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Quite busy, but all the work will be worth it in the end. Think about how awesome this book will be once it gets into everyone's hands!

Boing Boing has put Deep Magic on their blog.

Wow! How freaking cool!

AND, in addition to all the blog love this project has been getting, the goals keep flying by: The $50k goal adds a whole new chapter devoted to archetypes, including all the archetypes from the Player's Guide to Midgard series (with full Hero Lab support). That's a TON of new options!

I LOVE owlbears and have wanted one as a companion for a long time, so this boon sounds awesome.

In other words, what Kyle said!

Congratulations to Michael! He is an awesome dude whose dedication to PFS and Pathfinder in general is highly admirable. Our local gaming community is much better for his involvement, that's for sure.

(just kiddin'! Marc, congrats on being Kobold Art Director! Congrats on the Developer/Editor gig, Amanda!)

Thanks, Jim! I'd claim to be a ninja, too, but mad ninja skillz ... I has none. :D

One more backer until we hit 600 and our stretch goal of wizard's scroll PDF handouts! Woot!

The stretch goal for 500 backers has just unlocked, and it's pretty darn cool -- all Adventure-Wizard ($60 or more) backers and above get to submit one spell for publication by July 8. The top 30 spells will be edited, developed, and published in Deep Magic. Check it out!

And $24,000 stretch goal reached! The backers are simply amazing ... bring on that next stretch goal. :D

Amanda Hamon wrote:

Just nine backers to go until we get to those free PDFs for those who pledge $20 or more!

400 total backers, Amanda. As of this writing we need 37 more.

Aw, crud. Got ahead of myself a little bit there. :) So yes, please everyone, tell your friends!

Just nine backers to go until we get to those free PDFs for those who pledge $20 or more!

I seriously can't wait to see some of the art that might come out of the stretch goals. With author names like Tim Connors, Jason Buhlman, and Ed Greenwood involved in the first three stretch goals, I can't WAIT to see what might be in store in the art side!

Wow, and those are just the first TWO stretch goals! Awesome!

Amanda, that's "Overlord." Don't make him angry. ;-)

Oh no! I meant no disrespect, Sir Overlord. Please do not feed me to the kobold hordes. :D

Yep, the mythic spells are designed using Paizo's new mythic rules. Essentially, we've included mythic versions of some of the spells Kobold Press has published in the past as well as all-new spells that have mythic and greater mythic components.

EDIT: Ninja'd by the overlord! :D

Hey folks,

If you at all have an interest in magic or Kobold Press, check out this Kickstarter for KP's Deep Magic project. This is a massive hardcover tome of more than 300 spells, at least a dozen new magic schools and styles, a grouping of runes, glyphs, and incantations, new mythic spells, and new casting archetypes, all for Pathfinder RPG. It is an AWESOME project.

The cool thing about this one is that the majority of the design, editing, and development is done. And there are a ton of fantastic backer rewards, from getting your name in the book to designing a spell to be included in it to getting a leather-bound copy to getting an illuminated, gold-leafed scroll of any spell of your choice.

But don't take my word for it -- check out the Deep Magic project page!

Thank you to everyone for your support! I just can't say enough how grateful we are. You folks are awesome!

Thank you all so much for your support! We are truly grateful -- what a great community we have!

As awesome as I think a Numeria AP would be, I think that perhaps a steampunk AP in the Mana Wastes region would be pretty popular and if anyone can make a badass steampunk adventure it's Paizo.

Steampunk AP. YES.

Osirion would be extremely cool, too!

By the way, Liz got me, too.

Thank you, Heine Stick! Much appreciated!

Thank you so much, Jeremy! It's been so exciting and humbling to see the support folks are showing us.

We're down to 13 hours!

On that note, 34 hours to go (as a recap, the project offers 80 PDFs for $25). We're just $173 away from our goal! :D

Dang -- had to look that one up! You make a good point, though honestly when I was first looking at the site I thought the fees would be higher percentage-wise.

No problem all. Thanks for your consideration!

Thank you, nitblade!

Shadowcatx, you are correct, IndieGoGo does take a fee. It's 5% if we reach our goal and 9% if we don't. Also, there is a 3% credit card processing fee, but to be honest I don't know if that fee applies to us because we're working through PayPal.

In short, I think the additional amount in the goal accounts for fees, so that in case of raising just under the goal we could still send all three of us to our respective cons.

Also, we do have stretch goals where if we raise more than all three of us need to get to the cons we'll use the additional money to help others get to the cons, too. We want to help as many folks as possible with this.

Hope that helps!

Thank you, baronbloodbath!

We have just under two days to go, and we're getting SO CLOSE to our goal! Thanks to everyone for all your help!

Thank you, Marc and Adam, for your support. It really means a ton.

Adam is quite right -- conventions are a HUGE deal for us professionally. They provide opportunities to talk with industry folks face-to-face, and many collaborations are a direct result of conversations that happen at cons. Also, I personally think it helps editors put faces to names, which is only a positive when you touch base with them via email later on.

Thanks again for checking this out. We're getting really close to our goal -- 67 hours left!

I have another question: if I put in a second payment of $25, can I gift it to a friend? Jeff Erwin alluded to this HERE just want to make sure!!!

Yep, you can certainly do this!

Christina will be sending out DriveThruRPG codes to all the contributors, so you might want to just shoot her a note to make sure she sends you separate codes for your friend (if you grab the additional bundle). Or I can shoot her a note to ask her to do this.

Just let me know what you want to do, and thanks so much for all your awesome support! I really, really appreciate it!

Dot so I don't forget when I can actually look into this in a bit more depth. Can't believe I almost missed supporting this.

Hi, Aleron. Morgan is right -- we only have 67 hours left to go! Thanks so much for your consideration!

There have been 2 more pdfs added to the bundle, so there are 80 now. I will try to post info later. I'm heading out to a local convention. I get to see Wolfgang Baur this weekend. :)

I can almost hear the scheming from here. :D

Just three days left, folks! Thanks so much for your consideration.

Alrighty, got an answer for ya! Most of the PDFs will be available through one DriveThruRPG code, but two individual products will have separate codes. So, if the total of PDFs stays the same, it'll be 78 PDFs with one code and two with their own.

Hope that helps. Thanks so much for your consideration, cmastah!

I think Jeremy is correct, cmastah, but Christina would be the one to know for sure since she is coordinating the bundle. Let me see if we can't get you an answer. :)

There are just over three days left for this project, and I hear ANOTHER two PDFs have been added to the bundle. :D

So that's 80 PDFs for $25!

I really enjoyed the URSIKKA monster in the bestiary, its one of my favorite monsters now!

Hey, this is my beastie! So glad you like it, Sincubus!

Awesome! Thanks, Jon.

There are just six days left to get in on this fantastic deal -- 78 RPG PDFs for $25! There are some really fantastic companies and writers represented in this bundle:

Adventureaweek.com
Battlefield Press
Black & Green Games
Cartography Unlimited
Clockwork Gnome Publishing
Dreamscarred Press
Eden Studios
Elf Lair Games
Fabled Environments
Fat Dragon Games
Fat Goblin Games
Matt Forbeck
Frog God Games
Game Room Creations
Green Ronin
Gun Metal Games
Gypsy Knight Games
Jess Hartley
Interjection Games
Kobold Press
Legendary Games
Little Red Goblin Games
LPJ Design
Minotaur Games
Misfit Studios
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Purple Duck Games/4 Wind
Rite Publishing
Sub Rosa Ars Magica fanzine
Super Genius Games
Total Party Kill Games
Troll Lord Games
Monica Valentinelli

Check it out!

Thanks to everybody for showing us a humbling amount of support during this project.

There are just seven days left to get in on this fantastic deal -- 78 RPG PDFs for $25!

Check it out!

It makes me very happy to hear folks' support. :D Thank you all so much!

Yay! Congrats, Chris!

I'm with Marc and Bill. It's incredibly awesome to me that they get an opportunity to do this, and I certainly don't think it's out of line given the insane amount of work they accomplished during the Gen Con rush.

I admire Lisa a lot for doing little things like this to show that the company cares about its employees. Take it from someone who used to work for a company that treats its employees like dirt: Employee morale is a huge, huge thing.

Huge thanks to everyone for all the support so far! If you're interested, there's a neat write-up about our project on Nerd Trek.

Jester David wrote:

I second a Darklands beasties revisited. Drow, duergar, morlocks, vegipygmies, gugs, and a couple others might fit.

Darklands Revisited would be great, especially because it'd be a nice way to sneak in some more Darklands info.

I concur! It would be really interesting to learn more about the ecology in and among Nar-Voth, Sekamina, and Orv. Especially in Orv, as it would be really neat to know more about the Vault Keepers. (Although I suspect such info might be outside the realm of a potential Darklands -- Darklanders? -- Revisited book.)

Adam Daigle wrote:

Dragon78 wrote:

Well we have 10 authors for 15 dragons.

Yep, Joseph Carriker, Amanda Hamon, and Tork Shaw each wrote two dragons and the rest of us tackled one.

Guess which one Wes did. It's shocking. I'm sure no one will guess correctly. ;)

Shocking eh? Shocking as in Lightning Breath? As in Blue Dragon!?! Or perhaps a Bronze Dragon?

Hint. :D

I believe Legendary Games will have something to add, as well. Just chatted with Jason Nelson and he's committed to contributing to the cause. He's just got to figure out what he'll be contributing to the cause. :-)

That is fantastic news, Neil! Huge thanks to Jason! :D

It's also a great opportunity to check out 3PP's products at a hugely discounted rate!!!

Morgan is absolutely right -- the variety in the bundle is absolutely astounding, and it seems to only be getting better. The number of publishers who have contributed to the cause is absolutely astounding and humbling.

Thank you all so much for your consideration, and rest assured that all participants are DEFINITELY getting their money's worth!

Welcome, Jay!

Thank you all so much for your support, and thank you to the wonderful publishers who have supported us! We appreciate it so much!

We certainly do! Thank you, Jester David!

Kudos to all participant companies for being awesome sports and pitching in on this.

I could not have said it better myself, Orthos! :D

Waiting for payday. 1.5 weeks from now...

I'm in! And the bundle keeps getting better and better! C'mon everybody!!!

Thank you guys so much! You're awesome!

Thank you, Orthos and John!

The PDF bundle just keeps getting better, and the industry pro publication should be really helpful. :D

(Sheepishly emerges from the gloom of lurk-dom.)

Hi, folks! Thank you so much for checking out this thread.

Although part of this project is indeed to help get me to PaizoCon, I just want to quickly say that this is about much more than that. It's about helping three freelancers -- Christina, Owen K.C. Stephens, and myself -- cover the cost of summer cons in exchange for rewards that range from an awesome bundle of PDFs to advertising to one-on-one time chatting with us about anything.

We'll have a full list of PDFs available soon, but so far the bundle includes products from Misfit Studios, Super Genius Games, LPJ Design, Fat Dragon Games, Fat Goblin Games, Black & Green Games, and Total Party Kill Games.

In addition to all this cool stuff, having freelancers travel to these events can help build relationships that lead to really amazing things. For example, Owen suspects the SSG/Rite Publishing collaboration can be traced to a Gen Con meeting.

So, if you'd like to take a gander at more details, check out the link above. Thank you guys for your consideration!

Morgan,

This is a big undertaking. If this is your fanzine, you're going to be responsible for getting content, editing, layout, and getting a means to distribute it. This is going to be a lot of work. The title of the fanzine should be the least of your concerns right now.

So pick what you like, and don't overthink it. Whatever in your gut feels right. Set aside intellectual and rational arguments, and go with your gut, and what makes you personally smile.

I'm not trying to disrespect Amanda, I think her logic is well reasoned. I have no stake in this, and I am not trying to win the thread. But if you call it Yggdrasil, then Yggdrasil it will be. People are going to read it anyway. If you call it The World Tree, the same will be true. The only thing that is going to really change is your satisfaction with it. The content is going to move this, not the title.

If this was a professional publication that sold advertising, I might be more concerned about it. Right now this is you donating your time and passion to a hobby you love.

I'd just close your eyes and go with your instincts and then get it on with it. You have other things to be spending your time on. ;) Said with affection.

As a side note, if you do choose to go with Yggdrasil, the forward to your first issue could be about what Yggdrasil represents, how to say it, and why you chose it. Alternately you could do the same with 'The World Tree'.

Jim is absolutely right, and no offense taken. :)

Morgan, this is your publication, and you definitely should give it a name that you love and are excited about. Jim is right that folks will read it whether it's called Yggdrasil or anything else. My comments, as always, are just thoughts and suggestions -- a brainstorming session, if you will.

Whatever you decide, I'm very much looking forward to the zine. Thank you for wanting to do this!

Here's an idea -- how about simply The World Tree? You could still use that iconic image of Yggdrasil in the magazine's logo, but it would avoid some of the issues I brought up earlier about pronunciation, spelling, etc. The biggest issue here, I think, is that you want folks to make the connection that this magazine is about Midgard. Not everyone will be familiar with the term Yggdrasil, but if you go with the title World Tree and a logo that incorporates that image with, perhaps, an image of the world serpent, those two things combined might help make that connection.

I do really like the concept of linking the magazine to the World Tree, which is a strong symbol of Midgard and evokes a lot of the world's lore.

Have you thought about how often this magazine will be produced? If it's quarterly, maybe just naming it something like Midgard Quarterly would be a simple solution to help connect the publication with the setting. For what it's worth, you could still use Yggdrasil in the logo, but that is a pretty straight-forward name that tells folks exactly what it is you're producing. Naming the publication something fairly simply certainly doesn't mean you'd have to dumb down any of the content, it's just a clearer way to make that initial connection with readers.

Just a few thoughts. :)

As for Yggdrassil, I am a fervent proponent of big or "difficult" or foreign or esoteric words for all gamers. For me gaming is a multidisciplinary cerebral activity, and I have learnt so much that applies outside of fantasy from perusing RPG works.

@ Amanda I take your point though about marketing and "ease" of pronunciation. I'm sure it would be fine...

Yep, I'm starting to favor the very significant meaning and context of Yggdrasil over any logistical concerns. I also wholeheartedly agree with not diluting the language of gaming. Every once in a while there's a good reason to do so, but usually I prefer using a very full range of vocabulary to enhance gaming's storytelling. But I digress. :)