July Monthly Update (Patreon)

Right! So June & July have obviously been pretty nuts. But let's get our updates back on track!

Kickstarter! Woooooo! Songs of the Spellbound Sea went amazingly well, to the tune of a hair under $85k. I am absolutely delighted with this outcome, and incredibly excited to make this book. That's enough to add:

3 more mini-settings

10+ more subclasses

2 more species

A boatload of magic items

And a series of extremely exciting collaborations!

In terms of where the Kickstarter's at delivery-wise, I'm prepping to send out backer surveys soon and get the ball rolling on the Backer's Choice polls. Currently wrangling both Backerkit and Kickstarter support on an infuriating data-transfer issue, which appears to be shaking out as "I have to do a bunch of manual work I wasn't supposed to need to do."

Patreon: A big boost in free-tier followers, and some churn in paid supporters. As expected! The KS brought in some more eyeballs, but also gave folks who've been supporting on patreon an alternate route.

Discord:  Unsurprisingly, a decent surge of discord growth related to the KS. We did unfortunately get a nasty spate of crypto spammers, but after the first one caught me at a terrible time, I've added two more mods and more automod rules (which have caught ~10 more attempts at crypto spam).

Troubadour: v1.3 brought some pretty significant buffs, including a rescaled version of Concordance!

Swashbuckler: v1.2 was mostly pretty small changes, nitty-gritty balancing stuff.

Bloodrager: v0.8 featured significant changes to Blood Trance and Sorcerous Swordplay, as well as tweaks to a bunch of subclasses. A bunch of placeholder art got replaced, so we're definitely approaching v1.0. (Just check out that sweet cover art from the top of the post!)

Subclasses: Is it cleric month? It might have been cleric month. June's Wanderlust Domain got delayed into July by a few days (unexpected bout of covid). The Spirits Domain resurfaced after getting shelved in February due to design difficulties. Supporters and very soon Kickstarter backers got to see the Entropy Domain as well as the Ghost Ship Warlock. The Beastsouled Origin sorcerer is still due out in July, and hopefully will make its deadline - it'll be up soon, if not today.

Misc: Added a new batch of feats to So Much Miscellany in June.

Spells: Spells That Don't Suck v13 continues to be a slow-and-steady task, with polished edits taking place over the whole collection. Meanwhile, in response to June's supporter poll, So Many Spells got 3 new additions in Axiomatic Artillery, Gravitic Field, and Wall of Blood. (Curse of the Moon was tested out, but didn't make the cut).

The plan for August!

Kickstarter! I will continue chugging away! Lots of stuff in editing, lots of stuff in playtesting, lots of stuff moving through the artwork pipeline and my writing queue. And surveys + Backer's Choice polls should go out soonish, once that data issue gets cleaned up.

Classes: I should get started on the Kickstarter-exclusive subs this month. Not anticipating any major updates to the base classes, since last month's changes are still getting chewed on.

Subclasses: Our monthly subclass poll is live for 24 hours more, with the Order of Diabolists in the lead, the Oath of Ascension on its heels. But the Fortress Knight and Path of the Sworn aren't far behind!

Magic Items: This month's supporter-only poll will be a magic item set, with the top 4-6 getting made. Ever been curious what Big Smashy could be? I think you'll get your answer.