Hey everyone!

I'm very excited to share that a near-final version of the PDF is now awaiting you in your BackerKit Digital Downloads! You should also have gotten an email about this release. Note that this release requires you to have filled out your survey and have successfully paid any outstanding balance for add-ons, shipping, or taxes.

This version is labeled as version "0.9" in the filename as there are still a couple of pages to be added (just some promotional material to fill out the remaining space we have in the book), and there's a chance that we spot some more minor things that need to be corrected before it goes to print. That said, it's fully content complete, professionally edited, and ready for your use!

If you do happen to spot something, you can send me an email at [email protected] or leave a comment in my Discord server with the error, including the page number and paragraph so that we can quickly find it and fix it. We have until the end of February (once the Lunar New Year celebrations end and the factories come back to work) to get in any last minute changes before we commit to printing.

Once the final version goes to print, I'll release the final PDF to backers and start sending out copies on DriveThruRPG to you all along with the VTT token pack.

I also now have the final files for all 8 minis plus the False Knight, but I'm waiting on a few of them to be supported before I release the set to backers with the STL add-on. In the meantime, enjoy these animations showing off all the sculpts!

Also, I've been working on the conversion for Shard Tabletop! This actually helped me catch a couple of remaining errors as well. I suspect this will be ready in the next couple of weeks.

After the PDF is 100% done, we'll begin the conversions to Roll20 and Foundry.


Thanks as always for all your support, and enjoy the book!

- Josh

Hey everyone!

Editing on the final chapter is just about done, and that means that the full PDF should be available in the near future! In preparation for getting that sent out to everyone, I plan to lock orders a little later this week and then charge cards soon after that. The PDF will first be made available as a download on BackerKit for anyone with their pledge fully paid for. After a couple weeks or so, I'll also send it out on DriveThruRPG as well (just to leave time to make sure as many people as possible have their pledge fully paid for so that I'm not sending it in lots of little groups). Make sure your payment info is correct in BackerKit so you get the download right away!

The PDF being complete means all the print content is done. I still will likely need to finish the Heliana's recipe conversions appendix after the PDF's release, which is being kept digital to save space in the book. All digital appendixes will be a publicly viewable Google doc, which should make them very printer-friendly if you choose to print them at home.

Oh, and a quick update on minis: I have all the STLs, but I'm still waiting to get pre-supported files. Once the PDF is sent out and I have those files I'll be sending those out on BackerKit as well.

That's it for today's quick update! I'll make another one when I share the PDF.

- Josh

Hey everyone!

Quick little update today to let you know I've sent out a preview PDF with the Aberrant, Celestial, and Fey chapters! This PDF also includes those sections of the Boons and Charms chapters, and is about 290 pages of the 512-page book. I'm so excited to be able to share this with you - it's been hard to contain myself with how good some of the spreads in this book look. The art and layout have really come together in a fantastic way.

There are still probably some minor tweaks to be made here and there, but I am not expecting there to be any major changes. That said, there's always something that slips through editing (I literally just caught a few typos yesterday), so if you do happen to find something feel free to send me an email at [email protected] with the page number, paragraph, etc. with the error and I'll make sure it gets updated.

I've also got some final or near-final screenshots from the sculptor for the Black Helldrake's mini:

And a look at the Life's Essence dice! These samples literally just arrived this morning:

There are a couple of minor things to deal with; I'd like to use a different font if possible, like the font used in the Mysteries of Magic set, although I'm limited to what can be done without customizing the dice molds, some of the blue coloring on the bottom is a little inconsistent between the dice, and I'm seeing some marring on the top edges - this in particular is an issue I was told would be solved by using steel molds (part of why it's prohibitively expensive for me to customize the dice font), so if it ends up being the case that they are unable to resolve this I have a backup manufacturer that may cost a little more but would probably be more reliable for this. The dice are already more expensive than I'd initially planned for, so I'm trying to keep that cost on the lower side where possible however.

Have a great holiday and rest of the year, and I'll be back with another update sometime in January when the full PDF release is ready!

- Josh

Hey everyone!

I've got another sizable update to share with you today. I'm going to try to keep it as brief as possible while sharing a bunch of images though!

Sculpting of all minis has nearly completed. I'm anticipating having all the STLs in hand by the end of the week (though they may not be released until the new year). You can see some screenshots of the models below!

Editing has been delayed slightly due to the balance editor getting sick last month. However, there are just two sections (Primal and Unholy) remaining to be edited and editing on them has begun. This is currently expected to wrap up in mid-January. That's a couple weeks later than I'd originally hoped, but the holidays put an extra delay on everything.

Illustrations are fully complete! This means that once the text is done there should be no delays in getting it into layout. There are over 100 pieces in the book, and several of the monster categories ended up getting group illustrations to depict the unique variants in them.

Iris has just about finished the first four chapters, and has done some tests of layout for the final chapter, Boons and Charms. All told, the page count has grown to a massive 512 pages (expected final count), which does mean that some appendices like the 2024 conversion guide and the Heliana's recipes will be digital-only. The upside for that of course is that they can be edited as needed after release, so if we end up finding that the pricing on a Heliana's Crafting recipe seems wrong or some additional guidance is needed for the 2024 conversion then that'll be easy for me to add. They'll be linked with URLs and QR codes in the book itself and hyperlinked in the PDF to make it as easy as possible for you to access them.

While full PDF release won't happen until probably late January at our current rate of completion, I've asked Iris to export some of these earlier chapters once they're finalized so that you can enjoy the first couple hundred pages a sooner than that.

The book is going to be huge at 512 pages (so the price of both hardcover and PDF will be increased after the pre-order period ends), PDF release is now expected at the end of January. STLs are almost done.

Thanks for your support! The next update should be when chapters become available for backers to download.
- Josh

Hey everyone!

I meant to post this earlier this month, but apparently never clicked "Publish". It's a sizable one, so bear with me! The last month and a half has been incredibly busy, and a lot more progress has been made.

Oh, and I'll be at PAX this weekend! I won't have a booth (though you can find all my stuff at Lurker's Loot in booth 3863, and sign up for some games being run by their GMs using the Injury systems from Injuries and Vile Deeds, or to learn the Wyrmlings RPG system), but I'll probably be wearing a Lone Colossus t-shirt on some of the days, so feel free to say hi if you see me!

Before I get into that though, I wanted to give an update on what I've decided to do for the minis. The False Knight STL had already been sculpted, but it wasn't quite finished. The company I was working with for the sculpting had to cut ties with the sculptor that was working on the mini, and so while I have an STL for it, it's not optimized for manufacturing (and I was not charged for the work). The options I've been weighing have been to either 1) re-commission the mini so that it can be included in the physical minis bundle, or 2) go with including the Orthodoxic Guardian as 59% of backers voted for in the last poll (not quite a strong majority, in my opinion, but a majority for sure) and then give the False Knight STL out to all backers with either mini bundle (STL or resin) as a bonus. I've test printed the False Knight at home and it printed well enough.

Because the majority voted for including the Orthodoxic Guardian in the last poll, and I'm still able to provide an STL that is usable for at-home printing, I think option 2 is the best of both worlds.

The remaining mini sculpts have been commissioned, and I should be getting a look at their drafts soon.

Also, the companion adventure for this book, Gravedigger's Harvest, is ending soon on Kickstarter where we've unlocked several stretch goals including some new art and creatures for the adventure as well as PDF support for Pathfinder 2e and an illustrated boss map from Stained Karbon Maps! If you haven't backed it yet, don't forget to use your ToIT 2 backer tier link from the Backer-Exclusive part of this update to grab a copy and snag your discount before the campaign ends on Thursday.

Editing is continuing apace! Three chapters are now complete or nearly complete, a fourth chapter is getting underway with final edits, and a fifth is entering balance review. I'm currently expecting edits to be fully complete in December, but layout is already getting started (more on that below!)

I've gotten a tremendous amount of finished work in during the last month. About 88% of the artwork is complete and paid for, and everything has been commissioned. The remaining 12% is actually also mostly done, with just a few pieces still being worked on. These will definitely be done by the end of the month/early December and won't hold up layout.

Iris is already almost done with the first two chapters (Ritual and Harvesting rules and the Aberrant creatures) - screenshots below. At this point she's just tinkering with some nicer masks and image placement while waiting on Chapter 3's text (which I should be sending her tonight). When they're done, I'll see about getting you all early access :)

Thanks as always for your support, and of course don't forget to check out Gravedigger's Harvest if you haven't already!

- Josh