Hey everyone!

We did it! We've unlocked the Expanded Monsters (and Rituals) stretch goal, expanding every monster in the book with additional stat blocks for use at multiple tiers of play as well as some of the boons and charms that can be ritually enchanted using parts harvested from these monsters with greater or lesser variants, representing the changes in power level of the ability taken from a more or less powerful version of the creature.

While we didn't quite hit 300 Early Bird physical backers, I've decided to call that one unlocked as well at a very near 295, so everyone who pledged for physical copies of the book in the first 72 hours will be getting an additional d6 as well!

This next stretch goal expands the Ritual system with rules to allow players to enhance rituals, adding risk or additional costs to the boons and charms they grant in return for greater power. Backers of the original book will recognize some mechanical similarity here with Pacts, and that's intentional! Mechanically, these enhanced boons and charms will function similarly to pacts, with both Acceptance Prices (a price paid when the ritual is completed successfully) and Activation Costs (a cost to activate the ability each time it is used).

I'm very excited about this system expansion, and I think having a somewhat free-form method for players to modify rituals will be a great addition to the book, so I'm hopeful that we can break this goal and I get to work on the system!

Don't forget to vote in the Play-by-Poll, and I look forward to seeing how quickly we can reach this next stretch goal as we begin to enter the middle stretch of the campaign. Thanks again for your early support!

- Josh