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Monster Book RC
Update: The survey for feedback has now closed.... or the RCM for Really Cool Monsters (which is what Willy told me it stands for).Hey folks! James here to let you in on a little Patreon preview. We have the release candidate for Draw Steel: Monsters attached to the bottom of this post. This puppy is packing over 400 stat blocks of monstery and dynamic terrain object goodness.Much like the hero book release candidate, what you're looking at is still a work in progress. Because the book is st...
Omund's Land
Hey folks! The whole design team is out here in Orange County, California working hard to get the core rulebooks out to everyone AND the printer. It looks like both the Heroes and Monsters books will go out next week. Everyone worked really hard to get the books out this week but there was too much work to do on the layout and our bar of quality is really high. So it looks like next week!Meanwhile we're here talking about the future! One of the products we're planning on bringing to crow...
Survey for the Fall of Blackbottom
Update: The survey for feedback has now closed.The playtest survey for The Fall of Blackbottom is here!Hey everyone! James here to let you know that the playtest survey for The Fall of Blackbottom is linked here:https://forms.gle/8M6iqM4Hhp4ZNoSh8Please feel free to share this survey with anyone who participated in a playtest of Fall of Blackbottom, even if they aren't a patron of MCDM. We want to know what anyone who played it thought!You have until 8AM Eastern US time on Monday July 28th t...
Patreon Livestream on July 3rd!
Hey folks! Remember when the June livestream got postponed? Well it's back on! Josh and Dael are going to livestream here on Patreon with you all at 7PM Eastern US time on Thursday July 3rd! They'll be looking at questions in the original post.The stream will be hosted here on Patreon. We'll send out a post with the video right before we go live. And don't worry! If you miss the stream, you'll still be able to access the video later.
The Fall of Blackbottom Playtest
Update: The survey for feedback has now closed.Blackbottom has fallen. Can you escape the city before you fall with it? How many innocents will you take with you?Blackbottom has fallen. Can you escape the city before you fall with it? How many innocents will you take with you?Hey everyone! James here with an exciting announcement. We have expanded the Fall of Blackbottom into a much longer adventure, and we want all of you to playtest it. Based on the original adventure by Sadie Lowry, this upda...
Draw Steel: Heroes Release Candidate
Update: The survey for feedback has now closed.Get your hands on the Draw Steel: Heroes release candidate PDF now!Hey folks! James here with a big Draw Steel update. It's time to show off the release candidate of Draw Steel: Heroes. You can think of the release candidate as the assembly cut version of a book. It's got everything you need to play the game in a laid out format, but there are still some rough edges.It is attached to this post below!This is your first chance to see the art a...
Summoning your Summoner Survey Feedback
This feedback period for this survey has now ended.Alrighty we've got a hot and fresh survey for the Draw Steel Summoner class for you to roll through! You can grab the survey here:https://forms.gle/bLfJpiv1R3aEFvRh6If you read the class, played a Summoner hero, or Directed for one (or more!) Summoners, we wanna hear your thoughts. You can also pass the link along to peeps who aren't MCDM patrons. The more eyes the better!You have until Tuesday July 1st at 8:00AM ET before the survey win...
Mid Month Mini - Zaar Anathema
Hey Folks,This ism ostly an excuse for me to share a bunch of lore that I sometimes worry got buried on the kickstarter page, today I present Zaar.Trenchworx still has a few of these cast in resin as well.Until in July,Geoff
Summoning the Draw Steel Summoner
This feedback period for the summoner survey has now ended.Greetings, heroes! Willy here. I've had to sacrifice a lot of minions to get to this point, but I can finally bring you a preview of the in progress Summoner class for Draw Steel!It's levels 1-10 and features 57ish(?) stat blocks, four of which are DTOs! You also get a few sidebars that explain why we made several choices with rule exceptions for the class. It's a BIG class so give yourself time to absorb all of it.The last t...
Road to Broadhurst Playtest Survey
The feedback period for this survey has now ended. Thank you all so much for filling out the survey!We're ready to get your feedback on Road to Broadhurstplaytest adventure for Draw Steelthat was posted on the MCDM Patreon. You can grab the survey here:https://forms.gle/juV9EWfcQLKNJTqm8Please feel free to share this survey with anyone who participated in a playtest of Road to Broadhurst, even if they aren't a patron of MCDM. We want to know what anyone who played it thought!You have unt...
POSTPONED! - June 2025 Patreon Q&A
Hey Everyone. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to have this livestream today. We will make a new post when the new date is set.—Jerry=========================================Hey folks! Dael is going to be live this Thursday June 5th at 4PM Pacific time here on Patreon asking our executive producer Josh your burning questions about the production of Draw Steel.What exactly does an executive producer do? Well, if it weren't for Gertz, we'd likely have another...
Updated Hero Book and a Playtest Adventure!
The feedback period for this survey has now ended. Thank you all so much for filling out the survey!Hey folks! It's James again, this time with a short post and a big update. Attached below is an updated version of Draw Steel: Heroes. You're gonna need it to playtest our next adventure, Road to Broadhurst.Road to Broadhurst PlaytestRoad to Broadhurst is an introductory adventure for an experienced Draw Steel Director to run the game for three to six players of any level of experience wit...
May 2025 Art Drop
This month we have a preview of the Summoner Iconic Character Grace has been working on.Who is this mysterious Summoner?Why do they call forth the undead?Answers to this and more in the future!Some bat time, same bat channel!-Lars
Mid Month Goblin Minis
Hey Folks,We're about half was thru May so I figured you might wants a few extra goblins for your table if you find yourself diving into The Delian Tomb Playtest. We have a warrior, a sniper, and an assassin to fill out your goblin roster.As per usual, if you prefer to just order pre-made minis, Trenchworx has a whole box of goblins for you.Thanks,Geoff
A Slow Introduction
Are 1st-level heroes too complicated? This is a question I’ve been asking myself since the beginning of Draw Steel. If a hero (or game) is too complicated, it can turn off new players. If a hero doesn’t have enough complexity, they feel too similar to other player characters and don’t excite the player. In many ways, the first twelve to eighteen months of working on Draw Steel was all about finding the right level of complexity for a 1st-level hero. (It’s James. Hey.)How Much Complexity?...
Draw Steel May 2025 Patreon Q&A
Hey folks! Dael, Djordi, Willy, and James are about to go live and take your questionsabout Draw Steeladventures, including The Delian Tomb. You can check out the video above! Even if you miss the livestream, the video will live in this post so you can catch up on it later.Thanks for watching!
Patreon Q&A May 2025 on Thursday May 8th!
Hey folks! Dael is going to be live this Thursday May 8th at 4PM Pacific time here on Patreon asking Djordi, Willy, and James your burning questions about the Delian Tomb and other Draw Steel adventures! Get ready for us to reveal a bit more of what's coming down the pike.The stream will be hosted here on Patreon. We'll send out a post with the video right before we go live. And don't worry! If you miss the stream, you'll still be able to access the video later.In the meantime, p...
Building the Beastheart
Hi! I’m Paul Hughes, the lead writer behind MCDM’s new playtest beastheart class. Besides working on Draw Steel, Flee Mortals, and other projects, I’ve written a couple of bestiaries including EN Publishing’s Monstrous Menagerie and Monstrous Menagerie II, the upcoming Adventure Time RPG monsters, and Roll for Combat’s 5e Battlezoo Bestiaries. Besides my major in monster studies, recently I’ve picked up a minor in monstrous companions; besides working on MCDM’s beastheart, I’m th...
Delian Tomb Playtest Survey
UPDATE: This survey is now closed. Thank you for all your feedback!Hey folks! James here with your Delian Tomb playtest survey, which is all about gathering feedback for the playtest version of The Delian Tomb, which we posted here on Patreon last week.You can take the survey here: https://forms.gle/ksWZh22SkXNcQWb18Please feel free to share this survey with anyone who participated in a playtest of The Delian Tomb, even if they aren't a patron of MCDM. We want to know what anyone who played ...
Playtest: The Delian Tomb
UPDATE: The feedback survey and playtest period for this adventure is now closed, but you can still grab the files below.Hey folks! It's James here with a big update. The Draw Steel starter adventure, The Delian Tomb, is now ready for Patreon testing. It is attached to this post, so scroll down to grab the files.The adventure includes the most up-to-date version of the rules for combat, negotiation, and all the rules you need to run it, including one pregenerated hero for each class.There’...
Mid Month Mini Madness
Hey Folks,We got two minis for your enjoyment this month, both came from our Kingdoms & Warfare Kickstarter back in the before-times of 2019. As per usual, if you are looking for resin cast versions of these minis that are ready to paint, our friends at Trenchworx still have a few in their warehouse.Thanks,Geoff
April 2025 Draw Steel Art Drop
Art Drop inbound!Above: The Basics Splash by Andrea Corsini Null Gravitic Charge by Thomas DimNull Chronokinetic by Grace CheungTroubadour Virtuoso by Polar EngineDowntime Projects Fishing by Hannah Elizabeth BakerHigh Elf Mount by Conceptopolis Negotiators by Robson MichelBoots of Levitation by Andrea CorsiniI've Read About This Place by Nick De SpainFamiliar by Nick De SpainMaking a Hero by Yanis Cardin
War!
Hey folks! We had a really cool meeting about our plans for Draw Steel’s Warfare rules and I thought “I should write a post about this!” But then I thought “well, we should bring everyone up to speed on our near-term goals first.”This is an exciting new era where the core rules are in editing and layout and we’re (mostly) focused on what comes next. And there’s a lot!What Comes NextWe’re working on two new classes; The Summonerand the Beastheart. These are both classes we really ...
Don Thine Greasepaint, Heroes
Willy here. You there. We have business to attend to.Forno other reason whatsoever, I wanted to start exploring how we could present new character options for players outside of the core Draw Steelrulebooks. This led to the creation of a set of loosely strung alongmaterials for your review: an ancestry, a kit, and a troubadour subclass (which also contains several new options and abilities for alltroubadours). It's kind of funny, since we already had a good idea of the length of ancestries a...
Character Names by Ancestry
Hi folks, short post today. We’ve seen folks in the discord asking “hey what are some canonical names for the various ancestries” and since that section is already done and written, we figured; why not share it here?I’m not sure there’s any real commentary to be made here, apart from what’s already in-line with the text. Except to say; these are just my approach to how these cultures name themselves. If you have your own world, you probably have your own ideas!I do often get asked ho...
Ooze It Or Looze It!
Hello hello it's Willy here! How's it going, Steel Drawers?The Delian Tomb will be a lot players' first time diving into a game of Draw Steel, and we want to make sure there are an assortment of classic monsters roaming the ruins to show them the ropes. Today, we're previewing a band of monsters from the adventure that didn't have much of a presence in the core monster book: the oozes!Slimes, sludges, putties, and ichors have arrived to creep into your earholes and dampen you...
MCDM Mini 010
Hey Folks,It's Monday, I have a fresh mini for you. This time it comes from our friend Dave over at Trenchworx, who have been hard at work building Hobgoblins, Kobolds, & Goblins Too!In the spirit of Enterprise crew members wearing red shirts, we present to you Hobgoblin Warrior #2. I guess that sort of speaks to his chances in battle...If you want a physical version of this mini and you missed the Backerkit campaign, you can still make a late pledge.Until next month,Geoff
March 2025 Draw Steel Art Drop
Art drop inbound!Devil Fury above by Grace CheungHakkan Berserker Fury by Polar EngineOrc Life Conduit by Polar EngineLevel 10 Iconic Shadow by Nia KovalevskiConduit Righteous Phalanx by Yanis CardinDowntime Projects Items from Nick De SpainThe final War DogsIron Champion Doru by Rodrigo Clark RossiSoulbinder Psycheby Zuzanna WuzykBugbear Ambusher minion by Matheus Graef at ConceptopolisAnd lastly the Wode Elf mount by Conceptopolis
Adventures in Adventure Formatting
Hey, it’s James. I’ve been working hard on the Delian Tombadventure this week and been having lots of thoughts about formatting.There are so many considerations you have to think about when putting together an adventure:Are we giving the Director everything they need to run this adventure?Are we presenting the information in a convenient and functional way?Are the amount of information and functional presentation causing me to go over budgeted page count for the adventure?That last considera...
Creator Spotlight: Goblin Points
Hey Folks,With the amazing amount of community support that we have received over the past few years I felt we should try and use this platform to reciprocate. I don't know if this will become a regular feature, but there are lots of great community creators making stuff, so there is certainly have a healthy list to pull from. Back in November of 2023, before we launched The MCDM RPG crowd funder, Jon de Nor kicked off the Goblin Pointspodcast, "covering MCDM, the MCDM community, an...
