A little over 24 hours in and we've already unlocked the second funding-based stretch goal! This means that each of the most powerful or iconic creatures (one for each creature category) in the book will get a full page of art devoted to showing them off in awesome detail!

That also means it's time to reveal the next couple of stretch goals!

The next stretch goal is a big one: when we hit 45k, I'll be expanding every monster in the book with additional stat blocks for use at multiple tiers of play. With this, I'll make juvenile and apex/paragon versions of every monster, with additional abilities given to the higher CR versions, and some abilities taken away or pared back for lower CR versions. Alongside the additional monster stat blocks will come tables for harvestable materials for each monster version and greater and lesser versions of some of the boons and charms that can be enchanted using parts from the original monster's version.

This effectively triples the number of stat blocks in the book, and will also increase the number of boons and charms! The additional boons and charms will also be included in the box set add-on, increasing its value for everyone! 

Finally, I want to share a crowdfunding project from a fellow TTRPG creator, Studio Agate, that's ending tomorrow!

Secrets of Magic is the seventh installment in the Fateforge series, launching a brand-new collection of toolboxes for 5E centered on magical lore and wonders.

Fateforge is compatible with 5E 2014 and 2024, and Secrets of Magic brings you 250+ pages brimming with magical content, spellcaster-focused options, potion brewing, item crafting, new archetypes, sublimation rules, and much more!

Secrets of Magic ends tomorrow, so head over there to check it out before it's over!

Thanks again for the incredible support so far, and be sure the share the campaign with your friends! Let's keep smashing stretch goals and unlocking more awesome content for the book!

- Josh

Hey everyone!

We're off to a fantastic start, with the first funding stretch goal unlocked and adding ritual recipes for all the 300+ boons and charms from the first book! We've also unlocked a 6th mini for the STL and Resin Miniatures bundle add-ons (and all tiers with those included), which will be voted on by backers after the campaign ends and the remaining monsters are more fleshed out.

With these stretch goals unlocked, we're on our way to the next funding stretch goal. At 30k, we'll unlock some fantastic art upgrades, giving a full page illustration to the most powerful/iconic creature in each of the five categories (Aberrant, Celestial, Fey, Primal, Unholy)! As a taste of what you can expect from these, here's the first of the five pieces: the Voidwyrm, by Todd Ulrich.

I'm also adding another miniature unlock stretch goal! Since these goals upgrade the rewards of backers who pledge for either the STL or Resin Miniatures bundles, I figured I'd make this a goal based on those specific pledge counts. So, when we reach 40 pledges for miniature bundles of any kind, I'll add a 7th figure to the bundles! We're already over halfway there, so if anyone's been waiting to see how many minis we unlock now's a good time to join in and help get more minis for everyone!

And of course we're about a third of the way toward unlocking the Early Bird stretch goal! If you're planning to pledge at a physical tier and haven't already be sure to do so before the Early Bird period ends on Friday to help unlock an extra free d6 for everyone!

Finally, I've started the first of what will likely be four play-by-poll adventures with a poll attached to this update! For anyone not familiar with the idea, these are kind of like a play by post style adventure where I write a prompt for you in each play by poll update and you all vote on which direction the party will take. These adventures will center around creatures from the book, how you might hunt them, and, of course, what rewards you might earn from your encounters!

This first one is pretty simple: You're at the local adventuring guild/monster hunter's lodge and peruse the job board for your next hunt. Every job offers some rewards on their own, but these in particular catch your eye as you note some potential uses for harvested parts not currently listed as part of the job request. Which creature do you hunt?