Crowns 2e is on Backerkit Right Now!

Pledge now at the link below!!!

Crowns 1e is an Add-On!

Physical Copies of Crowns 1e can be added onto your physical order for Crowns 2e for only $5!!! That is the cheapest we have ever and will ever let the physical zines of Crowns 1e go for!

In other news... Crowns 1e is Also Getting an Update!

The adventure “Mud, Blood, and Stone” is being remastered over the next few weeks to include a version compatible with Crowns 1e. Similarly, the Crowns 2e starting adventure The Abbey Lost to the Trees will soon be updated with a Crowns 1e compatible version!

In the wake the success of the Crowns 2e Backerkit, I’ll be going through and remastering Season of Crows and the Feat Cards Fortune Teller (not the cards themselves, those are great as is).

Back to the Elephant in the Room

Early Bird Backers (those who back in the first 48 hours) are given a free PDF of the new Crowns 2e Title Cards (the equavelent of the Feat Cards) FOR FREE.

For Backers who originally backed Crowns 1e, you will be given the PRINT and PDF of those TITLE CARDS FOR FREE (requires a purchase of at least one physical tiered item).

What's new in 2e?

The first edition took a lot of influence from Mausritter and Into the Odd, the second edition was mostly influenced by the Crowns 1e (can’t forget where you came from) and B/X D&D.

Here’s what 2e has mechanically (content-wise there is much more as well) that is different from the first:

• Dedicated Peril/Fear system
• Improved monster utility and tactical combat
• Wounds (now there’s specific systems for breaking bones, getting limbs severed, being disembowled, etc)
• Weapons are more unique
• No more rolling for damage, there is only a to-hit roll which is transferred into damage
• Experience is now called “Renown” and is gained from more than just treasure
• A solid system for owning Keeps, expanding them, upgrading them, and ruling over holdings
• Ability scores only increase through spending time training during Downtime, level ups are exclusively for new Titles

If you notice, most of that has to do with combat and Resolve. Here’s what has remained mostly the same but has been updated:

• The dungeon delving is a lot more condensed and functional
• Spells are still roll-to-cast with power dice but it’s a more fluid system, kind of a mix of Mausritter, GLOG, and Dungeon Crawl Classics
• Monsters still have their sub-species tables but these are a lot more functional than they used to be, actually altering all monster’s stats
• The settlements/refuge system has been greatly improved
• Downtime is lot more useful and expanded on
• The Region and Dungeon generators are WAY better now
• The Feat system has been reworked into a Title system that is very very similar, but rebalanced and more succinct
• The Inventory System is much better, and no longer arts-and-craft inventory
• The Warbands system is greatly improved

Separate from mechanics, just content wise, here’s the new stuff:

• 80+ monsters, with new rules for Elite and Solo monsters that make them act differently in combat and create dynamic fights with very little prep
• Tables and tables of treasure with millions of permutations, almost all of it actually effecting the value of the item
• 20 spells, each with their own custom Spellcasting Table, Ritual Components, Anima (source), and Obscura (limiter)
• 36 potions, each with a unique taste and smell
• 10 classes of artifacts (each with unique abilities, random lore tables, and different forms they can take)
• 12 unique wonders (some with sub-tables)
• And more

The games are very different, similar to a jump between 2e and 3e in terms of compatibility. It can be done, but if you’re bringing characters over it may just be best to remake them using the Crowns 2e system, which shouldn’t be very hard at all.***

The pledge levels are:

Dark Arts Occultist — $10

• One (1) full-art PDF copy of Crowns 2e
• Get your name in the credits

Veteran Militiaman — $20

• One (1) print-on-demand (casebound hardcover) copy of Crowns 2e
• Get your name in the credits

Heathen Sellsword — $25

• One (1) print-on-demand (casebound hardcover) copy of Crowns 2e
• One (1) PDF copy of Crowns 2e
• Get your name in the credits

Seeker of Legend — $40

• One (1) limited-edition offset-print (sewn binding, two bookmark ribbons, hardcover) copy of Crowns 2e, exclusive to this Backerkit campaign, the definitive edition of Crowns 2e
• One (1) full-art PDF copy of Crowns 2e
• Get your name in the credits

Check out the campaign today!

Let's hit those stretch goals!

until next time…

Good Luck on your Adventures!

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