The campaign is over and it somehow feels like it only launched a couple weeks ago. We didn't make it to the final stretch goal, but as I mentioned in the last update anno...
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60k Stretch Goal Unlocked, Final Stretch Goal Added!
We did it! We unlocked the Ritual Enhancement System, allowing players to enhance their boons and charms with additional power in exchange for added costs during the ritual a...
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26 hours left, new mini unlocked, and closing in on 60k stretch goal!
Hey everyone,
As we close in on the final 24 hours of the campaign, we're also quickly closing in on the milestone of 60k and the next funding stretch goal unlock! As a remi...
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8 days ago
Play by Poll: Voidwyrm's Harvest
Hey everyone,
As we enter the last few days of the campaign, we're wrapping up the final play-by-poll with the results of your harvest. I also want to urge you to keep shari...
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Play by Poll: Hunting the Voidwyrm
Hey everyone,
It's time for the final poll as your adventures together come to an end (for now).
The party opts to take a cautious, stealthy approach to the voidwyrm's lair...
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12 days ago
Play by Poll: Studying the Voidwyrm
Hey everyone!
It seems the party is up for one final challenge before they retire (or at least take a bit of a break) - taking on a voidwyrm! This hunt will take all of your...
The campaign is over and it somehow feels like it only launched a couple weeks ago. We didn't make it to the final stretch goal, but as I mentioned in the last update announcing it, if we get enough pre-orders and/or pledge upgrades during the next few months I'll commit to fulfilling that goal anyway! So if you know anyone who was on the fence during the campaign, or just waiting to see what happened with it, it's not too late for their support to influence what makes it into the book.
So What's Next?
Anyone who's backed my campaigns before (and in most cases any crowdfunding campaign) will be familiar with the rest of this update, but it bears repeating anyway.
Firstly: Any backers whose pledges didn't go through right away will have two weeks to correct their payment information or follow up with their banks to make sure that the payment goes through if it was flagged as unusual. Once these two weeks are over, BackerKit will release the funds collected to me (minus their 5% platform fee and the payment processing fees, which generally come out to about 10%).
Once that's done, I'll be able to start commissioning writers, editors, and illustrators to help me finish work on the book! If possible, chapter preview PDFs may be released ahead of the full release, but I think the nature of this book's organizational structure (chapters containing categories of monsters and their boons/charms) may make that unlikely. We'll see!
Injuries and Vile Deeds and Tome of Intangible Treasures (Vol. 1) PDFs will also be sent out via BackerKit's pledge manager as downloads for backers once the funding comes through. Later on, I'll also send out links so you can download it on DriveThruRPG if that's your preference or if you'd like to help me out by giving them 5-star reviews once you've had a chance to use the books.
Surveys for the pledge manager will be sent out sometime in the next few weeks, at which point you'll be able to upgrade your pledges or add more add-ons if you'd like. As the book nears completion, I'll lock orders so that the final production counts stop changing and then once physical production begins I'll charge cards for shipping, VAT, and any new add-ons so that shipping rates will get locked in as close to the shipping date as possible. For those living in countries with 0-rate or reduced-rate VAT on books, I'll either be updating tax rules later on to account for this (a tedious and manual process that I may not have time for in the near future) OR I will be simply crediting your account before charging cards so that you don't pay that balance.
Communication
I'll be sending out monthly updates (at a minimum) to share progress updates. If you need help with your pledge, first contact BackerKit support as they'll be able to help you faster. For questions, you can always contact me at [email protected], or in my Discord server, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
An Awesome Campaign With More Hunts
A fellow game designer and friend of mine is running a fantastic Kickstarter campaign for a book I've been fortunate enough to see a lot of early previews for as they've been developing it these last several months. Exoecology for Monster Hunters brings heroic ecohorror to D&D 5E with epic bosses wielding world-altering regional effects, new character options, monster-themed items, and a level 2–8 campaign that pits your party against invasive species from other planes! I'm really excited to see it doing well, and I hope you'll check it out and show them some support!
Thanks again for your incredible support during this campaign! It's truly wonderful to be able to create another amazing book with your help, and I look forward to sharing some previews of new artwork and other content as they become available over the coming months!
We did it! We unlocked the Ritual Enhancement System, allowing players to enhance their boons and charms with additional power in exchange for added costs during the ritual and/or when the ability is used. I'm really excited to be able to get to work on this system, and I think it should add a nice amount of extra depth to boons and charms.
It was quite a pleasant surprise to check back in on the campaign after running my weekly session to find this goal already unlocked. As we keep the momentum going into the final hours tomorrow, I want to add another stretch goal:
Environmental Monster Backgrounds
There's not much time left in the campaign, so I'm making this stretch goal one that will extend out into the pre-order phase. If we reach 80k, including add-ons and pre-orders post-campaign made before July 2025, I will commit to adding environmental backgrounds for all 100 creatures in the book!
Normally, I keep creature backgrounds simple or absent, largely as a cost-saving measure since commissioning 100 creature illustrations is quite expensive already! If we hit this stretch goal, I'll be able to afford to add flavorful environmental backgrounds for every creature in the book - giving readers a taste of the locales and environs that the creatures might inhabit.
As a side note, we also only need 15 more backers to pledge for STL or Resin minis to unlock a 9th mini for each bundle!
Thank you all so much again for your incredible support, and I hope that we're able to unlock this final stretch goal - whether during the campaign or after!
As we close in on the final 24 hours of the campaign, we're also quickly closing in on the milestone of 60k and the next funding stretch goal unlock! As a reminder, when we unlock this goal I'll be adding rules for enhancing rituals with additional costs in exchange for more power, transforming the base boon or charm into something more. I'll also have one final stretch goal to reveal, just in case we have a huge surge in the last day.
ALSO: last night we broke the stretch goal to add an 8th mini to the resin and STL bundles! This means we'll have 3 backer-voted minis added on to the original 5. I'm adding another stretch goal for 80 resin or STL pledges to add a 9th mini to both bundles as well.
Thanks for your incredible support so far - in a time of uncertainty in the industry, it really means a lot to be able to continue to make awesome books like this one.
If we reach 80k, including add-ons and pre-orders post-campaign made before July 2025, I will commit to adding environmental backgrounds for all 100 creatures in the book!
As we enter the last few days of the campaign, we're wrapping up the final play-by-poll with the results of your harvest. I also want to urge you to keep sharing the campaign with your friends and on social media to help us unlock as much extra content for the book as possible before the campaign ends!
Ok. On to the harvest.
The party begins the messy work of harvesting their desired components, although they are somewhat split on what to start with. While many begin work on extracting the void gland, making quick and easy work of it, others begin harvesting the sensing organs that take the place of the creature's eyes. Finally, when all that has been taken care of, and with more than a bit of luck after all the damage that's already been done to the corpse, a single sack of scales is collected. With time, you are able to design rituals to grant yourselves several abilities using these components.
I did some dice rolling, with a bonus based on how united you were in your last vote, and you managed to get some of everything! You can thank my dice, which must not have realized they were rolling for player outcomes for once. I've shared the boons and charm for the voidwyrm in the Backer-only content below (as always, just view the update in your browser to check them out)!
