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Breachworld Kickstarter: Less Than 70 Hours to Go! Plus Q&A!

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The Breachworld logo.

Set to reach completion on April 6, Jason Richards Publishing’s Breachworld RPG has soared to nearly 10000 in funding so far. The proud and ecstatic backers have unlocked many digital stretch goals, which are available for most pledge levels. These digital goods are supplemental folios which entail more than just stats and a brief description to help players, DMs, and the role playing experience altogether (see the Q&A section below for more information.) The creator, Jason, has also made these folios a “pay what you want” feature, making them quite affordable for any backer (and free for any Superior Supporter pledge levels!) Unlocked so far are:

▪ Complete Player Race Folio
▪ Complete Creature Folio
▪ Hollow Mage Playable Race Folio
▪ Minotaur Playable Race Folio
▪ Dinosaur Creature Folio
▪ Destination: Smokey Folio
▪ NPC Folio

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More information about Hardhats and other creatures/races is only available in the folios!

At 10000, we will have unlocked a full, point by point plot adventure supplement, making it even easier to jump in to this brand new RPG. Being contemplated for the 10500 goal are a Mythical Creatures Folio, another Destination Folio, and possibly releasing the Martial Artist for early playtesting. Jason also hints at a nice upgrade for the physical books; a wrap around cover with Kickstarter exclusive art! This is just theorized, of course, though he is pouring all of the funds from this project into the product itself, whether it be the artwork or the professional editing of the folios, so an upgraded book doesn’t seem too farfetched.
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Toon Tuesday: Rok the Tokanii Wilderness Scout (Rifts)

Game: Palladium Books’ Rifts RPG
Books Needed: Rifts Ultimate Edition, Rifts World Book 30: D-Bees of North America
Recommended Setting: Great Barrier in North America, a campaign that involves a lot of travel and camping. Also good as an NPC guide through mountainous regions.

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Bone armour represents 80% of the fearsome Tokanii's M.D.C., due to their appearance, they are often regarded as monstrous demons.

General Information
Name: Rok
Exp. Level: One
R.C.C.: Tokanii (Ronii Tribe)
O.C.C.: Wilderness Scout
Alignment: Unprincipled
Invoke Trust/Intimidate: Not applicable.
Charm/Impress: Not applicable.
Health Points: 30 (+1D6/lvl)
S.D.C.: Not applicable.
M.D.C.: 217 (+4D6 M.D.C./lvl, +10 M.D.C. for each 20 years of age)
P.P.E.: 17
Chi: Not applicable.
Horror Factor: 13

Stats
IQ: 12
MA: 9
ME: 13
PS: Supernatural 26 (Lift/Carry: 2600/1300lbs)
PP: 15
PE: Supernatural 24
PB: 6 (by human standards)
SPD: 32 (Run: 22 mph)
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Toon Tuesday: Luke the River Folk Thief (Breachworld)

My first toon for Toon Tuesday hails from the up and coming RPG that got me back into blogging and, with any luck, regular gaming. It’s rekindled my burning fire to DM and write characters for fun. I want to take a moment to note that my cultural information will be different from the original world building, but until the advanced race folios are released I can only speculate and conjure, like any DM. Enjoy!

Game: Breachworld
Recommended Setting: Any campaign type where stealth is necessary. Heist campaigns, espionage, infiltration, etc.
Recommended Player Type: Someone who wants to play a smooth-talking theif who lives for the thrill of the heist. Players who are willing to be the “bad guy”, without that necessarily meaning that they are evil or make evil decisions – this character makes for a fun grey area on the morality scale (she is by no means evil or malicious, nor is she a “Robin Hood” archetype.)

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A River Folk.

Name: Grinnluk Riverwolf A.K.A. Luke
Race: River Folk

Might: 1D
Agility: 3D
Wit: 3D
Charm: 4D+1

Skills: 1D Athletics, 1D Throw, 1D Stealth, 3D Pick Locks (advanced locks, specialized), 2D Diplomacy.
Aether Feats: None.

Perks: Swimmer: Major (racial).

Complications: Environmental Weakness (racial), Infamous.

Gear: Weapon: Throwing Knives (x12, 1D), Armour: Padded (black, +1), Climbing Gear, Screen, Datacard, Binoculars, Toolbag (lock picking kit included).

Background: She was born of the Riverwolf Streamclan, a small community of River Folk living on and beneath a lagoon. She is the eldest child of the Scalequeen (a title given to the leading elder, typically female,) and is skilled in diplomacy as an ambassador to other Streamclans and human towns. She left as part of a party to purchase the parts they needed for a purification pump and tools, as their lagoon had suffered a landslide and they needed to cleanse and unearth their homes. After her party made it to the town, they found that the parts and tools were too expensive for even the whole Streamclan to buy, so they made plans to go to the next town, a 3 day journey away. Deciding it was too far from their home, with many of her Streamclan trapped in their homes, Luke utilized her stealth to break into the shop and steal away the items, leaving behind the pearls they brought to trade with hidden for the owner to find later. Of course, her party was questioned, but through her cunning and diplomacy, they were quickly released. They returned in time to save their people, and Luke began to practice her lock picking and stealth, feeling the thrill of the theft in her scales. After a number of high profile thefts, she became infamous (though not easily distinguished from others of her race,) but manages to sneak by each time with some quick thinking and well placed words. Also using her skills, she has aquired several tools and items that help her with her thefts.

Happy gaming,
TheDungeonRat

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