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Pugmire Unleashed -Tariff Free!-

Created by Onyx Path

Pugmire Unleashed: A Player’s Guide presents new options for dog characters, new rules for badger and reptile characters (and more), new location details, and three new adventures.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Iguana read the manuscript! [Backer Preview Manuscript #3C]
10 months ago – Fri, Jul 04, 2025 at 07:59:55 AM

Hello Good Doggos and Lively Lizards,

Here we are, ready to kick off the weekend (a long weekend for some!) with the final section of our chapter dealing with birds and lagomorphs and reptiles! Today hiss all about that final group, as we dig into the third section covering reptiles!



Digital and Print-on-Demand Rewards

We know times are hard these days, particularly with rising costs and economic uncertainty, so we’ve designed this crowdfunder to be as painless as possible. We offer a wide variety of digital options for backing, as well as leveraging print-on-demand technology to have physical products printed as close to you as possible to cut down shipping and reduce tariff concerns.


Creating and fulfilling physical versions this way gets you the best price, fastest delivery, and excellent customer support!

DriveThruRPG's printing partners are located both within in the USA and the UK (and expanding), making shipping cheaper and avoiding the tariffs incurred by international manufacturing and shipping!



Draft Manuscript Previews

Over the course of these 4 weeks, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Pugmire Unleashed, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in bite-sized treats throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next 28 days, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.

Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.

In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: <Pugmire Unleashed Feedback Form>


You can use this Feedback Form to shrea your thoughts directly with the Pugmire developers and help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.


DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY

Remember, thanks to BackerKit magic, these download links are visible to Backers only - you must be logged in and reading this on the website to have access to the manuscript preview links. So, if you're reading this via e-mail, click that "Reply to this Update" or "Learn More" button on the bottom and I'll see you below this title treatment.

Sneak Peek: Alkalist
10 months ago – Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 08:44:25 AM

Hello Good Doggos and Lucky Lizards,

We've had birds and lagomorphs (hares and rabbits) so far this week, and we're going to end with tomorrow's section from Chapter 3 covering Lizards! Today, we're going to have a tiny peek at one of the Lizard Callings, the Alkalist!



Reptile Callings

Through their calling, reptiles demonstrate the path they chose in life and which kind of skills and expertise they contribute to their party.

Alkalist

Alkalists are famous among all species for their unique abilities. The reptiles who pursue the path of the alkalist become experts at concocting all sorts of effects through potions, balms, and bombs. Reaching beyond what apothecaries and poisoners can achieve, alkalists wield powers indistinguishable from magic — and worthy of being called as such. An alkalist can heal their allies just as much as they hurt their enemies, and other portentous effect of creation, change, and destruction fall within the scope of their arts.

Salt is the fundamental element of every alkalists’ practices. It’s through its use that reptiles create their magic. Other ingredients may include complex mixtures of other minerals — each a form of transmuted salt, according to alkalists — alongside liquids, plants extracts, and reagents of all sorts, but salt is always present. Alkalist obtain salt from pilgrimages to hallowed sites when in the reptiles’ homelands, while resorting to salt pans, dehydrated sea water, and trade while on the road. The reptiles are always on the lookout for other ingredients as well, both familiar ones and new reagents to experiment with.

Considering the quasi-religious value reptiles attribute to salt, it’s no wonder alkalist often see their practices as sacred. The wonders of alkaline magic are a carefully-guarded secret, one reptiles defend with dedication and pride. The alkalist heritage is passed on from teacher to student across generations, and no reptile would ever teach it to people from other cultures.

Typical alkalist: Despite the battle applications of their studies, alkalists don’t consider fighting a priority. They favor light clothing that’s both practical and reliable, with an eye for materials that can resist exposure to chemicals and heat, inevitable burns, and the occasional more violent mistake. Alkalists keep safety into high consideration, even when it conflicts with their sharp curiosity. The average alkalist always has empty vials ready to collect samples, as well as a robust set of gloves and several ointments useful for first aid. The alkalists’ thirst for knowledge makes them wellsprings of valuable information, while also driving them to learn more about the world and move toward new places — and new discoveries.

Views on other species: Alkalist practices are a mixture of arcane studies and spirituality that disagrees with nobody, but doesn’t find a perfect parallel either. Whereas dogs look simultaneously too reckless when dealing with ancient artifacts and too fearful when it comes to using magic in everyday life, the cat’s approach to magic as a tool devoid of moral values doesn’t mesh well with alkalists either. The scars mice, rats, and lagomorphs bear remind alkalists of the responsibility they have to pursue discoveries while never losing sight of their ideals at all costs, which is something they feel overly curious birds could use a reminder of.

Views on other callings:
  • Mirages: I don’t question the talent nor the skill that comes from years of practice. It’s their martial applications I’m not so sure about.
  • Striders: I know I can always rely on you on the road, but I wish you would listen to me when I say that sometimes gathering a rare ingredient is worth the risk. 
  • Weavers: What we do isn’t so different. We both care for knowledge and its preservation, and where we use salt and mixtures to trigger the reactions we want, they use words and stories.

Alkalist Tricks

Alkalist tricks put knowledge and wits to the service of the reptile and their friends. High Cunning and Intellect help to make them count where it matters the most.

Alkaline Magic
Alkalists combine esoteric knowledge and faith to trigger astounding magical reactions. Their salt potions tap into the secret mechanisms of the world, finding a way to bend elements to their will. Only alkalists know how to mix reagents to obtain desired results, but if people get a paw on their equipment they can waste what’s in there, make a mess, or even cause explosive consequences.

By taking this trick, the character acquires the equipment and the expertise necessary to perform alkaline magic, alongside the tools to apply it to friends and enemies alike. New mixtures are learned by gathering ingredients, studying with other alkalists, and extensive experimentation. 

Upon taking this trick, the reptile learns three basic spells that can always be used through the reptile’s potions and bombs (Bless/Bane, Sacred Flame, and Spare the Dying). In addition, the reptile can choose two magnitude 1 alkalist spells. All references to “spellcasting attribute” are references to Intellect.

Refinements
  • The reptile can choose alkalist spells of the next highest spell magnitude. This can be taken up to four times (to magnitude 5).
  • The reptile can learn four more alkalist spells at their current spell magnitude this advancement (for a total of six). This can be taken multiple times.

Spell List

The alkalists’s spells are presented here, sorted by then magnitude.

Basic: Bless/Bane, Sacred Flame, Spare the Dying

Magnitude 1: Caustic Concoction, Chaos Spray, Control Light, Cure/Inflict Wounds, Disguise Self, Faerie Fire, Fog, Movement Surge, Slick, Smell Poison and Diseases

Magnitude 2: Aid, Alter Self, Barkskin, Blur, Darkvision, Healing Word, Prayer of Restoration, Remove Sense, Shatter, Spike Growth

Magnitude 3: Daylight, Disrupt Spell, Elemental Beam, Elemental Explosion, Gaseous Form, Revivify, Stinking Cloud, Vigil of Man, Universal Reagent, Zoomies

Magnitude 4: Assemble, Beast Mode, Confusion, Death Ward, Enlarge/Reduce, Hallucinatory Terrain, Freedom of Movement, Plant Growth, Serpent Grace, Stonefur

Magnitude 5: Cloudkill, Dispel Unseen, Elemental Cone, Elemental Wall, Hallow, Insect Plague, Mass Cure Wounds, Strike of Man, Second Chance, Summon Salt Guardian


OK, backers - I'll be back tomorrow with our Lizards and finishing up Chapter 3!

#PugmireUnleashed

And what's with all the carrots? [Backer Preview Manuscript #3B]
10 months ago – Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 04:05:40 AM

Hello Good Doggos and Lively Lagomorphs,

The middle of the week, the middle section of our terrific trio of species explored in Pugmire Unleashed! Today, we're hopping right into lagomorphs - rabbits and hares!



Digital and Print-on-Demand Rewards

We know times are hard these days, particularly with rising costs and economic uncertainty, so we’ve designed this crowdfunder to be as painless as possible. We offer a wide variety of digital options for backing, as well as leveraging print-on-demand technology to have physical products printed as close to you as possible to cut down shipping and reduce tariff concerns.


Creating and fulfilling physical versions this way gets you the best price, fastest delivery, and excellent customer support!

DriveThruRPG's printing partners are located both within in the USA and the UK (and expanding), making shipping cheaper and avoiding the tariffs incurred by international manufacturing and shipping!



Draft Manuscript Previews

Over the course of these 4 weeks, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Pugmire Unleashed, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in bite-sized treats throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next 28 days, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.

Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.

In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: <Pugmire Unleashed Feedback Form>


You can use this Feedback Form to shrea your thoughts directly with the Pugmire developers and help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.


DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY

Remember, thanks to BackerKit magic, these download links are visible to Backers only - you must be logged in and reading this on the website to have access to the manuscript preview links. So, if you're reading this via e-mail, click that "Reply to this Update" or "Learn More" button on the bottom and I'll see you below this title treatment.

Sneak Peek: Bunny Boxers
10 months ago – Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 06:44:23 AM

Hello Good Doggos and Lively Lagomorphs,

Happy Canada Day from up here in the land of maple trees and moose!

Yesterday was one for the birds, so let's get a sneak peek at tomorrow's backer manuscript, this time all about lagomorphs! Hares and rabbits live in the Underneath of the Realms of Pugmire, and we'll learn of their history and place within the greater setting tomorrow. Today, let's get a sneak peek at one of the Callings for these brave buns!

Boxer

Boxers are the preeminent daredevils of lagomorph society. Their drive to be bombastic pushes them to ride the edge between thrilling excitement and danger. While this may be less than ideal for team tactics with more rational and coolheaded minds, they also tend to use their death-defying acts of valor (or foolhardy bravado) to save the day, earning scores of new nicknames based on their various antics and the legend they build for themselves. While their bravery is what makes many boxers famous (or infamous), they generally all share one other trait: a fear of being forgotten when they pass to join the Family. If they can build a legend of their acts now, their stories will never fade out of the memories of those they leave behind.

Boxers are masters of fighting styles and weapons, both in effective combat and flare to flaunt their skills. Each boxer eventually forms their own specialized forms, sometimes combining exotic or uniquely forged weaponry and bare paw-to-paw combat. For boxers, a physical conflict is as much a fight as it is a performance. Many come up with quips, catchphrases, and banter while in a fight, bolstering the courage of their allies and knocking their foes off balance. Just defeating an enemy isn’t enough for a boxer; they must do so with style and panache. For many non-lagomorphs, boxers are the worst fighters they had ever heard of. A boxer would simply reply it’s good that they have heard of them.

Many boxers don’t come from the highest social ranks, as the need to make a name for oneself by throwing yourself muzzle first into danger is not often the domain of the wealthy or affluent. Those who are born to famous families don’t have to be daring to make themselves known, but at the same time, if you’re a second or third born and need to stand out from your siblings, this is one way to do so. Some boxers aren’t former street urchins making a name for themselves to climb the ladder but brash lagomorphs forgoing the comfort of their status and wealth to take their names from adventure instead.

Typical boxer: For the most part, boxers are primarily suited for flashy fighting. They wear light to medium armor so they can be protected but still mobile. Many boxers stylize their armor so they can wear it as a costume as well. They carry a plethora of equipment and weapons for any number of situations, all of which works with their fighting style. Whatever they wear, it’s intended to draw all eyes to them, but sometimes they cover that up with a cloak or other disguise so they can remain unnoticed until the right time.

Their place Underneath: Boxers are an interesting fit into lagomorph society. As people who tend to earn multiple nicknames based off of their feats of daring and valor, they are often the subject of lagomorph stories, but at the same time, everyone knows that a boxer is prone to bringing trouble. Even among rabbits, boxers want to go out and about and show off how brave they are, secondary thoughts about consequences are often considered much later, if at all.

Views on other callings:
  • Diggers: Some of my best weapons came from a digger! But how can you look cool covered in all that dust?
  • Runaways: They run when you should stand, and hide when you should hop high. I get it. You can’t all be like me.
  • Sentinels: You can’t wait for the danger to come to you; sometimes you gotta go after it.

Boxer Tricks

Boxer tricks often are about feats of daring and flare, which are useful when she has either a high Might or Presence.

Feats of Daring
A boxer knows that there is no thrill without risk and that the best nicknames are made through the most death-defying acts. As a supplemental action, the boxer may choose to make all attack rolls until the beginning of their next turn with a boon. If they do, all attacks against them for the same duration are also made with a boon and all tests they make are made with a hindrance. A boxer may do Feats of Daring a number of times equal to her Presence (minimum of 1) before she has to take a nap.

Refinements
  • Tests you force enemies to make during the duration are made with a hinderance.
  • You no longer make tests at a hindrance during the duration.

Flying Kicks
Characters must have the Leap trick before they can take Flying Kicks, unless otherwise stated.
While most lagomorphs use their high jumping skills to get out of trouble, a boxer uses it to get into it. When landing after completing a Leap, the boxer may spend their action to attack a number of enemies within 5 feet of where you land equal to his Might. These attacks are all made at a hinderance and if they result in a hit, the attack each does double damage.

Refinements
  • The attacks made with this power may be made without a hinderance instead. If the attacks are made without a hinderance, they do not deal double damage. 
  • If this refinement is taken again, the attacks may be made with a boon.
  • Enemies that are hit by the attacks made with this power must succeed on a Might test, difficulty 10  +  your Might, or each suffer the Prone condition.
  • If each enemy targeted by the attacks made with this power are hit, the boxer may Leap again.


Heel Turn
Many boxers find that the best way to unbalance an opponent is to get under their fur with cutting words or bombastic boasts while fighting them. As a supplemental action, the boxer may hurl insults, challenge, or otherwise verbally insult an enemy that can hear and understand him within 10 feet. That enemy must succeed on a Cunning test, difficulty 10 + your Presence, or make all attack rolls and tests with a hinderance until the start of the boxer’s next turn. The boxer may use this power a number of times equal to his Presence (minimum of 1) before he has to take a nap.

Refinements
  • Instead of until the start of the next turn, the effect lasts on the enemy for the rest of the fight unless the enemy takes damage.

Scrapper
While boxers are trained with a plethora of weapons, they know how to attack with their bare paws. When making an attack action without a weapon, the boxer’s paws inflict 1d6 blunt damage. Additionally, a boxer loves to work a crowd. When being cheered on by friendly bystanders, the boxer adds their Presence to their Might.

Refinements
  • The boxer’s unarmed attacks now inflict 1d8 blunt damage. 
  • Taking this refinement a second time increases the damage to 1d10 blunt damage.
  • Once per rest, while being cheered on, the boxer may spend their supplemental action to spend stamina dice to recover stamina points. 
  • Taking this refinement again allows the boxer to also make their next attack with a boon.
  • The boxer learns that there is no such thing as bad attention, allowing them benefit from any crowd, friendly or hostile. Additionally, the boxer is immune to the Scared condition while the crowd watches.



Once again, backers will receive full access to the draft section from Chapter 3 covering lagomorphs tomorrow. All supporters of this project will receive access to the complete draft version of this book by the end of the campaign, before any pledges are processed or payments collected! You can start playing with these new options in your game today!

So, check it out if you haven't, and please remember to spread the word on your social media and in your social circles and let's keep this campaign hopping!


#PugmireUnleashed

Look Up in the Sky! [Backer Preview Manuscript #3A]
10 months ago – Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 06:30:28 AM

Hello Good Doggos and Beguiling Birds!

Last week was Badger Week and a lot of fun, but this week is going to be triple packed! Our next chapter has been broken into three sections, each covering a different inhabitant of the Realms of Pugmire! Today, we've got birds!



Digital and Print-on-Demand Rewards

We know times are hard these days, particularly with rising costs and economic uncertainty, so we’ve designed this crowdfunder to be as painless as possible. We offer a wide variety of digital options for backing, as well as leveraging print-on-demand technology to have physical products printed as close to you as possible to cut down shipping and reduce tariff concerns.


Creating and fulfilling physical versions this way gets you the best price, fastest delivery, and excellent customer support!

DriveThruRPG's printing partners are located both within in the USA and the UK (and expanding), making shipping cheaper and avoiding the tariffs incurred by international manufacturing and shipping!



Draft Manuscript Previews

Over the course of these 4 weeks, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Pugmire Unleashed, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in bite-sized treats throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next 28 days, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.

Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.

In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: <Pugmire Unleashed Feedback Form>


You can use this Feedback Form to shrea your thoughts directly with the Pugmire developers and help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.


DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY

Remember, thanks to BackerKit magic, these download links are visible to Backers only - you must be logged in and reading this on the website to have access to the manuscript preview links. So, if you're reading this via e-mail, click that "Reply to this Update" or "Learn More" button on the bottom and I'll see you below this title treatment.