Answering a question from Chris on character fighting capabilities and how levels matter, enlightenment on how tougher people are harder to kill, and insights into the significance of a character’s MIGHT attribute, in today’s edition of the Fiend-Zine.

The goal is to create stress, agency, tension, and get players to feel that every choice matters. I’ll explain this more as we go, but after careful examination of these calamities, it became apparent that there were very real and manageable reasons for these ruinous adventures to result in death. Which is significant, because every character's death matters in Fists & Fiends, and is never to be taken lightly. Here’s why:

A new Supernatural Fiend has been unleashed! Survival is not optional…

A one-time bannerman in the Qing army, Yelu (The Boar) is a brutal, unforgiving, and dastardly adversary who shapes the entire City of Smoke region during, and after the floods. This expanded short storybook written by writer/artist Steven Wu, is the personal logbook of the iconic villain, The Boar. With pages of personal entries traversing the time leading up to The Silt Road campaign when you first encounter The Boar, his logbook will provide you with a compelling backstory that immerses you in the hellscape you find yourself in. Learn what drove this once prestigious commander into the depths of madness.

This exciting supplement created for Fists & Fiends provides players and gamemasters with a fun Player versus Player (PVP) format. A way to practice, fight, and earn experience points (XP) without the life-terminating dangers of The Silt Road. GMs can referee these matches, or players can team up on their own to battle it out. Learn everything you need to run a tournament or sparring sessions for your characters to level up.

Attention Punchstarter Backers, a.k.a. Amazing People:

Domestic Orders 📦

All domestic orders to Punchstarter backers should have been received by now; with the exception of…

All Fists & Fiends hardcover & softcover game books, campaign module, tear out character sheets booklets, Shadow Box Starter Sets, and GM Screens are now available for order in the Fists & Fiends online store.

I’ve been keeping quiet about this until I knew for sure...Today, the production of the Fists & Fiends books is…

WE ARE FUNDED!!!

The Shadow Box is a starter set for 1 to 2 players to step into the Fists & Fiends ring in an engaging mini campaign that teaches you the combat, puts you through several matches, and guides you through a story that sets up the main campaign on The Silt Road.

Check out this incredible First Look Video from Dave Thaumavore RPG Reviews. Highly professional, tight narrative, superb first impression video. Dave’s ability to put together such an amazing description, and overview of Fists & Fiends is impressive and heart warming.