Remaking Magic: 4 Pages of Spells Per Class
Of all of the decisions I’ve made during the development of Heroes Against Darkness, the page limitation on spells per class is […]
Category: Anima
Remaking Magic: Blood Anima
One of the deliberate features of the magic system in Heroes Against Darkness is the strict limits on the amount of anima […]
Remaking Magic: Narrative Control
Much to the consternation of some of my more seasoned D&D players, Heroes Against Darkness doesn’t have some of the staples of […]
Remaking Magic: Scaling Spells
In previous posts in this series I’ve listed a few examples of spells with X costs in Heroes Against Darkness, but costed […]
Remaking Magic: No Redundant Spells
In this entry in the Remaking Magic series, we take a look at the steps taken to ensure that no spell gets […]
Remaking Magic: Balance
Heroes Against Darkness employs a number of techniques to keep magi relatively balanced against the martial classes. First, the combination of the […]
Remaking Magic
Let’s get this out of the way: I strongly dislike Vancian magic. When I started work on Heroes Against Darkness we’d just […]
Heroes Against Darkness Version 1.0 Released!
Well, editing has taken several weeks longer than I anticipated but it’s done now, so v1.0 of Heroes Against Darkness is released: […]
Alpha Rules Updated to v0.244
I’ve updated the downloadable Heroes Against Darkness Alpha rules to v0.244. This is a huge revision of the rules, and incorporates many […]
Heroes Against Darkness: Session Report
Some readers might be wondering how Heroes Against Darkness works in play, rather than on paper. So here’s a quick recap of […]