Here is a link to the most recent cover for people wishing to print their own copy: blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlV-YRC2O_DgsQdosRbnM0S9vG9KLQYlkwNeSgURcgYDD8VJIOuhEgq_dPPUQYbDPtJJevZP_PHhmZ_Am3tDBWmxpn_4jnbnLm5uZp5ivPSQ9HyhiYR6NVKN5ecKwwsFAkmtDoh42ZQuhUTbzCSTql12qfDZzGd0xBY-lxfoIgDwsaieoQQbxosMrl/s3127/Cover-r3.jpg
@ultimategabriel11 ай бұрын
Thanks for entrusting me with making the cover for your book!
@paavohirn372810 ай бұрын
That's a stunning piece!
@DMTalesTTRPG11 ай бұрын
I know you apologized for it being “long” in the FB group… your opening story is engaging and worth watching.
@ChronoSapien81511 ай бұрын
I just began wading into the BFRPG waters and I watched about 1/3 of the vid before I decided I needed to print this out. Thank you so much for your contribution, this is an incredible book. You should be very proud!
@toddlyons11 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful! I hope to see it in print (perfectbound) before the year is out, but I think it's actually more useful in a comb-bound format like I printed at home. I like it to lie flat. Enjoy the book and welcome to BFRPG. It's a wonderful community that supports this game.
@jocool460611 ай бұрын
Fantastic! So great to hear the reason for your choice of what to write and why. Make the book you wish you had... Can't wait to see it in print and get a copy.
@toddlyons11 ай бұрын
Thanks for being a part of it. I'm grateful for your work, Jo.
@incongruentgames10 ай бұрын
I love how you guys give your pdfs for free to the community. I plan on buying alot of your books in print by the holidays. Great Vid.
@toddlyons10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Sharing the full version of the product -- including all the artwork -- is the open source way. Fortunatey, our artists have consented to the distribution in both the free PDFs and the -at-cost books. Sounds like happy holidays are ahead!
@magehammerChad11 ай бұрын
This is an excellent resource. After all my years of gaming, many of my NPCs are starting to be samey. A resource like this will spice up my role playing interactions!
@toddlyons11 ай бұрын
Thanks, Chad. Love 'em or hate 'em, hopefully there are plenty of personalities that could be the starting point of characters in your future campaigns.
@paavohirn372810 ай бұрын
Super cool to hear about the background for the book and your thoughts like how you talk so fondly of that one NPC who's living in another GM world. I downloaded this just a week ago or so when I hoarded BFRPG adventures. Only browsed through it so far but I'm going to take a deeper look into it soon. That cover art is gorgeous btw! Would love to see more pieces like this from the artist!
@toddlyons10 ай бұрын
Hey, thanks! Welcome to our community. Gabe Fua is a great artist and truly a super-nice guy. I was grateful when he accepted my invitation to do the cover. For more of his work, he has a dedicated thread on the BFRPG forums: basicfantasy.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3695
@paavohirn372810 ай бұрын
@@toddlyons Thank you! I'll check out the link!
@rburley7710 ай бұрын
Just downloaded the book. Thanks for sharing the methodology and impetus for it. I look forward to using some of these characters in the future. Btw, I love the option of rolling a d8 to get random results.
@toddlyons10 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful! As I mentioned in the video, I'd be interested to hear which characters make it into an adventure and how that goes... if you're so inclined. I really enjoyed watching Beathan O'Brien grow up a little... and the party he adventured with developed real affection for him, so he was well played by that GM.
@sharpmountaingames930311 ай бұрын
Thanks for the peek behind the curtain into the writing process. This is a great book and thanks also for the shout out. I'm hoping for a print release of it soon too.
@toddlyons11 ай бұрын
Thanks, John. I tried to mention you in several places as I kept seeing more of your work. I mentioned Sharp Mountain at about 44:16 too, but then said "RPGNow" (old site) instead of "DriveThruRPG". Ooops. I'm sure people will find you though (especially with your reply now!).
@sharpmountaingames930311 ай бұрын
@@toddlyons I appreciate the mentions and subscribed to the channel. I still have to go back and watch the older videos. All the best!
@MarkHyde10 ай бұрын
Amazing resource - reminds me of BECMI's 'The Shady Dragon Inn' too but with much more detail and a larger (MUCH larger) NPC collection. A beautiful inspiration too for creating my own variations of what's here if not just as drop in NPCs. Thanks so much for making the effort to create this and I am looking forward to it being published in print. Great channel.
@toddlyons10 ай бұрын
Thanks, Mark. Solomoriah hopes to have it printed before the end of the year, but there are so many other books on the go right now with the mass-move over to CC-BY-SA. I'm still optimistic. I'd like it for Christmas. In hardcover, if possible.
@MarkHyde10 ай бұрын
@@toddlyons Oh sure - would work on other books include a consolidated and complete Field Guide for example? All good - I am patient - and we have a local print shop here that can print up the PDF at a decent price anyway :)
@patkelley82935 ай бұрын
Enjoyed your comments on getting back into the hobby. My first TSR game was Top Secret ( I think that's what it was ) then Frontiers. We were playing Advanced DnD and Gamma World.
@toddlyons5 ай бұрын
Thanks! Glad you liked it. I still have my boxed copy of Top Secret but I've lost most of my Gamma World set. Might get reprints made someday.
@TheLostAdventurer11 ай бұрын
Made me jump through some hoops to find your channel Todd, make more videos, you have a voice for it! I claim 2nd subscriber spot!
@toddlyons11 ай бұрын
Aw, thanks. I have 2 profiles, each with different videos. I'm shocked you found this one so quickly. It's my first video for this channel in years. I'm not really much of a KZbinr but I am going to try to produce a few about my upcoming books and other supplements that I like from the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game.
@MarioGarcia-pq9pr9 ай бұрын
I’m really looking forward to purchasing the physical copy of this. I just bought the Basic fantasy RPG 4th edition and Morgansfort: the western lands campaign. I’m new to fantasy Wargaming, usually I play ww1 and seven years war Wargaming. I saw a review on you rule book and thought that it was cool and interesting. Hopefully I can learn the new rules well enough like the other games that I play.
@toddlyons9 ай бұрын
I was hoping it would be in print for Christmas, but it's not looking likely. November 25th will make it one year since I wrote and released the first draft.
@steveyoungwork11 ай бұрын
Interesting stuff!
@toddlyons11 ай бұрын
Thanks, Steve.
@paavohirn372810 ай бұрын
Heck! I think Heath will offer his expertise when one of my groups gets back to town and tries to hire help 🤣
@toddlyons10 ай бұрын
Heath Lyndone?! OMG. By the time they realize who they've brought along, it'll be too late. 😆 But it will be a... hmm... "interesting" adventure for your players. Maybe they've come to expect competence in hirelings. That's about to change.
@paavohirn372810 ай бұрын
@@toddlyons Actually in only now really beginning to use hirelings so it's a good time have them learn why the PCs get full xp 🤣 Will be interesting to see if Heath is the NPC they both love and hate 😆
@toddlyons10 ай бұрын
@@paavohirn3728 Some of my NPCs are just immature, but Heath doesn't have any redeeming qualities as-written. However, there's nothing stopping you from making him redeemable. We'll see where it goes.
@paavohirn372810 ай бұрын
@@toddlyons I don't know.. Somehow the description inspired my sympathy. 😄
@toddlyons10 ай бұрын
@@paavohirn3728 Good! These characters are only a starting point, after all. There must be a reason he's looking to work with others after being alone for so long. Maybe he's ready to change. But the PCs will have to be supportive or he might bolt. He'll need patience and encouragement. I wonder if they'll be up to it?
@AdventuresWithDice8 ай бұрын
Any idea when your book will be in print on Amazon?
@toddlyons8 ай бұрын
Chris was hoping to have it published by the end of this year. I don't know how close to that estimate it is, currently. More art was recently submitted, so it's a moving target.