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Project Update: The Helper Lords Set | Sszet, Demonic Imp



Some information for you on the Helper dice set. First off, it will feature 6 dice and lords, including Mr. Tom Bombadil. Some of you bought the Tom Bombadil dice on their own already. No worries, you'll have the option to keep just the die on its own, or to upgrade his die into a full Helper set. There will be an add-on AND a secret pledge tier just for you to go in on if needed on the Kickstarter.

But let's take a look at what the set will be like! It will be in a 2-piece box for tarot-sized cards, as if it was a deck of cards. It will feature new rainbow foil Lords cards done by Brenda Ho of Weird Works, cheat sheet cards for their dice, and then the 6 dice in a little bag. There will also be meanings for the Lords Cards, debating if that's a little extra tarot card of its own or a booklet! That's 12 total cards and 6 specialty dice, which rounds off the full dice set at 50! That felt like a good number to end at, if this is to be the final edition.

These final 6 Helper Dice finish off some things I think I had left missing from the dice overall, including a die face that means nothing is wrong or needs changed on a later die to be revealed.

But let's talk about who is here-- SSZET, Demonic Imp!
Sszet is a demonic familiar to a character some of you may be familiar with-- Jimmy Talon. Sszet is a weak demon, and mostly just gets up to trouble. But his kind of trouble can be helpful, if you know what you're looking for!

For his die, we will have a transparent black and purple swirl die with red ink. It brings us a bit of a haphazard die that covers some elements of failure, making things work, and accepting your weirdness that we need:
  • Hex - Some things fail to function because they just don’t work. Don't assume you failed or that it was your fault, sometimes things just aren't working. And that's okay, come back later or try something else.
  • Mistake - Something has failed but it was an honest mistake, can you forgive this? Sszet has a tendency to make a lot of these!
  • Jury-Rig - Make do with what tools you have. It doesn’t have to be pretty to work. What matters is that the thing works for now while it's needed.
  • Wild Side - Walk on the wild side, try something out of your wheelhouse that seems a bit punk, risque, bad. Don't be afraid to feel out of your comfort zone!
  • Self-Doubt - This is a common experience that Sszet feels, when we realize we aren’t sure of ourselves or our goals, what we might accomplish. This also looks at insecurities and how they affect our choices, actions 
  • Vengeance - A dish best served cold. Sometimes we don’t just need (or want) to get injustices fixed, sometimes we want to really get back at someone who screwed us over. Sometimes it’s justified, other times…

So if you haven't considered it yet, go give the new Kickstarter a follow! It will help capture people the Backerkit project missed, and it will be the place for you to grab the new Helper Dice Set! And it launches sooner than you might think, October 2nd!

Talk again with the next Lord unveiled!
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