I've always loved the core 5e character sheets, but I'm also an irreconcilable perfectionist. After dabbling with Monster of the Week and realizing that their character sheets contain all ...
2020-06-01 05:31:00 +0000 UTC
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We're rounding the final bases on our "making every base class as watertight as possible" tour, and I'm not exaggerating when I say the warmage had some of the toughest design hurdles in the lineup...
2020-06-01 05:31:00 +0000 UTC
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Quick reminder that the changes to our Patreon tiers are fully coming into place. To recap, these are:
- $1 and $2 tiers are going away. If you’re still in “Retiring Tier Name” when...
2020-05-16 11:53:50 +0000 UTC
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It’s always tough to categorize catapillars, catbats, and catki in a catalogue without catastrophe.
2020-05-01 05:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Digit Farewells
First and foremost, I'm sad to announce that three long time members of the Mage Hand Press writing team, the Palm, Thumb, and Knuc...
2020-04-15 19:46:16 +0000 UTC
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I hope everyone's keeping safe out there! This month has been a roller coaster for everyone, but at this moment, every member of the MHP team is safe, sound, and working on D&D stuff for you al...
2020-04-01 09:12:40 +0000 UTC
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Sorry again for the delay. Here's the bounty of our work for February: a greatly expanded marshal and martyr, and a slightly expanded alchemist.
The Martyr is roughly complete, and will...
2020-03-04 02:54:29 +0000 UTC
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Hey, it's Mike!
The MHP crew is in Chicago for C2E2 at the moment, which means we're far away from our PDF-making desktops. Thanks to the remote desktop control software failing to work, we'l...
2020-03-01 05:42:28 +0000 UTC
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We have a lot of plates -- arguably too many -- plates spinning in the run up to our next hardcover project. The biggest pile of spinning plates is making sure our base classes are hilariously wate...
2020-02-02 14:33:15 +0000 UTC
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All these secrets, all this lore: what does it all mean if you only discover that the world is miserable and cruel? You already knew that before you took to binding.
We’re back!&nb...
2020-02-01 08:41:39 +0000 UTC
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We're a bit overdue for a poll!
Largely, this is because I knew that we would need to take December off. Just like last year, we need this one month to rest, be with our families, and t...
2019-12-01 12:04:30 +0000 UTC
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It seems every evil thing was detailed in those pages; it was no surprise when I saw my own face staring back at me in his book.
As promised, this month on Patreon would be a month o...
2019-12-01 12:04:22 +0000 UTC
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Surprise! A new base class!
It should come as no surprise that we’ve been fiddling with a chronomancy base class in the background for some time. In fact the Glitch represents the ...
2019-12-01 12:03:57 +0000 UTC
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Ghosts and ghouls? I've got a remedy for that.
Hey folks! This month we've got the Complete Investigator, the definitive and reworked version of our investigator class. Or at least, ...
2019-11-01 07:16:42 +0000 UTC
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Whoever told you that this book is a mimic was lying.
It's time to fear the dungeon again with Mage Hand Press's Mimic Book of Mimics. This tome (which is, incidentall...
2019-10-01 05:30:01 +0000 UTC
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I intended to get far more of this done this month, but with GenCon eating the beginning of the month and an unexpected injury leaving me unable to type at the end, we only have a few pages of real...
2019-09-01 07:01:00 +0000 UTC
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This one was a bit unexpected. Ever since we worked out a (very) rough draft on Discord, this class has been gnawing at the back of my mind, begging to get finished. Ostensibly, it's an HP caster, ...
2019-09-01 07:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Time for another poll!
We just released a small update for Insomnia (we have a lot more to do for that book), plus a surprise base class, the Martyr, w...
2019-09-01 06:59:38 +0000 UTC
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I'm experimenting with releasing these at the end of the month, rather than in the middle. Let me know if this is better/worse.
From now until September 1st, we're working on our first pass o...
2019-08-01 05:31:01 +0000 UTC
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The Lovecraft Redux has evolved into something a little more ambitious -- it's our Next Big Project now. I'll explain more about where we're taking the project in a bit, but first, let me explain w...
2019-08-01 05:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Her shield was as stone ramparts, her axe concussive as battering rams; a siege engine in furious form.
The Complete Warden is the definitive version of our warden, an iconi...
2019-07-01 09:51:04 +0000 UTC
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We haven't done one of these in a while, huh? Let's run a poll for the next book we work on!
We're wrapping up Complete Warden right now for the 1st of July, then on the 1st ...
2019-06-19 02:00:01 +0000 UTC
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So this is long overdue, huh?
For those of you who don't know, the binder is one of our pet classes from earlier editions, which we've lovingly resurrected twice now, most recently via an ari...
2019-06-19 01:26:26 +0000 UTC
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You start in a tavern…
Nothing is more universal to D&D than taverns. Half of all adventures (maybe more) start there, nearly all stop at one along the way, and most successful...
2019-06-01 05:30:59 +0000 UTC
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You all meet up in a tavern…
Nothing is more universal to D&D than taverns. Half of all adventures (maybe more) start there, nearly all stop at one along the way, and most succ...
2019-05-01 07:28:49 +0000 UTC
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Such a strange contraption: it resembled a cheese-grater attached to a forge on the end of a handle. Never again would I witness such a devastating weapon.
The Complete Craftsman is ...
2019-04-01 11:15:55 +0000 UTC
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We bit off a lot with this one. To rewind and talk about all the twists and turns: this release was originally supposed to be for Electric Empire, a new setting in a modern/near-future Japanese-ins...
2019-02-28 12:49:23 +0000 UTC
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Time marches onward, and so does progress on the binder! Here's an unscheduled mid-month treat: the playtest document of the binder, extended out to 10th level.
If you're playing a binder rig...
2019-02-09 01:41:03 +0000 UTC
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Cascades of sparks leapt from his hammer as it beat the unruly iron into shape. The smith was always distantly aware of the irony that the crimson sparks were but a preamble: once finished, far...
2019-02-01 11:20:22 +0000 UTC
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I think it's safe to say that the Digits are feeling rested and rejuvenated, having spent most of December taking a break. Most of this month, we've been working on Modern Rules (w...
2019-01-18 09:24:56 +0000 UTC
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