The anticipated sequel with over 500 game-ready magic items, player options, settings, and more for 5e. Give out better treasure!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Great prototypes, a second book printing already, and more. PLUS: Two more favorite Kickstarters!
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Feb 02, 2023 at 08:41:34 AM
Hey folks!
Production's been delayed this month because of the Chinese New Year, but should be resuming now. In January, I did receive a new set of prototypes for the banners, bookmarks, and dice bags! They look excellent. I also got the the first advance prints of Book Two!
(Not included in your Kickstarter support: a borky chihuahua).
As mentioned in the video, I'm ready on all printed content. I need to get one final size confirmation regarding the binders, but that's it. The only other items that need me to sign off on their prototypes are the beanies and dice. There are some other details I need to finesse here and there, but all very minor.
Books are printed and waiting to be shipped to the warehouse, where they'll continue to sit until everything else is there as well. It's just as well, actually, since the massive wave of support over the last month in the wake of the OGL turmoil has made me order another wave of books already! Thank you all to everyone who ordered or expanded your pledge in the last month. It was great to see the community support amidst all the uncertainty.
As always, I'll keep you updated with details and videos like this. I'm doing my best to keep on top of manufacturing teams and design processes to get you your rewards!
PLUS: Two more Kickstarters deserving of your attention:
As a refresher, Kibbles is the creator who made the Crafting Guide for Book Two! His sense of balance and relentless cycle of content testing has made him one of my favorite creators to support. This book includes 4 full (awesome) classes, 30+ subclasses (for new and old classes), 40+ new feats, and hundreds of new spells. It's a compendium chock full of terrific new options to add options to your players and table.
Witchy Cakes from Mage Hand Press, the people who brought you Valda's Spire of Secrets!
Witchy Cakes is not a 5e supplement, but it is one of my favorite card games and comes from brilliant 5e authors Mage Hand Press. This is an instant classic card game where your job is to bake the biggest cake with magic and mayhem to out-bake the other witch covens at the table! Build your cakes layer by layer, or throw cake at your opponents to topple theirs! I've played this game at every convention I've gone to over the last year and can say, truly, that it's worth your support!
That's all for now, folks! Until next time, keep on adventuring!
-g
Griffons of the Multiverse is OUT!
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 05:00:54 AM
Hey everyone!
I just distributed the Griffons of the Multiverse bestiary to Backerkit! If you received a PDF of Book Two, you'll see it there in your digital downloads!
Quickupdate: I fixed a couple formatting errors that slipped through (including a few griffons' stats, whoops!). Uploaded the new version, decommissioned the first, and also included a version that has bleed and crop marks for you to print and trim at home! If you do it, I'd love to see photos! Make sure you grab the new file if you got it right when I uploaded it!
Here are a few spreads from the PDF!
In its 40+ pages, you'll find these twenty new griffon statblocks!
Alce
Chimeric Griffon
Druidic Griffon
Phantom Griffon
Sphinx Griffon
Winter Griffon
Air Griffon
Tempest Griffon
Earth Griffon
Fire Griffon
Phoenix Griffon
Water Griffon
Fey Griffon
Pseudogriffon
Shadow Griffon
Celestial Griffon
Hell Griffon
Rakshasa Griffon
Vrock Griffon
Starscape Griffon
The art is stunning, as illustrated by Damien Mammoliti, and the unique creature mechanics written by the same monster authors you've come to expect from Book Two's included monsters. I hope you have a blast with this release, it was a fun one to create for you!
Have fun exploring the multiverse with new and exciting griffons around every planeshift!
Until next time, keep on adventuring!
-g
Books are printing and character sheets are done! More updates shortly.
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 03:33:58 AM
Hey folks! I'll be posting some more updates within the next week or two, so keep an eye out for it.
First off, if you got a journal in your order, you'll find the associated character sheets uploaded to your Backerkit Digital Downloads. These are made for A5s, but can easily be stretched without degradation to fill a normal letter sized page.
A few of the character sheet designs
I got another journal prototype in and it looks great. I had one comment about it to confirm with the manufacturer, but we're looking pretty square on it!
The Griffon Bestiary is underway and should be out very soon. :)
I've also gotten the books' printing and binding underway, as well as made the deposits for the merchandise production! Prototypes are still underway, but are continuing to look great since the last time I showed them to you. The final bag designs are locked in and they continue to blow me away. They've nailed the new magnetic clasp positions so you can fit your books inside, plus they added a great carrying handle along the top so you can pick it up more easily. It also matches the look of the original bag's illustration a bit more because of it:
Not shown under the lid: new zipper tech and clasp locations to give you more options when closing the bag.
More dice prototypes should be soon. I have to work out some production stuff with them makers first, but it shouldn't be a huge hurdle.
That's it for now! Talk more soon, and keep on adventuring!
-g
Finalizing test prints and prototype materials. Plus, see me SATURDAY at PAX Unplugged!
about 2 years ago
– Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 12:31:34 AM
Hey everyone!
First of all, if you're at PAX Unplugged this weekend, come see me at the Hit Point Press booth, number 3631! I'll be there between 12:30 and 2:30 on Saturday, and I would absolutely love to see you!
Prototypes and other progress
This past month I've been finalizing some prototype materials and color proofs for the book. You can see the video below for a look at what I've gotten, including the wooden card box option!
I also got a video of the lenticular pin! This one doesn't have the enameled outter edge yet, but you can see the winking animation in action! It looks so cute.
The beanie is also making progress! We've got the materials and sizing about right, so now we're just getting (hopefully) final prototypes made for it. Turns out that getting beanies made can be a little more complicated than I'd imagined!
The journals are about ready to get sent off to print and manufacture, too. Just waiting on the final character sheet designs. Once they're all ready, I'll be able to upload their designs to Backerkit for you to enjoy ahead of time!
Similarly, the griffon bestiary is almost finished with its illustrations! Actually statting the griffons will go much faster, and then the assembly of the PDF should be similarly quick. Nearly there!
That's it for now! I hope to see you this weekend, and until next time, keep on adventuring!
-g
Prototypes, prototypes, prototypes!
over 2 years ago
– Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 04:13:32 AM
Hey everyone!
Whoo, have I got a lot of prototype news to share! In general, things are moving along at a good pace! I've also got some bonus griffon art to showcase, plus the GM screen insert designs!
First, though, let me also say that a bunch of creators have launched some very cool Kickstarters in the last month. I've got four links down at the bottom that I think are truly worth your time to at least check out. :)
What's covered in this update with video:
The backpack
The coins
The keyloop
The dice bag
The bookmarks
The banners
What's covered in this update without video:
The GM screen (sneak peak AND bonus download)
The cards
The griffon bestiary (sneak peaks!)
There's a fair bit to cover with these, so I put them into videos so you had visual context, too. Again, in general, things are moving along well! I think, with most everything, just one more round of prototypes will be all it takes to pull the trigger on manufacturing.
Things look great with it. The tricky prototypes to get the interior are taken care of, so the last thing that it's come down to is getting the page inserts done. Which, they are now! Here's a preview of all four pages in a row, approximating what you'd see in the screen:
If you ordered the screen (or choose to add it now), the full size, print-ready version of this file is now available in your Backerkit downloads. This way you don't have to wait for it to get use out of these sheets! Have fun!
The Cards
I'll be getting the wooden box prototype really soon. The cards and normal box themselves are good to go, I just need to update one of the box files, which I'll be doing right after this. I haven't gotten a prototype of it yet, but it's not doing anything crazy in terms of production. It'll be fine right off the bat, I'm sure.
The Griffon Bestiary
Thanks for your patience with this bestiary! We're down to the last few griffons remaining. Here's a preview of some of the latest: the tempest griffon and a rakshasa griffon!
In summary
The long and short of this is that things are moving along! I always do my best to keep production moving at all times as soon as I get emails in or prototypes in the mail. Because of the complexity of a lot of these products, pandemic-driven restrictions placed on manufacturing plants, and holiday rush orders (that superseded these orders in many cases), some of these products will be arriving at the warehouse in mid spring. So while we can expect to ship after February now, we're still on track and in high spirits.
Again, thank you for your patience and enthusiasm, and I really hope you enjoy the digital downloads I send out while you wait and while I work towards getting mass production to start.
Other great projects that I think you'll like:
Psst! You can click the images to be taken to their respective pages)
DMDave is a good friend of mine and extremely talented writer, tactician, and (aptly) GM. The Survival Guide is a (what I consider to be) must-have field guide that gives you believable and dangerous tactics to use with hundreds of monsters in 5e. It's all too common to have baddies be sacks of hit points, but with this guide, you'll be all too ready to have your monsters be truly monstrous. I backed this project and am really excited about it.
The folks at Nord Games, who are handling this Kickstarter's delivery, just launched this lovely compendium and associated sets of materials for, well, foraging, harvesting, and natural discovery! In it are means to find new materials and create fabulous new magic items! If you liked this campaign and the bonus crafting guide from Kibbles, this is probably up your alley!
Heretic's Guide to Devotion and Divinity expresses new and thoughtful ways to handle divinity and those who worship it in Fifth Edition. Slay and become gods, divine sacred rituals and ceremonies, and be tempted by hunts for ancient holy relics! If you're looking for divine inspiration for your 5E game, look no further. Heretic's Guide to Devotion & Divinity has everything you need to make the divine feel real!
I'd linked to this campaign already, but now it's in its final 48 hours! Check back in to see what new stretch goals have been unlocked and get your hands on a ton of top-notch battlemaps to bring to the table.
That's it from me for now! Thanks again, as always, for all your energy and support: I'm working hard every day to make sure it's worth it for you!
