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June 19, 2006
Scatterpoint, Samurai, and Secret Agents
Hello All.
This past week, the draft of RunePunk GM's Guide was finished as I completed the remaining plot points, story hooks, and added some additional detail to the various City Districts and Barrens Regions. I'm happy to say some interesting stuff popped in there at the last minute, some ideas I had been hoping to explore. I hope you find them as interesting as I did.
Which means, what next? I spoke on the phone with Scott Gearin of Spycraft 2.0 about some of the details of moving forward with an Agents of Oblivion Powered by Spycraft. The conversation was solid. Scott is a pleasant fellow who took a bit of good natured ribbing about the massiveness of their work and I look forward to catching up with him at GenCon and told him I'd definitely swing by and try to say hello to Patrick at the Mongoose booth during Origins.
So, I'm starting to plunge more fully into the Agents of Oblivion work as the editors start doing their editorial duties with RunePunk. I've gotta say, a part of me really enjoys the editing process. Refining what is already there is nice and it's always a pleasure to see the end in sight and take advantage of the insight of others. Having RunePunk finished is a big load off as well. Sure, there is more work ahead, but it's a wonderful thing to not think...RunePunk...I still need to draft up the rest of those Talus, put in stat blocks for the Slag Rats, and finish that handful of Savage Tales. Can you say, Woo-hoo?! Sure ya can.
So, after this, I got to come up for air and check in on the Iron Dynasty gange and address some of the concerns that have come up. For example, I've been discussing with Barry some of the inner workings of the Kikai. (The Kikai are the steamtech war machines the various kingdoms use to oppress their people.) Naturally, when thrown out to the playtesters, we discussed whether to make them really tough or allow them to be nigh impenetrable (i.e. have Heavy Armor.) If the latter were the case, the whole issue of magic arises and what exactly counts as a Heavy Weapon in this steampunk samurai society. And Ninja and their devices were revisited and it was nice for me to consider all these things with a mind less cluttered by the necessity to work on RunePunk. It's still there, mind you, just a bit less stressful.
Turning my attention to Agents of Oblivion cranked up as I did some writing in response to some of the True20 posters who may defect from the World of Darkness to become Agents of Oblivion.
Click here for more details about Oblivion.
It'll be nice to go to the conventions with so much to talk about. Seriously.
Regards,
Sean
Posted by razorwise at 11:04 AM
June 12, 2006
Business as Usual
Hello All.
Last week, I wrote a lot of stuff. For example, I continued to add some final details to RunePunk and hope to start giving you all some reveals in the very near future as we move towards an actual hard release date. This, for me, is getting very exciting.
In between that, I've been more active on the True20 Forums and talking about one of my favorite projects, Agents of Oblivion! I'm putting together a stellar team to lend a hand on the Big Book and, after I get all the details set, I'll be announcing that too.
I'm looking forward to getting Orwell Industries out to you guys very shortly for Savage Worlds and appreciate your patience. Things are really starting to gel here and I'm hoping to tell you some of the exciting things we have in store for you in the very near future for all of our product lines!
Regards,
Sean
Posted by razorwise at 05:30 PM
June 05, 2006
Orwell Industries for Savage Worlds in Review Que
Hello All.
I've sent Orwell Industries off to Simon at Pinnacle for review, so you should be seeing the Savage Worlds edition in the very near future!
People have been chatting it up quite nicely on rpgnet and other places speaking to its writing and versatility. I'm proud of all the nice chatter surrounding it. If you're one of those nice people, then thanks. If you're not, why not? :)
Regards,
Sean
P.S. To all you Savages, the wait is not too far off now. Thanks for your patience and patronage.
Posted by razorwise at 06:10 PM
June 02, 2006
The Merry Month of June
Hello All...
I'm finally wrapping up the last of the Savage Tales for RunePunk. I've got a lot more I want to cram into it, but space is filling up fast!
I've put all the finishing touches on the RunePunk Player's Guide and my mind has begun to turn more and more to the next projects...Agents of Oblivion and Iron Dynasty...
In the interim, however, some other things may well be completed.
Orwell Industries (Savage Worlds Edition) is in the que and should be coming up before too long.
Sovereign Nation is moving right along and I'm reviewing some of the potential writers and artists for other projects.
Regards,
Sean
Posted by razorwise at 01:10 PM