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For those who've been following Transylvanian Adventures, it is probably no surprise that this haphazardly updated blog has been hand-in-hand with the TATG forum over on the  Goodman Games website . About a week ago, I posted that I'd show a glimpse at the TATG character sheet when that forum logged its 20,000th view. Much to my amazement, it eclipsed the 20K mark in no time. So here is the TATG character sheet, filled out with the details of one of the playtest characters -- H. Meneleus Collins, Esquire -- an 8th level Polymath played by Tony Hogard. Enjoy! And thanks again for all your support and interest in  Transylvanian Adventures. The first book is almost to layout.
Going Back to Where It All Began A short while ago, I put together a high-level play test of Transylvanian Adventures using the module that started it all. You've probably guessed it already but it was the original adventure for the World's Most Popular Fantasy Roleplaying Game. Rhymes with Hassle Gravencroft . What I Learned I learned many things about both old-school modules and the game supplement I'd been putting together. Maybe I'll share my old-school observations at some point in the future. But in the interest of brevity, I'd like to stick to what I'd learned about Transylvanian Adventures . High-level adventuring in Transylvanian Adventures is nothing like high-level adventuring in DCC Especially at this point in time. Spells and magic aren't the same. They're similar. But very different. Giles (from Buffy ) is different from Gandalf who, himself, is different from the typical 10th level DCC Wizard. Even though all three of thos

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Status Update It was recently brought to my attention over on the Goodman Games' forums  that I hadn't updated the blog in 3 MONTHS. Oh wow. Sorry about that. I've been busy trying to finish up the first book. The past few months have seen some significant changes to the manuscript. These include: A rewrite of the Sample Adventure that adds more decision paths A rewrite of the way some of the sample spells work A rewrite of the Fear mechanics An update of the DCs listed in the book to rectify some of the issues I'd observed in playtesting An overhaul of the character sheet A rewrite of the Character Classes chapter (marking the third and fourth revisions of that chapter) At the moment, this is where the first book stands. Transylvanian Adventures (Book 1) I: Introduction (Ready for Layout) Players and Judges II: Rule Enhancements (Ready for Layout) III: 0-Level Adventurers (Ready for Layout) IV: Character Classes (Needs one more proofread) V: