Hello Cogs!
We're all part of this fast-moving machine... and it is indeed moving fast! We had a great day in the campaign yesterday, and it was amazing to feel part of a...
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James Bell
about 18 hours ago
Alchemical Attraction!
Hello Alchemists!
Wow, that was quicksilver fast! Working together, the fans of Exalted Third Edition have combined forces into one big funding machine... and th...
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James Bell
about 18 hours ago
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to Alchemicals! Don't forget to check the Updates to see the draft manuscript previews!
And feel free to let me know if you have any questions or wanna come up with a pun-filled nickname for backers or share what number backer you were!
Great to see everyone again, a...
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James Bell
about 19 hours ago
Wecome Aboard - Manuscript Preview #1
Hello Alchemists!
My name is James, and I’ll be your Onyx Path Crowdfunding Concierge for this ...
We're all part of this fast-moving machine... and it is indeed moving fast! We had a great day in the campaign yesterday, and it was amazing to feel part of a community with a lot of positive news again!
In fact, yesterday was so exciting that we've already smashed our first posted Stretch Goal targets!
[ACHIEVED] At $40,000 in Funding - NEW ADD ON: ALCHEMICALS STORYTELLER SCREEN - A three-panel Storyteller Reference Screen with charts and information for running an Alchemicals game will be created and offered as an Add On to any hardcover reward tiers for +$25.
Alchemicals Companion - Starting with our $50,000 Stretch Goal reward, a new Alchemicals supplement will be added as a bonus reward to all backers receiving the Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God PDF as one of their pledge rewards. This Alchemicals Companion PDF will be expanded via Stretch Goal achievement, with each achieved goal unlocking a new section in the book.
[ACHIEVED] At $50,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: The Lost City of Tekun - The disappearance of the metropolis Tekun is a mystery to the Eight Nations — but now, the truth is revealed. Cast though the Seal of Eight Divinities, the lost city has survived deep in the vast underground caverns of Creation. Its people still preserve the Octet’s culture and faith despite their isolation from the Machine God, a flickering light of hope amidst the many perils of the deep.
[ACHIEVED] At $60,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: The Forge of Legends - Additional Storyteller advice and plot hooks for Alchemical campaigns, whether in Autochthonia or Creation.
[ACHIEVED] At $70,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: Beyond the Eight Nations - An expansion of Autochthonia’s reaches and those who dwell within: tunnel folk societies, Alchemical outcasts, and gruesome horrors born of the Blight.
Let's not stop and rest there! I don't think we'll see the amazing wave of support that comes in the first 24 hours again, but let's set up some more Stretch Goals to maybe take us through this first week! Here are three more Stretch Goals to build our bonus reward supplement and a fourth one to mark a milestone along our journey!
At $85,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: God-Machinery of Exalted Power -A panoply of Alchemical Charms and submodule upgrades, as well as Light-Sharpening Blade style, a martial art that makes use of beamklaves.
At $95,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: The Ever-Spreading Blight -Quick Character traits for Apostates, those Alchemicals corrupted by Autochthon’s Blight, and the lesser gremlins that stalk the Realm of Brass and Shadows.
At $105,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: Industrial Assembly of the Chosen -Quick Character traits for Alchemical heroes from across the Eight Nations — and Creation.
At $110,000 in Funding - BACKER SHIRT DESIGN - An Alcehmicals-themed Backer shirt will be hosted on Onyx Path’s Redbubble store for a limited time. Backers will be notified when the shirt becomes available for purchase.
As a note, in addition to our main page, our Stretch Goals - called Acheivements by the BackerKit system - are tracked in the Community page under the Achievements tab. It's fun to check those out and watch the funding bars fill up.
As I mentioned in our first update, we're going to have a lot of draft mansucript updates coming our way over these 4 weeks, and we're going to jump around a lot through the book. Yesterday we had Chapter 1... today we're getting Chapters 3 + 4.
Chapter Three: Character Creation provides rules for creating Alchemical player characters.
Chapter Four: Traits details the unique traits used by Alchemicals, including their Castes and the cold, inhuman Clarity of their Great Curse.
Some quick things to note before we get into the manuscript.
Shipping Costs will be Collected in the Pledge Manager
First up, it's amazingly expensive to ship, especially from Onyx Path's home base in the US. And that's as of today - we're all in the dark about how things will look in 2 years. We get that, but there's not much we can do at this time. Onyx Path is in a difficult space where the company is big enough that they're not saving money by fulfilling out of Rich's garage, but small enough that they haven't been able to set up ongoing international partners to handle portions of the fulfillment. So we are where we are - for now.
The best we can do at this point is to plan carefully, advise everyone up front that international shipping will likely be expensive (see our projections on the main page) and only charge what it costs us when the time comes. We’ll be charging for shipping in the Pledge Manager once the books are being printed and we can deal with the actual shipping charges rather than using our best-guesses this far out. If you live outside the US and aren't sure you want the hardcover or other physical items, you can pledge to the PDF tier now and upgrade your pledge in the Pledge Manager once we know the final shipping costs.
Draft Manuscript Previews
Over the course of the next 4 weeks, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in bite-sized sections throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next 28 days, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.
Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.
In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: https://forms.gle/TNemGoMirkKR4h8U6
You can use this Feedback Form to share your thoughts directly with the Exalted creative team to help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY
Remember, thanks to BackerKit magic, these download links are visible to Backers only - you must be logged in and reading this on the website to have access to the manuscript preview links. So, if you're reading this via e-mail, click that "Reply to this Update" link on the bottom and I'll see you below this title treatment.
My name is James, and I’ll be your Onyx Path Crowdfunding Concierge for this fun new project - Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God, the latest fatsplat for the Exalted Third Edition tabletop roleplaying game. I’ll be updating the campaign as we go, sharing the draft mansucript previews, answering questions, and providing support wherever needed as best I can.
I’ll note that I’m not part of the creative team on this project – so I won’t be able to immediately answer some of the more intricate rules or design inquiries – but having me manage this Crowdfunding campaign allows Danielle and the Exalted Crew to keep their focus on the awesome projects that they’ve got in the works.
That said, feel free to make me your point person for any questions or issues you may have. I'll make sure to dig up answers as quickly as possible and clear up any issues that arise. Mostly, I'm just looking forward to an exciting ride along with all of you on this (and future) projects.
Our comment section is for all members of this community – united by our shared desire to see this project fund and develop – to cheerlead the project and figure out how best to spread the word about what we’re building here. If you’ve started a thread on whatever social media platform exists today or a Discord conversation about the game or this campaign – let me know about it so we can share that info. If you’ve discussed the game on a blog or podcast, let’s hear about it! If you’ve got funny ideas for social media hashtags, well we can do those too!
I will also be the person who gets to share the updates and previews with you! As noted on the main page and in the pledge descriptions, I also get to share an exciting treat –The Alchemicals Draft Manuscript previews, so you can start reading the book immediately! Scroll down to the bottom of this post on the website to see the first BACKERS-ONLY update for a download link.
So, welcome to Crowdfunding by BackerKit! Welcome to this latest setting and system expansion for Exalted Third Edition! It's time to forge some Alchemicals!
Some quick things to note before we get into the manuscript.
Shipping Costs will be Collected in the Pledge Manager
First up, it's amazingly expensive to ship, especially from Onyx Path's home base in the US. And that's as of today - we're all in the dark about how things will look in 2 years. We get that, but there's not much we can do at this time. Onyx Path is in a difficult space where the company is big enough that they're not saving money by fulfilling out of Rich's garage, but small enough that they haven't been able to set up ongoing international partners to handle portions of the fulfillment. So we are where we are - for now.
The best we can do at this point is to plan carefully, advise everyone up front that international shipping will likely be expensive (see our projections on the main page) and only charge what it costs us when the time comes. We’ll be charging for shipping in the Pledge Manager once the books are being printed and we can deal with the actual shipping charges rather than using our best-guesses this far out. If you live outside the US and aren't sure you want the hardcover or other physical items, you can pledge to the PDF tier now and upgrade your pledge in the Pledge Manager once we know the final shipping costs.
Draft Manuscript Previews
Over the course of the next 4 weeks, backers will receive the entire current draft manuscript for Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God, but it's not going to come to you all in one go. The previews will come out in bite-sized sections throughout the campaign. This helps me seem interesting over the next 28 days, but it's more about guiding the conversation and helping steer feedback for the developers.
Because they want your feedback! These manuscript previews are of the current draft manuscript – the document in its latest, approved form. This may not be the final form after editing and any additional development, but you can consider it about 95% finished, so keep that in mind.
In fact, you can help guide the team through the next stages of development by providing feedback on these manuscript previews! The Onyx Path team has set up a special Feedback Form just for campaign backers for this very purpose: https://forms.gle/TNemGoMirkKR4h8U6
You can use this Feedback Form to share your thoughts directly with the Exalted creative team to help guide them through the next rounds of development and editing.
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT PREVIEWS - BACKERS ONLY
Remember, thanks to BackerKit magic, these download links are visible to Backers only - you must be logged in and reading this on the website to have access to the manuscript preview links. So, if you're reading this via e-mail, click that "Reply to this Update" link on the bottom and I'll see you below this title treatment.
Wow, that was quicksilver fast! Working together, the fans of Exalted Third Edition have combined forces into one big funding machine... and this campaign is now successfully FUNDED!
Thanks to your support, Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God has been funded and will get a fully-developed PDF and deluxe hardcover release. I'd better update my avatar in celebration.
This happened a lot faster than I'd expected. With a lot of distractions lately and a few hiccups as we approached our launch, I thought we might have a quieter start, but I should have really expected the BOOM and rapid take off. So I may not have my Stretch Goal graphics quite ready, but I'll use some text placeholders and update as we go.
Because we're not done now that we've hit our funding target! It's time to add more options, mark some milestones, and build a bonus reward!
As we increase the overall funding and support for the project, we’re able to add additional resources to the project, expand the rewards listed, and add in new offers and opportunities. Each Stretch Goal will have a target that, once reached, will add a project to the reward list for backers of the relevant Stretch Goal path.
At $40,000 in Funding - New Add On: Alchemicals Storyteller Screen - A three-panel Storyteller Reference Screen with charts and information for running an Alchemicals game will be created and offered as an Add On to any hardcover reward tiers for +$25.
Starting at $50,000 in Funding, a new Alchemicals supplement will be added as a bonus reward to all backers receiving the Alchemicals: Forged by the Machine God PDF as one of their pledge rewards. This Alchemicals Companion PDF will be expanded via Stretch Goal achievement.
At $50,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: The Lost City of Tekun
The first section to be added to our Alchemicals Companion PDF supplement will be the Lost City of Tekun. The disappearance of the metropolis Tekun is a mystery to the Eight Nations — but now, the truth is revealed. Cast though the Seal of Eight Divinities, the lost city has survived deep in the vast underground caverns of Creation. Its people still preserve the Octet’s culture and faith despite their isolation from the Machine God, a flickering light of hope amidst the many perils of the deep.
At $60,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: The Forge of Legends
Additional Storyteller advice and plot hooks for Alchemical campaigns, whether in Autochthonia or Creation.
At $70,000 in Funding - ALCHEMICALS COMPANION: Beyond the Eight Nations
An expansion of Autochthonia’s reaches and those who dwell within: tunnel folk societies, Alchemical outcasts, and gruesome horrors born of the Blight.
We're just at the start of this campaign and already off to a stellar start! I'll get some graphics sorted over the next few days as we work on these Stretch Goals! Please remember to share word of this campaign in your social circles and on your social media, and let's see if we can't unlock that screen within the first 24 hours!
Thanks again for your support! I love to see the community come together and be excited, and really looking forward to these next 4 weeks!
Quick Character traits for Apostates, those Alchemicals corrupted by Autochthon’s Blight, and the lesser gremlins that stalk the Realm of Brass and Shadows.
