Witch Beta & Artificer Updates!

Hey everyone! I'm excited to send some updates on the witch and artificer classes. First off, the Witch is now called Hexbinder. I wanted something a bit more evocative, and Hexbinder works on so many different levels: it better describes what the class is like (HEX is in the name now, for crying out loud!), and binding has double meaning of both healing and harming which fits perfectly I think. It also has the added benefit of avoiding any unintended real-world connotations. I think it's a really good fit! What do you think?

The Hexbinder class is now ready for beta testing (download it below). Both subclasses, and all of her features and spells are now more fully fleshed out. Expect most balance to be in the right neighborhood, but there may be a feature or two that are completely broken—that's what testing is for! One final thing that has changed, the layout is now going back to a more typical A5 sized zine rather than a trifold layout. I love the trifold layout but not as many Printing companies support that format, so back to zines it is! It also gives a bit more flexibility in terms of how much content there is, I can just add a few more pages to the zine if necessary.

Test it out and let me know any feedback you have!

Artificer

Progress is coming along nicely (see above for the latest draft art), as for the name I'm leaning toward something like Mechanist. "Artificer" as a name brings with it certain preconceptions that I may not want to set up—for instance, almost every "artificer" type of class I've seen is just a middling spellcaster. That's not the direction I'm going, this class will not cast spells, it will use inventions!

One more little gadget our Artificer class can create, the handy-dandy SAFETY BUDDY!

Safety Buddy. Summon a 1 hp single-use construct to Interpose for an ally within Reach 2 instead of you. Upgrades:

• Advanced Propulsion System. +2 Reach.

• Explosive Framework. On death: deal INT d6 damage to attacker. They gain Smoldering.

• Reusable parts. +1 Safety buddy

As ever, the name may change (I generally think of silly names first), but the ideas feels really cool! As the Artificer levels up they can select new gadgets and inventions and customize them to push the class in a variety of directions. It could fill a very glass cannon/heavy damage role, or that of a tank, or a flexible support class—depending on which inventions and gadgets you bring to the fight.

Ooo, that feels so cool :D

One more thing…🎉 I'M EXPECTING THE WET PROOFS THIS FRIDAY!! 🎉

And you better believe I'm going to do a detailed livestream when they come in. 💪

Thanks all for your continued support. I've got a lot more to announce later, got some BIG plans!

-Evan