June Monthly Update (Patreon)

Today's the first really hot day of the summer here (I am weak, it's only 80° F/26° C). So I am hot and sleepy and do not want to write an update. But update we must!

Songs of the Spellbound Sea: We got the physical samples! Well, most of them. The first round of dice had some issues, so the dice had to be redone, and I don't have the samples for those. (I got photos of them though, this morning). The physical book, cards, and screen all look great, and we'll kick off the production run next week after another round of fixes (mostly formatting, a couple typos). The book's also now available for sale on my website, though in PDF format only; hardcovers and add-ons are still only through Backerkit.

We should be able to publish the 1.01 version soon (next week, probably), once we get this last round of fixes in.

Patreon: Good growth! Some paid growth at the top of the month and free growth throughout. Three design-notes posts are now available as supporter exclusives; I think that'll be a permanent feature. This month they were on the Awakened Tree and Serpent's Children species.

Discord:  Starting to grow again as I get back on reddit posts; it seems to be the only channel that juices any discord growth.

Social Media: More slow-and-steady on Bluesky.

Press: BJ Keeton of Geek to Geek Media published a glowing review of Spellbound Sea, which makes me very happy. If any of your friends are on the fence, send it their way!

Troubadour, Swashbuckler, Bloodrager: Still working towards the free-version updates; last month had a several-day detour featuring a full hard drive, a busted InDesign, and some truly awful software design on Adobe's part. I'll resume work on these once 1.01 of the book is published.

Necromancer: The Necromancer is moving forward on the 3/4-caster chassis! I think it'll give us the best balance of spellpower and, uh, not-spells power. This month is saw the Horde Raiser subclass in the public release and the Galvanic Reanimator for patrons.

Subclasses: June saw the Rotbearer Conclave, a fungal ranger to creep out all your most squeamish friends. Our supporter timed-exclusive for this month is the Hospitaller Fighter, and our necromancer exclusive subclass was the Galvanic Reanimator.

Species: The slightly-late supporter exclusive for last month was the Shadowborn Lineage!

Onward to July!

Kickstarter: Starting production is virtually certain here. Likely next week.

Classes: More necromancer development! You can expect two subclasses - most likely the Spirit Mage and the Abominator, but don't hold me to that. There will also be some adjustments to the base class, for sure.

Polls: Next month's polls are up for one more day! Our subclass poll has the Corpseflower Patron in the lead, while the supporter-only necromancer-inspired subclass poll has a close race between the Circle of Bones druid and the Nightborn bloodrager!