Hey everyone!

Anyone who pledged for or added on the Roll20 version of Tome of Intangible Treasures via the pledge manager should now have a redemption code waiting for them in their survey downloads (and you should get an email about it shortly if you haven't already as well)! Roll20 has helpful instructions on how to redeem a code in case you haven't done it before: https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/360037773173-Redemption-Codes

Note: These codes are only available if you've filled out your survey and paid any remaining balance. There are still 3 backers who need to do that to get their codes.

For those of you who pledged for the Foundry version: I'm still waiting to hear that it's done and ready to release, but you can be sure I'll be letting you know as soon as it's available!

Thanks as always for your support, and don't forget to double check your addresses (and fill out your surveys/make sure your payments have gone through if you haven't already)!

- Josh

Hey everyone!

I have an exciting update on the timeline for fulfillment today, as well as some updated dice sample photos. I also have an important reminder for the 1% of backers who haven't yet filled out their surveys, and the 2% of backers who have errored cards for shipping charges.

I mentioned in the last update that the dice manufacturing was introducing delays, and I've finally approved a set of samples for production. Aside from the d4 (which will have the dark blue moved to the bottom face of the die) and the font (which should be closer to the font on the last sample I shared images of) in the picture below, this is the final look for the dice set!

I'm also happy to report that I used this sample set in my home game last week, and it is one of the easiest to read sets that I own.

Printing is done! Normally, the dice production delays would mean that the books and cards would be sitting around for about a month while we wait for the dice to finish getting made, but I've spoken with my contact for freight logistics, and determined that it won't be outrageously expensive to send the books and cards ahead by ocean (which takes about a month, plus a week or two in customs) and then send the dice later by air. This does cost me more, but for the sake of 1) getting copies out to backers sooner, and 2) enabling me to bring copies to Origins in June I think it will be worth it.

With the difference in shipping times between ocean and air, everything should be arriving at the US warehouse between May 19th and 27th. This means the current expectation is that US-based fulfillment will begin at the end of May.

For backers in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, fulfillment timelines are a bit longer. From the US warehouse, product needs to be sent to the UK and Australia fulfillment centers first before fulfillment can begin. In order to reduce shipping costs, these pledge rewards will be sent along with product bound for distribution in those regions, which means that they may take another couple of months depending on when distribution orders are completed.

With the beginning of physical fulfillment coming up soon, I plan to lock down addresses starting next week. You'll get a notice 48 hours before that happens reminding you to update your address as needed, so make sure you double check that! I'd hate for anyone's package to get delivered to the wrong place.

As a reminder, backers that don't fill out their surveys or pay for shipping within a month of fulfillment beginning may not receive their packages. I will always do my best to make sure everyone gets what they pledge for, but I can't send you a package if I don't know where it needs to go and don't have funds to ship it out! If your card wasn't able to be charged, in most cases it's a result of the bank blocking the payment and you will need to call them to ask them to allow the payment to go through.

And of course if you haven't already backed Tome of Intangible Treasures II or haven't been following along, the crowdfunding campaign is going well and has already broken several stretch goals, including adding ritual enchanting recipes for the 315 boons and charms found in the first book! As a reminder, anyone who has previously backed one of my projects who also backs Tome of Intangible Treasures II will get a free sharp-edged d6 from the new Life's Essence dice set with their pledge so be sure to check it out if you haven't already!

Thanks again for your amazing support, and I'm super excited that you'll all get to have copies in your hands in the near future!

- Josh

Hey everyone!

I got a video of what were supposed to be the final dice samples yesterday, and while they somehow look even more spectacular than the sample images I shared in the last update they had one vital issue that needed fixing on the d4, and the font had inexplicably been changed. They're making one more sample so that we can confirm the final appearance, and then dice manufacturing will begin!

So, what does this mean for fulfillment timelines? Well, it means that the dice production won't finish up before the books and cards are done. This is going to push back the freight shipping date by a few weeks and likely means US-based fulfillment will be starting in the middle of June (assuming all goes well with the ocean voyage). A big lesson learned from making dice in this campaign is to start on dice samples even earlier next time around! Should be a lot easier to do since I probably won't have to change manufacturers in the future.

Roll20
I'd mentioned I hoped to have this done by now, but there's been a lot of technical complexities that I've been working through with my contact at Roll20 as I learn how to properly get all the attributes into the Compendium for all the non-standard content this book has.

From a completion standpoint: all the text is in, and the website pages exist for all the content including all the character portraits and boon symbols. I also now have a confirmed way forward for finishing up getting the attributes filled in so that when you drag a History, Title, or Training to your character sheet it applies appropriately. This is something I'll be working on this week, and then after that I think it'll pretty much just be a matter of testing things out and making sure that it all actually works as intended. Assuming that goes smoothly, release will come shortly after that!

Foundry
Last I heard the module was going to be done late March/early April so as far as I know that's still the plan. I'm expecting an update on this from the conversion specialist working on it, so I'll be sure to let you know when I know more about the release date for it! - EDIT: Literally just heard that he's going to time it with the v13 Foundry release, so it should be out in about a week!

The header says it all - Tome of Intangible Treasures II launched this morning and funded in about an hour and a half! It's on its way to unlocking the first stretch goal, which will add Ritual recipes for all of the boons and charms from the first book to let anyone with both books enchant themselves with more than 600 boons and charms between the two books. Plus, as a thanks to all my previous backers, you'll get a free d6 when you pledge for a physical tier at any point during the campaign. This is in addition to the free d20 Early Bird reward, and (assuming we unlock the Early Bird stretch goal) extra d6.

Thanks again for your support, and I'll be continuing to keep you updated on the completion of the Roll20 and Foundry modules as well as fulfillment timelines as we finish out fulfillment of this campaign over the next couple of months!

- Josh

Hey everyone!

Those dice samples I shared with you in the last update have made their way to me and I took some nicer pictures of them, including the tin they'll come in!

As I mentioned last time, there are a few things that need to be fixed with these samples (including, funnily enough, that the foam insert in the tin actually holds the dice too well), and another (hopefully final) round of samples are being started on right now. That said, these look fantastic in person and I know that the final sets are going to turn out great.

I'm including a Returning Backer reward for Tome of Intangible Treasures II! In addition to the early bird d20, all previous backers of mine who pledge at any point during the campaign will get a free d6 from the Life's Essence sharp-edged dice set I'm making as part of that campaign.

The pre-launch page has just over 600 followers, and I'd love to see more of you there! Give the project a follow and share it with your friends so the next book in the series can be as amazing as the first (if not more!)

With manufacturing of everything but the dice underway, the only things left for me to do are to release the Foundry and Roll20 modules. The Foundry module is being actively worked on, and I'm told I can expect it to be completed around the end of the month, possibly a little into April. Meanwhile, I'm working on the Roll20 conversion which is now just about content complete (I need to upload probably around 100 more images, but all the text is in) and just needs all the final, somewhat tedious, work of getting things nicely formatted and linked before it can be released.

Thanks as always for your support! I'm looking forward to getting this project wrapped up and getting to really get to work on the next one soon!

- Josh

Hey everyone,

Today's update has some exciting news as well as some more solid dates on timelines!

Having changed dice manufacturers, the new dice samples look a lot more like the original mockups and less like the last set of samples I'd shared. While I wasn't unhappy with the visuals on those previous samples, these new ones are absolutely gorgeous and I'm really loving the blue 'flame' effect you can see inside.

There are still some things being worked out with the relative placement of the colors in some of the dice and which face the symbol is supposed to be on (for example the d4 isn't supposed to have the symbol on it at all), as well as the sharpness of some of the edges, and we're going to try for a pinker color for the translucent resin on top. The next set of samples with what should hopefully be the final changes should be done in a couple of weeks, and these particular samples will be in my own hands around that time.

The rate limiting factor for manufacturing at this point is the dice. Although they're likely not to take as long to make as all the print products, delays in getting acceptable samples does mean they'll end up finishing a little after everything else. Last I heard, that meant that everything should be done being made by the end of March or early April.

At that point, everything gets loaded on a ship and we wait for 6 weeks until it arrives in the US and North and South American fulfillment can begin. Then, all packages bound for the rest of the world will be sent through a couple of hoops to get to their local fulfillment centers in the UK and Australia and then shipped off to everyone else. This means that US-based fulfillment should begin in late May (depending on how long the wait in customs is), and the rest of the world's fulfillment will begin sometime after that.

Since we're now at the stage of the project where very nearly everything is out of my hands and I can do nothing but wait for about 3 months, it's time for me to focus all my efforts on the next book! The pre-launch page is LIVE and ready to be followed, so please go check that out, share it with your friends, and give it a follow to help give that project a boost as we prepare for launch.

You can be sure I'll be posting more updates about the timeline and product samples as they become available.

Thanks as always for your support!
- Josh