Sneak Peek: Conduit to Level 10
Added 2024-11-01 15:01:04 +0000 UTCReminder: Draw Steel Patreon Playtest Packet 3 is now available and you can fill out the feedback survey until November 12th at 8AM Eastern US time.
It is I, your James Introcaso, here with a quick update and a preview for you all! We here at MCDM are hard at work on creating more monsters, Director advice, retainers, character sheets, dynamic terrain objects, complications, titles, and more.
BUT, we don't want to leave you without some tasty sausage this week, so I figured we should should off one of our classes in all it's glory up to 10th level. Attached to this post is a ROUGH ROUGH ROUGH version of the conduit from levels 1 to 10. A few caveats:
-There will be typos and inconsistencies in here due to lack of edit. You don't need to point them out to us.
-Many of the names of higher level features and abilities will be changing. Their effects might be the same, but we've developed a theory of naming that is going to give us more cohesive and interesting names for each class's stuff.
-This isn't close to the final layout.
Take a look and enjoy!
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—James
Comments
Ah okay, thanks. Didn't even know pictures had captions on Patreon.
Callahan Johnson
2024-11-08 17:01:42 +0000 UTCClick on the art and read the caption. -James
MCDM Productions
2024-11-08 16:54:11 +0000 UTCLooking at the art... Did I miss how the conduit is able to wield a shield and what looks like a medium weapon? This art looks in theme for a cleric-style class, but the Prayer of Soldier's Skill only provides access to a light weapon (and medium armor). 🤔
Callahan Johnson
2024-11-07 16:23:12 +0000 UTCI feel that it's worth pointing out that this class is not focused on damage. It wouldn't surprise me if this class had one of the lowest damage scaling of all classes.
Cody Rapai
2024-11-04 14:31:19 +0000 UTCThis was all really exciting and interesting to read! Thanks :)
Ernge
2024-11-04 07:32:43 +0000 UTCThe design in this draft looks like each level, you get a bigger gun, and on some levels, you get more bullets for your guns, but I feel like for the game to work for me, I need levels that make my smallest guns get bigger
Ernge
2024-11-04 07:30:50 +0000 UTCYeah, the lack of direct improvements to damage seems off to me, especially since your hit points DO automatically go up.
Ernge
2024-11-04 07:28:20 +0000 UTCimo more options is better for a tactical game that just straight upgrades. If your level 10 conduit just wants to spam 3-Piety abilities at level 10 that's up to them; that's a trade off you can choose.
Nathan Lee
2024-11-03 19:16:54 +0000 UTCHey is what level piety spells/invocation choices between your two divine aspects be interchangeable or is it a permanent choice for each level?
Melissa Harden
2024-11-03 06:26:08 +0000 UTCWant to combo Sun and Nature to make a desert cactus Priest/Padre
Melissa Harden
2024-11-02 20:43:02 +0000 UTCReading this kinda worries me. The damage goes up by relatively small amounts, and only 1.5 features improve piety gain. So all these abilities are more extra options than outright upgrades since the cost increases with their benefits. You have said you do not want players waiting on magical items for numeric upgrades, but the numbers suggest that is exactly what will happen.
Orion ar
2024-11-02 19:05:22 +0000 UTCthe lore posts are fine, but THESE kinds of posts are why i’m on the Patreon. Great work.
Tanner Pancake
2024-11-01 22:58:54 +0000 UTCThe dude has a PUMP ACTION AXE!!
MCDM Productions
2024-11-01 17:08:59 +0000 UTCExtremely exciting! And congratulations to you guys for hitting what is a pretty considerable milestone in the player character pipeline 👏👏👏
Aaron Bolger
2024-11-01 15:55:18 +0000 UTCWow, that art. Now let's get reading!
BasCB
2024-11-01 15:53:06 +0000 UTC
