For the Conquerors and Kings, I'm pleased to share two new character classes (the corsair and the priestess of Naurivus), three new spells, and six new options for shaman totem animals. Enjoy!
P.S. Do you think "Pirates of the Flowering Isles" or "Pirates of the Syrnasos" is a better name?
2024-02-25 23:44:29 +0000 UTC View PostI have lately begun development of a "saltbox" campaign for ACKS II based on the Syrnasos Islands. In working on that campaign, I came to realize that a number of monsters -- primarily sea creatures -- were "missing" from the ACKS II Monstrous Manual.
Accordingly I set out to create them. The new monsters are:
Your Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. Join me tomorrow at 2PM ET.
2024-02-25 01:17:05 +0000 UTC View PostYour Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. It's the first chat of the New Year! I am continuously shocked at how fast 1:1 time passes.
My friends! It is I, Sürcaneus of Cyfaraun. I know that it has been many weeks since you have last heard from me, for which my apologies are profuse; I was invited to participate in a mushroom beer festival and, well, I don't much remember the last few weeks.
In any case, I assure you that my out reach today is worth your atte...
2024-01-16 03:41:18 +0000 UTC View PostFriends, Aurans, Countrymen,
As I mentioned in my last update, my plan for the Adventurer tier of the Patreon is going to be to slowly update everything to ACKS II.
Today I am delighted to share with you the first draft of what will be an ongoing process of updating Domains at War: Battles.
T...
2024-01-15 22:43:13 +0000 UTC View PostFriends, Aurans, Countrymen,
It's 2024. That means we don't live in the past or the present anymore. We live in the future. And therefore it's time to talk about the future of this Patreon.
Over the last year I shifted this Patreon from monthly articles to a new workflow built around the release of ACKS II. Adventurers received month...
2024-01-03 21:26:06 +0000 UTC View PostYour Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. It's the last chat of the year and it'll be a doozy. We will discuss decisions made about the future of this Patreon (yay!) and do a deep dive into the new spreadsheets for Domains at War!
2023-12-30 20:26:57 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas, patrons! It's time for our December update. Since the ACKS II Kickstarter has ended, offering you the ACKS II Kickstarter playtest rules isn't enough! You demand more, and I provide more. Today I provide you with an update to the rules for calculating Battle Rating.
Why an update? Well, it's complex.... 2023-12-26 00:43:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Your Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. The topic will be future of this Patreon (in a good way, don't worry). I'll speak to you all then!
2023-11-20 20:04:08 +0000 UTC View PostConquerors, here's the latest update to the Judges Journal. As with the Revised Rulebook, I have formatted it as a Bookmarked PDF.
2023-11-03 19:39:11 +0000 UTC View PostAdventurers, here's the latest version of the ACKS II Revised Rulebook. The new classes are not entirely finished (I'm still working on Witches) but I didn't want to delay too long because I know you are all eager to see the latest updates.
I've released this version in bookmarked PDF. Hopefully I have not failed my Knowledge (MS WORD) pro...
2023-11-03 19:34:53 +0000 UTC View PostYour Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. The topic will, of course, be the abundant love and goodwill with which the success of ACKS II has met in the broader OSR community. I'll speak to you all then!
2023-10-28 19:10:07 +0000 UTC View PostConquerors, today I have a new ACKS II Judges Journal for your review.
This is a MAJOR update:
Hello, Adventurers! Today I have an update of the ACKS II Revised Rulebook. I also have a complete set of mortal wounds and tampering with mortality tables for your use. Those are available at the Dropbox links below.
2023-10-06 17:59:31 +0000 UTC View PostYour Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. The topic will, of course, be the forthcoming ACKS Imperial Imprint. We will unite tomorrow, September 31st (cough ok October 1st) at 2:00PM.
2023-09-30 18:06:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey Conquerors! Here's an update to the Judges Journal. Progress continues!
2023-09-20 21:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostMinor updates in this version of the Judge's Journal. In particular you will see a revised approach to dealing with random encounters that now affords more likelihood of "civilized" encounters and less likelihood of "monster' encounters depending on territory classification, that is properly tuned to the population density of hexes.
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2023-09-02 20:43:51 +0000 UTC View PostHello Adventurers, Conquerors, Kings, Emperors, and other associated Patrons -
Here is v109 of the ACKS II Revised Rulebook. Recent changes are highlighted in yellow.
Your Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. The topic will, of course, be the forthcoming ACKS Imperial Imprint. While normally we would unite on August 27th, due to events occurring this weekend [Mrs Archon birthday] I have decided to hold it on August 30th at 6:30PM. See you then.
2023-08-25 22:52:19 +0000 UTC View PostFriends, Aurans, countrymen - I give you v105 of the ACKS II Revised Rulebook. This update is relatively small as we are very close to finalizing the text. A few changes to note:
- "ordinary damage" has been renamed "mundane damage". This re-labeling avoids confusion with natural language references to the ordinary damage that an attack do...
2023-08-08 02:31:11 +0000 UTC View PostYour Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. The topic will, of course, be the forthcoming ACKS Imperial Imprint.
2023-07-28 04:46:53 +0000 UTC View PostConquerors - I didn't make as much progress on the Judges Journal this month as I'd hoped. It turned out that in order to finish the JJ I had to finish the Monstrous Manual and the Monstrous Manual has been, well, a monster.
Friends, Aurans, countrymen - I give you v100 of the ACKS II Revised Rulebook. Changes are marked in Yellow Highlight. The new rules include foraging for firewood, three new weather conditions, more poisons, etc.
While there a few missing spells (reserved for backers) this book is essentially complete.
Your Majesties,
Here is the latest and greatest draft of the Monstrous Manual. This is very much an "in progress" draft so do not necessarily take anything as final. There has been massive progress since the last draft.
As of v29, the book got so long and complex in its formatting that I had to spread it out between multiple differen...
2023-07-07 21:42:33 +0000 UTC View PostYour Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. The topic will, of course, be the forthcoming ACKS Imperial Imprint.
2023-06-22 17:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostYour Majesties,
Here is the latest and greatest draft of the Monstrous Manual. This is very much an "in progress" draft so do not necessarily take anything as final. Nevertheless it should give you a good illustration of how we'll be proceeding!
2023-06-05 18:56:56 +0000 UTC View PostConquerors, Kings, Emperors!
Attached please find the latest draft of the ACKS II Judges Journal v26. This book is considerably less complete than Revised Rulebook but nevertheless chok full of good things.
Friends! Aurans! Countrymen. I am now releasing version 98 of the ACKS II Revised Rulebook to all Adventurer, Conqueror, and King tier backers.
ACKS II RR is a fully-playable game ready for you to introduce into your campaigns. While some minor edits remain, the number of "bugs" is probably less than the number of bugs in the extant ACKS I...
2023-06-04 22:31:35 +0000 UTC View PostYour Royal Majesties, the time for our monthly chat is at hand. The topic will, of course, be the forthcoming ACKS Imperial Imprint.
2023-05-25 22:02:25 +0000 UTC View Post