Aiee! Run From Kelvin's Brainsplurge!

Fancy alchemists call this concoction "The Potential of Futures Yet to Come" but everyone calls it "Future Juice" so there it is. The magic in this potion pulls success from the future to the present, granting an advantage now at the cost of losing that advantage later. Most adventurers consider this a fair trade-off, as they live, and often die, in the moment.

The potion is ice-blue and has a faint glow, and tastes a bit like blueberries.

Most bottles of this ice-blue potion have three doses; roll 1d3 if found in a random hoard.

A dose grants the drinker a free critical and/or guaranteed success on their next roll, with the caveat that the next natural critical and/or guaranteed success they roll is wooshed away to be used by their past self, and so must be re-rolled.

Ingredients: a cup of water from the fastest river in the land, two tears from an optimist, and two tablespoons of sugar.

13th Age: Can also be used to get a specific roll, for example the Fighter's Precision Attack, which normally triggers on a "natural 16+ hit".

Source: There's a potion with a similar effect in Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances. I liked the idea so I pinched it, like a common thief.

Well, I didn't complete many of my not-goals for 2025.

Oh dear.

• I did finish writing WAR 16XX and got some good feedback from a couple of experts, but the art remains to be done. There are a few reasons why that hasn't happen, not all of which are my fault, but even so it's a bit disappointing that stalled.
• I made some progress on a new LotFP adventure, but nothing publishable, and I really need to finish WAR 16XX first.
• I didn't play 40K or The DOOMED, but I did get one game of Stargrave in, and designed a handful of missions.
• Legions Imperialis remains under my desk, unpainted.
• I played Cthulhu Hack so I made progress on the unplayed rpgs list. Very minor progress, but progress nonetheless!

Right, so what about 2026? Well, I am still reluctant to make any solid plans, but we can aim for something like:

• I need to get WAR 16XX out the door.
• Stuart and I have pencilled in a rough plan to play at least one wargame a month, including 40K and Stargrave.
• I'm sure I can get another game crossed off the unplayed list. Maybe. Ish.

I managed to complete three of my five not-goals for 2025, so I'll aim for three in 2026, and maybe complete one. We'll see.

Happy new year everyone!