GLÅUGUST26: The Questgiver

For GLÅUGUST, "A short class which is absolutely not a fighter, not a wizard, not a cleric and not a thief." Closing the month out with a fun one.

GLÅUGUST26: The Classes of Northern Lights v1.1

For GLÅUGUST, "Futility of categorization". The list of the 16 base classes available in my upcoming campaign, with links to the associated post if applicable. The content within is already outdated, surely even moreso in the near future.

GLÅUGUST26: Nobody

For GLÅUGUST, "Sequel to a Blogpost from Last Year". To be played as an interruption.

by katkeyboardmastah

The Lineman (or, designing again desire)

Another class for Northern Lights, and a discussion of its shortcomings.

Girly Bandwagon: DisΔssembly

An imperfect and imprecise (and very late) addition to the Girly Bandwagon. Dedicated to Unspent Yarn, who continues to inspire and surprise me. Thank you.

The Artificer

All it takes is some elbow grease and ingenuity.

by Mingchen Shen

The DreΔmer

A quick delta class lifting heavily from Austin Walker's Realis. Take it as a starting class, or add it to a pre-existing character for a different kind of narrative arc. It should comfortably layer on top of whatever dice-based resolution mechanics you're already using.

by Studio Ghibli

The Ranger

The weather is lovely right now. Join me for a walk?

by Germán Reina Carmona

The Monk

A faster, stronger, better idea.

by Anthony Ray

Glåugustober, Week 1: Lingering Will

I missed out on this year's GLÅUGUST, but late is better than never. I've been thinking a lot about Terra recently, so here's a short Delta class for playing the armor of a dead PC.

brilliant piece of fanart by balimaria

Structure and Intuition (the Shardmind & the Prophet)

Two more Stellar Classes, if you're in Northern Lights then don't look! (sorry)

Hexmap Exploration Procedures (ft. the Cartographer)

Each turn on the hexmap for Northern Lights takes one 8-hour Shift, 2 in the day and 1 at night, meaning 3 Shifts covering a full 24 hour day. The party can spend a Shift either Resting or Exploring. I'll be saving the Resting rules for my eventual XP/Advancement article, but this is the post that finally puts to paper the Exploration rules, including the single Most Interesting Mechanic I've Ever Designed. Plus, a class at the end for players wanting to contribute to the navigation process.

The Stars and their consequences (the Pyromancer & Necromancer)

Fundamental to the world of Northern Lights is this: the stars see you, they hate you, and they will unmake you. This effects the world's topology, culture, and ecology, but the main focus of this post is what that means for the players.

I'm keeping any further details below the cut, those in the campaign (you know who you are) avoid reading onward.

The Mentor

A little good advice goes a long way.

by Pierre Demet

The Detective

Everyone's hiding something.

 

by Sykine

 

Embodied Classes

I was planning on making individual posts for each of these, but after writing up The Icon, I realized they work better as one multi-class post instead.

All Embodied classes start with a Second Self, an alternate form they can inhabit. Each class implements it differently (appearance, activation criteria, duration, etc.), but share the following rules:

• You only have the Second Self of the first Embodied class you take.
• Abilities from all Embodied classes only apply while you inhabit your Second Self.

The Scoundrel

You didn't want any trouble, but they never listen.

from Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

The Fighter

There's only one universal language.

By Carlo Arellano

The Researcher

There's always an answer, you just need time to find it.

from Annihilation (2018)

The Icon

Everyone's watching. Show them what they can be.

from Strong Female Protagonist #2