Stretch Goal #3 has been Unlocked!
over 2 years ago – Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 11:47:51 PM

Stretch Goal #3 has been unlocked. Now, all tiers besides 5E PDF and 5E Digital All-In will include a digital print n'play card deck of all creatures (45+) in 12 Days of XXXMas! Each card will include the creature's illustration and its stats. Below is a sample mockup of the front and back of one of the cards. Attack, Languages, etc., will be bolded. Otherwise, this is pretty close to what the finished card will look like. 

I want to take the time to thank everyone for helping us to reach this goal!

AI Art Survey
over 2 years ago – Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 01:56:40 PM

Since updating the Kickstarter page with the potential new cover, there have been a few requests for similar art inside the campaign book. I have decided to take a poll to see how far this interest extends, but before that, I want to give you guys a production update and a better idea of what the art in the book, as it currently stands, will look like and what our original plans were. However, until the book goes to formatting, there are a lot of things that are still open for suggestion and change.

All of the adventures for the main campaign book have been written, and the second of twelve is currently getting its first round of edits. 

All instructional NSFW art for Special Scenarios and Hero Deaths has been completed by our artist, We Ren. It will look like this.

Most of the monster art in the book has been completed by Map Studio. We anticipate the remainder of the artwork to be completed by December. It will look like this.

Our NPC artwork is also mostly completed and will likely be finished before the Kickstarter ends. We have gone anime-style this time around and have a single artist working on all of our humanoid NPCs.

These are the art pieces and styles that absolutely will not be changed. Because they are artist-created, they take a lot of time to produce.  

We also plan to have about 60 pieces of AI-generated art inside the campaign book. Our original plan was to use an illustrated art style and only depict scenes from the adventures. Below is an example of one of those scenes. This image was created in Midjourney and heavily edited in Photoshop. It was originally planned that all of the AI artwork would have a similar feel. We did not plan to have any additional NSFW art beyond our instructional position artwork done by We Ren. 

However, interest has been expressed for NSFW art like that now depicted on the Kickstarter page. To save you from having to go look at it, we're talking about stuff like this.

and this...

Don't worry. If we do use AI NSFW art, we will showcase a variety of races, body types, and gender pairings. 

So now, we are conducting a poll to determine how we will be using AI art inside the campaign book. It is a one-question poll, so it should take less than a minute to complete. https://forms.gle/WN78b9H4CNZdd1y9A

Please note that when the Kickstarter ends, we will conduct a similar poll to determine which version of the cover will be produced. Majority vote will rule on that one.

I want to take the time to thank everyone for your input. 

Vote on a Cover
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:52:32 PM

I have been informed that the current cover for the game is not sexy enough, so we are now trying out different ideas for the cover. Cast your vote in the comments to let us know which cover you like best. These are all mock-ups, by the way.

Option 1:

Option 2:

 Option 3:

Popular Monsters Miniatures have been Unlocked!
over 2 years ago – Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 08:59:09 AM

Stretch Goal #2 has been unlocked! The Popular Monsters Miniatures set is now available as an add-on item for $30. This includes our XXXMas gobblin, frost wolf, gingerbread nuisance, ice-encrusted spider, and gift mimic.Each miniature is 40mm in size (a little over 1 ½ inches) and unpainted. If you love miniatures, add them to your pledge now!

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