Best Day EVER

Alright, today was the most amazing day, and it is going to just be the first day of an amazing weekend.

First off, I received the final proof of my second book to be published, The Spires of Respite. With the alteration to colors and the few formatting edits, it is now perfect. I published it soon after getting home from work, and it is now available on Amazon.com and Createspace.com! I think it is by far my best work, and hopefully that trend continues.

Secondly, I went to Taco Bell with my lovely wife and I was wearing my 'Don't blame the roleplayer, blame the roleplaying game' shirt. The cashier asked what RPGs I do, and was very interested when I replied that I used almost entirely self made systems. I gave him the address of this blog obviously, and I hope to have gained a fan! It was really an amazing feeling to have a stranger so interested in what I do.

I also went to the bank and stocked up on cash for the Renaissance Festival tomorrow, since they don't really do cards all that often. Nothing makes you feel quite like having a wallet bursting with cash lol!

I have also been revising my Recollection Paradigm system. I won't be implementing any of the rather drastic changes until after this campaign to avoid confusion, but it is becoming much more streamlined, bursting with personality and customization opportunities, and the mechanics are getting smoothed out as well. I am hoping to be able to run a few more campaigns pretty quickly, we shall see if the Knerds are on board with that. I would hope so, since many of the regular GMs cherish the opportunity to just play a normal character. The second session of my campaign is on Sunday, which will finish up the weekend of epicness!

So yeah, life is great. Unrelated to this weekend, I have been attempting to contact an illustrator regarding my system and the many illustrations it will require. No response thus far. Got back into contact with Angelic Light Publishing, and I am hoping things will progress on that front. Shout out to my close friend Nicholas Casale for getting his book 'The Crusade of Stone and Stars' published by the same company! Very interesting book with medieval politics and other fantasy themes.

So weekend is packed. Don't expect to hear from me for a few days. (not that I am all that strict about getting on here a lot anyway....) Have a good one!

First Session

Well the first session of running TRP went quite well. I think that the system is quite balanced for the most part, though magic needs some work. Overall I do think the system will be receiving a major overhaul, but after the campaign is over. It works well enough for now, but it is missing a lot of the flavor I originally gave it in favor of balance. The general plan is to make magic more diverse and fun, the character creation process more customizable, maybe add in weapon and vehicle options. But for the most part, I might be leaving the basic guide fairly straightforward, and have separate books to expand on the more elaborate things. Have a section for basic spells, but a book elaborating all of the more complex things you can do as well. Or maybe I just restructure the guide itself to incorporate more detail. We shall see. Whatever ends up happening, great first session, excited for the second!

Final TRP update!

This should be the last update to the guide before the campaign starts.

1. Clarification: Divine magic cannot be taken by Bloodforged. It can be taken by any other race. This means the only race capable of taking any of the magic types is Bloodcursed (who may have a maximum of two magic types).

2. Additional rounds: I have added different bullet types that may be purchased for your guns, making them more versatile and capable of harming a wider variety of enemies. The bullet types are listed under Ammunition.

3. Additional supplies as well as containers for carrying them around. You will have convenient access to a limited amount of material depending on what sort of carrying devices you have with you.

The final version of the guide is going out in an email of course.

Writing Update!

So I spent a few hours yesterday doing the final revisions on my most recent work, The Spires of Respite! It is all ready to go, except that I altered the colors to correct some distortion on the cover. I am currently waiting on a new physical proof to arrive to ensure that my alterations worked as planned.

Other than that, I STILL need to finish the last few chapters of Shroud of the Martyr, the next book in Manikin's Mantle. The plot for my next series is coming along nicely with the aid of the accompanying roleplay system that I have been mentioning on here lately. A lot of projects going on at once, and I look forward to completing a couple so things slow down!

So a lot of exciting stuff in the near future! I hope everyone gets a copy of Spires when it comes out! Please let me know if you have any questions.

TRP Update 2

Just some minor editing this time around. A few of the Flesh Spells did not specify whether they were ranged or touch based. All of the unlabeled ones are touch based.

The Quality 'Toughness' now grants 2 HP.

TRP Update 1

So first update to the official rulebook:

1. Added names to the spells for ease of reference. No actual mechanical changes to the spells.

2. Shifted description of the currency and where it came from to the section just before Equipment rather than under Setting.

3. Rather than a constantly soaked wasteland (which was annoying since I would have to figure out how constant rain would alter the world) I have made it EITHER constantly raining water, or raining the soul devouring fire that was created by the God Engine. This strange weather only occurs in the parts of the world touched by the Unthinkable. First paragraph of the Setting describes this event in more detail.

I don't believe I can attach files to blog posts, so I am emailing the updated guide to those who it is relevant to.

Campaign

So my roleplay setting, The Recollection Paradigm, has been completed at least temporarily. Good news indeed since next Sunday will be the beginning of the campaign I am running to introduce it! I have been so preoccupied I have had little time for anything else, but that isn't too irritating since the setting is shared with my next book series. All of the background I am developing for TRP is helping me with the series also! Very nice in my opinion. So just a heads up, I will be posting updates about the setting and campaign on here, mostly for the use of the players, but also for anyone else interested in my progress there.

Update!

So a lot has happened since my last post, mostly because it was two weeks ago.It is always hard for me to write on work days as I am tired when I get home, and the last two weekends were jam packed. My brother had a surprise wedding (which we were all told was an engagement party), there were another two surprise parties as well. Then I was sick for a week, then my wife was sick. So yeah! But I am back (again), and here is what I have been managing to get done:

1. Revising of Spires of Respite: I have read through the proof and listed all errors, and now need to simply run back through and correct them. It shouldn't take too long to do, and then I will be able to publish it! Expect an announcement of that very thing within the week.

2. Sadly no progress was made on Shroud of the Martyr, so still three more chapters to go.

3. Recollection Paradigm: I can't remember if I mentioned this, and really don't want to go back through and read to find out, so here we go. My current plot in progress is going incredibly well, so well in fact that I have decided to make a roleplay system based off of it. This is also going very well, SO WELL IN FACT that I have been chosen to run the next campaign for the nerd group in Colorado Springs. (if you don't follow any of that, you probably wont care anyway). Both of these endeavors are going SO WELL IN FACT that I have also begun to create a custom tarot card deck to go along with both the game and the series. All of this is going incredibly well, if you didn't catch that before, though it might take a great deal of time for any of it to be seen officially.

So that is what's happening. Any questions, comments or requests for more info, please post in the comments below!