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