I wanted to get this update out before going on vacation, even though I'm taking my archaic laptop with me. So, what's new for August?
THE SPARKPLUG CHRONICLES
"A dying world of living machines, slave races, and alien blight, where scavengers brave toxic wastelands to loot the ruins of a future that never should have been."
To say this has taken a life of its own is an understatement. At 42,000 words so far, this is likely going to be a full-fledged campaign setting like Amethyst, and not a smaller one like Threshold. This post-apocalyptic, retro, alternative reality biopunk extraction shooter RPG already features seven new species, six new backgrounds, and I've started the new equipment chapter, where I have decided, for the first time in eight years, to finally deconstruct ULTRAMODERN5's weapon listings. Instead of using generic terms for firearms, where one entry represents dozens of different guns, actual, real weapons are being listed with UM5 stats.
Using UM5 jargon, this is limited to TL0 and TL1, but there are already fifty new entries just for those. If we decide to release a UM5 Armoury, I may continue this pattern and expand the rest.
As mentioned previously, we are going to announce a Kickstarter just to fund the additional artwork required. This would be similar to our first KS, where it will be a PDF/POD with a very low goal. Those receiving it as part of a reward need not back, but it would go a long way to helping us get this book to where we would like it.
ULTRAMODERN BESTIARY
By now, many of you have seen the postings about our Ultramodern Bestiary. We collected nearly every monster Dias Ex Machina has created over its 5E history and put them all under one roof. Then we added about a hundred more.
