VICIOUS PRINCES Alpha 17 is up!

 Here comes another alpha for The Devil City & Its Seventy-Seven Vicious Princes! The result of a lot of thinking and playtesting. If you're one of my testers, thank you so much for your time... and for putting up with the tweaks along the way, lol.

Version 17!!! WOOOO!


Here's a list of changes in Alpha Version 17:

  • A visual overhaul of the headings and subheadings
  • Tweaks to the verbiage to better communicate that one player is responsible for a whole house, prince and knights alike
  • Big overhaul to the magic system, to put it more in line with what I described on this blog.
  • Knavery has been tweaked--"Sprinter" and "Acrobat" removed and their powers redistributed, "Athlete" and "Survivalist" added.
  • Wealth traits have been replaced by Project traits, and wealth has been overhauled.
    • I need to update the Prince generators to reflect these trait changes--I beg patience for now.
  • A section is added on Projects and how to pursue them.
Coming up, in version 18, I'm gonna talk more about how GMs should go about setting up projects and give more guidance on meting out consequences. Plus, a ton more lore.

You can download the latest version, as always, at the project's website.

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