I have been interviewed in the latest Gleemax Monkey News for Sword’s Edge Publishing. If the direct linking doesn’t work, just head on over to Gleemax, because the interview ain’t hard to find. It’s Monkey News # 21. There are some hints as to what you might see coming down the pipe from SEP in 2008.
Mundus Novit: The Changed World
This is not our world. This place is different. It is not just a place of adventure or intrigue, it is literally a place of magic. It has always been with us, unnoticed or ignored. It is ignored no longer. It has not arrived alone. Along with those who warp reality with ritual and mantras, there are those who do so with their minds. There are those who have abilities beyond those of normal men.
How did this happen? When did our world become so different? So strange?
The flavour text for Mundus Novit has been completed. At this point, there remains some crunch to update, but things are going well. I expect that this will be released in partnership with Dark Quest Games, though the final details still need to ironed out.
For those of you who haven’t heard of Mundus Novit before, it is a campaign setting for d20 Modern. It posits the release of genetic virus from a secret super soldier project that changes those whom it infect. Grand Orders of magic have existed for millenia. Parapsychic phenomena have been cataloged since the 1960s. In 2003, a brief glimpse of the paranormal is caught by a television news crew.
And the world changes . . .
1 Hour 17 Minutes = 1 Adventure from the Accidental Survivors
So, you need that new adventure for that brand spankin’ new campaign you’ve devised based on our Campaign Design and Starting a New Campaign episodes. The Accidental Survivors once again come to the rescue, this time Writing An Adventure in just over an hour. That’s right, we start with a map and a campaign idea, and over the course of the episode we outline an introductory adventure.
Reason for Silence . . . This Time!
Greetings from my secret underground lair deep beneath Ottawa
Those of you who have been here before are likely aware there can be extended periods between updates. This time, I have a “good” reason for it. I am the victim of a laptop issue. I honestly don’t know what’s going on, but I do have a temporary workaround. If you have any technical knowledge at all, read my blog and let me know if you have an answer to my dilemma.
I’ll be back once I figure this out.
New Face
Welcome to the New Face of Sword’s Edge Publishing. I figure this would be the best way to insure the website is updated in a timely manner.
Work is ongoing but check back soon and everything should be up, connected, and working.
The Accidental Survivors Go Campaigning
Thinking on starting a new campaign? Need some great ideas on how to get it done? I’m afraid you’ll just have to make due with the mediocre musings of the Accidental Survivors as they talk about just this in the new episode, oddly entitled “Starting New Campaigns.”
And if a foul-mouthed Jimmy Stewart is your thing, we’ve got you covered.
Changing the Changed World
Those of you who have followed the Accidental Survivors know something of Mundus Novit, the Changed World, which is a modern d20 campaign setting I was writing for joint release with another publisher. That publisher was Silven Publishing, and Silven has gone out of business. I’d be upset, except Dark Quest Games picked it up and now I’m revising it. There were some aspects of the setting dictated by Silven that I wasn’t 100% behind, so now I can change those.
Magic is no longer the result of a virus, but something that has been around forever, though secret. The virus released by the secret super-soldier program has physically altered those infected by it. There are also “parapsychic” powers.
So, a fair amount of work to be done. Neal at DQG is hoping to see a final draft by the end of December. I hope I can deliver.