Old-School Essentials

Work on the Purist Character Sheet has begun!
about 5 years ago – Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 03:53:45 PM

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€65K! Over 1,000 backers!
about 5 years ago – Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 02:40:48 AM

Hey everyone,

So over the last 24 hours, we've hit two milestones:

• The €65,000 mark – unlocking the second set of pre-gen characters. These will be a bunch of nasty ne'er-do-wells that will be perfect to throw at more morally upstanding PCs as a rival adventuring party. (It's going to be a lot of fun rolling these ones up and writing suitably dastardly / depraved backgrounds!)
• The 1,000 backers mark, which doesn't unlock anything, but is simply awesome. I'm overwhelmed with the sheer gravitational mass of old-school love that everyone's support for this project demonstrates!

But apart from that...

A looming sensation has been simmering in the broth of my consciousness these last days. The looming sensation of nearly having unlocked all known stretch goals once more! Perhaps you know the feeling? At the current rate, we'll hit €75K by Sunday... And then what?

Well, fear not – plans for this eventuality are underway. I'm not quite ready to unveil them in their fullness, but I can reveal that I have been in communication (and/or communion) with some illustrators who are completely new to Old-School Essentials about some very special pieces of art. If these machinations come to pass, we'll be getting into levels of book-fanciness that I never even hypothesised!

More news soon!

Gavin / Moss Master at Necrotic Gnome

€55K and €60K stretch goals unlocked — ribbons and colours!
about 5 years ago – Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 03:59:49 AM

Hey everyone,

We've hit €60,000! This means that two more succulent stretch goals are ready to rock!

First up, we'll be adding a second ribbon marker in the Rules Tome. In a thick, 256 page book, there'll definitely be multiple sections that you come back to again and again, be they the equipment lists, the spell lists, the encounter tables, the combat rules, or whatever. With two ribbons in the book, you'll be able to mark two of your most used sections for quick access.

We've not yet decided what colour the ribbons will be, but if anyone has any ideas, please comment! (It'll partially depend what selection of colours the printer has on offer, of course.)

Secondly, James West will now be illustrating the intro adventure — The Hole in the Oak — in full colour! The adventure has a kind of quirky, mossy, subterranean vibe, with a hint of the psychedelic, so all those extra colours will really do it justice.

In other news: work on the first Old-School Essentials character sheet — the Purist character sheet — is well under way. This is a clean and simple sheet styled after the look of the Old-School Essentials books. I'm hoping to provide a preview of that to backers later on today.

Until then, keep on keeping it Old-School!

Gavin / Moss Master at Necrotic Gnome