Fablecraft News

Hi, Mages! 🧙

v0.18.1 of Fablecraft is a small hotfix that addresses a crash discovered after today's update.

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• We fixed a crash in the Solo Play demos related to video rendering issues for Intel-based PCs.
  

Hello, Mages! 🧙

Object of My Affection, a lengthy one-shot from the mind of Felicia Day, and the Brawler Collection are now available in Fablecraft. These two premium items arrive with v0.18.0 of Fablecraft, and you can find the complete patch notes at the base of this update.

[h2]Step right up to this weird and wonderful carnival[/h2]

Will you help to mend a broken heart? From the extraordinary mind of Felicia Day comes Object of My Affection.

Felicia Day lends her voice to the adventure alongside Erika Ishii, Anjali Bhimani, Jonah Ray, and Jeffrey Lewis. The all-star cast absolutely kills it.



This lengthy one-shot includes a complete GM Guide, four animated environments, two animated battlemaps, five characters/creatures, one music track, and nine inventory items. With our internal playtests, we’re marking the adventure around four-to-five hours in length, but that playtime will really depend on your group.

Object of My Affection is available in the in-game marketplace for $9.99.

[h2]The Brawler Collection is finally here[/h2]

The Brawler Collection includes six animated battlemaps—four of which feature two variants—and 14 foes. The foes offer complete combat kits with unique abilities that create fun metas and synergies for GMs to experiment with.



The Wreckweed, for example, boasts a Whipwreck attack that deals damage in a straight line and spawns Flotsam in empty spaces. With Beach Sweep, the Wreckweed’s other ability, the monster absorbs the spawned Flotsam to gain an advantage die before dealing damage in an arc.

A quick note: We originally had the Brawler Collection slated for early September. Unfortunately, our VFX team got sick and we had to delay. The Brawler Collection has some temporary VFX work in-place for some of the creatures. We will bring that temp work up to our standards in an upcoming hotfix as our VFX team is cruising through the remainder now.

The Brawler Collection is available for $14.99.

We hope you enjoy the new adventure and collection, Mages! If you’re looking for a group, head over to our Discord.



[h2]The Complete Tales of Fablecraft v0.18.0 Patch Notes[/h2]

[h3]Features[/h3]

• Object of My Affection is now available in the in-game marketplace.
  
• The Brawler Collection is also now available in the in-game marketplace.
  
• All Battlemaps, across the game, are now animated.
  
• Ever get confused about targeting? We updated some of the UI elements associated with range and targeting in combat.
  
• We performed a lot of refactoring work on the layering in our game and code; this doesn’t have a ton of external implications other than smoother game delivery. We just thought it was cool to share, okay?
  
• We added links to safety tools in the Campaign Settings card you’ll see during campaign creation.
  
• We did even more optimization, making animated backgrounds and battlemaps a bit smaller in file size and more performant.
  
• We made some smaller updates to the scene tour new players see when they enter a battlemap for the first time.
  
• We added a bunch of new combat VFX and SFX across the game.
  
• Some users were reporting that they couldn’t actually buy anything from the marketplace because their Steam overlay was disabled. We’ve added a warning message when this happens so folks don’t get stuck.
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Some Mythans among us may have been hit with seemingly random white flashes while viewing fullscreen items. Not a flashbang, just a bug. It’s been addressed.
  
• We fixed some issues related to account log-ins. If you were having a problem with this, let us know if it’s still happening after this update.
  
• Some users reported that their custom portraits didn’t display properly after upload. This has been fixed!
  
• Combat abilities, openers, and talents will better auto-slot as higher levels are reached.
  
• The inventory in the Game Master Guide got a round of visual polish.
  

[h3]Known Issues[/h3]

• There’s an issue related to players undoing their movement while GMs simultaneously remove tokens that causes problems with combat in the battlemap scenes. This one is a bit harder to run into, but if you notice any battle problems we’d appreciate the note on Steam or our Discord.
  
• VO from the GM occasionally stops playing before the audio is done.
  
• Using the Galaxy Token Skin on large enemies will sometimes cause a light to flash near the top of the token.
  
• There are some smaller layering issues that we’re still solving when it comes to opening character sheets and side trays. These will be resolved in a future update!
  

Hello, Mages! 🧙

Some users on our Discord and feedback site spotted two bugs this week that we figured we could squash before the weekend officially begins. This hotfix addresses them.

As always, thank you for reporting these bugs to our team! We're happy to have them fixed.

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Players reported a strange issue that made it impossible to view character sheets and temporarily broke the UI. This bug has been fixed.
  
• We also fixed a bug that broke the movement and attack range indicators displayed during combat.
  

Prepare yourselves, Mages. 🧙 There’s something strange about the carnival coming to Mythas next week in our newest Tales of Fablecraft adventure.

What's weird about the carnival? [carnival organ sounds] What's the adventure called? [organ sounds intensify] And what mysterious special guest wrote it? [the organ sounds are just ridiculous now]

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Step right up as we reveal the who, what, where, and when of it all.

[h2]The next adventure is Object of My Affection, created by Felicia Day![/h2]

We hope you have your ticket for the upcoming one-shot presented by Fablecraft, Object of My Affection.



This strange and wonderful tale was written by Felicia Day, who you might know from The Guild, Critical Role, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return, and so much more!

We’re calling Object of My Affection a one-shot, though it’s on the longer side for a one-shot adventure. We’ve been playtesting it a lot internally, and it typically runs us around four hours. That might be one sitting for some folks, and others may spread it out across two or three sessions. That’s up to you and your group.

This tale is a little bit of a love story, a little bit hilarious, and only slightly creepy. Players will navigate a carnival, enter the Tunnel of Toortür, and meet a cast of characters as you unravel the mystery surrounding this collection of attractions.

Object of My Affection will be available in the in-game marketplace starting Thursday, September 26th, 2024, for $9.99.



[h3]Here’s what the adventure includes[/h3]

Of course, Object of My Affection features a complete Game Master Guide by Felicia Day for GMs to lead their parties through the carnival and beyond–where that beyond is... we’ll keep it for you and your players to discover.

The GMG for this adventure includes some fantastic voice-over work, which we’ll detail in a moment, and a pile of wonderful assets for use both within and outside of Object of My Affection.

Those assets are:

• 4 Environments
  
• 2 Battlemaps
  
• 4 Characters and Creatures
  
• 6 Inventory Items
  
• 1 Music Track
  

[h3]What about that incredible VO cast?[/h3]

Not only was Object of My Affection created by Felicia Day, but she also lends her voice to the Game Master Guide for your party’s listening pleasure. An incredible cast joins her!

This fun poster features the cast of voice talent who are bringing Object of My Affection to life.



Their work for this one-shot is special, and we can’t wait for you to hear all of next week.

[h2]We’re celebrating the launch of Object of My Affection with a special livestream[/h2]

To mark the launch of this one-shot, Felicia Day is hosting a livestream play of the adventure. Obviously, if you’re worried about spoilers, you’ll want to steer clear. But! If you plan to GM this one for your friends, this stream might be a great place to see how a party explores the adventure itself.

The cast for this stream is also super fun! Please note that the cast is currently in flux and may not be final.

• Claire Purcell, Riftweaver’s Narrative Designer, as the GM
  
• Felicia Day
• Luality
• SWARM, who voiced Kai in our in-game GM demo
  
• Anne the Gnome

The stream is slated to begin on Thursday, September 26th, at 1pm PT on Felicia Day’s Twitch channel.

[h2]“What about the Brawler Collection?”[/h2]

Yes! We hear you! And we have good news.

The Brawler Collection is due to release with Object of My Affection on September 26th. What’s taken so long?

If you don’t know this already, Riftweaver is a small studio. We have two folks who build the 3D VFX for our spells and abilities. Earlier this month, they got sick and had to take some time to rest and recover. That’s a big part of what delayed the Brawler Collection.



When it releases, it’ll arrive with some temporary VFX that we’ll be updating as soon as we can. We didn’t want to delay the collection anymore, so we’re delivering it next week. Thank you for your patience and understanding on this!

[h2]In case you missed it, we got to today’s news with some fun teasers[/h2]

We’ve been teasing the reveal of Object of My Affection on Discord and our socials all week, but we figured it would be fun to share some of those teasers here with you for a good laugh as we wrap up this week’s post. Find them all below.

If you want to see these teasers as they are dropped, be sure to join our Discord and follow us on social.

See you soon, Mages!

[h3]A loose outline from the desk of F.D.[/h3]



[h3]A spot the differences puzzle[/h3]



There are 15 differences in the altered version above. You can check your work with this answer key.

[h3]A classified ad worth responding to[/h3]

Hello, Mages! 🧙‍♂️

We launched v0.17.0 of Fablecraft yesterday, and a few smaller known issues arrived with the update. Today, we've deployed a hotfix that addresses those issues.

Here's what we've fixed with v0.17.2, alongside a known issue that we'll address as soon as possible.

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• The attack VFX have returned! Mages will no longer cast "generic magenta box," which should absolutely be a real spell. BRB, visiting the feedback board. 📝
  
• I'm back.
  
• Game Masters can change NPC allegiances once more! Sorry for this one, dear sweet puppers of Mythas.
  
• The personal fullscreen view of items will not close unless you mean to close them (or your GM transitions to a battlemap).
  
• Inventory items no longer occasionally flicker if accessed via the pop-up notification.
  
• You can now make inventory actions happen both in the main inventory panel and from the character sheet itself.
  

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• Gear abilities sometimes fail to appear in the ability bar during combat, especially when a player or GM has multiple Tokens under their control.