THIS IS ARCADIA! (Patreon)

Some of you first heard about this project during one of our livestreams, but this is the official announcement... ARCADIA is live! The first issue is attached to this post and you can download it right now!

Our goal was three issues for this first run, with three articles in each issue—but once we started reaching out to freelancers we sort of couldn’t make up our minds. There were a lot of great pitches! So this first issue is 4 articles, the second issue is 3, and the third issue is 4 again. :D

Of course, we hope to go on to do issues 4, 5, and who knows how many? But first we want to use these three issues as a learning tool to see what we can do better, and learn how much demand there is for this.

The four articles in this issue are:

The Workshop Watches by Leon Barillaro. This is a short adventure for 5th-level characters featuring S.A.M.: a sapient magician’s workshop that’s literally developed a mind of its own. :D

Titan Heart, a new Sorcerer subclass, from Gabe Hicks. Sorcerers who literally have the blood of titans in their veins! Includes new spells, a sample NPC, and even a Titan Heart Sorcerer Retainer!

Jumping on Mounted Combat by Willy Abeel. New rules for taming monsters, and the “mount version” of six existing creatures. Basically, more reasons to use mounts, rather than an alternate mounted combat ruleset. And a short scenario using these new options!

Uqaviel, the Recreant by Sadie Lowry. Two high-CR celestial enemies to use in your game, two fallen angles with a unique story. How you use them is up to you, maybe Uqaviel seeks your help in defeating the dark angel that betrayed him!

We hope you like this first issue; everyone worked hard on it and we’re really proud of it. Please let us know what you think in the comments below and remember: Patrons get access to an exclusive role and channel in the MCDM Discord. We've added an ARCADIA channel as well, so if you're looking for a live chat area to discuss the issue, that's the spot.

We hope to get issue #2 to you in February—stay tuned!

FAQs

Q: How long will I be able to download the ARCADIA PDF attached to this post?

A: You'll be able to download ARCADIA #3 until ARCADIA #4 lands (we're taking a little break, so this'll be longer than a month). If you use a cloud storage tool like Google Drive or Dropbox we recommend you save it there for recovering it easily—especially if you need to access it from another device or if something terrible and unfortunate befalls your computer! Just please make sure if you save it to the cloud it's only you who can access its location.

Q: I didn't download the PDF on the post in time, even though I was an active Patron during the 4-week period! How else can I get a copy of my issue?

A: A few days after we remove the PDF from this post, we'll be compiling the list of Patrons who had active subscriptions while the Issue was available. Once we have that list, we'll email you a special, Patron-only discount code that works on the MCDM Shop; this way you can pick up your copy of ARCADIA #3 for free and it'll get added to your account's order history which makes relocating it a breeze :) We'll be sending that message to the email associated with your Patreon account, so make sure to keep an eye out for it!

Q: I just joined but it looks like the previous issues have been removed from their posts before I became a Patron. Do new Patrons get back-issues? How else can I get a copy of ARCADIA?

A: First off, welcome and thanks for supporting us! Currently, you'll always be able to download the current issue of ARCADIA when you become a Patron until the next issue is published. When a new issue comes out, we remove the previous one and it becomes available exclusively through the MCDM Shop (that's where we plan to keep all the back-issues). As far as other content goes, you should now have access to all of our Patron-locked posts! There's quite a few of them and we hope you find some interesting stuff inside :)

Q: There's a lightning bolt icon that says a special offer is currently running for the MCDM Patreon—what's that about? Do I need to do anything if I want to get the special offer?

A: If you're already an active Patron in the $5 or $10 tier, then you're all set, you don't need to change anything!

The "special offer" is a new Patreon feature that helps us communicate to non-Patrons that this sign-up period includes something special: ARCADIA #3!

Q: I know someone who wants to get a copy of ARCADIA, but they don't want to use Patreon. Is there somewhere else they can get it?

A: Definitely, and we understand! That's why, when we post the current issue of ARCADIA to Patreon, we add it to the MCDM Shop at the same time :D. On the MCDM Shop an issue of ARCADIA is $7.

While we're on the topic of alternative ways to get your hands on ARCADIA… Piracy sucks extra hard for very, very small teams like us. We're only a handful of people, and most of us jumped from something familiar and stable into the wild world of tabletop game development and media! We've been so fortunate to be able to make dope shit like ARCADIA and we wanna keep making dope shit for the foreseeable future, and pay people we work with well enough that they can keep making dope shit, too! Products like ARCADIA are what keep the lights on and families fed, and this year that's extra important to everyone we think. Thanks to those who have shared their warmth by supporting our team, and we hope others who have gone down the path of darkness enjoy our work enough to reconsider.

Q: What is this... an FAQ for ANTS? I have a question and it's not one of the ones listed here!

A: Oh no! D: If you need help with anything MCDM-related, email our support inbox and we'll respond as soon as we can. We're looking forward to reaching the point where we can bring on a dedicated support team member to help everyone lickety-split, but until we get there we try to check for new messages every week or two. We've got many tools at our disposal, so rest assured that when you hear back from us we will do everything we can to make sure you're taken care of! :)

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Arcadia #1 Changelog

Arcadia-1_v1.01_fixed-bookmarks | Jan 13 2021

General

- Bookmarks have been relinked and should now work as they were intended.

Article: Jumping on Mounted Combat

- Updated the Temp HP value in the Mounted trait text to match the amount listed in the statblock.