Makes sense. The term and its definition is convoluted and kind of unnecessary. It just complicates things.
It was released May 18 and got an updated release on May 30, though I believe the cut-off point for taking in errata (or fixing it) was May 23 since the errata I submitted after that date didn't get fixed. It was still a lot done; of the around 10k words of errata I submitted, 7k of that was before the cut-off date, and they fixed everything that was in error.
the physical book is not out yet: only pre-order from the main cubicle7 site.
I am confused by the ways of the future. Is this how books work nowadays? Online release earlier than physical distribution? I know this is often how things work for novelists, but I really didn't know big companies would be doing this. Or is the pre-order thing a preview of the final product that people can submit feedback on, like some sort of Beta.
The RPG publishing market has figured out that pdfs and 'print after sell' (e.g printing a book after someone has already paid for it) has a way, way, way better profit margin then making a lot of books to sell to shops.
Cubicle 7 publishes books as PDFs as full releases, then publishes physical versions of those books several months later. The PDFs aren't betas, it's just that PDFs don't need printing and shipping and the like, so they're way faster to push out the door. I wouldn't call C7 a big company though, more of a small company.
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Storage costs for all those physical books sitting around waiting to be purchased add up lots.
I'm going to need on the field reporting on this situation as it develops.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I missef that the first time around. Someone needed to store their treasures far away so as to escape impromptu sword-based customer complaints, it seems
There are so many references in this story, I completely forgot
I don't know about the specifics, that's something that @picklepikkl is more likely to know. However I do know that there is more to Dwarven Magic knowledge, but it's locked under Guild and Cult secrets because it's Runesmith stuff. We can acquire some of that knowledge if we swear the necessary oaths and promise to not reveal it to anyone except our disciples.
I don't see how there would be other sources. The Empire already has its hands full with its own supernatural occurences, and there is no other organisation likely to have written records of Kislev's spirits. I could posit that Gospodar and Ungol views on the Gods and Spirits could be different enough that they count as different sources, but it's not like we have a deep enough connection to acquire that information. It's not like Hag Witches and Ice Witches are usually the type to write stuff down after all. Zlata was chosen partially because she was one of the rare literate ones, and Hag Witches are even less likely to write books.
They most likely do, but that would be the sort of stuff kept in private collections belonging to Damsels, Prophetesses and the Enchantress. Damsels are some of the most mysterious spellcasters in the Old World. If we want magical books from Bretonnia, it would have to be arranged with the Enchantress or a particularly influential Prophetess.
I'd have to agree, given the usual dwarven way of doing things as well as the specificity of their language. It likely refers to direct apprentices, as in a personal student, someone we take in as an initiate and who would call us Master. Someone who's skill, fundamental approach at our tradecraft, even personality and view on world to some degree we have or will be shaping.
Truly a fate worse than death for any Stirlander.
Isn't he from Ostermark?
The only secret we know we can get is arcane khazalid, which doesn't help us with runesmithing much. So we don't need thungni in the family tree for that.
Iirc traditional runesmithing does need thungni blood. But you can pervert it, which is what the dawi-zharr do.
