Hey folks,

I'm very happy to announce that this update is the release candidate for Voidheart Symphony! I'm sending it out to you now so that you can all have a look and send me anything that urgently needs fixing before we go to print - please download it, give it a read, starts your campaigns, tell all your friends! Please send any feedback you have in to mina@ufopress.co.uk, before the 19th of March. 

Here's a changelog:

System Changes:

• Locked covenants are now Committed; instead of resetting to Intense at the start of every session, they have an intermediate step between Intense and Faded where they still provide moves.
• Crises are now binary - imminent and quelled. While they're Imminent, they give ongoing disadvantage to their associated gauge. It only takes a single use of Wolf at the Door to quell them, but the Architect can use a reaction while you're in the castle to make them imminent again. Opportunities don't exist any more - instead a strong hit on The Grind means that the crisis starts quelled.
•  The Architect can now spend a Breach Reaction to drag all rebels present in a scene with a Breaching Enforcer into the castle.
• Removed the Bane weapon tag, and baked its effect directly into Lift the Mask.
• Changed 'Exhaust the Covenant' into 'Evoke the Covenant', providing a more positive theming around fading your covenants and involving contacts more directly in your investigation.
• Changed Justice's castle move, matching the changes to Stand With Me in the previous version.
  Changed Magician's castle move, matching the changes to crises.
• Adjusted the outcome of your first delve, such that it grants you Void 1 on victory or World 1 on defeat.
• Expropriation on a Tier 2+ vassal now only refreshes two gauges.
• Went through and clarified when Advantage and Disadvantage was fleeting or lasting.
• Implemented final feedback from my editor and playtesters editor notes.

New Sections:

• Added advice on changing the investigation mechanics and closing out your campaign.
• Added an example contact for the Vagabond covenant.
• Added a sidebar on 'Why play Voidheart Symphony?'
• Added a section of advice on making your own Covenants.
• Added an expanded Inspirations section.
• Added a 'For PbtA Veterans' sidebar.
• Added a 'blueprint' method for planning the actions of the castle as a whole.
• Added a sidebar on running a fight scene.
• Added an extra tier 1 example vassal, the Livestreaming Punk.
• Added an example of Rebel creation.
• Added a Move Index at the end of the document.