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Feats for the Fearsome
For many of us, feats are an integral part of our games. They give us interesting and dynamic options for our characters, which help us round out our builds and ground our characters with concrete personality traits.In Feats for the Fearsome, we've designed a list of feats to complement characte...
April Poll & Schedule Switcheroo
This month, we finally wrapped up the High Seas Update, which ended up at a sizeable 82 pages. However, thanks to that book taking so long, we don't have everything together for the Fey Folio, so we're rearranging the schedule somewhat:At the end of this month, we'll release the Feats fo...
High Seas Update
Yo-ho, yo-ho; a pirate's life for me!The High Seas Update takes place at a time when there are still holes in the map to be filled. These blank spaces are a canvas of adventure, realms of pure swashbuckling exploits, where buccaneers can raid unsuspecting merchants, explorers can struggle agains...
Take 2: Patreon Payment Changes
Due to a non-zero amount of internet outrage, Patreon isn't changing their fee structure. You can all breathe a sigh of relief!Addendum:To briefly explain how this works (as of now, the system is not changing, so this explains how the payment structure used to work, and will continue to work):Wh...
Patreon Payment Changes
Hey all!Recently, Patreon has made some changes to the way pledges are handled that we think you should all be made aware of:In addition to your normal pledge, Patreon will now be charging you a small additional fee of 2.9% + $0.35. So, a $1 patron will be charged a total of about $1.38 now, and a $...
Calling All Proofreaders!
High Seas is done (at last) and I've decided to finally make proofreading a more official process. If you're a detail-oriented person and would enjoy helping us proofread our books, send an email to middlefingerofvecna@gmail.com with the subject line "Proofreading". From there, you c...
Character Sheet Preview
You ever get an idea stuck in your craw, then spend days working in an almost meditative state in GIMP realizing it? No? Just me?Oh, well. I made the first page of a character sheet.The general gimmick was to use a polygon stat array, so that your ability scores and skills in centered on the sheet. ...
Marshal
Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?Decisive leaders and brilliant strategists, marshals inspire their allies to greatness. Invariably, they stand alongside their cohorts, their devoted lieutenants, whom they entrust with their lives, and train for leadership. Marshals out-plan...
AMA!
A reminder that we're running an AMA today on our reddit from now until 5 PM CST! Swing by and ask us questions!
March Poll
Repeat after me: More Dark Matter.This month, we're working on finishing up the High Seas update with monsters, spells, and diseases, and you'll also get to see our new class The Marshal, which is the first class in 5th edition to be all about having a cohort. All that comes out on the 1st o...
AMA Announcement
Hey all!We're holding a public Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) on our reddit a week from now, on Sunday, November 19th, from 1 PM to 5 PM CST (though some of us will probably hang around afterwards as well!)This is a way for us to get to know everyone a little better, and is an opportunity to be as transp...
High Seas Update In Progress
Here it is, a month late and a chapter short: the High Seas Update!A lot of individual things hampered our productivity this month, but we've still managed to finish the core of the book, including the new ship combat rules. What we have here is a respectable 52 pages of swashbuckling fun, but w...
Opinion Poll: Book Length
The High Seas Update is finally out! Well, kinda. Even though this book is currently the same length as the Weird West Update (which, at the time, I thought was a PDF of ungodly length), it's still incomplete, and will take another month to wrap up. Naturally, as our books get grander and more e...
February Poll
Been a while since we've done one of these, huh?Last month, we put the finishing touches on Dark Matter, the Shugenja, and the Channeler. This month, we've all been working super hard on the High Seas Update, which is coming out at the end of this month (November 1st). It's hard striking...
Shugenja Redux
The most up to date version of this class can be found here.Water, Earth, Fire, Air…The Shugenja are elemental masters, unlike anything you've seen for at least an edition and a half. Rather than casting spells normally, shugenja are scroll-casters, preparing and casting their magic through in...
Channeler
Mal's sword flickered for a moment, sparks flew, and the frost giant fell twice -- first his torso, followed by his legs.Skilled in sword and spell alike, channelers are dynamic and formidable mages who are entwined with the planes of the multiverse, drawing their power from arcane portals. They...
Apps and Updates
As you might have surmised, since this is a housekeeping month, we also won't be doing a poll (can't get too far ahead with those). Instead, I've been experimenting with some other little things:AppsFirst and foremost, we've heard lot of people ask for some app to make using our cont...
Change of Plans
It's about time we do some housekeeping. Initially, we promised the finished Dark Matter book only a couple of weeks after the In Progress version was released, yet here we a couple of months later. We've also delayed the release of the Channeler class, which by now is complete and has gotte...
Complete Witch
Not all rituals are performed in the daylight, and not all magic was meant to be known…The Complete Witch is the definitive version of our witch class, which has been comprehensively improved and expanded upon. We included a staggering 14 subclasses, running the gamut from White Magic and Black Ma...
December Poll
The Complete Witch, which comes out on September 1st, is rapidly coming together, and man, there's a lot of archetypes in there. The month after is the High Seas Update, which is bound to be something to see. After that, on November 1st, we're releasing a new class, the Marshal (which isn...
Men and Monsters
Too often, the races which populate fantasy worlds are pulled whole-cloth from a Tolkienesque template, leaving little room for interpretation. Elves are intelligent and long-lived, but otherwise look like humans with pointy ears, dwarves are stoic and industrious, but otherwise look like squat, bea...
November Poll
Lots of balls are in the air over here at Mage Hand Press, as we're simultaneously working on Men and Monsters (which is on schedule for release at August 1st, the beginning of next month), on completing Dark Matter (which is still coming, albeit a little later than we anticipated), and on finis...
Poll Suggestions!
As we were compiling the November book poll (which is going to have shorter book options, after the much longer offering that will be High Seas), we decided it's high time that we ask all of you for some ideas for books that we can include in the future. Obviously, we have a lot of books we'...
Dark Matter (In Progress)
This project was perhaps a little... overambitious.Dark Matter proved to be a lengthier and more complex book than we could've pulled off in one month. This is the culmination of what we have so far: nearly the entire book, full of races, archetypes, and rules, but missing the all-important Intr...
October Poll
Right now, my life is: Dark Matter, Dark Matter, Dark Matter. Some rough estimates are putting this book at well over 50 pages, so there's a nonzero chance that we won't have it 100% done by the end of the month. If that ends up being the case, don't panic: you'll get like half the b...
Channeler (preview)
Skilled in sword and spell alike, channelers are dynamic and formidable mages who draw their power from the Planes of the multiverse.Because the Expansion Pack came out a little slim this month, I've got a preview of our next big class, the Channeler. It's missing some art, and it's stil...
Expansion Pack
At Mage Hand Press, we publish a lot of subclasses. Just about two new ones every week, in fact! Between our efforts and those of others, players have been blessed with a wealth of choice when building their characters. The same cannot be said, however, about our in-house base classes. Even our Comp...
September Poll
Man, time flies when you're writing!We've been working hard on the Expansion Pack, which comes out on June 1st. (Also on June 1st, I should have another little surprise for you all, so it should make up for the Expansion Pack being a little on the scrawny side.) By July 1st, we should have D...
Complete Craftsman
The dwarf brings down his hammer, and a shower of sparks answer.The Complete Craftsman is the definitive version of our Craftsman class, built from the ground up to be awesome on every level. It's full of new crafting techniques and has four new subclasses, the Gearsmith, the Gunsmith, the Arcan...
August Book Poll
By fortunate happenstance, the last few months of Patreon-chosen books have alternated between shorter books, and large, ambitious books. This is extremely helpful for us because it means we can really spend a lot of time preparing for those larger, more impressive books.To wit, next month's boo...
