can now cast Silence Person and Silence Area;
• Shadow Beast now costs 1+ Mana, and the beast that can be summoned follows the same restrictions as all other summoning spells;
• Luxomancers can now cast See Truth;
• Foresight now lasts 10 minutes and instead gives a bonus to attacks, saves, and Dodge, as well as making the target unable to be surprised;
• Passing of the Age now costs 20 Mana and scales to half proficiency;
• Rewind now costs 20 Mana.

Classless Feats

• The "Alert" feat now gives only a +2 bonus to Reflex;
• The "Field Medic" feat has been removed, and is now something that a person with a medicine kit can just do;
• The "Otherworldly Touch" feat now allows the character to learn any 0 Mana spell.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Characters can now begin an attack on one turn and finish it on their next turn;
• The "Short" property has been added for melee weapons with a reach of only 1 meter;
• Various weapons have been made more expensive;
• Rapiers have been removed;
• Certain types of swords, e.g. rapiers and katanas, can use DEX instead of STR;
• Mechanical Weapons have been placed above Exotic Weapons.

Chapter 3

• Armors using various materials, and how those materials affect their various properties, have now been explicitly written out and placed in their own table;
• The Armor Materials section has been moved to above the Armors table;
• The Armor Materials table has been removed;
• The Shields table has been given the same treatment as the Armors table.

Chapter 6

• Cannons now have slightly increased range and use 12s for damage.

Part 6

Chapter 5

• Initiative is no longer rolled, and instead creatures' initiative is just their Reflex score.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• Most concoctions have had their prices and durations increased;
• How the power level of an enchanted item affects its cost has been adjusted, and that paragraph is now titled;
• The Armor bonuses granted by Armor and Shield of Protection have been drastically increased.

Chapter 4

• The Handcannon has been removed;
• A small error in The Philosopher's Stone properties has been fixed.

Rulebook

Character Sheet

• Made some minor formatting changes.

Part 4

Psychokinetic

• "Energy" has been renamed to "Source";
• The amount of Source at your disposal is now your Psychokinetic level + your INT score, rounded down;
• The Psycho Save DR has been renamed to the Source Save DR, and is now calculated differently;
• Damaging a creature using Creature Control now costs 1 Source, and Mind Probe now costs 2.

Warrior

• Warriors no longer gain Skill Points at levels 2, 9, and 17.

Spellcasting

• Spells that give more than one save type allow the caster to pick which save is made;
• The damage of spells can now be improved for 1 Mana per extra d8.

Aetherian

• Common Spells have been moved to the end of the main class description;
• Mana is now regained via the passage of time (1 Mana every 12 minutes);
• Ingesting Aether not only restores Mana, but can grant up to 10 temporary Mana;
• "Enhanced Element" has been renamed to "Greater Element";
• Greater Aeromancy can now mix in chunks of earth, and rather than changing the damage type, spells will now deal an extra d6 of damage;
• The Ignimancy spell Dragon's Breath has been renamed Flame Bolt, and can no longer be cast as a cone;
• Meteor now only deals 4d8 extra damage and costs 10 Mana;
• Identify Object now costs only 2 Mana;
• Bind has been added for Terra- and Mattemancers.

Classless Feats

• The "Dual Wielding" feat now grants a bonus to attacks when dual-wielding weapons;
• The "Practiced Dodge" feat has been added.

Bestiary

Monstrosities

• Updated the entries to reflect the new action system.

Rulebook

Part 4

Aetherian

• "Favored Spell" is now restricted to spells that cost 2 or less Mana and do not deal damage directly or through their Notable Effects;
• Lightning Bolt and Take Control have been removed from the Ignimancer spell list; Flashburst has been added.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Added the Action Cost column to the weapons tables.

Part 6

Chapter 1

• The action cost of the Pin action is now variable.

Bestiary

Making Your Own Monsters

• Reworked the Creature Armor table.

Monstrosities

• Added the Swamp Spitter and Mature Swamp Spitter.

Website

General

• Most instances of the Discord button have been removed.

Rulebook

Part 4

Rogue

• The "Extra Action" feature has been renamed to "Extra Actions", and these actions cannot be used to attack or cast.

Aetherian

• Elemental Strike is now the only d6-based damaging spell;
• Have started the process of rewriting spells so they have flavor text in paragraph form and their mechanical effects in bullet-point form.

Bestiary

General

• Started the process for updating the entries to use the new action system.

Rulebook

General

• The action system has been reworked, eliminating Strikes entirely and slightly altering how movement works.

Character Sheet

• Characters now have 4 equipment slots.

Part 1

Chapter 1

• The DEX values required for the amount of actions at a creature's disposal has been adjusted.

Part 4

Psychokinetic

• You can now use Energy even when you have no uses left, however doing so causes you to take 10 true damage;
• You now round your Psychokinetic level up when determining your Energy uses;
• "Entropic Redirection" has been reworked;
• The 7th-level feature "Second Reaction" has been added;
• "Improved Entropic Redirection" has been removed;
• The "Quickened Psionics" feat has been removed; instead, a character with just the "Psychic Armament" feat can expend 2 Energy uses to summon a weapon using just 1 action;
• Several class feats now cost a use of Energy;
• Telekinetically wielding a weapon in combat now costs 1 use of Energy for every 2 actions performed with a telekinetically-wielded weapon; additionally, a third type of manipulation (Destruction) has been added;
• "Telekinetic Save" now adds your INT in addition to your STR/DEX;

Spellcasting

• All non-Instanteous spells can now be extended by half their duration for 1 Mana.

Aetherian

• Blink now costs 2 actions.

Classless Feats

• The "Resilient" feat has been removed, and the "Uncanny Reflexes" feat has been added.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• If a character does not have the required amount of actions at their disposal to attack with a weapon, they can use the rest of their actions to attack once with the weapon at disadvantage;
• Two-handed weapons now take up two equipment slots;
• Arquebuses now deal 1d10 base damage & have slightly less range, flintlocks deal 1d8, have slightly less range, & take 12 actions to reload, and heavy crossbows now take 8 actions to reload;
• Repeaters now require the use of an action to chamber the next round;
• The Long-Range Rifle has been added;
• The Cypher has been removed from the Exotic Weapons list;
• Attacks with the Meteor Hammer now automatically take one of the damage dice at their highest value;
• Several mechanical weapons have been removed, as there was no incentive to use them or reason for them to exist;
• The bracer blade no longer takes up an equipment slot;
• The Semi-Automatic Repeater and Single-Shot Pistol mechanical weapons have been added.

Part 6

Chapter 4

• Enduring has been reworked entirely.

Chapter 5

• Initiative rolls are now made like Reflex saves rather than d20 rolls.

Part 7

Chapter 4

• The Philosopher's Stone has been reworked.

Rulebook

Part 1

General

• The amount of rounding required in all cases has been greatly reduced.

Chapter 1

• Altered the section on using averages for rolls to instead point out situations where calling for a roll would be unnecessary due to the ease/difficulty of a task relative to the character attempting it.

Chapter 2

• Added a section detailing how to handle weapon-based skill checks.

Chapter 6

• A creature can choose to fail any save they are subjected to;
• Saves that are non-whole values now require the roll of an additional die according to the non-whole value.

Chapter 7

• The benefits of a quick rest can only be gained twice between night's or day's rests.

Part 4

Mutant and Rogue

• "Enhanced Dodge" no longer alters your Reflex score, and "Superior Reflexes" no longer alters your Dodge;
• (Mutant) "Veins of Poison" now uses d8s.

Psychokinetic

• Your Psycho Save DR now uses quadruple your INT score.

Spellcasting

• The Astral Projection Otherworldly Spell has been removed.

Aetherian

• Aether now uses a d8 for its Base Damage;
• The Aether Save DR now uses double your Aether proficiency;
• Aetherians now pick which features they gain at levels 6, 13, and 18;
• An altered version of the Heat Metal spell has been added for Terramancers;
• The Freeze Area spell has been added for Tempomancers and Earthen Cage has been added for Terramancers;
• The Kill spell now costs 6 Mana and requires a save, Disintegrate now costs 8 Mana, Meteor and Tsunami cost 12, and Ragnarök and Tsunami deal an additional d8;
• The Pull spell has become Pull/Repel, and has been greatly expanded;
• Mattemancers have lost the Deny, Telekinesis, and Catapult spells, and all of the spells they are able to cast are now listed;
• Gravimancers can cast Telekinesis.

Classless Feats

• The "Weapon Training" feat now specifies that the Weapon Skill can't be a class feature;
• The "Lucky" feat now restores luck points much less frequently.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Several weapons now require a certain amount of Strikes in order to be used;
• The STR requirement for a handful of weapons has been increased;
• The Trident now has the "Description" property, specifying that the user can attack with the blunt parts of the weapon more frequently for less damage, or with the points less frequently for more damage.

Part 6

Chapter 17

• Removed the Sanity Optional Rule.

Part 7

Chapter 2

• The rules for gathering alchemy ingredients have been reworked and expanded;
• Specified that enchanting items uses Alchemy Supplies;
• Specified that for every day after the first, a concoction being brewed does not need to be actively attended to, simply maintained, requiring about an hour of the brewer's attention each day until it is completed; the same rule applies to enchanting;
• Added the "Enchanting Versus Tinkering" section.

Chapter 3

• Wands and staves now specify their Aether proficiency.

Rulebook

Part 4

Warrior

• The Dueling Fighting Style has been renamed to Single-Weapon Style and now specifies that it only applies to melee weapons;
• The Armor bonus from the Defender Fighting Style has been altered to be a flat +2 regardless of the type of shield;
• The Two-Weapon Style Fighting Style has been added;
• The Quickdraw Maneuver now adds 10 to your initiative roll;
• The wording on several Combat Maneuvers has been altered slightly.

Spellcasting

• The Curse, Hellfire Rain, Astral Projection Otherworldly Spells have been added.

Aetherian

• The Animate spell has been added for Animancers;
• All wall spells now cost 5 Mana.

Part 6

Chapter 13

• Implemented.

Chapter 15

• Started; more will be added as the Bestiary is expanded.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• Made some formatting improvements.

Bestiary

Monstrosities

• Added the Organic Mimic, Ice Phoenix, and Phoenix.

Making Your Own Monsters

• The Armor values for creatures of various sizes have once again been adjusted.

Rulebook

General

• Improved the formatting of the contents of buttons.

Part 1

Chapter 1

• The Point Buy method of determining stats now grants 16 points;
• The score itself is now added to Ability Checks;
• Every 1/2 point of AGI now adds/removes 1 meter of movement.

Part 2

Chapter 3

• Added the "Background" section, which expands on the sample backgrounds given in Chapter 2 and includes the "Goals and Motives" table.

Part 4

Psychokinetic

• Psychic Armament now lasts as long as you are concentrating on it.

Spellcasting

• Added the Phase Shift Otherworldly spell;
• Implemented the Spell Misfires list.

Aetherian

• During Quick Rests, Aetherians can now only roll a number of d6s equal to 1/2 their Aether proficiency rounded down;
• Aetherians now add their Aether proficiency to the damage of their spells.

Classless Feats

• Field Medic now requires Medicine Kits proficiency >3.

Part 7

Chapter 4

• The Necronomicon has been altered to reflect the changes to otherworldly spells and the removal of the Otherworldly Arcanist class.

Rulebook

Homepage

• Made some formatting changes.

General

• All distance measurements have been converted to metric.

Part 1

Chapter 8

• Fall damage is now based on a creature's Size.

Part 3

Humanoid Heritages

• Elves now have a much shorter lifespan of ~50 years, and Dwarves now live to around 200.

Part 4

Classless Feats

• Several feats have had their wording changed slightly, mostly resulting in minor buffs for those feats.

Spellcasting

• All mentions of the Otherworldly Arcanist have been removed, and the list of existing OA spells have been placed at the bottom of the page.

Mutant

• The "Boosted Mutation" class feat has been renamed to "Amplified Mutation";
• The flying speed granted by the "Wings" mutation is now determined by Size and STR, and the amplified form of the mutation now doubles it.

Aetherian

• The wording in the description for the "Aether" class feature has been altered slightly;
• Aeromancers now know the Dust Storm spell;
• Ignimancers now know the Sustained Lightning spell;
• "Child of Gaia" now scales with your Aether proficiency instead of your level;
• "Death Sense" now applies to all living creatures and whenever a creature starts Enduring;
• "Minor Transmutation" now specifies that it cannot be used on Aether, and the wording for the section on Transmuting Money (formerly Transmuting Valuables) has been altered.

Otherworldly Arcanist

• Removed.

Part 5

Chapter 1

• Added a section stating that precious metals and gems are effectively worthless insofar as this ruleset is concerned.

Part 6

Chapter 7

• Changed the rules for extreme heat and cold to deal final damage as a percentage of the sufferer's maximum Health.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• Added a description for 4th-level portals, which can be always active or turned on/off whenever.

Bestiary

Sentients

• Added the Revenant;
• Fixed several errata.

Undead

• Added several monsters.

Making Your Own Monsters

• The natural defenses of several types of scale and hide have been increased.

Rulebook

Part 4

Psychokinetic

• Energy proficiency now increases with levels in Psychokinetic, instead of using WP;
• clarified the wording on some class feats;
• "Energy Blade" is no longer a class feat, and is now a benefit Psychic Armament automatically gets at 5th level.

Mutant

• Added the "Pheromones" mutation.

Spellcasting

• Only spells that do not have the "Concentration" tag can be cast as a trap.

Aetherian

• Ignimancers can now cast a modified version of the Fly spell.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Slings now deal 1d6 base damage and have a range of 120/480;
• All bows have been given slightly more range.

Chapter 5

• Added the autobike;
• Clarified the methods of travel for each entry;
• Several entries have been made cheaper, and a few more expensive.

Part 6

Chapter 1

• Added the "Tackle" action.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• A creature can now only be under the effects of 2 concoctions at once;
• Added the Elixir of Duality;
• Added the Portal.

Chapter 4

• Filled in the description for the Necronomicon;
• The time it takes to attune to a relic is now "near-instant".

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 8

• Specified that Small/Big Sentients gain/lose .5 to their DEX and STR scores.

Part 2

Chapter 2

• Added the "Farmer" and "Mechanic" sample backgrounds.

Part 3

General

• The new rules concerning STR and DEX Size-based adjustements have been implemented;
• The way features are listed has been reformatted.

Mounstrous Heritages

• Drakon: Wings is now a suggested feature, and Breath Weapon has been adjusted to reflect the draconic nature of the Drakon;
• Goblins: Goblins now speak Monstrine instead of Goblic, and Ability Score Improvement and Quadridextrous are now suggested features;
• Kobolds: Breath Weapon and Wings are now suggested features.

Special Heritages

• Removed the "Automata Features" paragraph stub.

Part 4

Artificer

• Removed the "Extra Charge 2-4" class feats, and specified that the "Extra Charge" class feat can be taken multiple times;
• If you only have 1 Tool Skill for Tool Expertise to apply to, Tool Expertise applies to any other Tool Skill of your choice;
• The Creature's Ability Scores are now predetermined, it starts with 1 proficiency in each Action Skill, it can crawl up walls and upside-down without issue, and its Health is now 5 times your Artificer level;
• Added the "Reinforced Plating" and "Sturdier Build" Novice class feats.

Spellcasting

• Added a table for working out the Mana Cost of a spell of your own creation.

Aetherian

• Added the Tesseract Space spell.

Otherworldly Arcanist

• Counterspell is now a 1st level spell.

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 0

• Finally brought the pictures up-to-date with the latest changes.

Chapter 3

• Added a brief description of "Weapon Checks", which is basically just a skill check using proficiency in the appropriate weapon skill.

Part 4

Aetherian

• Aether is now proficiency-based, though it goes up with levels in Aetherian instead of with WP;
• The first Elemental Domain feature is now gained at level 6 instead;
• Damage-dealing spells now use your Aether proficiency as a default unless otherwise stated;
• Casting a spell with no Mana now reduces your Health by 5 times the cost of the spell instead of 3;
• Bake and Cool are no longer Aquamancy spells;
• Death Ward is no longer a Necromancy spell, but Psychosomatic is;
• The Mana costs of several spells have been adjusted.

Otherworldly Arcanist

• Added the Sustained Lightning spell, which is a Destroyer spell;
• Added the Counterspell spell.

Classless Feats

• Shield Bash has been removed, as it is now available by default to all characters.

Part 5

Chapter 1

• Added a few sentences about adjusting the cost of certain items depending on the relative wealth of a region.

Chapter 3

• Small and Medium shields have gained a slight increase to their Armor bonuses;
• A section on Shield Bashing has been added.

Part 6

Chapter 6

• Added a statement on arcane darkvision.

Chapter 8

• On the Complications table, separated the 16-17 results into "An exploration encounter" and "A social encounter".
• Added "A river of lava." to the Obstacles table, and made the table d10-based.

Bestiary

General

• Added some navigation to each page;
• A handful of formatting adjustments have been made;
• Actions that previously required saves against some derivative of the final damage dealt have now been replaced with the appropriate action either before or after the damage gets dealt, e.g. creatures that can Constrict must successfully grapple the target before dealing damage.

Homepage

• Greatly improved formatting.

Beasts

• Adjusted several beast's damage values to be more in line with the new table in the "Making Your Own Monsters" chapter;
• Conditions that beasts are resistant/vulnerable/immune to no longer link to the rulebook.

Monstrosities

• Added a description for the Bog Crawler and changed their armor to a -2 breastplate;
• Added the Mimic's tactics;
• Added the Sahuagin Scout's tactics, and made them a bit weaker;
• Added the Sahuagin Warrior and Warchief;
• Added the Basilisk, Behemoth, Chimera, Cockatrice, Gorgon, and Griffin.

Scorched

• Added the Lightning Wisp.

Monsters by Location and Tier

• Renamed Swamps to Wetlands, and moved them to their properties place in the list;
• Added Bog Crawlers and Sahuagin Scouts to their proper places.

Making Your Own Monsters

• Added a table for how much damage a monster should do according to its Size.

Rulebook

Part 4

Artificer

• The base damage die of the Power Punch class feat has been reduced to 1d10.

Spellcasting

• It now costs 2 Mana to increase the damage of a spell by 1 AD (more changes to Aetherians coming soon).

Part 6

Chapter 9

• Added a table of example terms for Drake, Dwarvish, Elvish, and Humanic.

Bestiary

General

• Fixed several formatting errata;
• For creatures that have the Swallow ability, the threshhold to makes them regurgitate the swallowed target has been raised to 1/3 their maximum Health.

Beasts

• Dire Wolves are stronger and have just under twice as much Health;
• Dire Snakes have recieved almost twice as much Health and are stronger, and a save against their Constrict ability has been added;
• Giant Snakes are now Medium sized, and have recieved more Health and Strength, as well as the Swallow ability;
• Dire Sharks have recieved more Health, and the save to avoid being grappled by their Bite has been altered to Reflex;
• Giant Sharks have recieved more Health, and the save to avoid being grappled by their Bite has been altered to Reflex;
• Giant Spiders have recieved more Health;
• Dire Spiders have been given much more Health and Strength.

Rulebook

Part 4

Aetherian

• The Sense Arcane spell now has a diameter of 60 feet;
• Terramancer spells can now also be used on wood and plants;
• The Aquamancy spell Soothing Waters has been removed;
• The spell Ice Dome has been added to the Aquamancer spell list;
• Animancers' Cure feature now uses their entire action and cannot be cast on themselves when they have 0 Mana remaining.
• Mattemancers' Minor Transmutation feature now specifies that the material must be inorganic, and that they can only transmute something of the same chemical makeup.
• Mattemancers' Major Transmutation feature allows them to expend Mana to alter a transmuted item's chemical makeup.
• Pyromancers and Chronomancers have been renamed to Ignimancers and Tempomancers, respectively, to be more linguistically consistent.

Psychokinetic

• Energy can now be used more than once per round, however it now has a number of uses equal to half your Psychokinetic level (rounded down) + your Energy proficiency; a use recharges after one minute.

Classless Feats

• The "Skill Training" feat now gives only 3 SP;
• The "Weapon Master" feat now clarifies that it cannot be used on class features.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• The flamethrower has been removed from the weapon list.

Chapter 5

• The "Skywing" vehicle has been added.

Part 6

Chapter 13

• The three most common sample triggers for traps have been added to the "Triggering Traps" section, and their Spot and Disable DRs removed from sample trap descriptions.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• Added some spacing to the item descriptions;
• A weaker version of the Mana Stone is now listed as a 2nd level arcane item;
• The artifiact-level bonuses given to the Armor and Shield of Protection has been decreased to +6;
• The Armor of Protection is now a 1st level item.

Chapter 4

• Added some spacing in the relic descriptions;
• The Philosopher's Stone has undergone several changes, including a different awakening process, altered lore, and changed properties.

Pre-Made Content

Aethra

• A list of coming sections has been added;
• Added the Calendar, the Ages, and a bit of information about the Predecessors.

Bestiary

General

• Fixed several formatting errata

Monstrosities

• Added a handful of monsters

Rulebook

Part 4

Psychokinetic

• The "Psychic Armament" class feat now allows you to summon any weapon that you have > 1 proficiency with, and the color of the weapon is now your choice
• The weight limits for the "Telekinesis" class feat have been greatly increased.

Aetherian

• Mattemancers can now cast only Aquamancy and Terramancy spells, and only if they are in the immediate presence of the appropriate element.
• Elixir of Death, Elixir of Life, and Platform are no longer Mattemancy spells.
• The Raise Platform Terramancy spell has been replaced with the Platform spell.
• The spells Passing of the Age and Retrocognition have been added to the Chronomancer spell list.
• The spells Foresight and Retrocognition have been added to the Luxomancer spell list.
• The Telekinesis spell now details the rules for targeting an item that is being worn or carried.
• A slightly modified version of the Take Control spell has been added to the Pyromancer and Aquamancer spell lists.
• The Bake spell has been added to the Aquamancer spell list.
• All spell lists have been reorganized by Mana Cost.
• Cloud of Death is no longer a Magimancer spell.

Otherworldly Arcanist

• A handful of spells have been added.

Rulebook

Part 4

Rogue

• Removed the "Redirect" Journeyman class feat.

Warrior

• Changed the wording for the "Combat Manuevers" feature.
• Added a column to the Warrior class table explicitly stating the number of uses a Warrior has for their Combat Maneuvers.
• Added "Redirect" as a Combat Maneuvre.

Aetherian

• Aetherians now get 1-50 Mana instead of 1-40.

Classless Feats

• Adjusted the wording on the "Combat Maneuvers" feat.

Rulebook

• Changed the terminology used for how frequently a creature's DEX score allows them to attack in an effort to increase clarity; specifically, changed the wording from "Attacks per Attack Action" to "Strikes per Attack Action".

Part 1

Chapter 5

• Rewritten to more clearly and succinctly explain the rules for Armor, Dodge, and DEF.

Part 4

Aetherian

• Mattemancers can now cast all Corporeal (Air, Earth, Fire, and Water) spells, in addition to their own unique spells.
• Certain spells now have a casting time of 1 Strike instead of 1 action, allowing Aetherians to cast more.
• The Mana cost of several spells has been reduced, in some cases significantly.

Rulebook

Part 4

Spellcasting

• Rewritten to include the rules for Otherworldly Arcanist spellcasting.

Otherworldly Arcanist

• The Otherworldly Arcanist class features have (mostly) been added.
• The OA spell list has been started.

Classless Feats

• Added the "Otherworldly Touch" feat.

Rulebook

Part 2

Chapter 2

• The Nomad sample background has been added.

Part 4

Rogue

• The "Quickshot" and "High Noon" class feats have been added.

Warrior

• The "First Strike" class feat has been renamed to "First Blood".
• Added a few martial arts-based class feats.

Rulebook

Part 4

Aetherian

• The description for Bright Sprint has been corrected.
• Radiance of the Dawn has been removed.
• The description for Mattemancer's Minor and Major Transmutations has been adjusted, and now includes a note warning GMs against allowing Mattemancers to transmute valuables.
• Mattemancers can now cast Warp

Part 6

Chapter 10

• Added a rule for training without spending money.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• The description for the Elixir of Liquid Fire has been adjusted.
• The cost of most concoctions has been adjusted.
• The rules for destroying enchants have been adjsuted.

Rulebook

Part 4

Spellcasting

• The amount of Mana required to cast a spell as a trap has been reduced significantly.
• The amount of Health lost when casting spells while out of Mana has been reduced from 5 times the difference to 3 times the difference.

Aetherian

• The amount of Mana gained at levels 1 and 2 have been adjusted.
• The description for Mana now states that spells can be cast at the cost of Health when out of Mana.
• Dark and Light can now cast Invisibility and True Invisibility.
• The Chronomancer's 5th-level feature has be reworked.

Part 7

Chapter 2

• The amount of time, Aether, and skill to create enchants has been reduced in most cases.

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 3

• A brief description of each level of proficiency has been added.

Chapter 7

• Night's Rests now always restore 50% of maximum Health.

Part 2

Chapter 2

• Sample backgrounds are finally here!

Part 6

Chapter 1

• The Help action no longer gives advantage, instead helper makes their own check and adds half to helpee's check.

Dice Roller

• Some formatting adjustments have been made.

Homepage

• A simple Dice Roller has replaced the Feedback Form.

Website

• A Discord button has been added to the entire site.

Homepage

• The "Artist Credits" button has been added.

Rulebook

• The "Home" button has been replaced with the I&A logo.

Part 1

Introduction

• Added a What's Next? section detailing my plans for the game.

Chapter 7

• Added the Well-Rested mechanic.

Part 2

Chapter 1

• Altered the wording of the Action Skill proficiencies gained from your background.

Part 3

Bestial Heritages

• Felinae has been filled out.
• Corvium and Ophiri have been given some suggested variant features

Special Heritages

• Automata: Tough Chassis now gives a base Armor of 3.

Part 4

• The wording of "Skills At First Level" for all classes has been altered for clarity.

Aetherian

• All spells have been added!

Rogue

• Sneak Attack now requires a Small, Unarmed, or ranged weapon, not a DEX-based weapon.

Spellcasting

• The rules for Aetherian spellcasting have been added.

Warrior

• The "Defense" Fighting Style has been changed to "Defender", which now only applies to shields.
• The "Martial Arts" Fighting Style has been added.

Part 5

Chapters 2 and 4

• Grenades, Flamethrowers, and Molotovs are no longer listed as weapons, and are instead listed as gear.
• (Chapter 4) The Blunderbuss has been added.
• (Chapter 4) Bought rations now state how much Health they restore.
• (Chapter 2) The Musket has been renamed to the Arquebus.

Part 6

Chapter 9

• Feli has been added as a language.

Part 7

Chapter 3

• The cost of weak Ethers, Potions, and most Poisons has been brought down a bit.

Pre-Made Content

Adventures

The Train Job

• Removed from selection.

General

• Links now become white when you hover over them.

Rulebook

• All uses of the term "DM" have been or will be replaced with "GM".

Part 1

• The Introduction has been renamed to just that, and has been removed from the in-chapter chapter selection menu.
• Chapter 0.5 has been changed to Chapter 0.

Quick-Reference Guide

• Several wording adjustments have been made, and Chainbreaker is now used as an example for each section.

Chapter 1

• A small paragraph has been added clarifying that if the result of any calculation is a non-whole value, it should be rounded down.

Chapter 6

• A sentence has been added clarifying that saves should never be used to avoid damage.

Part 4

Aetherian

• Some Aquamancer spells have been added.

Pre-Made Content

Adventures

The Train Job

• Several wording adjustments have been made.

Rulebook

Part 1

• Various general wording adjustments and errata fixes.

Part 3

Specials - Dhampir

• Consumed blood must now be from living Sentients.

Part 4

Spellcasting

• The chapter has been created but is presently barren.

Aetherians

• The main class features, as well of the features of each Elemental Domain, have been implemented, all that remains now is to finish putting in spell descriptions.

Pre-Made Content

Adventures

The Train Job

• Now includes a brief guide on how to play the main action of the adventure in an hour or so, and has a segment on what happens when the party arrives in Subíel.

Rulebook

Part 2

Chapter 1

• Characters now gain only 1 proficiency in any Weapon Skill of their choice from their background.

Part 4

All classes

• Classes now give variable amounts of WP at level 1.

Patch Notes

• Some formatting changes have been made to enhance readability.

Rulebook

Part 2

Chapter 1

• Characters now gain 3 rations and a full canteen of water as part of their equipment.

Pre-Made Content

• Title of the page has been corrected.

Game

• The entire game has been transferred to iandarpg.com.

Rulebook

Part 1

Quick-Reference Guide

• A brief explanation on the mechanics of Aetherians has been added.

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Certain weapons no longer deal differing amounts of damage when wielded with 1 or 2 hands.
• The tri-staff has been removed from the list of exotic weapons.

Part 7

Chapter 2

• The cost in both money and time to gather alchemical resources has been reduced significantly.

Pre-Made Content

Characters

Usserdrelí of the Burning Sands

• All of his spells' descriptions have been filled out.

Adventures

The Train Job

• The adventure has been further expanded and is now that much closer to completion.

Patch Notes

• Have been re-formatted so the notes are now directly on the page instead of a pdf.

Rulebook

Part 1

• Added the Quick-Reference Guide to the chapter selection menu.

Chapters 1 & 6

• CHA is now one half of Willpower; the other half is still up to player choice.

Part 4

Psychokinetic

• Energy can now only be used once per round instead of per turn

Part 5

Chapter 2

• Revolvers and Repeaters now take 2 actions to reload
• Warhammers can now only deal 1d6 base damage

Chapter 4

• Speedloader item added to gear list

Part 6

Chapter 4

• Clarified the wording for Endurance saves.

Chapter 5

• Changed the wording of ranged attacks so that one-handed ranged attacks made in melee range are not made at disadvantage.

Part 7

• A bevy of minor textual changes that clarified wording or made things clearer/easier to read.

Chapter 4

• Replaced the Tome of Knowledge with the Necronomicon

Pre-Made Content

Adventures

• Added "The Train Job", a low-level one-shot for a group of 3-5 characters.

Homepage

• The "Pre-Made Content" and "Patch Notes" buttons have been added.
• The Feedback form link is now also a button.
• The “Character Sheets” button has been removed; the empty sheets have been moved to the first section of the Rulebook, and the pre-made characters have been moved to the “Characters” section of Pre-Made Content.
• The Homepage has been re-formatted to a more grid-like form.

Rulebook

Part 1

Chapter 1

• The Dynamic Difficulties table has been adjusted, making dynamic difficulties as a whole easier and more centralized to their static counterparts.

Chapter 3

• Some words have been bolded to emphasize their importance and the term “unconscious” has been linked to P6:C3.

Part 4

Psychokinetic

• Improved Energy Redirection no longer improves the base damage die of Energy to 1d8, but you can increase your proficiency in it to 6.
• Superior Energy Redirection now improves the base damage die of Energy to 1d8.

Rogue

• Sneak Attack now deals additional damage based on the used weapon’s base damage die instead of always using d6s.
• The Assassin class feat has been removed.
• The Assassinate class feat now causes Sneak Attack to use the next highest die value from your weapon’s base damage instead of going from d6s to d8s.

Part 6

Chapter 5

• ½ and ¾ cover have been replaced with partial cover, which grants disadvantage on attacks against the defending creature.