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<Bob Ross>
Maybe in your world, there lives a happy little automaton over there.
</Bob Ross>
One of the criticisms laid upon tinker expansions is that a collection of prestige classes and fancy inventions really doesn't do anything to improve the early game of the class. In essence, the expansion content shows off what you can do later, not what you can do as a neophyte.
And, ya know what? That criticism was spot on. Like a medical school professor spending the vast majority of his time instructing on the exotic, "cool" diseases, I missed the chance to produce content that would see wide use outside of the first read.
To that end, I've started the Remedial Tinkering line. These tinker expansions are specifically designed to have heavy impact on the class starting at level 1, and provide new and interesting subsystems that even the newbiest of newbie tinkers can enjoy.
The first product in the line will be Remedial Tinkering - Happy Little Automatons, which adds the "Paint" invention subtype to the mix. Paint inventions are unique in that they can be changed, or even added, after deployment through the use of innovations, alpha inventions, and other fancy tricks, though the core paints themselves are almost all 1st-level inventions.
Given the subtle rulebending inherent in altering blueprints after deployment, a number of FAQ rulings have been added to the end of Happy Little Automatons, detailing the legality of sneaking illegal inventions onto blueprints after legality has been formally checked and the deployment committed to the field (tl;dr It's totally legal to cheat after deployment.)
Happy Little Automatons is in the last stages of proofreading and will be made available in the next week or less. Watch this space for more details if you feel so inclined.
<Bob Ross>
And that'll be our little secret.
</Bob Ross>
Alright, fellas, at the request of Thilo Graf, Happy Little Automatons will be including new language. Historically, inventions have specifically said if their use requires a directed action, but that leaves the player to wonder if this other invention that doesn't come out and say so is a typo. "Undirected action" is now explicitly stated in the new Happy Little Automatons inventions. Should this language be liked, I'll propagate it through everything come Ultimate Tinkering.
Core layout and last-minute additions to the document are completed. Happy Little Automatons contains the following and will be released at a $1.25 price point.
Invention Subtypes Cheat Sheet (for those without all expansions)
Further Reading (a list of expansions specifically designed to play well with this one)
6 new innovations
1 new greater innovation
21 new inventions
FAQ Rulings for complex interactions arising from the new paint combo systems
And I got excited about other stuff and forgot to upload it here. Sorry about that - I fixed it.
After a little chat with Endzeitgeist following his review, I have produced an expansion to the expansion with another 10 inventions. These are waiting for Ultimate Tinkering for formal layout, but are available as a free bonus to Patreon backers.