I like the art and writing. My only question is with the buzzwing trait of buzzari. the text says "Buzzari can fly short distances with their wings," without any specificity. I assume this was left vague intentionally for GMs?
My only two gripes are:
The Flickari ability of " Flickerheart: Flickari can use their light filled bodies to produce an hour of “torchlight” once per day. After which their body returns to it’s low glow which still allows the Flickari to see in darkness but not their party." seems antithetical to what Shadowdark is at it's core.
page 12 of the GM quick-start guide states "DARKNESS Respect the darkness. It is the true foe. Few things can hold it at bay, and nothing must make those prized tools obsolete."
I believe with the removal of the permanent darkvision on Flickari they could be quite specular!
Mantri's Third Eye ability has the same problem as Flickerheart. Moffami's featherweight seems fine. Nudibrai seems fine.
Overall I only have those TWO gripes with this product and both can easily be removed by my GM authority. Not a bad job for what appears to be a first time publisher? Well done!
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Aha! thank you greatly for taking the time to provide the feedback, I am new to the system and coming from less survival based ones. The two dark visions will be changed in the second draft which should be coming out before the due date. As for the Buzzari, I imagine short distances as must land at the end of a turn kind of distance, so around 30ish feet, but it was left vague as I could not figure out exact numbers to assign it.