Evilschemer Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Update: I completed round 1 of layout last night. I have a few additional illustrations to do, a table of contents, an index, round-2 re-layout and touch-up, and some final editing, and I’ll be done. As of round-1 layout, it’s 176 pages. It will be completed and submitted to Chaosium by the end of November. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbanto Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I am looking forward to this one. Thanks for all your hard work bringing it together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Round 2 layout complete. My wife made me re-do it at 10-pt font. 9-pt was just too small. At 10-pt it comes to 198 pages. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Round 3 layout is complete. I realized too late that my margins were set to 0.5 inches, not the 0.6 inches suggested in the submission guidelines, so I had to re-lay it all out again. I'm also trying to trim some fat. It's up to 210 pages. I took out "Appendix One: Inspirational Material" and some other bits here and there, such as the apothecary profession, which had become redundant. I might trim the equipment section down quite a bit, and maybe the Gods of Cydoria chapter, which is all flavor and serves no real purpose. I'm also working on the index, going through and tagging key-words page by page. That part is pretty tedious, but necessary. After that, I fill in all the "See Page XX" entries. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trechriron Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Excellent News! Quote Trentin C Bergeron Bard, Creative, & RPG Enthusiast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 The index for Swords of Cydoria is finished! Now to re-do all the "See Page XX", and maybe a character sheet, and I'll be done. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Here are some of the illustrations I have drawn for the book. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Here are some of the illustrations I have drawn for the book. Oddly, I can't see the images, nor can I open the website www.mecha.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Oddly, I can't see the images, nor can I open the website www.mecha.com. Yeah, it apparently went down for a few hours today. It's back up now. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hey, nice! Pretty old-school (that means in a good way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Here's a link to the intro chapter. http://www.mecha.com/~conkle/cydoria/intro.pdf Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentorange Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Are all the creatures and races shown in the pictures actually statted out in the book ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 That looks awesome! I have, thanks to the endless waves of d100 versions being promoted / announced / released recently, been getting very cynical about the state of BRP / d100 gaming as we appeared to be going through a period of pointlessly re-inventing the wheel to no good purpose. Swords of Cydoria and the stuff like D101's River of Heaven give me hope. Cheers, Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Are all the creatures and races shown in the pictures actually statted out in the book ? Yes. Although the big lizardy monsters are generically and collectively referred to at Teraxes. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Looks very cool. Sign me up for a copy. Quote 294/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 I have uploaded two versions of the character sheet to the files section. One is the official character sheet, the other is an unofficial sheet that I have optimized to my own personal preferences in my campaign. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Update My wonderful wife finished proofreading and editing Swords of Cydoria last night. All 200 pages of it! It took her about 2 months and she's done an amazing job. I hope to finish integrating her changes this week so I can send it off to Chaosium. Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 200 pages! That sounds promising! Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbanto Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Great news! I'm looking forward to this one myself. Your teasers have been really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilschemer Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 I'm uploading the inDesign package and PDF to the ftp site right now! I'm a little giddy! I'm so excited! With index and character sheet it comes in at 204 pages. There are 117 illustrations and maps! After it's published (assuming its published), I'll start sharing all the content I had to trim! Quote __________________ Christian Conkle Blogs: Geek Rampage! - Swords of Cydoria - Exiled in Eris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trechriron Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Looking forward to this, the setting sounds detailed and exciting! Quote Trentin C Bergeron Bard, Creative, & RPG Enthusiast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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