NEW BLOOD

Devlog

• Design Blog - Extra Advances
  October 06, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

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  Today I'm gonna be writing up my process and thinking for designing the Extra Advances of New Blood! Actually I'd already done this but then lost my draft which is why this post was rather delayed. So... Continue reading
• v3.1 - Typo Squashing!
  September 05, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

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  Just a quick little update with the typos I found & some other formatting fixes. If you find any more let me know! I changed the export settings so that the text is selectable! but now the file size i... Continue reading
• Design Blog - Landmarks, Delves, and a Campaign
  August 23, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

  Whew! NEW BLOOD is here! It's been... spilled? Is it old now? Hm, none of that seems quite right. Maybe next time I'll name my project something that lends itself more easily to puns (and perhaps seo)... Continue reading
• NEW BLOOD v3: Complete!
  August 17, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

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  NEW BLOOD is now complete! This latest update includes a campaign frame, with 9 Landmarks and 10 Delves, each with an assortment of beats to choose from, as well as hosts of new adversaries and new fa... Continue reading

  
• Update Incoming!
  July 23, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

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  The adventure isn't finished quite yet, although it nearly is - but I've just finished design on six new Extra Advances, tied to the adventure and unlockable in play. The system for them has made for... Continue reading

  
• NEW BLOOD v2-1: New Ancestries
  March 27, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

  NEW BLOOD has been updated with two new ancestries! That's one more than I thought I would write! In all, this is a pretty small update - ancestries are pretty ancillary to Heart's "mechanical" design... Continue reading
• Design Blog - Callings
  February 26, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

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  Today I'll be tackling the design of all four callings all at once! Mechanically, there's not as much going on with them, but I think Callings are a really interesting challenge and opportunity. I wro... Continue reading
• Design Blog - The Packrat
  February 18, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

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  The third (and final) of the three classes - today we're digging into the Packrat. Design Story : The Packrat is the youngest of the three, and it's also the one that came together the quickest. I thi... Continue reading
• NEW BLOOD Updated - New Callings
  February 09, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

  NEW BLOOD has been updated with four new Callings! Callings are a really interesting piece of design - they sort of prescribe a character arc, by gating new abilities behind "beats", but I think it's... Continue reading

  
• Design Blog - The Splinterhead
  February 07, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

  Another design blog! This time I'm digging into the Splinterhead. Design Story : When I started with the idea that would become Myco-Alchemist, I also was looking for other openings that might be in H... Continue reading
• Design Blog - The Myco-Alchemist
  January 29, 2024 by Ben K Rosenbloom

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  #ttrpg design, #mushroom, #heart the city beneath

  I thought it would be fun to dig into the three classes, their inspirations, what they've got going on mechanically, what's exciting to me about them! This one is about the Myco-Alchemist. Design Stor... Continue reading