The essential old-school fantasy RPG, now expanded with advanced character options, magic, and monsters — plus brand new adventures!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Holy Mountain Shaker PDF Finished!
almost 3 years ago
– Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 09:31:37 AM
Hey everyone,
Just a very quick update to let you know that Luka Rejec's fantastic Old-School Essentials adventure, Holy Mountain Shaker, is finished and available in PDF!
A fantasy pointcrawl adventure for characters of 5th to 6th level.
Thunder and quake have come to the old town. Towers crumble, homes tumble, the quick become the dead. What omen could be more obvious? The Pharaoh Fish under the mountain is displeased. This God must be propitiated. Brave heroes must venture to buy the city's salvation. At the very least, the Town Council needs to appear in control and send some 'expert adventurers' into the depths.
PDFs Sent Out (to Add-On Purchasers)
We sent out download codes via email yesterday to everyone who selected Holy Mountain Shaker as an add-on in BackerKit. (These were sent to the email address registered with your Kickstarter account.)
If you can't find the download code:
Please double-check that you really selected the adventure as an add-on in BackerKit. (It was not a free adventure to all backers.)
Make sure you're checking the right email address. (The address registered with your Kickstarter account.)
Check your spam / junk folders etc. Emails like these sometimes end up there.
If you still can't find it, just send an email to [email protected] and we'll help you out.
Errata?
If you spot any little errors while reading through the PDF, please let us know: [email protected]! We've not yet sent the files off to the printer, so we can fix any little mistakes that have slipped through the net. (The PDF edition will be updated later on with any fixes as well, of course.)
PDF on General Sale
If you didn't select Holy Mountain Shaker as an add-on and would like to buy a copy of the PDF, it's available here.
Here are a couple of page examples from the PDF, to whet your appetite!
Hardcover Edition
We're in contact with our printers now, discussing a schedule for printing the hardcover edition of Holy Mountain Shaker. We don't have anything concrete to announce yet, but we'll post an update with more information once everything is lined up.
People who selected the hardcover edition as an add-on in BackerKit:As noted previously, we'll be sending out this adventure to you separately, once it's been printed.
All For Now!
Hope those of you who have the PDF of Holy Mountain Shaker are enjoying it!
Gavin / Moss Master at Necrotic Gnome
Shipping Update, Digital Stretch Goals, and Holy Mountain Shaker Progress!
almost 3 years ago
– Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 04:57:50 PM
Hey everyone,
We've got a quick update on progress with shipping and lots of news on free PDFs, the Advanced Fantasy generators, Holy Mountain Shaker, and other things Old-School Essentials!
Shipping Progress
North America: Screens arrived at the US warehouse late last week and North American orders that were waiting on them are rolling out after the July 4th holiday weekend. Most pledges will be out by the end of this week, but a few may trickle into next week. Please be patient with the warehouse team as they are going as quickly as they can while trying to thoroughly pack the orders.
EU/UK/RoW: The last communication from GamesQuest was that we were still on track for fulfillment to start this week for the EU, the UK, and the rest of the world.
Spell and Dungeon Time Tracker PDFs
We've sent out DriveThruRPG download codes for these free PDFs that were unlocked as stretch goals. If you can't find the codes, you can download the PDFs directly from DriveThruRPG for free:
As promised in the previous update, we've got some shiny previews of Holy Mountain Shaker — Luka Rejec's adventure — for you today! We're in the final stages of layout at the moment. The text and most of the artwork are in place, and Luka's just going through doing a few extra illustrations to fill in some spaces. This thing is going to be really beautiful!
As noted previously, this adventure was delayed, so it'll be shipping separately to everyone who selected it as an add-on in BackerKit. We'll keep you posted with a timeline once it's at the printers.
Cover mockup, art by Luka Rejec
Interior page mockup, art by Luka Rejec, layout by Anna Urbanek of Double Proficiency
Advanced Fantasy Generators Also Nearly Finished!
And now some news on the Old-School Essentials generators! We unlocked a set of stretch goals to expand the generators to also include the new classes, spells, monsters, and magic items from Advanced Fantasy. We're happy to report that work on this is almost finished! Everything is in place, we're just ironing out a few last issues. We'll let you know once the new generators go live, but in the meantime here are a few screenshots.
Memorized spells generator
NPC by class and level generator
NPC party generator
New Old-School Essentials Website
Last up today, we just wanted to share the link to the newly revamped Necrotic Gnome website, which now serves as a landing page for all things Old-School Essentials. Check out necroticgnome.com for a handy introduction to Old-School Essentials, including links to our online communities and heaps of free resources. Great to share with people who are new to the game!
All For Now!
Everyone at Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral
Shipping Update and Holy Mountain Shaker Progress
almost 3 years ago
– Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 10:26:33 PM
Hello everyone!
International Fulfillment
International fulfillment (that is outside of North America) is still set to start the week of July 5th. They were unable to start any EU orders this week. From our GamesQuest rep:
"I’ve spoken with the EU hub regarding starting some of the projects on Friday. Unfortunately our EU hub is at capacity this week and next. The current schedule for the project is the 5th of July. "
US Fulfillment
US Fulfillment is stretching into next week. We had to transfer stock of the referee screens between warehouses and like with shipping anything today, it was of course delayed. It is now scheduled to be delivered to our warehouse on Monday and the remaining pledges will be processed and prioritized above all other Kickstarter fulfillments and Exalted Funeral store orders. As I mentioned in the last update, we will let you know when it is complete via a KS update and then if you have not received a shipping notice you can contact us.
If you have reached out about a shipping or damaged pledge issue, we are working through them as quickly as we can. Rest assured that we will make sure you receive your pledge!
Holy Mountain Shaker Progress
We're excited to report that Holy Mountain Shaker is now in the layout phase. We will share pictures of its progress and a timeline for completion in the next update.
Thank You!
-Cristin and Matt @ EF
Fulfillment update, projected start date for EU, UK, and rest of world
almost 3 years ago
– Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 01:41:59 AM
First of all, BIG thank you for your patience while we work through fulfillment. It is exciting to see the posts from those of you that have received your pledges so far!
US and Canadian Fulfillment
Our warehouse has been doing an amazing job of getting the pledges out to you guys while trying to also fulfill store orders as well. Many of the US and Canadian pledges have been sent, but look out for the remaining orders to be fulfilled into next week. Please do not worry if you have not received a tracking email yet. I promise it is coming! If you have reached out to us about an issue with your pledge then please have patience while we work through emails to respond. I will post an update when US and Canadian fulfillment is complete.
UK, EU, and Rest of World Fulfillment
We received a response today from GamesQuest about the status of fulfillment. It seems that the delay in fulfillment starting is primarily due to the volume of orders and other fulfillments that GamesQuest is processing. I have been told that there is a strong possibility that some EU only orders will start shipping next week, but to not anticipate a hard start date before July 6th. Once the EU only orders start to go out next week then we will post another update. Once the fulfillment for the remaining EU backers, UK and the rest of world starts or if the date of July 6th changes then we will also post an update.
SO many moving parts to this Kickstarter and fulfillment. Thank you again for your understanding with all of this! We appreciate you all!
*Reminder about address changes. Updating your address in Backerkit does NOT change your address in locked orders. As we have stated in previous updates, any address changes need to be communicated directly to us at [email protected]
Thanks!
-Cristin and Matt @ EF
Tracking notification clarification
almost 3 years ago
– Sat, May 29, 2021 at 02:12:59 AM
Hello!
Several of you have reached out about receiving Backerkit notifications for past shipments so let me clarify.
When the add-on shirts, posters, and canvas prints were shipped out in March, there was no way to connect the printing service to Backerkit for shipping and fulfillment. In order for those items to show as fulfilled the tracking numbers had to be manually uploaded into Backerkit. This was done once all of the items had been shipped and most of them already received by backers. Those notifications had not been pushed through at that time from Backerkit to the backers because all of the shipments had already been recieved.
When US and Canadian fulfillment started on Wednesday and the new notifications were pushed through, all of the previous tracking numbers that had been loaded but not sent to backers via Backerkit were ALSO pushed through. This means, if you ordered an add-on shirt, poster, or canvas print then you received a notification that you have a tracking number for a shipment in your Backerkit; which is for these add-ons that you already received.
When the book portion of your pledge ships then you will receive another notice from Backerkit that you have a new tracking number in your Backerkit page AND an email from us with your tracking number.
