Dreamscarred Press Announces - Lords of the Night Playtest

[Kryzbyn]

Andreas Rönnqvist wrote:

Werespiders?

Yeah...

They shared characteristics with both were wolves and vampires.

It was mostly a joke, but I did enjoy playing them in WoD.

[Alexander Clatworthy]

Have I mentioned how awesome it is to have a public playtest and community feedback? I'm so used to writing in a vacuum, and it's so good to hear everyone's cool ideas.

Greater Hungering Blade has been changed so that it's a slightly higher level, and allows a save for half. Paladins no longer get this version of the spell, although normal hungering blade is only 3rd level for them. I feel it is now much closer to balanced, but I'd love to hear your thoughts.

[Alexander Clatworthy]

We made some changes to the Nightguard, both to make it smoother and to make it feel more tactical (as opposed to just feeling powerful).

The main changes are:

• Aura of Fury: Now resilience it makes you and nearby allies harder to crit.
  
• Watchman's Zeal: Now Gravekeeper's Vigil, boosting the touch AC of you and nearby allies.
  
• Weaken: Now allows a moderate save.
  
• Condemn: Only prevents healing
  
• Guilt Wrack: Now confuses your target
  

The biggest change is that while you can now apply powerful penalties to the target of your smite, you must choose one when you declare the smite. Hopefully this makes the choice of Nemesis a more thoughtful one, and more in line with the power of the replaced mercies.

[Prince of Knives]

And now I arise once more, in the glory of darkness, to make an announcement!

Formal playtesting is now over. The playtest document is going to stay up (and all information in it is current), and we are of course still accepting any feedback that's available, either for last-minute changes to the document or for the creation of an errata document, but Lords of the Night is now in layout. Keep an eye on the usual spots to see when it's up for grabs.

I cannot thank you guys enough for your feedback, and for putting up with a solid month of me just vanishing with little in the way of warning or explanation. This book wouldn't be what it is without you, and I'm honored to have shared the experience.

Good evening, everyone. Mine co-author will be around shortly to add his own thoughts.

[Alexander Clatworthy]

This is the first project I've done with a formal open beta, and, well: Wow.

Thank you guys/girls, you were an enormous help. Vampires are my favorite mythical creature, and I'm happy with the work we've done to make them both a PC option and a campaign option.

For the complete experience, please reread my co-authors post in a thick Aussie accent, as that will adequately express my views.

Thank you all.

[Prince of Knives]

And now, I am eminently pleased to announce that THE BOOK IS RELEASED!

You can currently snag Lords of the Night on Dreamscarred.com, as well as DrivethruRPG and D20PFSRD. It will be available on Paizo's store here on the site Soon(tm).

[TriMarkC]

Nyaa wrote:

There is a vampire that doesn't care about daylight.

Here’s another vampire unaffected by sunlight.