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Utherwald Press / The Shackletons

« on: November 19, 2018, 04:14:57 PM »

The world of Darmonica boasts many different organisations, ranging from small outfits to transnational corporate entities. Each one has varying levels of influence and reach, all determining their impact upon the world. One organisation that has made a name for itself (though some say infamously so) is the Shackleton Detective Agency.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/11/the-shackletons.html

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Utherwald Press / Frozen Skies Episode 11: Of Leaders and Trailers

« on: November 12, 2018, 03:59:51 PM »

Last time on Adventures of the Waylander, the crew had dealt with the military court martial of ship's doctor Herbert Schilling. They had also come across an air hulk in the ocean crossing on their return back to Alyeska, managing to successfully tow the derelict airship back to port. This session saw the tying up of loose ends and making decisions that will affect the crew's future.
http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/11/frozen-skes-episode-11-of-leaders-and.html

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Utherwald Press / Darkwatch: Welcome to Ravenscroft

« on: November 05, 2018, 04:00:24 PM »

Couple of months back I was going over ideas for various setting ideas other than Frozen Skies, this included a dark fantasy setting called Darkwatch. I'm still hashing out ideas and getting details set down in concrete. Part of this is finally naming and getting down some details on the city thats the core of the setting.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/11/darkwatch-welcome-to-ravenscroft.html

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Utherwald Press / Frozen Skies Episode 10: Venture Edition

« on: October 29, 2018, 04:00:56 PM »

Last week, the crew of the Waylander headed to the Commonwealth's Home Isles to answer the summons of Reginald's father. The family reunion proved to be short and bitter sweet as Reginald found himself being disowned by his family in addition to their lodgings being burned down under somewhat hazy circumstances. It was finally decided to take care of some outstanding business and head back to Alyeska to get Herbert's court martial out of the way.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/10/frozen-skies-episode-10-venture-edition.html

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Utherwald Press / The Skywrights Guild

« on: October 22, 2018, 08:05:37 PM »

Since it featured in the most recent session of the Frozen Skies campaign has has already been mentioned a few times on the blog, figured its time to detail the Skywrights Guild. It is a powerful organisation, able to build and maintain a fleet of airships, and wields a fair amount of influence. Whilst it dominates the airship market, it isn't without rivals.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/10/the-skywrights-guild.html

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Utherwald Press / Frozen Skies Episode 9: Home (Isles) Bound

« on: October 15, 2018, 09:54:29 AM »

After their tussle with the Dark Claws, the crew of the Waylander opt to head to the Commonwealth's Home Isles to answer the summons of Reginald's father. Did mean that Herbert's court martial was postponed again for another session, this was a necessity as one of the players was out of the country and had asked to be present for the court martial. Though it did mean that the players got to visit and learn more about the world outside of Alyeska.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/10/frozen-skies-episode-9-home-isles-bound.html

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Utherwald Press / Re: Frozen Skies: SWADE Edition

« on: October 09, 2018, 09:37:27 AM »

As I understand things;
*Yes, they'll be updating their core books and settings.
*They'll release a free PDF conversion guide.
*Current edition (Deluxe Explorer's Edition) will still be fine, hence why they're releasing the conversion guide mentioned above.
From the previews they've shown they've changed skills and added so-called 'everyman skills', tweaked the chase rules, changed how ranged weapons work and added in some new conditions.

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Utherwald Press / Frozen Skies: SWADE Edition

« on: October 08, 2018, 03:31:58 PM »

So a new edition of Savage Worlds recently got announced, mostly consisting of tweaks here and there with new rules. Like a lot of people I've closely been following the previews that have been seen so far, but nothing that seems to majorly effect Frozen Skies. Though ultimately we'll have to wait until the release of the new rules after the Kickstarter later this month.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/10/frozen-skies-swade-edition.html

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Utherwald Press / Frozen Skies Episode 8: Tussle With The Dark Claws

« on: October 01, 2018, 09:50:59 AM »

The adventures of the Airship Waylander continue!

Last time the crew of the Waylander had been contracted by the Royal Alyeskan Air Police to transport a prisoner from the remote town of Prospector's Reach for trial in Gravenburgh. Things had gone well, too well for the characters' liking, least until they came under attack from some sky pirates. The scoundrels of the sky were fended off, though the characters' own fighters were almost wrecked.

This week we tried something a little different and used paper tokens for the aerial combat.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/10/frozen-skies-episode-8-tussle-with-dark.html

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Utherwald Press / The Gwentshire Chronicles: The Laine Collection

« on: September 24, 2018, 04:52:05 PM »

Sometimes, its amazing where you pick up ideas from.

Recently visited the Lynn Museum in Kings Lynn, which proved to be interesting and a gold mine for ideas. The museum had in display a collection of curiosities amassed by the artist and explorer Thomas Baines. The collections features curios from Africa, Australia and even South-East Asia. There was also some stuff on the English Civil War and the Siege of Kings Lynn, another source of ideas which I'll write about in the near future.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/09/the-gwentshire-chronicles-laine.html

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Utherwald Press / Frozen Skies Session 7: This Is Fine

« on: September 17, 2018, 10:24:06 PM »

Last time we joined the crew of the airship Waylander, two of their fellows had ended up in a police cell as the law tried to get the entire crew booked for smuggling. Though the law would be frustrated in its efforts, it does have other tricks up its sleeves. One of the detained crew members has to face a court martial, the other had urgent summons from home to face an equally dreadful matter.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/09/frozen-skies-session-7-this-is-fine.html

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Utherwald Press / Keep The Home Fires Burning

« on: September 10, 2018, 09:13:09 PM »

This week we're looking at another of the planned settings for Utherwald Press and, fittingly enough as I have a cold, its Keep The Home Fires Burning.

It'll pretty much be a few ideas I have in mind for the setting, concepts and possible rules. There will also be an insight in how character players interact with the setting along with a couple of adventure hooks.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/09/keep-home-fires-burning.html

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Utherwald Press / Frozen Skies Session 6: Going Down To Grimsport

« on: September 03, 2018, 03:25:39 PM »

The adventures of the airship Waylander and its crew continue.

Combat proved to be surprisingly absent this session, though some critical plot development took place setting things up for other things to occur later on. Highlights include; the introduction of a new player character, visiting a town with an ill-reputation, meeting an NPC who'll become important later on...oh and the characters themselves being arrested.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/09/frozen-skies-session-6-going-down-to.html

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Utherwald Press / Re: Setting Overview: Darkwatch

« on: September 03, 2018, 03:25:13 PM »

I put this one in the newsletter

https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5747

I saw, thank you.

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Utherwald Press / Setting Overview: Darkwatch

« on: August 27, 2018, 03:19:54 PM »

Darkwatch is the combination of two Setting Ideas; Forsaken and Deepwatch.

The core of Darkwatch is still the original idea for Forsaken, except I've decided to make subterranean elements a stronger part of the setting. Also envisioning Darkwatch to play as a reverse resistance campaign; the player characters are part of the occupation forces attempting to root out the resistance cells of the enemy forces still lurking in the city.

http://www.utherwaldpress.com/2018/08/setting-overview-darkwatch.html