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I'm happy to announce that playtesting of some of the systems used in our upcoming Terah World Guide and Pebble in the Pond Adventure Path steampunk products are now open for public testing. We're starting the year with Rune Working feats. This set of feats is designed to augment any class and is already available here
And there's more tests to come:
February: Psionic feat system. Like the Rune Working Feats, its designed to augment existing classes, not create a class of its own. These feats add flavor and flair to any level of character.
March: Illusionist class. Not just a specialist wizard, the illusionist is the snake oil salesman of fantasy steampunk. Those who miss the old first edition illusionist and those who were glad to see the class go will both appreciate the balance and finesse the new class can add to any campaign.
April: Earth Singer Prestige Class. If an illusionist were to take this prestige class, you'd have Professor Harold Hill.
May: The Spark*. The pinnacle of our changes to form a steampunk world, the spark is a mad scientist with an uncanny ability to twist the laws of physics to suit her needs.
We at Rossi Publishing Games are happy to share with this community the key processes that we will be publishing soon** and invite the gaming community at large to help us fine-tune things and have a great time with it as well.
Our lead developer Anthony Rossi, known here as Jarrod the Outcast, will be heading up the playtests. Be sure to pick his brain and challenge his thinking.
* "Spark" is (c) Phil and Kaja Foglio of Gaslamp Productions. Used with permission. Be sure to visit their website and enjoy the same comic that helped inspire our world.
** Expect the product to be available by PaizoCon 2012.
I like steampunk, so that intrigues me. But by looking at The Terah Project: Steampunk for Pathfinder Role Playing, I have concerns that your goal may be overly ambitious and what a backer may get out of the project is very sparse. At certain levels, some folks would want to be expecting a hard/soft cover.
I realize that it is currently in the preview stage, so I reckon there's still time to tweak it a little.
Good luck, though. :)
I would love to have this available in print, but the plan is ambitious enough as it is. Once I have sales numbers and a better idea of the amount of interest in it, I'll look into print options.
If this is your first / inaugural venture into such, you may want to compare notes with other 3PPs on the costs involving a possible print run to go with the kickstarter project. I've already seen several recently tried to go the $10k route and cancel it to try again at a lower amount (less than half). And that involved a hardcover around 100 pages. When offering a $10k project from an essentially new 3PP and not having name recognition and offering only digital format, it's going to be a long shot.
I apologize if I'm being a Debbie Downer; I'm just trying to be pragmatic. Personally, it's a niche I like and I wouldn't mind seeing something succeed. :)
Good luck!
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I have made a couple of changes to the kickstarter already. First off, I decreased the goal. The project is already funded, so kickstarter can fail and you will still see the world guide. (it's about half-way through production.)
I also changed the launch date. It won't launch until Febrauary so that it can coincide with our advertising.
I do have extrensive experience in the publishing industry. Rossi Publishing was actually founded in 1992. While it hasn't been active lately, I have retained most of my contacts in the industry.