Mercenaries: Born of Blood is Back!

[talien]

That's right, after getting the rights back from OtherWorld Creations, Mercenaries: Born of Blood rises from the ashes as Modern: Mercenary Manual from Ronin Arts!

The biggest differences are the removal of the majority of historical mercenary elements, the conversion of spells to D20 Modern, and updates to make it D20 Modern compatible overall (which, sadly, Mercenaries: Born of Blood was not when it finally hit the press).

I'd also like to thank Philip Reed for his fantastic layout skills. I have a newfound respect for his layout-fu.

See the press releases forum or my web page for more details.

 

[jaerdaph]

Just bought a copy.

Okay, I'm kinda embarassed to even mention I noticed this so quickly, but it's possible errata so here goes:

The Prostitute occupation listed in the randon determination (d100) of mercenary type of Occupation by campaign type (Modern or Future) chart on page 17 is missing, the Porter occupation as well.



The first thing I usually check out in a d20 Modern source book is any new occupations, so don't judge me to harshly for noticing that first off!

 

[Christopher Lambert]

Could someone tell me what's in the product?

 

[Lizard]

Congrats to you. Pity my Cities book never saw the light of day. Anyone want 100K+ words on cities in D20, let me know. We can work something out.

 

[talien]

Hiya Lizard,

Regarding reselling other products...you'd be surprised, especially since you've already written the book and have credits to your name. So many authors are late with projects that a lot of publishers find a completed work very appealing.

The way I sold Blood and Brains: The Zombie Hunter's Guide was by asking if publishers were interested on the ENWorld boards.

 

[talien]

Hi José!

Oops, I will send to errata to Philip, thanks for the catch!

 

[talien]

Could someone tell me what's in the product?

Here's the original manuscript TOC:

Modern: Mercenary Manual 1
Introduction 3
The Definition of a Mercenary 3
Why Mercenaries? 4
Chapter 1: History 6
Mercenary Timeline 7
Chapter 2: Mercenary Characters 11
Mercenary Background 13
Occupations 16
Companies 20
Rank 21
Medals 23
Role-Playing Mercenaries 25
A Day in the Life 25
Chapter 3: Mercenary Companies 27
Creating a Mercenary Company 30
Leadership Pool 31
Organization 32
Recruiting 34
Budget 35
Headquarters 37
Prestige 38
Requisition 39
Chapter 4: Classes 40
Advanced Classes 42
Chapter 5: Skills 53
Chapter 6: Feats 62
Existing Feats 64
Chapter 7: Conduct 78
Morale 79
Codes 80
Discipline 81
The Law 81
Pay 84
Chapter 8: Contracts 85
Employer Type 91
Command 93
Conditions 94
Duration 94
Pecuniary Acts 95
Social Advantages 98
Chapter 9: Spells 100
Schools of Magic 102
New Spells 104
Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 110
Generic Resources 110
Modern Resources 110
Futuristic Resources 111
Appendix B: Open Game License 112
Appendix C: Sample Contracts 113
Modern Contract 113
Futuristic Contract 114
Appendix D: Glossary 115

 

[talien]

Okay, I'm kinda embarassed to even mention I noticed this so quickly, but it's possible errata so here goes:

The Prostitute occupation listed in the randon determination (d100) of mercenary type of Occupation by campaign type (Modern or Future) chart on page 17 is missing, the Porter occupation as well.

No, *I'M* embarrased. My apologies for that error. The errata is now here: http://members.toast.net/talien/michael/pdfs/mmmerrata.pdf

The first thing I usually check out in a d20 Modern source book is any new occupations, so don't judge me to harshly for noticing that first off!

*GASP* A customer pointing out an error in a product! How dare you!

Seriously though, please don't judge ME too harshly for the error. I promise I'll keep the errata up to date as quickly as I can and incorporate the fixes into any future updates.

Thanks for being so kind about the correction!

 

[philreed]

Congrats to you. Pity my Cities book never saw the light of day. Anyone want 100K+ words on cities in D20, let me know. We can work something out.

E-mail me. roninartspresident@yahoo.com

 

[jaerdaph]

Talien: Thank you for the missing Occupations!

Lizard: Yes, PLEASE talk to Phil!