It's Alive...Liber Arcanum Update

After months of art, editing, and layout, we are pleased to finally announce the release of Liber Arcanum. 

Found in the back of the closet of a long dead wizard – 

Liber Arcanum

The Book of Secrets, a treasure trove of new spells and patrons for Wizards and Elves. This Compendium of lost arcane lore is compatible with Dungeon Crawl Classics and is intended as an aid for the busy Storyteller.

·       Inside you will find:

o   Several new banes and powers for magic weapons

o   40 pre-generated magic weapons

o   6 new patrons

o   46 new spells

o   And a plethora of new ideas to inspire and terrify your players. You will find options to tweak and customize the nature of magic and how it works in your gaming environment, as well as new item creation spells, the rules for spells of greater than 5^th level and much, much more.

All just waiting for your players to stumble upon the moldering remains of the Book of Secrets.

Availablethrough Drive Thru RPG in digital format only $9.99 (click link here)

Coming soon from Cognition Pressworks...

Liber Arcanum in print version. 

Update: Liber Arcanum

Happy New year everyone! 

Liber Arcanum, our newest addition to Goodman Games' Dungeon Crawl Classics list of supplements is progressing along quite well all things considered.  We've added another artist to the team and are proud to welcome Min McGreggor to our intrepid band of illustrators.  She has given me permission to post this little gem that was sent to our email in the wee hours of the morning yesterday; just waiting for placement in the layout.

 

Illustration by Min McGreggor 

(9x6 inches)

We're working our way through all the largest pieces and the book is starting to look great.  This will take as long as it takes, but we're already off to a great start in 2014!

Thanx from all of us at Cognition Pressworks for taking the time to check up on us; we appreciate your support.

Later than the latest News...

Well,

I Did it again... I got so caught up in Liber Arcanum that I totally forgot to let everyone know that it has received the approval from Goodman Games!   Nearly 3 weeks ago...  :)  Since then I finalized the layout and started filling it with illustrations.  This is by far the longest part of the process, but things are progressing a few more feet towards the finish line every day.

Here is some random art shots from the book:

Some Shields:

And here's an Arcane casting diagram:

More later...

Latest News

I always forget to up date this blog. Now that I have the time I should take some to catch up on everything that got shoved under the rug... so to speak.   :)

Liber Arcanum is moving though all the usual growing pains; most recently I had to re-write two of the 6 Patrons to make the folks over at Goodman Games happy.  There was about 18-25 pages of revisions that have been re-submitted and now that GenCon is over I should be hearing from GG soon as to whether or not this project gets to move forward.

If the project lives past its next review then I can create the final layout and set the artists loose on the project.  Not sure how long it will take to complete the project and get it to market; all the variables are out of my control at this point.  That's assuming that I actually had any control to begin with.  ;)

This is only the second time I've tried to do something like this, but it seems like there is a point in these projects when I must sit back and watch everything unfold as it will.  It may be an excellent lesson on the nature and need for practicing the serene art of Surrender; but it also involves a lot of thumb-twiddling, so I've already started working on more material for future publications...

More later,
Thanx for checking in.

So... Its on to the next project

Liber Arcanum is off to a great start so far and I'm nearly done with the 2nd draft.  I've moved on to the point where I'm securing the services of artists for this project and I wanted to share a test pic that was sent to me the other day.  I love the way she captures the elven distaste for anything not elven!

 

Art by Laura Bost

What are we up to?

The wordsmith is hard at work on his next piece, Liber Arcanum.  As we speak it is in final first draft and preparing to be released for art submissions and editing.  Shortly behind it is the Book of Lost Runes.  Play testing starts next week!  Be patient, we are hoping for a fall release, all things being equal.  Stay tuned for further updates.

Critters, Creatures, and Denizens Released!

At last, the time has come.  Cognition Pressworks is proud to announce the long-awaited release of

   Critters, Creatures, and Denizens. 

A new book of monstrous surprises and new ideas for the Dungeon Crawl Classics Roll Play Game. In its pages are:

· More than 120 Pre-generated DCC RPG compatible creature entries from the banal to the horrific with more than 400 variations for size and other subtypes.

· More than 7 templates that transform the stock creatures into zombies, skeletons,  lycanthropes, and more…

· The guidelines and definitions needed to create your own creatures that will scale  appropriately with the DCC RPG environment.

· Two tables with more than 30 mutations so you can create so many variations that your grandchildren will still be using this manual to create original combinations!

Optional rules for:

· Familiars, critters with class levels, and more…

· Overland and table top movement for those who love a safari…

· New sources for magic items…

Things you will not find in this work:

· Treasure tables. Most creatures don’t bother, and the ones who do are likely to be using whatever it is against the players. Besides, every Judge and Storyteller has their own ideas on appropriate treasure so why bother to codify things with tables?

· Threat ratings and encounter balancing architecture, because only you can know what your players can and cannot handle. Besides, the creatures of the wild don’t look for targets of equivalent strength.  They hunt the weak, the sick, and the lame… aka: adventurers…

Now available two formats.

In print ($14.99 plus shipping) at lulu.com

Digital download ($9.99) at d20pfsrd.com

We will also be at GameStorm with Guardian Games in late March.

Get your copy now!