I have known about Swords & Wizardry for a long time. I just never really played it much.
Part of the problem was I felt it did not live up to the claim of feeling like a 0e D&D. I had a good retro-clone for that in Spellcraft & Swordplay. But last year I sat down and played a few Swords & Wizardry games and I really loved it.
Part of this was due to +James Spahn's White Star, a game I really enjoy.
Playing this and the publication of Swords & Wizardry 3rd Printing I decided to do a series of Witch books.
My idea was simple really. Produce smaller books featuring a witch class variant for Swords & Wizardry or a compatible game. Each book needed to do a few things for me.
- Each book needed to be a complete class. Everything you need except core rules.
- Each book needed to offer something new, so customers never felt like they were buying the same material over and over. Yes, there has to be some overlap, but I typically want 75% to 80% new material.
- Each book needed to be 100% compatible with the other books. So if you did buy them all you had something that would work together.
So far I think I have met with success.
My S&W Witch books to date have been:
The Witch for Swords & Wizardry Light
Levels 1-5 for SWL.
The Witch: Aiséiligh Tradition for Swords & Wizardry
A new tradition compatible with The Witch and future products.
The Witch: Hedgewitch for the Hero's Journey RPG
The Hedgewitch tradition for the Hero's Journey RPG and 100% compatible with S&W and other witch books.
Of course Sisters of the Aquarian Order.
Witches for the White Star game.
Today I would like to announce the publication of my newest "Witch" book for Swords & Wizardry.
Next week, on Walpurgis Night, I am releasing The Warlock for Swords & Wizardry.
Cover art Copyright 2015 Dean Spencer |
The Warlock includes:
- The Warlock class
- New race: The Teiflings
- Rules for goblin, hobgoblin and bugbear warlocks
- 160+ spells
- 50 Warlock invocations
- New monsters including the Baalseraph, Calabim, Lilim and Shedim demon groups.
- Animal Lords and Faerie Lords
- New Items
I still need to add the art but looking at 64-68 pages.
Hope you all enjoy it! Look for more in the coming week.
This sounds really cool and I have to say, nice choice on the cover art.
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Nice, Timothy! I can't wait to read this.
I added a link for this to the comments at the Tavern.
DeleteThat cover is amazing! Looking forward to seeing this hit the shelves!
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