hooooo bouy, we’re making some changes around here!

1. Refreshed playbooks

Siren squad started with the art, then became a D&D game, then became its own game. It’s changes and morphed a lot over the years, and the original art doesn’t reflect the characters anymore. So all the playbooks are getting a glow up! I’ve chosen 7 playbooks for the CRB, each with its own punchy theme rather than having one group “color” theme. (Although the core merms will still be rainbow, because of who I am as a person.)

• Foster, THE MUSCLE 
• Jules, THE TINKER (she has a new steampunk mechanical tail!)
• Fauna, THE PARROT (a new playbook, she can take on animal characteristics, talk to animals, etc)
• Flora, THE BOTANIST (Flora and Fauna are sisters)
• Liv, THE SPECTER (formerly the shadow)
• Vanna, THE MYSTIC
• Gabby, THE SOCIALITE

2. Mechanical updates

• Contested play is now an optional rule
• Updates to gadgets/friendchips
• Updates to abilities, added Talents
• Clarity on a number of small points
• Only a Showstopper can restore Morale to a Siren now
• Updates to how target numbers work, and how bonuses/penalties affect them

3. Future plans

• A directors manual for creating your own missions, including prompts, random tables and step-by-step help (this is well under way, I’m writing it concurrently with with core rule book)
• Location guides for some of the frequently visited places in the cerulean sea, including new NPCs
  
• New missions with location expansions and themed playbooks (like the stargazer)
• NPC token packs of the old siren art to use in VTTs