Shadowdark Western Reaches Stretch Goal: New Classes

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The Necromancer didnt end up at all like I thought, will have to see the final spell list I guess?

I like that we get some implicit worldbuilding with the class, which is nice.

(D&D's haphazard approach to death, the afterlife and undeath has always struck me as weirdly sloppy, given that EGG wanted to have every alignment and every half-step between alignments to have their own plane.)

 

[Greg K]

I am watching the Necromancer video right now. I like it. I have been working on a priesthood for a deity of Death for an OSR D&D campaign and, while mine is less martial, it has a Death Sense and many of the same spells including sleep (the deity is also a deity of dreams and sleep. As such the priests/priestesses get the Dream spell and illusion spells).

Right now Kelsey is talking about coming up with new spells and doing more work on Walk in Death. I am interested in seeing what else she comes up, but I can see myself using her Necromancer for my own priests/priestesses if I pick up and run Shadowdark (her class designs are impressive and more like the fantasy I want in my D&D).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Right now Kelsey is talking about coming up with new spells and doing more work on Walk in Death. I am interested in seeing what else she comes up, but I can see myself using her Necromancer for my own priests/priestesses if I pick up and run Shadowdark (her class designs are impressive and more like the fantasy I want in my D&D).

I've said it before, but my favorite work of hers is when she's not trying to convert TSR/WotC stuff (there's stuff like the chuul in the Shadowdark core book, which is a monster with probably dozens of fans), but when she gets into her own dark and weird space.

If you like the Necromancer, I think you'll find a lot to like in Shadowdark generally and in Cursed Scroll #1 in particular.

 

[Greg K]

I've said it before, but my favorite work of hers is when she's not trying to convert TSR/WotC stuff (there's stuff like the chuul in the Shadowdark core book, which is a monster with probably dozens of fans), but when she gets into her own dark and weird space.

If you like the Necromancer, I think you'll find a lot to like in Shadowdark generally and in Cursed Scroll #1 in particular.

I agree. As I am looking at various OSR games, I am looking for games that don't try to convert directly. I recently found a Bard class that wasn't trying to do another mash of Skald, Celt/Welsh bard, Troubador and/or Minstrelm but the creator suggested having different "Bards" instead. That is what I want.

I think I also saw Kelsey do design on the Bard and Paladin. I liked both.

 

[Bill Zebub]

I've said it before, but my favorite work of hers is when she's not trying to convert TSR/WotC stuff (there's stuff like the chuul in the Shadowdark core book, which is a monster with probably dozens of fans), but when she gets into her own dark and weird space.

100%. I love it when she explicitly excludes features that, in D&D, would be considered iconic/intrinsic to a class, and instead starts over fresh.

 

[Greg K]

I've said it before, but my favorite work of hers is when she's not trying to convert TSR/WotC stuff (there's stuff like the chuul in the Shadowdark core book, which is a monster with probably dozens of fans), but when she gets into her own dark and weird space.

If you like the Necromancer, I think you'll find a lot to like in Shadowdark generally and in Cursed Scroll #1 in particular.

I am interested in seeing the Witch and Warlock classes. The Knight of St. Ydris not as much. However, Cursed Scroll issues 2 and 3 also look very tempting.

I need to decide in the next day or two if I can afford to lay out for the Kickstarter level with with the original book, the Western Reaches book, and all six Cursed Scrolls. I am also concerened about not knowing if the books are being printed somewhere that will be affected by the tariffs.

 

[Scribe]

I am interested in seeing the Witch and Warlock classes. The Knight of St. Ydris not as much. However, Cursed Scroll issues 2 and 3 also look very tempting.

I need to decide in the next day or two if I can afford to lay out for the Kickstarter level with with the original book, the Western Reaches book, and all six Cursed Scrolls. I am also concerened about not knowing if the books are being printed somewhere that will be affected by the tariffs.

Tariff issues have been addressed.

 

[darjr]

 

[Scribe]

Neat. Hybrid Melee/Caster type curious how the Mishaps will look as well.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

100%. I love it when she explicitly excludes features that, in D&D, would be considered iconic/intrinsic to a class, and instead starts over fresh.

I love this sort of thing when it's applied to all classes. Not so much when it's solely applied to classes which aren't Fighter/Cleric/Thief/Mage, because then it becomes a weird double-standard where some classes are "real" classes and which must be left alone, and others are not "real" so open to reinterpretation. However the good thing about class maximalism like this is going for means there's always a chance to provide something closer later, so it's not too bad.