New Species Added: The Honey Bee

The honey bee has had a special place in history due to the product of its efforts and its namesake, honey. In ages past honey was a symbol of immortality and also of resurrection. A number of old kingdoms used the bee as a part of their heraldic symbols. Bees wax can also be included in the commercial resource provided by these bees.

A;though get the honey and wax was often a problematic endeavor. read more on the honey bee here.

All the Best,
Chris J.

New Species Added: The Common Bat

I added the common bat (modeled after the Mexican Free-tailed Bat) to Red Ash. This animals fit into the miniature size category and hunt flying insects at night. Like some other Red Ash creatures these are not a major threat to people but they do carry diseases and live in colonies that count into the millions. So a certain amount of caution should be given or your party could become infected with rabies or worse.

You can read more on them here.

All the Best,
Chris J.

Badger Added

Added the non-playable species badger. The Red Ash badger is modeled after the American Badger. You can read more here.

All the Best,
Chris J.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today in the United States we celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving.  This is a day we gather with family and close friends to share in food and to reflect on the things in our personal lives that we are thankful for.

For those of you that are not familiar with the US version of Thanksgiving here is a Wikipedia article on the subject.

All the Best and Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Chris J.

Added 3 New Species: Apes

..or more specifically Gibbons, Gorillas and Chimpanzees.

The Gorilla and the Chimpanzee are a part of the family of great apes which also includes Humans. Both of these apes are very powerful animals with complex social behaviors. Of the two species the gorilla is much strong but it is the chimpanzee that is more dangerous. Chimps can become very aggressive and will kill other chimps, humans or other animals. They also have displayed a very high intelligence and willing ability to use simple tools.

Read more on the Red Ash Chimps and Gorillas.

The Gibbon is one of the largest members of the Lesser Apes. It is well know for its close family structures around a pair-boned alpha male and female. The others in a group are children and sub-adults. While these apes may not offer the level of danger a chimp or gorilla can they can make for a good plot device as gibbons are also very alert to their territory and will make loud vocalizations when an intruder is spotted, not a good thing for players trying to evade notice.

Read more on the Red Ash Gibbons.

All the Best,
Chris J.

New Power: Arboreal

The arboreal power is a life style adaptation for those species that spend nearly there entire lives in the tree tops of a thick forest canopy. Read more here.


All the Best,
Chris J

Many Updates

While getting to add the smallest Red Ash species to date the Common Ant, I did also update classes with a new racial class called scavenger.

I also added a new status called marked and a sub-form of poison effect by the name of marked too.

This of course ties back into the common ant. Now I know some of you are wondering why bother with such a small species that to be fair, we unwittingly, kill walking down the street.

The fact of the matter is we are at a size that most ants are of little concern, less of course, we are unlucky enough to become helpless near a very large colony, now we are talking about the thing of nightmares. not to mention that the ant is even more of a threat to Small and Tiny playable species. They can also be used as an in game device to deny a adventuring party their camp site when they need rest badly. Beside the ant is believed to have been here around since the time of the dinosaurs and are still with us now as one of the largest mass of biology on the planet, give them some credit.

Read more on the Common Ant here.

All the Best
Chris J.

Added New Species: Anhanguera

The Anhanguera is a type of pterodactyl pterosaur and is about the size of an small adult human on the ground. During flight is wing span places it in the large size category, for space considerations. Although they are carnivores they have a primary diet of fish which is good as most playable small and tiny species can train them as mounts.

Read more on them here.

All the Best,
Chris J.

New Species Added: Anaconda

Added the Green Anaconda in to the Red Ash Species. Read all about it here.

All the Best,
Chris J

New Power Added: Serpentine

To prepare for snakes being added to the species list I needed to make a new power called Serpentine. This power is a reflection of the bonuses and minuses to the design of a snakes body. From its movement, to its low center of gravity and flexibility. Also its simplicity and lack of the finer control one has with hands. I hope I have captured the spirit of the snakes design with the serpentine power.

Read more about it here.

All the Best,
Chris J.

New Species Added: Alligator

Added the alligator...more information here.

All the Best,
Chris J

New Species Added: Albertosaurus

Albertosaurus is a smaller cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. It also has the distinction of being a pack hunter. Read more here.

All the Best,
Chris J

New Species Added: Agustinia

Added a massive category sauropod dinosaur called the Agustinia. Unlike most sauropods this one had the advantage of being armored with spikes along its back and a spiked tail. Read more about the Red Ash description of the Agustinia here.

All the Best,
Chris J.

New Species: Agilisaurus and Species Updates

Added the first in a long list of non-playable species to come. Besides the 2 wolves and 2 bears, I have had nothing in the way of non-playable species in Red Ash. I have held off on adding non-playable (encounters, summons and pets) while I worked on issues with how to best implement them. In doing so I have added a number of new powers and changed how the racial classes function in the rules.

The Agilisaurus is a smallish 2 legged dinosaur that is a herbivore. The name Agilisaurus means Agile Lizard and so these were implemented as agile and fast with a bit of armored skin (scales). These are not meant to be played as aggressive creatures, they are not, but when cornered or if they have a noticeable size difference they will fight to defend young (females only) or grazing areas.

You can read more on the here.

All the Best,
Chris J.

3 New Powers Added

I finished adding 3 new powers Colony, Long Neck and Long Tail.

Long Neck and Long Tail are similar power enhancer used to improve the powers bite and tail, damage. This allows you to attack with either at a greater distance than your normal reach is. I needed to add this power since a number of the creatures I will be adding include dinosaurs which some had very long necks and tails. Not to mention mythical creatures like dragons.

Colony is a power that can only be used by the very small, in fact it can only be used by creatures below Tiny (the smallest playable race size category). What it does is allows for a mass of these little species to join together to form a much larger single creature.

All the Best,
Chris J.

New Power: Lure

Lure is a power I have been thinking about for a while. The basic lure is based on real world creatures like the angler fish or the alligator snapping turtle. This type of lure makes use of  the creatures buff skill to entice prey within striking distance. The complex lure can be describe in any way that one needs but makes use of a charm based power. Read more here.

All the Best
Chris J

New Power: Weaker Sex

Weaker Sex is a weakness power that makes a distinction between the male or female members of a species as being physically weaker and often smaller in stature. Find out more here.