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Rogue Genius Games and Mike Myler are launching a Kickstarter for a lavish tome that is part campaign setting, part Advanced Player’s Guide, and part NPC Codex on Friday September 5th.
In summation, it is a book filled with a fantastic, rich, diverse, and unique world, a plethora of player options, and a host of prepared NPCs in the back: gunslingers, oracles, magii, alchemists, and all of the other base classes introduced after the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook!
The world of Veranthea is the brainchild of Ennie-award winner Mike Myler, a campaign setting that began when he started playing the Pathfinder years ago. It’s been lovingly developed into a lush world filled with intriguing characters like Spoony Jawz, the Master in Irons, and Braxthar Grimdrahk (preview PDFs are on the way!), located on the three (or five once we’ve funded that far!) great continents: Grethadnis, Urethiel, and Trectoyri.
The Kickstarter launches on Friday September 5th and every other day up until then (and twice a week afterward), the Veranthea Codex tumblr page is getting updated with more information about the book, be it mechanical (like one of the upcoming archetypes and prestige classes) or about content, expanding on the realms and regions that make up Mike’s crazy world.
Of course, this isn’t just Mike Myler’s project!
Luis Loza (of AdventureAWeek and imminent Paizo content), Colin Stricklin (from AdventureAWeek’s amazing monster-centric modules), and Brian Wiborg (from the Ennie-winning AaWBlog! and Raging Swan Press) are each taking over a continent, and the fantastic artwork of Joel Duque (from Shadowrun Returns) is gracing the cover while within you’ll see new illustrations by Jack Holliday, Jacob Blackmon, Indi Martin, Nathanael Batchelor, and Marc Curlee!
Julian Neale (from the Underworld Classes product line at AaW.com) is keeping our math balanced, Michael McCarthy (of Dreamscarred Press, AaW, LPJ Design, and recently Paizo) is editing the book; between those two, all of the content is going to be perfected in both the numbers and the text.
And there is more yet!
Celebrity contributors include designs and content by Michael Allen, Chris Self, Clinton Boomer, the team behind Dragon, Tiger, Ox (Scott Gladstein, Dayton Johnson, and Christos Gurd), master of monsters Jacob Michaels, award-winning fiction author Marcus Broaddus, and more! The artwork of Kristoph Nolen and Jen Page is on the docket as well—we just have to reach their amazing stretch goals!
Please stop by the tumblr page and see what this amazing project is about, or download the free PDFs coming down the line once the Kickstarter launches on Friday September 5th!
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Preview #1: The Beztekorps prestige class
Preview #2: Braxthar Grimdrahk, a scientific innovator in Grethadnis (including a new alchemist class archetype!)
Preview #3: The Master in Irons in Urethiel, the bane of spellcasters that oppose His Golden Personage of Fortitude
Preview #4: Spoony Jawz, top pilot of Trectoyri and smuggler extraordinaire
Thanks for reading, and keep an eye out for the Veranthea Codex Kickstarter launch on Friday, September 5th!
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I will certainly take a look at it on Friday Morning...
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wow! head explodes!
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Dotting with glee.
The first of many updates coming to the Veranthea Codex tumblr is up!
Read onward about Lethis, mercantile gem of the Koprik Sea!
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Yes please.
We've got a map to show off today! This isn't the final version of the cartography, but gives you a good idea of what Trectoyri looks like.
Also, if you were wondering how the goblins came to rule the Monstrous Continent, there's a bit of history for you as well!
Thanks folks! Seeya on Wednesday!
The region of Privatend is a strange place fraught with danger, the playground of a malicious mage to ends unknown! It is also today's update to the expanding Veranthea Codex tumblr!
Thanks for reading, and keep an eye out for Friday's post: the Stone Clans of Jerentok!
Swing by and like the Veranthea Codex Facebook page. There are some photos of the free PDF previews up so you can get a proper taste of what's coming next month! :D
Today the Veranthea Codex tumblr has been updated with the coastal clans of Jerentok!
Check it out for some excellent seafaring samurai, and be ready for a very delicious post about Trectoyri on Sunday!
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Fun Fact: I'm a high-level stretchgoal on this one and I've got something NASTY, weird in the wings...
It's true! EZG is actually on for two bits (assuming we reach my craziest endeavor) but his first one is a whopper!
As promised, here's today's blowout update to the Veranthea Codex tumblr page!
Read about the cabals of Trectoyri, from the brutal Quikaxes to the mad adherents of the Nightmare Gods, and much, much more!
We've got the final cover for the first of the four free preview PDFs for the Veranthea Codex Kickstarter!
Check out Indi Martin's beautiful illustration for the Beztekorps prestige class!
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The graphic design is very nice Mike across all the stuff I've seen for Veranthea.
As for the Beztekorps cover, I really like the lil blue guy's head/mask. Nice work and props to the artist...
The graphic design is very nice Mike across all the stuff I've seen for Veranthea.
As for the Beztekorps cover, I really like the lil blue guy's head/mask. Nice work and props to the artist...
Thanks Oceanshieldwolf!
Everyone has been doing great work and I'm overwhelmingly excited to finally share the entire project with the world this Friday! :D
There's more artwork coming your way today, but in the meanwhile, check out the most recent update to the tumblr: the Rulers of the Fair Realm!
Read about the regally duplicitous Hellspaht line, the mysterious wizard Yawvil, the mad sorcerer-despot Boris, and, of course, Bret.
Check out the cover for the second of four free PDFs for the upcoming Veranthea Codex Kickstarter!
Once again, artist Indi Martin knocks it out of the park!
Shojo Matsumo, Master in Irons enforces the will of His Golden Personage of Fortitude, immortal ruler of Verentai in Urethiel.
Check out the great illustration by Nathanael Batchelor on the cover of our third free preview PDF for the Veranthea Codex Kickstarter!
This one is a twofer: the background artwork is by Jack Holliday, the fourth core artist on board for the book. :D
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More updates are on the way later today folks, but for now, sate your desire for more Veranthea Codex on the beautiful cover of the fourth FREE preview PDF, Spoony Jawz, Top Pilot of Trectoyri!
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Tie your hats down people, because the !
Enjoy the three minutes of awesome courtesy of East Coast Dark Cloud, Justin Andrew Mason, and the rest of the dedicated folks working on this amazing project!
One last update tomorrow before we launch at
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I shall be keeping an eye on this, too.
What deities lay claim to Veranthea, and what are their intentions?
Why is the god of gnomes and commerce evil?
What happened to make him and some of the other deities into small folk?
Is the god of dwarves really an alcoholic?
Read on to find out the answers to some of these questions on this deific update to the Veranthea Codex tumblr!
Until then enjoy today's update: the malleable Metal Clans of Fordhatta!
45 minutes to go...
45 minutes to go...
We are live sir! Check out the Kickstarter page and download the four FREE preview PDFs!
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