Hello Tent and Bedroll Backers,

We now have just over a week left on the campaign! We keep inching towards our next stretch goal for a third book. I think it still might be possible if we get a big enough end of campaign surge.

This week’s preview poll was closer than last weeks, but magic items edged out the competition. As I’m sure you’ve figured out, tents are a big part of this book, so in this preview we’re showing off to magical tents. Or are we? One tent has the power to transform itself, while one only seems to. The two are also very different thematically, and I think you can tell a lot about an adventurer based on which tent they choose. 

This canvas tent with polls is large enough to sleep six people. When pitched, this tent casts an illusion upon itself to blend in with the natural scenery. It might look like a pine tree in the middle of the forest, or a rock formation in the mountains. Those outside the tent think nothing of it unless actively searching. A creature that takes a Study action to examine geography can determine that it is an illusion with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check.

Those within the tent can see both though the illusion and the fabric of the tent, allowing them to see anything approaching.

This item seems at first to be a jumble of animal bones wrapped in thick hide, however when you speak the proper command words the bones and hide rearrange into useful shapes.

First Command Word. Uttering this command words makes the bones arrange into tent polls and the hide into a covering, making a tent large enough to fit four people.

Second Command Word. With this command the bones become the ribs of the boat and the hide the outer hull. In this form the skin and bones use the statistics of a rowboat. 

Third Command Word. The bone arrange themselves into something approaching a horse skeleton, and the hide covers most of it. In this form the skin and bones use the statistics of a warhorse skeleton, but cannot attack. 

Fourth Command Word. A final command word makes the skin and bones revert to its bundle form. 

We’ve got one preview left before the end of the campaign. Vote for what you’d like to see!

Until next time.

-Matthew