Multiple, massive, full-color hardcover tomes describing 400+ monsters, each in a wide variety of difficulties/CRs, for 5E/Pathfinder.
Hi—A backer pointed out that it wasn’t possible to switch pledge levels in backer kit. I’ve tweaked things and it should now work.
Sorry about that! Let me know if you run into any issues.
That title may be fairly obtuse, but it's accurate. A few backers have asked to be able to order PDFs and/or hardcovers of Volumes 1-3 of ABR.
Up until this point, I'd had these as Add-Ons, but they'd been limited to pre-orders only. So I simply unlocked them for everyone to add if they wish.
Hopefully that's straightforward. Let me know if you have any questions.
Onward!
Please note, BackerKit has advised all project owners that their offices will be closed between Saturday, December 23rd through Tuesday, January 2nd 2018.
During this time, I suspect that it may be difficult to get support / help for questions. So rather than go through BackerKit, if you have questions during this time, please feel free to DM me or post a comment to this project and I will get back to you.
Thanks again all!
It's here! Kickstarter completed their funds thing, so I've launched the BackerKit surveys.
As with every project, I learned a great deal about how to use BK effectively this time around, but I'm certain it could be improved--so don't hesitate to give me feedback about how it could be better and easier to use.
Any questions, I'm here.
Barring anything catastrophic, I intend to close out the BackerKit survey by January 15th.
For those who have friends who may wish to get on board with the project, here's the pre-order link:
https://aquilae-bestiary-of-the-realm.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
I don't think I'll be setting up any formal Stretch Goals for the BK phase of the project, but I will say that I have many more--hundreds more, truth be told--ideas for monsters than I will have budget to include in Volume 3. So the more successful the pre-orders are, the more of that vision will make its way into the book.
Onward!
Hi there! I've been posting here and there, but figured the time was right for a general state-of-the-nation as it pertains to Infinium Game Studios, our products, and our various Kickstarters.
The short version is that we're behind schedule, but making tons of progress, and all projects are looking really good. I will continue to update each project's status in updates in those projects.
Even for those projects that are behind schedule and "on the back burner" until earlier projects are completed, I will strive to provide as much honesty and transparency as I can.
As I've always said, I've been pretty inconsistent in my ability to accurately predict when I'll complete work on things. I am trying to get better, more realistic, in my timeline goals, and regardless of how bad my guesses are, I do aim for complete transparency.
I CAN, however, all but guarantee that your pledge dollar and your patience will be rewarded, and worthwhile. I've lost money printing every single hardcover yet, and it looks like the next few books won't be any different... but that's because I want to make the absolute best and most useful products I can.
With that in mind, here's where we are with things.
This massive book is nearing completion. Maps (450 of them!) are done, as is the Atlas. Fleshing out Areas of Interest now. There's still a chance I'll complete by end of the year; might slip into January.
Item list is fixed at 106 items--more than twice what had originally been planned. All artwork is complete; content is written for about 15% of the items. NPC wielder/bearers are all sketched out and crunch has commenced; about 5% done the crunch already.
All crunch for the Character Compendium is complete. Two dozen Villains have been sketched out. Ready to lay everything out quickly once prior projects are wrapped up.
Some (~25%) artwork is complete. Ground level, two turret levels, and five sublevels sketched out by hand. About two dozen NPCs, a dozen magic items, and a handful of Quests have been outlined. Ready to hit the ground running once prior projects are wrapped up.
20% crunch complete for OGL monsters. Potential monster list for Volume 3 is enormous; I need to pare it down to something reasonable that won't break the bank. BackerKit launching week of 11-Dec; surveys and Add-Ons will be due back mid-January.
This will be the next Kickstarter. I won't launch it until after DO2 publishes. It'll be awesome. I've mentioned some titilating details to some of you in private conversations, and I know there's already a huge amount of interest in this, even though it wouldn't be published until late in 2018.