I've just put out an update to BCG R and its SRD. This will be the first of (hopefully) many more. What's the purpose of these updates, you ask? Glad you asked! I'll be making updates for the following two reasons:
- To fix as many writing mistakes and clarify as many instances of confusing text as possible. In the past two months I've edited over 40 paragraphs to correct typos, fix awkwardly written sentences and make various rules bits clearer to understand or more consistent with how the rest of the book is written.
- To add as much art as possible. There's still quite a few blank spaces left in the book, and I would like to fill as many of those as reasonable. This will probably take a while, because art costs money and earning money takes time, but I'll continue adding individual pieces here and there while possible.
Lastly, after some discussion regarding one paragraph in the Troubleshooting section regarding Threshold Levels and Genre Points, I decided to make a correction that counts as a rules change. This was the specific paragraph that started it all:
Using Genre Points while taking Damage
You can use the Genre Point you get from losing your last Level of Threshold to activate a Power that has an effect in response to taking said Damage, but not to prevent said Damage from happening. This means you can use Live Another Day or I Cannot be Defeated (but not My Defense is Impregnable or Can’t Let you Do That) even if you are out of Genre Points and an Enemy blows past your last two Levels all at once.
This paragraph implies that all PCs get a bonus 4th Genre Point from losing the 4th Threshold Level. IIRC (and it was several years ago so I'm only like 90% sure), at the time it was written, I decided that was fine and not worth rewriting the damage and genre points sections, because there's not much you can do with a GP after you've already been Defeated, anyway. What's the harm in letting PCs have a free Live Another Day, right?
Yeah, in hindsight that was just lazy of me. My bad.
Later, the expansion added Parting Shot and many more Reaction speed Powers, but I'd already forgotten about this little exploit. As of the Remaster, PCs are balanced around earning three Genre Points per Operation, not four. Additionally, everyone having either a free Live Another Day or Parting Shot cheapens their value and/or makes them considerably more annoying.
Late is better than never, I suppose, so I'm rectifying this error by rewriting that paragraph and making it explicit in the combat rules that losing the fourth Level of Threshold does not give a Genre Point. While this is a clarification, it is one that actually changes the rules, so I am updating the rules version to 1.8 with it.
Lastly, I want to announce that I am launching a Patreon. This Patreon is strictly for donations without any tiered rewards, so you're not going to miss out on anything by not subscribing to it. The purpose of this Patreon is for adding extra art to the book. Ideally, this art run would have been funded by sales, but, well, there weren't enough sales for that, so I'm resorting to this.
The timeline for this side-project is around 6 months, which would let me add everything I want to the Print-on-Demand version of BCGR by the end of the year, when I hope to have that available to the public. If I get the funding, awesome. If I don't, then having less art than ideal is not a terrible loss.
I think that covers about everything!
Gimmick Out.
