Stretch Goal Unlocked!
about 6 years ago – Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 08:50:29 PM

Congrats to everyone... most of you are getting a free book, and new content has been added to the Core book for all backers!  

The campaign description has been updated to reflect this.

UNLOCKED! $10,000: TENTH Component Book: FlexTale Factions.  This will be a FREE PDF to all Everything or Upgrade backers, and just as with the other 9 component books, some content from this tome will make it into the FlexTale v2.0 Core tome as well, so everyone benefits!  One of the things I'm most proud of in adventure setting books like Druid Enclave is the Factions: More than just a quick title and snippet, these full-featured factions sport a bunch of detail that makes them feel more like rich real-life groups.  The FlexTale Factions book will offer dozens of tables that help drive quick and easy creation of immersive, diverse, and interesting factions for any fantasy RPG world.

Onward!

Final Week! NEW Stretch Goal Tenth Book: FACTIONS!
about 6 years ago – Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 04:41:56 PM

Wow!  Over 100 backers, and heading toward a major financial milestone as well.  I continue to be blown away by the interest in this tool.  Thank you to backers new and old for your support!

In honor of where we've gotten to already with more than a handful of days yet remaining, I'd like to announce a new Stretch Goal of new, FREE, additional content, should we hit the target.

New Stretch Goal

I'd been avoiding Stretch Goals in general, primarily because the project as described is already quite ambitious and enormous in scope.  However, it's been so successful, I wanted to reward those who have climbed aboard with additional content that's already planned to some extent across different other projects; it's just a matter of codifying it in a manner that aligns with the FlexTale v2.0 books.

• $10,000: TENTH Component Book: FlexTale Factions.  This will be a FREE PDF to all Everything or Upgrade backers, and just as with the other 9 component books, some content from this tome will make it into the FlexTale v2.0 Core tome as well, so everyone benefits!  One of the things I'm most proud of in adventure setting books like Druid Enclave is the Factions: More than just a quick title and snippet, these full-featured factions sport a bunch of detail that makes them feel more like rich real-life groups.  The FlexTale Factions book will offer dozens of tables that help drive quick and easy creation of immersive, diverse, and interesting factions for any fantasy RPG world.
  

Onward!

Day One. Wow! First Add-On: Suggest-a-Table
about 6 years ago – Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 10:26:51 AM

What a first day.  Not even really a full first day; more like HALF a day.  We're funded nearly three times over already.

I'm thrilled to see such an outpour of support for a concept so close to my heart!  Thank you all.

First Add-On: Suggest-a-Table

I've updated the campaign description to include the following Add-On:

Suggest a Table: $50. You'll tell me what sort of FlexContent table you'd like to see, and I'll design and author it.  Drinking habits of NPCs?  Venereal diseases acquired as part of being in the royal harem?  Edible fungi with side effects?  You name it, I'll bring my creativity to make it happen.

Onward!

New Pledge Level: Student / Active Military
about 6 years ago – Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 10:26:47 AM

I'm super excited at all of the interest in this ambitious project!  Thanks to the dozens of folks that have made is more than 5x funded after barely a day and a half!

New Pledge Level: Student / Active Military

One of the other Kickstarters that I recently backed included a pledge option that I hadn't seen before: a "low-income" pledge option for those with limited capabilities, who still want to participate.  I love the concept, and over the years, I've talked with many backers in those circumstances.

So, I do want to offer that as an option.  It's not dirt-cheap, unfortunately, but I want to balance the desire to include everyone, against the value that's on offer here, and the investment that many FTEG owners and KS backers have already given.  Hopefully the discount will allow hard-working folks who might not otherwise be able to participate to do so.

I started playing D&D in middle school, and if Kickstarter and FlexTale had been a thing back then (or even the Internet, heh), I would have been furious that I couldn't participate.  Maybe this option will help.

Onward!

Fantastic Progress!
about 6 years ago – Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 10:25:53 AM

Just wanted to check in with everyone to thank you all for your support and enthusiasm around this concept.  It's already succeeded beyond my hopes, and as always, I'm thrilled that there's such support for something I'm passionate about.  Thank you!

Suggest-a-Table Clarification

The Suggest a Table add-on allows you to dictate that a new table is added to the mix.  You get to determine the table, and which component book (Traps, Monsters, etc.) you'd like it to appear in.

Any and all new tables forged as a result of Suggest a Table add-ons will automatically be added to the FTEG v2.0 Core book as well.  I don't think that was at all clear in the existing description in the campaign.

BUT... this does not mean that just because you don't have an extra crisp $50 bill lying around on your coffee table, that you should be shy about suggestions.  Some of the coolest, proudest things in the dozens of books I've created have arisen from casual backer suggestions and ideas.  

So basically, if you have a good idea, there's nothing keeping you from sharing your idea... whether you formally want to Suggest a Table or not!  :)

A la Carte Book Selection

For those of you who have picked a pledge option that gives you a choice of which FTEG component book, you don't have to pick now--you'll be able to make your selection via BackerKit survey following the conclusion of the KS campaign.

Multiple-Book A la Carte Clarification

For those who have chosen the A la Carte Component Book(s) pledge option, who want more than one book, you can add the extra $15 per book now, and increase your KS pledge, or you can add that amount in BackerKit.  Whatever your preference is!

Onward!