PROGRESS UPDATE (Patreon)

It's been a crazy, hot week at this end, with the heat taking out my work PC and my office fridge. Not great for the ongoing finances. I am, for the moment, #Poor.

Adding to this, it seems several of my social media accounts were hacked over the weekend. All reclaimed now, but I'll admit to a bit of panicking at the start of the week. 

So, my usual string of LAWhammery posts have somewhat slowed this week. Let's get it all started again, eh? First, an update of where we are.

UPDATE
Studio. We've hired Camerons Strachen Yuill Architects to convert our garage into a streaming studio with a small storage room and toilet. The plans are now in and we have to send them to score the various warrents we need to legally start the building work. The bill so far is over £2000, so the costs are already stacking up, and we've not even bought our equipment yet!

Anyone interested in seeing the plans we have so far? Lots of technical details about soundproofing and so on (but we've gone for the cheaper options, because, as I mentioned, costs are adding up!).

Temporary Studio. We're converting my livingroom to act as a temporary studio so we can start streaming while the garage is being converted. First we had to tidy the place up (it was a disaster zone post-COVID - now it isn't) - next job is emptying it, cleaning it down to remove all potential cat fluff (one of our players is allergic), then fill the room again. Once that's done, all we need to do is set it all up and start playing. One nice thing about our temporary studio? The original painting for the WFRP Starter Set by Ralph Horsley will be on the wall!

Equipment. We're about to but the microphones, cameras, and other gubbinz needed. We've been chatting to others to ask what they use, but that's just offered many different options. To help with this, we're being visited by Lindsay's brother next week to pin down his recommendations. He works for the BBC, and apparently has many recommendations he plans to throw our way.

House Rules. I'm happy with the core house rules we now have in place. Character Creation is also finished, as are Talents (largely - I may add more for Careers I create later). I'm also happy with the Careers, and am halfway through Skills. The Advantage, Stress, and Mutations updates are all looking good, too. I'll be moving on to Miracles and Magic next, then Trappings. Last will be the Between Adventures sections, which I plan to update pretty significantly.

Party. We have a group of 5 players that who will be playing through the Enemy Within with you all. Intros will come later, but we've been playing for a few months now, and I really love this group. The PCs are shaping up beautifully, and are definitely not a typical WFRP party. But what party is, eh?

Cultists. Behind the scenes we'll also have a second party of Chaos Cultist working towards their own goals. This clandestine group will not be streamed (they are secret, after all!), but their actions will influence what happens in the streams. Updates for this second group will be sent for All-Access patrons (check the Patron levels for more on this). I cannot express how lovely this little party is already. I'll pop up more about them at the weekend, as I'm super excited for this group.

If there is anything else you'd like me to update you all about, just ask.

Andy Law
18th August, 2022