May Monthly Update (Patreon)

May has shuffled off the stage! That means it's June now, which is, uh, gonna be a big month.

Full-time! I mentioned this last month, but it's a big enough deal that it's worth mentioning again - making stuff for you is officially my job right now. If the Kickstarter does well enough (or the Patreon takes off like a rocket), then it's officially my job for the forseeable future.

Kickstarter! Songs of the Spellbound Sea goes live on June 11, and if you've ever enjoyed any of the content I put out, it would mean the world to me if you backed it, and told your friends and anyone who might be interested. Having a strong launch is really important - a great launch can snowball, trigger marketing interest, trigger added promotion, all that great stuff. The ideal goal is to fully fund on day 1 or 2.

Patreon: About even, a little churn both directions.

Troubadour: No change last month, though we should get some movement soon, with at least two book-exclusive subclasses.

Swashbuckler: 1.0 baby! It's officially out of Fan Content Policy now. In terms of actual content, I added the Graceful Fist subclass, which aims to be a bit of a monk crossover/wuxia-inspired. And the class now has all-original beautiful art.

Bloodrager: Some chewing over and digesting feedback on the last big change, which was pretty substantial.

Subclasses: After a slow April, I got a lot done here in May! The Circle of Fang and Claw druid is available for everybody, a reimagining of the Circle of the Moon. And supporters got to see a bunch of book-exclusive subs: the Buccaneer Fighter, Despoiler Fighter, and Protean Warlock.

Misc: Produced a tiny update to the Seafarer's Manual, adding a few more ships. I've started work on the next update but no ETA.

Spells: Omega and I are working on the v13 release for SDS - a cleanup release, addressing the last few spells that didn't get a great reception and maybe adding a couple new goodies.

The plan for June!

Kickstarter! This will surprise nobody, I think this is gonna eat a lot of my attention this month. Actually managing the live campaign won't be a ton of work, but it will involve just constant attention. And that's still 10 days away, so there's more prepping to do in the meantime.

Classes: This month will be a break on explicit work on the classes, though I'll keep noodlign on all of them (I'm expecting a bunch of playtest feedback in, too).

Subclasses: The Wanderlust Domain Cleric won, so we'll be hitting the road!

Feats: In place of Bloodrager subclasses this month, supporters got to vote on some new feats.Tactical Expert, Lethal Blow, and Ancestral Memory were the top three, and will definitely get made - I might go a little further down the list, too.

Species: Didn't do any last month, but I've got final art for [REDACTED], which means I should really get it wrapped up.