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Ancestries Card Set Released!

The Ancestries Card Set has been released as a standalone supplement for the Ironsworn System on 2020-09-04 08:21:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch - Bestiary Update, Part 2 (Changelog 20200830)

• Reworded all the demeanors.
• Reduced the lupine ancestry edge by 1 and increased the iron by 1.
• Reworked the armor's and shield's values. Now, instead of an additional dice f...
  2020-08-31 18:46:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Introducing Quest Fronts

Here is the preview of something I've been working on: elaborated quest started I'm tempted to call quest fronts. The design template is heavily inspired by Dungeon World.

Please, fe...

Demeanors Card Set Released!

The Demeanors Card Set has been released as a standalone supplement for the Ironsworn system on 2020-08-04 23:11:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch - Bestiary Update, Part 1 (Changelog 20200731)

GENERAL

• Removed the resilience cards mechanic.
• Reduced by 2 the total stat points if not playing with ancestry and by 1 if playing with ancestry.
• Reduced the startin...
  2020-07-30 14:50:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Removing the Resilience Cards Mechanic

The concept of using a deck of playing cards in the Ironsworn system has been something compelling for me since the beginning of the Ironcrunch development. However, with the impl...

Note About the Contents Under Open Game License

The premise of Ironcrunch has been mixing Ironsworn with some OSR vibe. The issue with this is that parsing the licenses (properly identifying which parts are Creative Common 4.0,...

Ironcrunch - Demeanors Update (Changelog 20200631)

RULEBOOK STRUCTURE

• The rulebook is now divided into two sections: Rules (up to page 37) and Appendices (the rest).
• [NEW] The Basics chapter has been rewritte...
  2020-06-30 06:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Current Status and Where This Is Going

ON THE WORKABILITY

Last month's update simplified things in terms of gameplay and workability (Ironcrunch it's becoming less crunchy as a matter of fact), and in tune with this, I'...

Motivations Card Set Released!

The Motivations Card Set has been released as a standalone supplement for the Ironsworn system on 2020-06-03 19:33:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch - Gears Update (Changelog 20200531)

GENERAL

• Reduced the startup wealth for the character creation.
• To simplify the game dynamics, the motivations per character have been reduced by 1. The maximum is 2.
2020-05-30 10:34:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Choose one: Card Format ●Without Icons ●With Icons

After this month's update, I'll start working on the Bestiary Update, the final one, which will not only include an appendix of 50+ pages of creatures, but also a creatures card set. This is why I ...

Preview: Item Cards

The item cards set will consist of the following.

• 50 weapons.
• 19 armors.
• 8 shields.
• 28 consumable items

Addons have been removed out of the game i...

Design Thoughts: Simplifying Foes

An exposition about the reason and the ways to get rid of the health-to-progress track conversion and the foe sheet.

THE CURRENT ISSUE WITH COMBAT: END THE FIGHT

In vanilla <...

Ironcrunch - Dangers Update (Changelog 20200430)

• Merged the three character creation chapters into one, turning the ancestries and motivations sections into appendixes.
• The elf ancestry states that it is immune to stupefied conditi...
  2020-04-29 14:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Design Thoughts: Toxic Substances Conversion from d20 System Games

I've been converting 103 toxic substances from Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 and 5th edition, and Pathfinder 1st edition, meaning that this is the time I get to definitely establish ...

Ironcrunch on Roll20 Work in Progress

Ayethin has been working on an Ironcrunch character sheet for Roll20.net. So I will get 50% of this Patreon at the end of this...

Choose One: Appendices or Not Appendices

I'm currently considering including appendices to list and present all the ancestries, motivations, and the upcoming bestiary entries.

So far, the listing of the ancestries and motivations al...

Development Roadmap and Monthly Content Program

This is the current working plan for content creation.

The development roadmap is updated when a milestone has been reached or a new goal has been set. Elements in it (especially the ones in ...

Ironcrunch - Ancestries Update, Part 2 (Changelog 20200331))

General

• Changed the Race term to Ancestry. This opens the room for interpretation when choosing this aspect of your character, as it doesn't restrictively imply belonging to a specie....
  2020-03-31 11:10:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Ironcrunch Playtest Package (20201104)

This playtest package is a draft of what the Ironcrunch expansion was intended to become. It is currently fully playable, but some rework might be needed. Even though there are currently n...

Preview: Race Cards

As every other Ironcrunch card set, these will be patron-exclusive. For the public playtest package, the rulebook will offer everything needed to make index cards for the races.

The ...

Ironsworn in Spanish (Ironsworn en español)

With the Delve release and the influence of some Internet's personalities, Ironsworn has receiv...

Design Thoughts & Preview: Races (and Ages)

Races are fun.

I've managed to rebuild the database sp...

Ironcrunch - Ancestries Update, Part 1 (Changelog 20200217)

This update paves the way for the upcoming races cards.  It brings utility redesigns, rules expanded explanations, many balance tweaks and some mechanical bits.

If you are a patron, you ...