Baptism of Fire is Now Available!

WERDNA · May 06, 2024, 01:09:10 AM

Pundit, unless you've fixed it there is an issue of remaining L&D text in the magical items:

"51-52 Hermit's Robes: Albion has a long
tradition of many saintly monks and holy
men and women who retired to live the lives
of hermits. These holy men's vestments
(usually plain wool or sack-cloth)..."

Anons on 4ch also pointed out capitalization is inconsistent in the demonic powers section.

Purtoks seem to missing their alignment.

Brigman · May 06, 2024, 12:20:59 PM

I have not. I wonder if it's because I already bought the title? I don't usually see ads for things I've already bought, but then I don't know how personalized these are.

EDIT: Refreshed the page and I did see it as an add in the "Hottest Small Publishers" banner strip, with a little green "own" flag across the top left corner (because I already bought it).

rkhigdon · May 06, 2024, 01:25:01 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit on May 04, 2024, 06:24:41 PMA question: has anyone here seen any actual Ads on drivethru for Baptism of Fire?
Mad Scribe spent money to have some, but even though I'm currently frequently going to DTRPG to check the status of the book, I haven't seen a single ad. I want to know if anyone else has.

I've been paying attention, and have taken the opportunity to refresh the main page a few dozen times each of the last couple days and have not seen an ad for BoF.

Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick · May 06, 2024, 01:32:13 PM

I checked Drive Thru RPG, and it's still featured on the front page.

I know that there is a lot of trash that won't sell more than 10 copies on that site but it's still an accomplishment either way.

HappyDaze · May 06, 2024, 09:10:18 PM

Quote from: Brigman on May 06, 2024, 12:20:59 PMEDIT: Refreshed the page and I did see it as an add in the "Hottest Small Publishers" banner strip, with a little green "own" flag across the top left corner (because I already bought it).

That's not an ad, just a ranking list. It's on there because people are buying it, not because money was spent for an ad. Which makes you wonder what the money spent on the ad actually bought.

RPGPundit · May 07, 2024, 06:42:15 AM

Quote from: WERDNA on May 06, 2024, 01:09:10 AMPundit, unless you've fixed it there is an issue of remaining L&D text in the magical items:

"51-52 Hermit's Robes: Albion has a long
tradition of many saintly monks and holy
men and women who retired to live the lives
of hermits. These holy men's vestments
(usually plain wool or sack-cloth)..."

Anons on 4ch also pointed out capitalization is inconsistent in the demonic powers section.

Purtoks seem to missing their alignment.

Yikes. Obviously, some of the items that were equally applicable to both settings were cut/paste, and I thought I'd caught most setting references, but obviously some have slipped through. It doesn't help that apparently DTPRG published an earlier edit of the game rather than the later one that was submitted afterward.

Purtoks are obviously Chaotic.

RPGPundit · May 07, 2024, 06:43:14 AM

Quote from: Crazy_Blue_Haired_Chick on May 06, 2024, 01:32:13 PMI checked Drive Thru RPG, and it's still featured on the front page.

I know that there is a lot of trash that won't sell more than 10 copies on that site but it's still an accomplishment either way.

It's a pretty huge accomplishment. It's been rushing through bestseller tiers much faster than any of my previous books. Next stop, Gold!

RPGPundit · May 07, 2024, 06:44:21 AM

Because you demanded it! You can now get a form-fillable character sheet for Baptism of Fire, on DTRPG!
#osr #dnd #ttrpg

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479603/baptism-of-fire-character-sheet

Tod13 · May 07, 2024, 09:45:23 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit on May 07, 2024, 06:44:21 AMBecause you demanded it! You can now get a form-fillable character sheet for Baptism of Fire, on DTRPG!
#osr #dnd #ttrpg

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479603/baptism-of-fire-character-sheet

I will not admit that part of the decision to get an Adobe products subscription was the ability to make our own form-fillable PDFs. (Yes, there are other tools. No, we didn't like them. LOL)

WERDNA · May 08, 2024, 03:32:55 AM

Looks like the (mostly) Warhammer news site Bell of Lost Souls put BoF at the top of their brief ttrpg product round up:
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2024/05/strike-down-demons-and-dark-magic-during-the-crusades-in-baptism-of-fire-and-more-rpg-releases.html

Don't think they've covered Pundit's stuff before.

JanDevries · May 08, 2024, 11:49:32 AM

Quote from: WERDNA on May 08, 2024, 03:32:55 AMLooks like the (mostly) Warhammer news site Bell of Lost Souls put BoF at the top of their brief ttrpg product round up:
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2024/05/strike-down-demons-and-dark-magic-during-the-crusades-in-baptism-of-fire-and-more-rpg-releases.html

Don't think they've covered Pundit's stuff before.

Is that the correct link? Don't see BoF there.

WERDNA · May 08, 2024, 03:13:25 PM

Quote from: JanDevries on May 08, 2024, 11:49:32 AM
Quote from: WERDNA on May 08, 2024, 03:32:55 AMLooks like the (mostly) Warhammer news site Bell of Lost Souls put BoF at the top of their brief ttrpg product round up:
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2024/05/strike-down-demons-and-dark-magic-during-the-crusades-in-baptism-of-fire-and-more-rpg-releases.html

Don't think they've covered Pundit's stuff before.

Is that the correct link? Don't see BoF there.

Wooow, someone must have convinced them to remove it. As you can see BoF is still mentioned in the url.

RPGPundit · May 08, 2024, 04:50:24 PM

Unbelievable fucking moral cowardice. I'm right here. If someone had made allegations they could have talked to me. Instead they surrendered to a quiet mob.

Spread the word. Let them know that YOU know what they did.

GrimGrimnicus · May 08, 2024, 04:52:07 PM

Hey there Pundit! Really enjoying Baptism of Fire. I've just started Kingdom Come: Deliverance after playing it some years back, and that got me wanting to write a historical setting using OSR rules. If you would do me the honor of answering one question: how do you make sure your setting feels authentic?

JanDevries · May 08, 2024, 05:08:51 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit on May 08, 2024, 04:50:24 PMUnbelievable fucking moral cowardice. I'm right here. If someone had made allegations they could have talked to me. Instead they surrendered to a quiet mob.

Spread the word. Let them know that YOU know what they did.

How do we know that's what happened, though? Like, since the name is still there, maybe it's a technical error. Kind of irresponsible to call out the posse before you know the facts.