Weekly DevDiary

Hey Critical Crew!

Heading into the weekend, and wanted to share what we've been up to this week!

• As you may have heard, our fearless leader Dillon has been on a (much, much needed) vacation, while they've been off the grid. Despite the lack of internet, he has somehow still managed to sneak us some pictures of what he's been doing in his time off... and he STILL managed to sneak some D&D into their time away. 😅 We received this picture of one of the numerous miniatures he has been catching up on some painting with! 

• November's "The Dark Below" has us heading back beneath the surface and exploring the regions around (and beyond) Edyn. We felt a regional map would be a perfect inclusion with this release, to help contextualize just how wide-spread and alien some of these caverns are!

• Speaking of maps, Cameron has been plugging away at maps for November's release throughout this past week. Pictured above is one from an upcoming encounter (where a fearsome group of Blank Tunnelers unexpectedly erupt outward from the narrow fissures along the sides of the tunnel. This encounter will also feature a variant of the map where the side tunnels are not yet exposed - to keep your players surprised when an otherwise seemingly harmless tunnel suddenly turns into a deadly encounter.

• As always, we are continually having artwork for future releases. January's undead-themed "The Wretched Dead" has us bringing back an undead version of one of our old favorites: the Venatorarmus! Because who DOESN'T need an undead dino??

• And lastly, we also had an exciting announcement earlier this week regarding Playtesting and (one of 👀) our upcoming player class(es): the gunslinging Renegade! If you missed it, you can find the specifics in the previous announcement post. We've already had some of the new Playtesters in the Discord diving into it and providing feedback, as well as getting their own tables prepared to run it. We are super excited for this latest development, and can't wait to hear from you all. If you're interested on getting your hands on this, be sure to join us on the Discord!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

- the Critical Crafting team