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Post by solomoriah on Mar 30, 2015 18:32:55 GMT -6
Announcing!Iron Falcon Rules Release 47 -- March 30, 2015One tiny little thing eluded us in the last proofing pass... the table of 1st level Clerical spells did not have the "st" in superscript. So this release fixes that issue. This is the third print release candidate... but is it the last? ironfalconrpg.comAlso, we're now on Facebook and Google+
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Post by talysman on Mar 30, 2015 20:46:08 GMT -6
That's funny. If you have a thief class, you leave out thieves tools. If you didn't, it would make sense to have them so duffers could try thief stuff You could rename them "lockpicks" and thus leave it up to the GM whether to require them for thieves, give a bonus to thieves using picks, or require them for non-thieves. I once proposed that high-level thieves would go beyond even improvised lockpicks and would be able to open locks Fonzi-style by rapping on them once. As for Iron Falcon: I was only half paying attention at first, because I wasn't sure I was interested in another OD&D clone (I have my own, after all.) But I looked at it briefly and think I should study it more. I particularly like that it spells out very specific rules options, like Director's Cut and the Full Gary, to meet multiple needs. |
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Post by solomoriah on Mar 31, 2015 9:28:55 GMT -6
Announcing!Iron Falcon Rules Release 48 -- March 31, 2015CreateSpace.com found an issue with one of my images; so, here's the fourth print release candidate. Please, guys, look this over and let me know if there are any flow issues (headers separated from the following text or table, paragraphs cut off by images or tables, etc.) ironfalconrpg.com
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Post by Scott Anderson on Mar 31, 2015 10:56:20 GMT -6
What sort of issue would they find?
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Post by solomoriah on Mar 31, 2015 14:38:21 GMT -6
It was the wizard reading a book. Resolution was too low... I thought I had fixed it. That's one of the things I like about CreateSpace... they catch those errors.
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Post by solomoriah on Apr 1, 2015 8:34:05 GMT -6
Announcing!Iron Falcon Rules Release 49 -- April 01, 2015Leonaru found a few errors, listed on the Dragonsfoot forum thread, and I fixed them. This is now the fifth print release candidate. ironfalconrpg.com
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Post by solomoriah on Apr 1, 2015 9:00:56 GMT -6
Okay, so I'm working out the pricing. I want to make $2.00 USD minimum from the paperback, $4.00 USD minimum on the hardback. On Lulu.com, I have to price the paperback at $6.25 each to get my 2 bucks, but on CreateSpace.com I have to go all the way up to $7.75 to get the same profit margin. Egad. Of course, the Amazon price will be discounted after the book has a few sales; the more it sells, the lower Amazon will price it. I have hopes of seeing a sub-$7.00 price on Amazon after a month or two.
The hardback on Lulu.com comes out to $20.00 even to get the $4.00 margin I'm looking for.
I'm not going to activate the books until I get the print copy to review AND I go over the R49 release PDF a few times to make sure there are no flow issues. I'm hoping to get everything going next week.
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Post by kesher on Apr 1, 2015 13:07:26 GMT -6
Whichever POD you go with, IMO those are eminently reasonable prices. On a side note, any chance you could put at least some basic bookmarks in the PDF? It's easy to do, and makes it far less frustrating to navigate a 150 pg. document--I'd even be happy to do it for you.  |
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Post by Scott Anderson on Apr 1, 2015 18:44:59 GMT -6
HEAR YE HEAR YE O RETROCLONE AUTHORS! KESHER WILL BOOKMARK PDFS FOR FREE!
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Post by kesher on Apr 1, 2015 19:52:55 GMT -6
Doods, it's pretty simple these days--and FREE. That being said, I'm always happy to help bookmark a PDF... |
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Post by solomoriah on Apr 1, 2015 22:00:05 GMT -6
Wait until I release the print version; whatever version that is will be on the website for much longer than most releases, so will be more worth the effort.
I'd say it's around 90% likely that R49 is that version, but last-minute changes do happen (this is the 5th print release candidate, after all).
Oh, and thanks!
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Post by kesher on Apr 2, 2015 8:33:17 GMT -6
Wait until I release the print version; whatever version that is will be on the website for much longer than most releases, so will be more worth the effort. I'd say it's around 90% likely that R49 is that version, but last-minute changes do happen (this is the 5th print release candidate, after all). Oh, and thanks! My pleasure! Just PM me whenever you're ready. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 11:33:44 GMT -6
Chris, I finally got around to going over to DF and reading that thread, and all I can say is that I wish I had discovered this thread sooner so that I could have chimed in and encouraged you to do some of the things that you were asking for input on. I think you had some good ideas there.
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Post by Scott Anderson on Apr 2, 2015 12:59:33 GMT -6
This is a Really Good Game. Chris got it right.
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Post by solomoriah on Apr 3, 2015 15:54:17 GMT -6
Thanks, guys! Oh, and Scott? Awesome avatar. ... I'm running a TSGS Sci-Fi game online, and just saw some of the worst die rolls ever by the players, and much better rolls by the alien monster fighting them. It's very entertaining...  |
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Post by solomoriah on Apr 9, 2015 22:01:35 GMT -6
The game is live on Lulu.com here: www.lulu.com/spotlight/chrisgonnerman ! The game should be up on Amazon.com in the next day or so. I just received the proof copy I ordered last week, which was R48 rather than the R49 that I just activated. I pulled it out of the box and marveled at the beautiful reproduction of Al Cook's cover art; then I held it up for my wife to admire. This put the back toward me, and I immediately saw an error. Gah. So I fixed up the back cover, uploaded new cover designs, and made it live. Since I'm trying to make my projects pay for themselves, I won't be able to order a hardback for myself until I make some sales. (I used proceeds from the RPG Primer to pay for the paperback.) Anyway... thanks to everyone who offered advice on this project (even the complaints), and special thanks to Al Cook for the cover art and James Lemon for proofreading! |
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Post by solomoriah on Apr 10, 2015 21:33:53 GMT -6
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Post by solomoriah on Apr 11, 2015 8:33:21 GMT -6
If you plan to order a copy from Lulu, please note there's a 30% off sale through tomorrow:
"Today through April 12, you can get 30% off all print books with code APRIL30."
Remember to capitalize the code... they're silly that way.
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Post by solomoriah on May 30, 2015 19:45:27 GMT -6
Hey, just thought I'd mention that I now have a module, containing two short adventures, available on the ironfalconrpg.com home page. Iron Falcon Adventures One consists of the Dungeon of Kyros, a single level dungeon created by my late friend Alan Jett, and the Dragon of Duncaster, a small dungeon adventure featuring a dragon (amazing, right?) as well as other monsters and strangenesses. Dragon of Duncaster was written by myself and Steve "Longman" McKenzie, and will be the adventure I run at Quincon in Quincy, Illinois this July. |
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Post by solomoriah on Jun 5, 2015 22:38:08 GMT -6
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Post by kesher on Jun 6, 2015 13:14:34 GMT -6
Man, that looks great! Nice clean layout, easy to read. I'll be honest--I wasn't planning to buy a hardcopy of IF but, between the pleasing aesthetics and the extremely reasonable price, I just ordered the softcover. Oh, and I'm still willing to bookmark the PDF, if you like... Scratch that--I see you did a splendid job! |
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Post by solomoriah on Jun 7, 2015 11:29:27 GMT -6
Bookmarking has become automatic in LibreOffice, apparently. Cool, eh? So I'm creating pregen characters for Quincon, and I'm planning to use the Extended Spellbook Interpretation. That makes rolling the spells a bit of a chore, even for characters who only have 1st and 2nd level spells; so to make things easier, I created an online tool. Besides the spellbook generator, I also put my die roller on the page for convenience. You can find them both here: ironfalconrpg.com/tools.html |
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Post by kesher on Jun 10, 2015 8:54:08 GMT -6
Just got my softcover in the mail yesterday! This is a nice physical artifact--generous layout and font size, the eye tracks easily over the pages, and the organization of contents is intuitive. I also like the negative-style black and white cover and the IF shield logo. I'd say you accomplished exactly what you set out to do! |
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Post by solomoriah on Jun 20, 2015 17:49:50 GMT -6
Thanks, Kesher, both for the kind words and for purchasing a copy!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 10:49:22 GMT -6
Great job Chris! Fantastic!
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Post by solomoriah on Jul 4, 2015 20:56:33 GMT -6
Thanks, Dreamer! Glad you like it!
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Post by bycrom on Sept 24, 2015 10:15:46 GMT -6
But this is fantastic, by Crom! Just wanted to say thank you for such an excellent job. Have ordered the Lulu hardcover after reading the pdf, an exalt to you, oh dutiful scribe of the eldritch elder sage Gygarneson!
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Post by Mike on Nov 29, 2015 1:07:22 GMT -6
Chris will there be a rich text version for modding as there is with Basic FRP?
Thanks
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Post by Porphyre on Dec 28, 2015 12:16:31 GMT -6
Hi, solomoriah,
I just discivered this thread and your retro clone.
I'm not finished reading all of it, so I might ask questions that you already aswered olsewhere, in which case I apologize in advance.
I presentely have one question. If I did unterstand welle, clerical Vade Retro is determined by 1d20 like in AD&D , and not by 2d6 as per Men & Magic.
Is is a personnal choice for more granularity? Is it because of the SRD?
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Post by solomoriah on Jul 12, 2016 8:55:21 GMT -6
Chris will there be a rich text version for modding as there is with Basic FRP? Thanks Well, evidently I don't get notifications for this forum. Sorry I didn't reply to this when you posted it. No, I'm sorry, there will not be an editable version. Unlike Basic Fantasy RPG, Iron Falcon is not a collaborative project as such; I'm actually making a small amount of money from it (enough to buy copies to give away at a local convention, but not nearly enough to buy art). Hi, solomoriah, I just discivered this thread and your retro clone. I'm not finished reading all of it, so I might ask questions that you already aswered olsewhere, in which case I apologize in advance. I presentely have one question. If I did unterstand welle, clerical Vade Retro is determined by 1d20 like in AD&D , and not by 2d6 as per Men & Magic. Is is a personnal choice for more granularity? Is it because of the SRD? Is "Vade Retro" "Turn Undead" in English? If so, it was done for granularity, and to differentiate the game from the source material "harmlessly." The odds are about the same, as close as I could make them while doing it that way. |
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