Ahoy Spacefarers!

Just a shorter one today with a couple of bits to mention about the pledge manager!

First of all, everything is working as intended! We've already seen over 60% of you complete your survey! That's a pretty incredible response rate so soon so thank you so much for your promptness with that!
Those of you that are on a "pay over time" pledge offered by Backerkit will get your surveys as soon you've completed your final payment (or you decide to pay it off early!) but there are no time incentives or limited exclusives there so don't worry about missing out on anything!

Next, those of you that are in the EU may have noticed slightly increased shipping alongside the D20 incentive, this is because our shipping profiles were slightly too tight in terms of weight, this has now been adjusted and should be more accurate to the profiles shown on the campaign page! (do keep in mind though that these profiles are weight based, adding extra incentives/addons will increase the weight of the package and may increase the shipping profile!)

Finally the Playtest Survey is open for the content available on our preview PDF (that is available on the front of the Backerkit page). These surveys will come consistently through development alongside our playtest documents, its important to us that you enjoy the content we provide and that you think it's fun and balanced so this is your chance to make your feelings known!

That's all from me for this week, have a wonderful week!
Aston

Ahoy Spacers!

Me and Conor are back from our week off well rested and ready to continue work on Lodestar! 

We've sent the back end off for final approval and are just waiting on Backerkit to tick some boxes and hit approve, after that we'll do a small 'smoke test' where a small percentage of you will get the invite to the survey just to make sure its all as intended. This means that you should all be getting your invites to the pledge manager by this Friday (5th December)! It's important you make sure these surveys are filled in as soon as possible so we know what we're working with in terms of physical quantities etc! 

Contained within the pledge manager addons you will find one last stretch goal, an introduction adventure to Lodestar filled with mystery and swashbuckling where your party of scallywags are tasked with hunting down what remains of the once mighty ship The Corsair! But take heed, The Hunt for the Lost Corsair adventure will only be unlocked once 300 of you scurvy dogs add it to your pledge manager! So if an adventure module addition to Lodestar is something you want, make sure to show it some love!

We've had a fair few emails over the last week or so expressing interest in Lodestar from people that missed the campaign, and we're happy to confirm that the Pre-Order Store is all set up! Come and get yer hands on the Bounty of Lodestar here.

We have three ongoing incentives for some of our earliest supporters and just to try and stem a couple of support emails before the confusion hits I'll explain how those work here:

We'll be back next week hopefully to confirm that the pledge manager is all running as intended aswell as the first of our Playtest Surveys regarding the preview material!
Have a wonderful week,
Aston

Ahoy Spacefarers!

What a month it’s been, from start to finish perhaps the greatest we’ve yet to experience here at the Dragons Vault, and that is all thanks to you. So thank you, to all who followed and backed, who commented and voted in the polls, who shared our project far and wide, who cheered us on as we charted these seas together, we say thank you!

We have the best job in the world, truly, and because of your support for us and for Lodestar we get to keep doing it for another incredible year (and Aston can finally come aboard full-time!!). We can’t wait to begin work, and take you along with us as we discover the seas of the Beyond together. Speaking of, I wanted to point those who might’ve missed it towards the finale of our Choose Your Own Adventure posts, in which the final fate of the Dawnstar is revealed, as is the contents of the final treasure!

Now the campaign has wrapped up you can expect updates from us every other Monday. These updates will keep you in the loop with the books production, show off new art and mechanics, and even invite you to playtest early access rules and mechanics from the book and then discuss them via our community discord (more on that below).

We will have more information for you next Monday, including a breakdown of our production timeline and pledge manager info etc., but until then Aston and myself will be taking a week off work. We’ve been working incredibly hard over the past few months as you can imagine, so we are going to take some time with our loved ones and to get our heads ready for the epic voyage ahead of us as we bring this book to life!

This is your official post-campaign invitation to come hang out in the Dragons Vault Discord! We’ve got a nearly 1000 strong community there already, full of people talking everything from community made Lodestar soundtracks to our own Vault Gauntlet monster creation competition! We also post our playtest materials in there, as well as workshop mechanics and ideas with the community long before they ever make it to print. If that sounds like your bag, then come join us there now via this LINK.

Until we return we trust you’ll keep an eye on this here vessel, we’ll need it in good nick when we get back if it’s going to take us all the way to the end of this exciting voyage we’ve all embarked on! So till then, thank you all, and have a wonderful week!

- Conor, Very Grateful Captain of the HMS Dragons Vault

Ahoy Spacers!

Just a brief one for now since I know you've all been bombarded with notifications over the last couple of days.
First of all thank you all ever so much for a wonderful campaign, we are ever grateful for all 2909 of you!
Me and Conor are currently live celebrating the success of the campaign as well as making the FINAL ROLL of the adventures of the Dawnstar and crew. Come check it out here!

We'll be back on Monday for a full proper end of campaign update so we'll see you then!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Aston

Ahoy Spacefarers!

We have less than an hour left on the campaign, which means less than an hour to grab a copy of the book for those that haven't, and that means less than an hour to save the Dawnstar from the dreaded grips of the black hole!

Head over to the 🟢 Live update 🟢to take part in securing the safety of your vessel and unlocking new additions to the final book whilst you still can!