SYB 0.2 Patch Notes

Additions

• Added the Questionnaire to character creation.

• Added Dungeon Tokens, a DM meta-currency. Currently has fewer features than I would like.

• Added a bit more of my own elemental concepts to the Elemental Attunement section.

• Added Savior Brave difficulty to narrative hurdles.

• Added a few new Dire Consequences.

• New Niches: Forecaster, Nurse, Spymaster.

• New Rest Camp thing to do (NOT an Activity!): Train.

• More progression levers added.

• New ability: Serration (CD3 Utility).

• New masteries for some abilities.

• Played Beacon RPG recently so added the game to Touchstones :]

Removals

• Removed Flat Roll. Effectiveness now scales with changes to Power.

• Removed Edges and Risks for now. They may be reintroduced in the future with better mechanics in place.

• Niches removed: Shelled.

General Changes

• Reordered a bunch of the book’s chapters so it flows better.

• Renamed Game Master (GM) to Dungeon Master (DM).

• Solidified the wording for dice growing and decaying in size.

• Distances are abstracted a bit better than fixed numbers.

• Solidified the Expedition structure (the new name for gameplay structure).

• Reprinted the Effectiveness list for Activities.

• Separated Activities (a single roll) from Hurdles (multiple rolls).

• Forms restructured.

• Grants bonuses to Power instead of Edges (Edges removed).

• Forms have functions, which are reasons to apply the Form to a Check.

• Niches restructured. Some specific ones have been renamed.

• Grant Effectiveness increases instead of “allowing” PCs to do things for free.

• Niches have approaches, which are ways to use the Niche.

• Niches structured with passives and approaches.

• Legendary Niches restructured in accordance to Niche changes.

• Star Rank introduced earlier in the rules. (honestly, it should be in The Basics chapter.)

• Attempted to make positions and zones clearer to understand.

• Combat chapter’s sections reordered.

• Completely changed most of the existing weather patterns to grant bonuses instead of detriments.

• Elemental matchup effects changed to be clearer and less of a hassle, especially for reactions.

• Basic reactions given stat blocks like abilities. Repurposed Impede to Threaten.

• Power now interacts with Attack, Save, and Utility Checks.

• Status Effects slightly changed.

• Some statuses are additive {X}, last for a [X] duration, or are related to dice (dX).

• Many statuses got their names changed.

• Combat Example retuned to work with new rules.

• Buffed MAXHP from 35/40/45/50 → 45/50/55/60.

• Better pregenerated PC section.

• Progression chapter now has specific milestones at 3-star and 5-star.

• Many many many text changes to basic actions and abilities. A few have been renamed, like Whiplash → Lash.

• Moved learnable reactions to their own section in the Abilities list.