Ah, I was so busy writing that I nearly missed my cue!
Hopefully this won't be too invasive of Rick's nefarious master plan:
I do not know when the release date is, but I am currently reworking the manuscript. After some discussion, it was decided that expanding the book to 128 pages was not going to be difficult. Since this was mostly a matter of putting cut material _back_ into the ms, its been a surprisingly easy process. Since the ms has already been edited by David Milliams and Roderick Robertson, it looks very good indeed.
I suspect we'll be seeing the book before GenCon.
Which magical keywords and occupations? Hmm. Occupations are mundane occupations such as herder, boatman, Trader Prince noble, and the like. There are about 40 magical keywords mentioned of which half are fleshed out into the standard writeup from HeroQuest. There's at least a dozen practices, saints, and godlings unique to Wenelia that are covered at length (the Church of Ashara, the Trader Prince's rather inclusive church gets the Long Form writeup). Most Wenelian communities use mixed worship so there are several pantheon/tradition/churches which embrace that.There's a dozen common magic keywords and magical societies too.
The homelands are Trader Princes, Wenelians (that's sort of like a ""Balkans" homeland), Islanders, and the Pralori. The Pralori is the first time we've seen hsunchen in HeroQuest and we have rules for their shapeshifting and spiritual transformation.
Hope this helps!
Jeff
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