Shadowdark Arcane Library Western Reaches KS

[Mannahnin]

Its a class for stat blocks that don't make the grade. Sort of all round dogsbody and no-account fellow.

And, it should be noted, originally released as a sort-of but-not-entirely April Fools joke. It's not clear to me how "real" Kelsey considers it.

The Roustabout!

The class is going to be printed in the Player's Guide to the Western Reaches!

This is sweet. It reminds me of a B/X Goblin class I saw on someone's blog which had a prerequisite something like "no starting stats over 9", but was a cool concept with some really fun abilities. It seemed to be an excellent consolation prize for a below-average set of stats which might otherwise get discarded as a hopeless character.

 

[Scribe]

Is there an Official + 3PP reference site, that isn't Discord? A wiki of options, adventures, and so on?

 

[Fenris-77]

Is there an Official + 3PP reference site, that isn't Discord? A wiki of options, adventures, and so on?

I think there may be some efforts underway in that direction but I haven't seen anything useful come of it yet. It would be super helpful.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Is there an Official + 3PP reference site, that isn't Discord? A wiki of options, adventures, and so on?

The amount of third party content is growing so fast, that would be incredibly challenging to maintain.

 

[Scribe]

Over now.

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Passed the 4500 mark.

 

[Scribe]

One week to go, 5400 followers.

 

[Scribe]

5764.

 

[darjr]

5764.

It just keeps climbing.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm really curious about the Western Reaches books versus the Cursed Scrolls that will apparently contain overlapping information. I have no doubt that Kelsey can kill it with creating a setting, but the areas we know about from the Cursed Scrolls don't, at the moment, feel like they fit into a cohesive whole. I assume the Western Reaches books will include connective tissue.

Most of her settings so far have been lightly sketched and supplemented by the random tables in the core books. It'll be interesting to see if she takes the same approach with the Reaches (similar to how Yoon-Suin works) or if she goes for a more detailed treatment.

 

[darjr]

She’s in the latest Between Two Cairns podcast right now. I bet they talk about the project.

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/between-two-cairns-4882103/episodes/jerimonds-orb-242802380