HarnWorld Newsletter

DICEY BUSINESS
Columbias Electronic Newsletter
Dicey Business January 7, 2004
http://www.columbiagames.com

This edition is the HarnWorld edition.

NEWS

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LAST CHANCE FOR GHOSTS

The Ghosts article is still free in PDF format…. But hurry, this freebie will no longer be offered after mid-January.

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HARNMASTER III BESTIARY

The bestiary table from HarnMaster III has been posted FREE online at:

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HM3 includes a considerable revision of all creature stats from those listed in HarnMaster 1 and HMC. A notable example is the MOVE (Speed) of 4 legged creatures such as bears, which can now outrun humans on Kethira as well as as they do on Earth.

The MOVE rates in previous editions of HarnMaster did not reflect this. In HarnMaster III, MOVE values (the distance in 5-foot hexes that a creature can cover in one turn at normal speed) have been adjusted to provide greater realism.

Creature skills were also completely reworked and now are believably based on attributes. This allows the GM to vary attributes and easily recalculate skills that are affected.

We hope you enjoy the improved realism and playability of HarnMaster 3rd Edition!

Note that rather than release a single Bestiary book, we have opted to release individual articles on creatures. At present there are more than 60 pages of creatures available including: Ivashu, Dragons, Horses, Ghosts, Undead, Aquatics, Yelgri and Gargun.

Harn – Where the adventure is real!

KANDAY REPORT

Were hard at work on the Kanday Kingdom module. It proved impossible to publish it exactly as it was so considerable new material has been added and a lot of reorganization and editing has occured. Kanday is nearing completion with all the improvements included. Release is only a few weeks away.

Among the improvements:

Historical maps for the Kingdom of Aleathia, 5 Year War, and Ezars War. These maps are no longer based on the "modern" Harn map but have been redone with the correct settlements and roads of the period.

Illustrations of all the major land holding nobles in Kanday.

Details about Kandian clothing, music, food.

Detailed description of the Ternu Heath and the unpopulated forest hundreds in Kanday.

And more.. 

HARNMASTER CHARACTER GENERATOR UPDATE

A new 2.2 version of the HarnMaster Character Generator is available. As always a robust demo version is available online free at:

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REMINDERS

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