Draw Steel: Heroes Release Candidate (Patreon)

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 and words in the core rulebook come together! We're so excited to show you all the incredible work done by our design, production, operations, and art teams and by Chris Hopper, the guy who has been spending a lot of late nights putting this book together for you all, and Rich Lescourflair, the guy who is helping him.

Because the book is still under construction, you'll notice that it has some print lines on the corners and sides of each page and some color gradients at the top of each page. Those won't be in the final version!

Reporting Issues

If you find a typo, formatting error, or some other issue with the book that you want to report, please use the survey here to do so:

https://forms.gle/hePPn3cgwqgS3Lhk9

You can fill out the survey multiple times if you want to send us multiple issues.

We're not relying on you folks to tell us every issue. We've got a team of proofreaders who are still going over this thing as we speak. You don't have to report errors if you don't want to! Some of you will want to, so we set up a way to report errors that best serves our workflow.

Known Issues

There are some generally known issues with this PDF that we're going to share with you now. These don't need to be reported!

Accessibility: This PDF still needs to undergo a thorough accessibility pass.

Diagram Bigger Names: Tokens in diagrams are going to be given bigger names.

Inconsistent Spacing: Right now the spacing between sections, within abilities, and above various headings is inconsistent.

Missing Art: There are a very few spots in the book where art needs to be placed.

No Bookmarks: The PDF currently has no bookmarks.

No Cover: The cover is still coming.

No Credits: The credits are still coming.

No Glossary or Index: The glossary and index are coming.

No Title Page: The title page is still coming.

No Table of Contents: The table of contents is coming.

No Working Links: The cross reference and outside links in the PDF currently don't work.

Monsters PDF

We figured it's been a minute since you all got a copy of Draw Steel: Monsters, so Willy said, "Hey! Include the latest of that too!" We haven't gone into final layout with this book yet! However, we did turn the latest manuscript into a PDF for you all. Note that this thing is still in edit and we are NOT looking for feedback on it yet. We'll let you know if and when we are! This is just so you can see the latest progress and play the most up to date version of the game.

Discord and Reddit

If you want to find a group to playtest or want to chat about the release candidate, head on over to the MCDM Discord. Be sure to link your Patreon and Discord accounts so you can also chat about the adventure with our other Patrons.

You can also head on over to the Draw Steel subreddit to discuss the game!

Thank you all so much for supporting MCDM and Draw Steel! We're almost there, folks!

—James