Howdy everyone,

While (slowly) working on some expanded character option booklets for Brighthammer, I've come to the decision that "heritage" is not the word I want to use. I want a term that means only the biological or physiological aspect of a character, because a character's culture, skills, and knowledge are something separate. Something independent from, and unrelated to their species. Saying that all dwarves are skilled in stone-cutting and gem appraisal, or all that goblins are skilled at larceny simply because of their "genetics" is pretty repulsive to me. I feel those sorts of things are more about a character's culture and upbringing. As "heritage" can include culture, I have replaced it with "lineage," a term I feel better expresses what I want this aspect of the character to represent.

In addition to that wording change, I've also tweaked character creation a bit; you now roll 3d10+20 for each stat. This gives roughly the same spread as 6d6+10 did, but doesn't need d6es. It always bugged me that Brighthammer was a d100 game, but still needed a few six-sided dice just for character creation. To address that, I've changed the Lineage and Class lists from d66 to d100 tables. Now players only need a pair of ten-sided dice to play, which I am much happier with.

I've also updated the layout in all three booklets slightly. I've learned to use a document-wide baseline grid in Affinity Publisher, and have applied that to the new versions. This is a cosmetic change only – there may be minor shifts in text placement, but the rules and wording is unchanged.

In short, this update is only a cosmetic one.