A book of Classes, Crafting, Psionics, & More for DnD 5e!
NOTE: Shipping of physical goods for backers and preorders is now in progress. Preorders for Physical goods will re-open with any remaining stock when shipping completes. Digital goods remain available.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Pledge Manager is coming soon; Updates and Progress (and some new art!)
almost 4 years ago
– Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 12:49:47 AM
Hey Folks,
I had planned on the next update being that the Pledge Manager is on the way, that'll be early next week at this point, but as I wanted to reach out just to give you guys a clear status update on it. Here's the break down of steps for those curious:
The Kickstarter! (Complete)
Kickstarter gathers payment (Complete*)
Kickstarter sends me the funds (Complete; I got them on 2/19)
I send Backerkit Payment (Complete; I started an ACH transfer to them on the same day I got the funds, and it completed last night)
I submit the survey to Backerkit for review (Complete; I sent it over last night).
Backerkit reviews the survey to make sure I didn't make mistakes (In Progress... and they caught a few things that'll be helpful! :D ) [We are here right now!]
I hit the go button, and it sends smoke test to a small handful of folks (This will happen probably early next week).
I hit the "go big button" and it'll send out the Pledge Manager to everyone else. Assuming nor problems with the step before, this should be just a while after the last step.
*Important: If for some reason Kickstarter failed to collect your Pledge, I believe you will have the option to complete that Pledge in Backerkit once the survey goes out. I didn't know this was an option, but this is what folks are telling me. If you have any questions there, please reach out.
I know that's a bit more into the weeds, but I figured also that some folks would want some insight into the process. Lot of of this is new for me as well, so I'm happy to share what I learn about the process as I go (like that ACH payments are indeed not kidding when they say they make take up to 10 days... I suppose I'm more used to wire transfers and credit cards being essentially instantaneous :D )
Since you slogged through all that talk, here's some of the new cool art coming - resources, potions, and some cool new character art!
More new art coming in!
I've likewise been hard at work, so far I've put out 4 subclasses (to my playtest groups and patrons) with 2 more coming tonight or tomorrow.
Once I have one addition pass on all that, I'll be compiling a playtest packet for you folks (completely optional, I have a lot of playtesting happening, but I'm always a big believer in looping folks in and never is there such a thing as too many eyes on something). I do want to stress that the playtest packets will not be the print/final version, particular in terms of layout and general polish; the bulk of the editing and layout is something that comes after that, as otherwise they'd just get broken by any substantial changes to the wording or moving features around. You can probably expect the first playtest packet to be next month, including most of the subclasses for the default D&D classes (and, of course, the classes... but they already have versions posted online being playtested by thousands of folks :D )
We may get another playtest packet for crafting next month as well. Not sure if that'll be broadcast out to everyone yet, but there's a big overhaul to incorporate the feedback so far and start getting it cleaned up to its final form and integrating some of the variants, templates, options and tables into it... Lots of good stuff coming there, and an unbelievable amount of crafting already taking place in so many games; I want to make sure I'm caught up on that first wave of feedback before I open the floodgates to another round!
Alright folks, that's it for this one! As always, if you want to be on the forefront of updates, you can follow me on discord or patreon, that's where I post most frequently, and that's where you can get ahold of me directly the easiest.
If you have contacted me and I did not get back to you, please reach out to me again! Via messages here, discord, emails, any route. I think I have gotten back to everyone in the backlog, but my inboxes were majorly flooded for awhile it's possible I've lost track of something. I sincerely apologize if you got lost in the shuffle, but please just reach out again, I definitely don't mind and will try to get to your question or help out with what you need!
All the best,
-Kibbles
Updates: Payment processing, Preorders, Pledge mangers, and Progress!
almost 4 years ago
– Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 11:16:15 PM
Hi Folks!
I just wanted to send along an update for where things are at.
Payment Processing
Currently Kickstarter is collecting pledges, and will be for the next few days still. If you've had any issue with those, please reach out to Kickstarter support or update your info there. I cannot directly help with payment processing, but if you cannot resolve it with them, we can try to work something. There's a lot of folks with their payment still pending and I don't want anyone to miss out! I suspect credit cards are sometimes suspicious of the $100+ payments in particular, so make sure you don't have a message from Kickstarter saying the payment failed. It is my understanding they will continue to be processing until the 18th.
Preorders
Preorders are now open for folks that missed the campaign. They can be found here. Preorders don't have the bundles of the Kickstarter, but you can get any of the books, add ons, or digital versions over there. Let me know if there are any questions!
Pledge Manager
The Pledge Manager will go out once I've received the funds from Kickstarter, as that's when I'll have the final list of folks whose pledges were processed. This is currently estimated at sometime around the 22nd. After I get the funds from Kickstarter, I'll need to pay the fee to Backerkit to unlock the pledge manager and send that out. So, the 24th or the 25th is probably the earliest it'll go out. If it'll be later than that, I'll update you folks further. That is a bit slower than I was expected, but that of course shouldn't have much impact on the overall schedule (and gives folks a bit more time to think on what they want!)
Once the Pledge Manager is up, that is where you will select your add-ons (or in the case of the class handbook tier, which one you want).
Progress
Of course, work progresses! I've already got more art in, Leatherworking has been added into the crafting system, and more is coming rapidly. For folks that want to be on the bleeding edge of development, feel free to hope over to the Discord or Patreon, and I'm going to be running a poll about what time might be a good time for a weekly Twitch stream where I can work on things and, of course, be available for any questions and rambling you need on the project!
and... Promotions?
Before you go, I did want to give one last shout out to the folks over at Nord Games. They have a Kickstarter of their own in its final hours called Dangerous Destinations; it's a book for creating... well, exactly what it says it on the tin! This won't be news to all of you as a good number of you found me through their project :)
The folks there have been super helpful to me during this Kickstarter (despite being clearly busy with their own Kickstarter!), and clearly know what they are doing with comes to getting books out to folks. This makes me biased in their favor, but I think it's a cool project and I'm a backer, so I'm more than happy to return the favor and point a few folks in their direction. They have a ton of information (including quite a few live streams) of what they are making, so I'd recommend at very least heading over and getting more info!
Campaign Complete! What is coming next - late pledges, pledge managers, retail orders, and more!
almost 4 years ago
– Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 12:04:44 AM
Hi Folks!
What an amazing finish to an amazing campaign - I'm thrilled it could get out to so many folks and will be plunging into working on the book (...I already have, to be honest! :D )
The pre-order store on backerkit for folks that missed the campaign but still want to order a book should be up next week. The pledge manager will take a bit longer, but should be in the next week or two to allow people fully configure their pledge. I will be notifying folks when that's up.
If you want a specific notification when the preorder store is up via Backerkit, please message me here on Kickstarter or through my website and I'll send you a notification (you don't need to ask for a notification for the Pledge Manager! everyone will get that one :D )
Lastly, there will be the poll for the TheChosenOne subclass coming soon; still figuring exactly what the poll will run on, but it should be this month.
Speaking of this month, I will be reaching out to Bundle of Everything +1 Patreons for their ideas for their contributions this month and early next month. There isn't a hard deadline yet, but you can start thinking about it!
If you are a retailer that has not reached out to me and wants a retail deal, reach out to me and we can discuss. I'll be working with a few folks here, and I'm happy to try to work with you on something.
You can expect fairly regular updates here, but if you ever want more updates, you can follow on various places around the Internet for the bleeding edge of updates; in particularly, it is very easy to get ahold of me on patreon, discord, or reddit.
I'm going to be hard at work on the new content, but never hesitate to reach out if you have questions. You will see the content before its final; if you want to see the newest things off the presses I'd recommend following on discord or patreon, but content will be updated here to backers periodically when it is in a good collection to share for playtesting, review, and just to keep everyone involved - I'm a big believer in community feedback and more eyes always being good things.
Thank you all so much!
All the best,
-Kibbles
The closing stretch! We've sailed past 175k in this final burst! Final hours stream tomorrow morning! Thank you all!
almost 4 years ago
– Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 05:51:32 PM
Hey folks-
We in the final stretch here! I just wanted to say that I'll be doing a stream tomorrow morning for the last 2 hours of the campaign just to hang out with folks and answer any questions.
This will be start at...
3 pm GMT/UTC (Greenwich Mean Time / Coordinated Universal Time)
10 am Eastern Time(ET)
7 am PST (Pacific Standard Time)
...run for 2 hours until the Kickstarter completes (9am PST). I'll chat about the book, answer any questions, and just hang out with folks for the end of this wild ride :)
There will be no last minute stretch goals - after further consideration I decided to keep this simple and just double down on making everything better. The more we raise the "more better" I can make it and the more editors I can work to tell me I shouldn't write things like "more better"! :D
I'll be here keeping an eye on things if you have any questions, just put a comment below or shoot me a message!
Thanks,
-Kibbles
The final hours stream! Live now!
almost 4 years ago
– Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 05:39:59 AM
...if you see this in the first two hours! :)
Hey Folks-
I'm going to be streaming for the last 2 hours of the Kickstarter. Just a sort of informal thing - answering questions, talking about the book and homebrew, maybe working on some things. If you want to hang out, drop by here:
