[Kobold Press] Demon Cults & Secret Societies Kickstarter is Live! (5E & Pathfinder RPG)


5th Edition (And Beyond)

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Just in time for Halloween!

Cults and secret societies rife with true villainy, fiendish plots, blackhearted new magic, detailed cultists, and high priests!

Demon Cults & Secret Societies Lickstarter is Live!
5E AND Pathfinder RPG versions of the book to choose from!

Check it out today!!!

Demon Cults & Secret Societies: 5th Edition & Pathfinder RPG

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Interesting to see how many people are pledging for 5th Edition rewards! Clearly there's room for more supporting books for the newer system.

And yes, players who want both can add the second system as an add-on.

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Less than 2 hours and the first stretch goal is history!

Next up - expanded antipaladins!

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Antipaladins goal reached!

Up next - HeroLab files!

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Third stretch goal reached!

AND - options to get BOTH 5th Edition & Pathfinder versions in PDF and Print/PDF of just added!

If you haven't already, HEAD OVER AND JUMP ON BOARD!!! :)

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Also: working on getting Fantasy Grounds support for 5th Edition players who use FG. And talking with Roll20 as well.


Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

My kind of fun.

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Thank you for your support! Looks like we'll have a few previews and teasers of particular cults coming up.

We're moving along toward $25k, but every pledge counts. Thanks for spreading the word.

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The Demon Cults & Secret Societies kickstarter has now topped $25,000. Next up are goals which add even MORE chapters to the book (including Blood Sisters, Night's Cauldron, and the Black Goat's Flock)

And, we're literally only 2 5E print backers away from the 5E version of the book moving to a glorious hardcover!

Get involved today ... you know you want to! :)

Demon Cults & Secret Societies: 5th Edition & Pathfinder RPG

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It's official! The 5E version of the book is a glorious hardcover!

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Demon Cults & Secret Societies Art Preview: Devil Dog

And, we're less than $2,000 away from hitting the next stretch goal - Blood Sisters, the Red Cult chapter added to the book!

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Check it out - the creative team for Demon Cults sits down with James Introcaso on the Round Table!

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Less than $300 before the Blood Sisters, the Red Cult chapter gets added to the book!

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Check it out - the creative team for Demon Cults sits down with James Introcaso on the Round Table!

A creative team that includes Paizo staffer Jason Keeley, plus AP designer Jim Groves, plus Kobold regular and madman-designer Jeff Lee!

Really a great team for Pathfinder villains.

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Huzzah - next stretch goal reached!

Blood Sisters, the Red Cult chapter is in the book!

Now, on to the next stretch goals - Night's Cauldron, and the Black Goat's Flock!

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Things are cruising along toward the next stretch goal (Night's Cauldron chapter).

Oh, hey ... wanna see a preview of the blood elemental art? Sure you do! :)


Any chance of getting a description of the chapters? I just ordered my book but would like a good teaser.

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Hey there EileenProphetofIstus! Awesome to hear you've jumped on board!

This might be of some assistance:
Update 4: Cults & Societies Overview

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A Few Words on Night's Cauldron, the next stretch goal!

Be sure to check it out, including some pretty awesome art ...

Come on, Pathfinder fans - there's still time to rally and get the Pathfinder version of this book upgraded to hardback like the 5E fans did, but time is running out ... the Demon Cults & Secret Societies Kickstarter ends on Halloween!!!

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We're in the final three days and we're closing in on $38,000 and 1,000 backers!

Hopefully we hit $40,000 soon (maybe even today) becasue the word is there will be a couple of extra announcements when we we hit $40K!

If you haven't jumped in, now's a great time :)

Demon Cults & Secret Societies: 5th Edition & Pathfinder RPG

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More than 1,000 backers and 48 hours to go!

Be sure to check out the latest update Eleven Knives, or the Joy of Realizing a Cult of Evil Gnomes including the awesome cover for the 11 Knives

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$40,000 Goal reached - the Night's Cauldron chapter is in the book!!!

Next up: More art, then the Black Goat's Flock!

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Well, this is it! Demon Cults & Secret Societies Kickstarter has not only funded but has also added a pile of stretch goals.

And it all ends, appropriately enough, on Halloween — i.e., today :) !!!

More than 1,240 people have backed so far and there are still 6 hours to go!!! If you haven't become a backer yet, please consider doing so. If you already are a backer, please send e-mails, post on Facebook, Twitter, message forums etc so we can hit as many remaining stretch goals as possible and end this bad boy strong! :)

Back the Demon Cults & Secret Societies Kickstarter today!

Oh, and Happy Halloween!!!

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We're closing in on a Cthulhu Mythos cult that should pair up nicely with Strange Aeons or similar adventures, the Black Goat's Flock.

Just 4 hours left to raise the last bit of it. I think we can! Someone tell James Jacobs it's a Mythos Tome...

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Guys, I have a question about this book. My gaming group plays both Pathfinder and 5E, so we're interested to know, what are the differences between PF and 5E variants of Demon Cults? Except 5E being done in HC, of course. I will be buying PF pdf either way, but I tend to order dead tree books via local gaming stores (mostly in order to cut on the shipping expenses), so I need to know as much as possible before I place the order. Thanks :)

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Well, the seed of the book started with the Southlands cults, and was a PDF-only series for Pathfinder. People liked it, though, and wanted it expanded with more minions, magic, etc for each cult, so..... This project did that.

Eventually, we realized that 5E players would be interested, and the lore and hooks and backgrounds from the PF version could be married to different mechanics. The stats are completely different, in other words, but the cult's goals and write-ups are the same.

The developers and editors are different, of course. It's Paizo staff and freelancers on the Pathfinder version, and WotC ex-staff and a Kobold freelancer on the 5E stats.

Art is the same in both. The anti-paladin appendix is quite different in the two, as the systems handle those NPCs quite differently.

Does that help? I'm not sure I know what differences you're looking for, exactly.

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Well, I was thinking about differences in page count and are there any chapters/topics covered in 5E book that aren't there in PF variant...

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Oh, right! The page count for the 5E version is smaller, just based on shorter stat blocks and the 5E approach to NPCs and items. Not sure we have an exact number there.

All the chapters/topics covered in the 5E book are also covered in the PF variant, and vice versa.

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That's great! Just what I wanted to know. I'm gonna buy the PF pdf anyway, but now I just may buy the print version as well :)


When does the 5E hardcover book ship out to buyers homes?

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EileenProphetofIstus wrote:
When does the 5E hardcover book ship out to buyers homes?

Well, with proofing, bindery, and shipment to our warehouse, it's going to be a while. Both the 5E and the PF versions will ship out to backers in June.

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