Spire of Secrets 1 | Subclasses, Aux Levels, Feats

I love announcing new projects on April 1st, so you can all secretly wonder whether or not it’s a prank. Never fear, this is totally real! (Or is it?)

We’re proud to officially announce our next hardcover book, Varro’s Spire of Secrets, a Mage Hand Press player’s handbook, with ten base classes, over a hundred different subclasses, a raft of magic items, variant rules, spells, and much more. It’s a stupidly ambitious project, built on over a half-decade of writing D&D 5e, and we think it’s going to change everything.

If you’re a loyal devotee of our content, you’ll recognize nearly everything in this book, but you’ll find some new bits and pieces, balance tweaks, and nice considerations that bring everything together. This month, we’re showing off a small sampling of what’s been cooking behind the scenes, and we’ll try to do this every couple of months so you can keep abreast of the book’s development.

(It’s worth mentioning that, while the early previews will be here, exclusively on Patreon, the final PDF won’t be coming here -- that’s going to land on Kickstarter.)

Do we have a final date for this book? This year, probably summer. I’m doing a literal spreadsheet to figure out how much sleep I’m allowed to get. Is there going to be a lot of other cool stuff we haven’t mentioned yet? Absolutely.

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Below, we’ve got the first chunk of our subclasses, an early version of the equipment chapter, and two-thirds of the customization chapter. As you can see, the book is pushing 270 pages already!

Keep in mind that these are a snapshot of where the project is: the graphic design is a work in progress and several sections still need art. Each chapter is supposed to change header and margin colors and (because I knocked it out a few hours before posting this and am literally colorblind), I think the chosen colors really suck. Never-fear: we'll fix it!

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Changelog: 

• 4/2/21: Spire Customization: New Feat added: Spellblade
• Aux Levels: Priest: Spellcasting added, "bless" corrected to "resistance"
• Aux Levels: Expert: Spellcasting added, Training offers heavy armor if you already have medium