That title reminds me that I still haven’t received my Pathfinder #4 yet… I need to drop Paizo a line… The US Postal Service is, shall we say, not the swiftest there is.
I already mentioned there might not be a post tonight, well this one is, sort of.
It’s just not as meaty as usual, I have a bunch of encounters to plan and some serious Adventure Hacking-fu (TM) to take my game into Planescape land on Friday.
So here’ s a few Iron Heroes links for those who don’t know much about that great (albeit quirky game).
First the Wikipedia link that explains better than I can what this High Action, Low Magic truly awesome game is all about.
Here’s the best quote ever written about the game’s style:
“You are not your magic weapon and armor. You are not your spell buffs. You are not how much gold you have, or how many times you’ve been raised from the dead. When a Big Bad Demon snaps your sword in two, you do not cry because that was your holy avenger. You leap onto its back, climb up to its head, and punch it in the eye, then get a new damn sword off of the next humanoid you headbutt to death.”
The revised (errata + rules clarification) PDF Core Book, Accessories and adventures can be purchased Here, Here ,Here or Here.
The revised Core Book can be purchased by Print on Demand over at Lulu here.
By the way, Mastering Iron Heroes offers a lot of rules and variants that are very useful in other fantasy d20 games (Action Zones and alternative Experience systems for example).
Now here’s the free stuff (Wee!):
Free Adventures:
- The King must Die (Level 5 Introductory adventure)
- Glacier Keep (Level 4 Gen Con adventure)
Both showcase what Iron Heroes is all about have great ideas even for non Iron Herroes game. Well worth the downloads!
There was another 1 scene Demo I can’t find anymore (Any help is appreciated).
The Iron League is the official Fan Site (It has seen better days but It’s still up)
There’s also a fairly popular series of Hacks to the game found here.
Finally there is a fairly active community discussing about this game here.
And for those wondering what the current owner of Iron Heroes (Adam Windsor) thinks of yesterday’s 4e OGL Announcement, here is his very pragmatic response:
Ask me again when I’ve seen the actual 4e SRD and OGL. Until then, I’m not even thinking about it. Whatever happens, there will continue to be an Iron Heroes game line 
Good for you Adam, and best of luck, I had a ton of fun with that product, pity my campaign crashed but it’s no fault of the system.
Wish me luck on my game prep.
I think in this instance I can safely assume it’s not the Postal Service for your Paizo delay. I placed an order on Dec 16 for these:
-SoloQuest: Brothers by Blood
-KODT Bundle of Trouble #16 & 17
Still waiting….patiently as it’s still listed as ‘Pending’ in the order history.
This is the second time i’ve had really poor service from Paizo wrt their turn around time and it’s the last time (shame on me for being fooled twice) because they won’t have another opportunity.
I live just 10 miles from them, wonder if they’ll take a walk in to pick up an internet purchase?
Actually the issue was posted a few weeks ago… I was told that it could take 4 to 6 weeks…
I live in Montreal, a letter goes from Halifax to Vancouver in a week, tops…
Something is just not right I think…
Long Live Iron Heroes!
I have been running an IH campaign for over 2 years now, and I love this game. The crunchiest combat rules you can sink your teeth into, and almost no fluff in the rules at all.
When a single combat encounter takes over 90 minutes to run, you know you are in the crunch zone.
Oh yeah…. IH is a Crunch Monkey’s dream all right!
I once made a GMPC to replace a missing player. It was a Berserker with 20 Con and his Greataxe weapon bonded to his Con Score…
HPs and damage galore!
Weapon bond is one sweet trait (it allows to associate another ability of your choice instead of Str to a specific weapon’s to-hit and damage)…