Hello to all GMs & Mages! 🧙‍♂️✨ In this week’s blog post, we’re going to take a closer look at a brand-new monster from our upcoming [b]Brawler Collection[/b]. We’ll also share a lore tidbit or two for those curious and review our plans for this weekend’s PAX West! In case you missed some of our prior updates, GMs should be on the lookout for details on [url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2176900/view/4280195270681804857]homebrew NPCs[/url] and last week’s [url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2176900/view/4280195270681851556]Storyteller Collection[/url], which provides a bundle of new sights and sounds to help your adventures in Mythas. Without further adieu, let’s dive in! [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/fe655f5e9de4bd31b637d2e9a2fb5659bfc3511e.png[/img] [h2]A Peek at the Brawler Collection[/h2] Our next major content release is our upcoming [b]Brawler Collection[/b]! This pack contains new monsters and battlemaps to help bring some variety to your combat encounters. Let’s take a peek at one of these upcoming monsters: the [b]LEAPER QUEEN[/b]. 👑 [i](Please remember all the info below is WIP and may change between now and release!)[/i] Now, if you’ve played the base game a bit, you may know of the regular ol’ Long Meadows creature, The Leaper. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/42958afb4334f856e52c79e337df62a38ffbac6c.jpg[/img] Part bug, part goo, part… well, the whole thing looks both sharp [i]and[/i] sticky, which is never a pleasant combination in battle. These enemies can swarm a Mage, leaping out of the tall grass and taking a distracted traveller by surprise. When we started developing the Brawler Collection, we wanted to expand our base game offerings in neat ways! We wanted a new monster that made sense, would synergize well with another creature, and provide some world-building along the way. So we thought… where do Leapers come from? The answer… [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/def632a07f872b5cb1ef936cf03307d4e3c278da.jpg[/img] [b]The Leaper Queen[/b] is a formidable opponent, as she is a force in her own right, but also, if left alone, she will spawn additional Leapers to swarm over the battlefield. These creatures are native to the Long Meadows, using the long grass to hide and ambush their prey. Leapers will even collect Starfall and bring them to their Queen… though for what purpose still eludes most mages. When adding a brand new creature to the game, we begin with art & mechanics, making notes like these: [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/2d0e0633106d5a01a0860543a4ed54f10fad0db5.png[/img] The Leaper Queen and her fellow brawlers are a combination of many folks’ efforts! Between art, VFX, sound design, game mechanics, and lore/worldbuilding - a lot goes into every creature added! With these goals in mind, let’s see what abilities* the Leaper Queen will bring in battle… [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/2bde435ac65933017b0d8ce0a7accf708f5bf831.png[/img] [i]*Abilities are still works in progress and may differ between now and the release![/i] The first ability, “[b]Spawn Leaper[/b],” is pretty much what it says on the tin! The Queen has the ability to spawn additional combatants, which should keep even the most prepared Mages on their toes. Her second ability, “[b]Mama’s Love[/b],” will buff a Leaper and turn them from a regular minion into something more formidable. The Leaper Queen *definitely* plays favourites with her children. These two abilities can rapidly change a combat encounter and tie in well with a monster from our base game! We aim to have these collections expand on our existing content in neat ways and provide new opportunities for GMs to expand on the world of Mythas in ways we might not even anticipate! Be sure to keep an eye out for its release date very soon, and hop into our Discord to get more sneak peeks and info. [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/fe655f5e9de4bd31b637d2e9a2fb5659bfc3511e.png[/img] [h2]PAX West 2024[/h2] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/ef55f1b8bfc82b3ff620f0cd467a0245a544c349.jpg[/img] Some of the Riftweaver Team is at PAX West this weekend! We are at [b]Booth 4505[/b], and we’ll be selling our content packs and giving away some freebies. Of course, you can also say hi to some of the friendly folks working on the game! 👋 We’re hosting a contest to name one of our monsters! [b]You can enter in-person or online [url=tiny.cc/paxwest-fablecraft-2024]here[/url][/b]. We will choose two winners daily (one from both types of entry), with the prize being a code for the Brawler Collection! Your name submission also has the chance of becoming the official in-game name as well! 🎉 [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/5bcde6681dcb46650538c175625765c9a56610b6.jpg[/img] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/fe655f5e9de4bd31b637d2e9a2fb5659bfc3511e.png[/img] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/f9fb0cdc10ea15b7655d078c11bb4a3b9055524a.jpg[/img] For Tales of Fablecraft, we created a new setting for our players to immerse themselves in called Mythas. If you’re an aspiring GM 🎲 or a player who loves to read lore 📚, be sure to check out our [url=tiny.cc/bookofmythas]Book of Mythas[/url]! We’ll share excerpts from it on [url=https://x.com/FablecraftGame/status/1829531053662552431]social media[/url] and in our [url=https://discord.gg/fablecraft]Discord[/url] every week, but if you want to dive right in, we have just the [url=tiny.cc/bookofmythas]PDF[/url] for you! [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//43115458/fe655f5e9de4bd31b637d2e9a2fb5659bfc3511e.png[/img] That’s it for this week! Please [url=https://beacons.ai/fablecraft]follow us on social media[/url] to keep up with the latest, and hop into our [url=https://discord.gg/fablecraft]Discord[/url] to chat with the dev team, find groups for adventures, and share tips with fellow GMs. [b]We hope you have a great weekend, and we’ll see you in Seattle & Mythas![/b] [i]PS: Let’s leave you with one more peek at what else is coming in the Brawler Collection…[/i] [previewyoutube=gJJOBCAzOo4;full][/previewyoutube]