Yes! We will ensure our creatures are balanced for current, up-to-date 5e games. We may include this in the book itself or include a 2024 5e ammendum.

Fiendish Forge is being created thanks to the System Reference Document (SRD 5.1), which was made publically available by Wizards of the Coast. We will be sure to include when you need to reference this document in the book, as referenced below. The System Reference Document 5.1 is provided to you free of charge under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (“CC-BY-4.0”). You are free to use this content in any manner permitted by that license as long as you include the following attribution statement in your own work: This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

While we are unable to balance for every 3rd party book out there - we believe you can use materials and magic items within Fiendish Forge to easily homebrew compatibility with other crafting systems!

Please see our section on "Shipping and Logistics" for more information. Generally, we will collect shipping 1-2 months before we are ready to ship.

The Day 1 Fiendish Friend Pin will be shipped out with the rest of your physical products to help save on shipping costs. The Day 1 Digital PDF will be available once we're at a finished (or near finished) state with the book. Our book goes through a lot of development and changes as we get feedback from our backers, so we want to ensure the Day 1 Digital PDF has the same quality.

Yes! Every backer will get a "Fiendish Forge" backer role on our Io Publishing discord server! There we will be releasing creature packets for you to test and give your feedback on, as well as show exclusive previews of what we are developing for the book. The survey will ask for your Discord Handle and include a link if you wish to participate in our playtest. Please note: You must have gotten a Fiendish Forge Digital PDF or Hardcover book to participate in the playtest.

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