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Old-School Essentials: Advanced Fantasy

Created by Exalted Funeral

The essential old-school fantasy RPG, now expanded with advanced character options, magic, and monsters — plus brand new adventures!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Final PDFs — First Wave Being Sent Out!
over 3 years ago – Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 11:57:48 AM

Hey everyone,

Exciting news today! I've started sending out the first wave of final PDFs via DriveThruRPG!

What's Being Sent Out?

I'm sending out the final PDFs of all the Advanced Fantasy rule books plus the two free zine-style booklets that were unlocked as stretch goals. That's the following books:

  • Advanced Fantasy Genre Rules
  • Druid and Illusionist Spells
  • Advanced Fantasy Monsters
  • Advanced Fantasy Treasures
  • Advanced Fantasy Player's Tome
  • Advanced Fantasy Referee's Tome
  • Advanced Fantasy Reference Booklet
  • Carcass Crawler Exclusive Inaugural Issue

What to Expect

Who will receive what: All backers who've filled out their survey in BackerKit and have successfully paid will receive download links for any of the above PDFs that they're due. (This includes PDFs which are included as part of your Kickstarter pledge level and any PDFs which you selected as add-ons in BackerKit.)

Timing: I'll be sending out the above PDFs over the next couple of days (depending how long it takes to set everything up). I'm expecting to have them all sent out by the weekend.

How will the download codes be sent: You'll receive the download codes in emails from DriveThruRPG. (I believe the sender will be [email protected].) The emails will contain a link to the product. When you click the link, the product will be entered into your shopping cart with the price set to zero. Simply check out to get your free title. It will then be added to your DriveThruRPG library. (If you don't already have an account at DriveThruRPG, you'll be prompted to create one.)

Problems?

If you don't get the download code email (by the weekend!) for one of the products mentioned above which you're due, here are some tips:

Spam: Please check your email spam / junk folders carefully! These kind of emails really commonly end up there.

BackerKit survey and payment: I exported the list of people who are due PDFs this morning. It consists of everyone who's completed their BackerKit survey and been charged for all due fees as of the moment I clicked "export". A small percentage of backers haven't completed one or both of those steps, so will not have been included in the list I exported. If you didn't receive download codes, then please double check that you've completed the survey and that your payments (Kickstarter fee, shipping costs, add-on costs) have gone through successfully. (We'll be sending out another batch of PDF download codes later on, once the remaining people have completed their surveys / payments.)

Contact us: If none of the above helps, send us an email at [email protected].

A Note on Combining DriveThruRPG Accounts

Some people use different email addresses for their Kickstarter and DriveThruRPG accounts. The download code emails have been sent out to your Kickstarter email addresses (i.e. the ones we have on file). This may mean that you'll end up with a new DriveThruRPG account associated with the Kickstarter email. You may want to combine this with your existing DriveThruRPG account. I asked DriveThruRPG what backers need to do to achieve this. They said: "Backers should contact Customer Service. Here's a link to create a new ticket: https://support.drivethrurpg.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. It's very quick and easy to fix."

All For Now

Hope you enjoy the final PDFs as they roll into your inbox!

Gavin / Moss Master at Necrotic Gnome

Rules Books in Print Setup! Final PDFs Soon! Scourge of the Scornlords!
over 3 years ago – Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 10:23:33 AM

Hey everyone,

The final stages of development have been moving along swimmingly and we have some exciting updates to share today!

The Rule Books are at the Printers!

All the Advanced Fantasy rule books (i.e. the modular books and the tomes) are in print setup this week. That means we've been sending finalised files to the printers, wrangling CMYK, bleeds, overprinting, trapping, and all sorts of other fun / esoteric printing requirements. As this will be the third big print run we've done with this manufacturer, the process has been very smooth — I know their requirements well by this stage. It's looking like printing will begin shortly!

Final Rule Book PDFs Coming Soon

Once the rule books have starting rolling off the production line, I'll start setting up the PDF products at DriveThruRPG and sending download links out to you all! I'm anticipating that this will happen next week, but I can't make any promises as to the exact date. Hold tight for a future update once the download codes have been sent out.

 Incandescent Grottoes Art Previews!

Work on the new adventures is also progressing nicely. I'm delighted to be able to share the first couple of pieces of art for The Incandescent Grottoes!

Adventure cover! Art by Nate Treme.
The Prismist -- a character who can be encountered in the dungeon. By Nate Treme.

The Scourge of the Scornlords

I'll leave you today with a recommendation. The folks at Knight Owl Publishing are back with the third and final part of their Old-School Essentials setting Meatlandia.

The new book, The Scourge of the Scornlords, contains over 100 pages of mind-bending, wasteland-surviving, post-apocalyptic old school awesomeness­. They describe it as "a mashup of Mad Max, Fist of the North Star, Dark Sun, and the Beastmaster, with a healthy dose of The Land That Time Forgot for good measure".

Included in the book are new classes, a bestiary of new monsters, rules for psionics, new vehicles and mounts, and loads more meaty, post-apocalyptic weirdness! All 100% compatible with Old-School Essentials.

They're also going to produce deluxe foil-stamped leatherette editions of the new book plus the two previous Meatlandia books!

Check out their Kickstarter! (Live until December 10th.)

All For Now

Gavin / Moss Master at Necrotic Gnome

The Final Days Are Upon Us!
over 3 years ago – Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 04:15:51 AM

Here we are, nearing the end. 


Only to have an exciting new beginning! 


This is Exalted Funeral wanting to remind everyone that that the Pledge Manager and Preorder store will be closing on Friday November 6th at the end of the day. This is of course so we can settle in on the final production numbers and get all this lovely material printed! 


A couple things to note:

  • BACKERS, the preorder store is different that the Pledge Manager. If you are using the same credentials as you submitted to Kickstarter you should get access naturally to the Pledge Manager. But if you log in using a different email and preordering you are creating two SEPERATE orders. If you have done this you can adjust until Friday November 6th. After that it will lock your separate orders and we wont be able to combine them after.
  • EVERYONE, Everything will charge on Friday November 6th for both the pledge manager and pre -order store. If you need to change your payment method or delivery address it needs to be done BEFORE then as it locks at that point. 
  • EVERYONE, please note that if you have purchased something from either the Necrotic Gnome storefront or Exalted Funeral storefront these will ship separate than from your pledge or pre-order. 

Some general update information is that everything is going as of now, swimmingly! Adventures are written and are now in the editing and layout phase with art to soon follow!

Wizard Battle by Chris Malec

We will leave you with some wonderful art and a heartfelt thank you for making this an amazing campaign. Please, if you have any further questions regarding your pledge or preorder send them to [email protected]

-EF

Adventures Progressing! Enhanced Reprints!
over 3 years ago – Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 12:42:31 AM

Hey everyone,

Just a little status update today with some news on the adventure scenarios we're producing!

Adventure Team!

First up, I wanted to announce some of the people who are involved in the production of these adventures but who haven't been mentioned by name before. We've talked a bit about the authors and the artists involved (see this update), but that's only half the story.

  •  Editing: Is being done by the MoonRat Conspiracy (Fiona Maeve Geist and Jarrett Crader). They'll be diving into the text produced by the authors, tightening things up and making sure everything's consistent and smooth to read.
  •  Layout: Is being done by Anna of Double Proficiency. She'll be designing the visual look of the adventures and will be working with the editors to make sure each block of content (e.g. each area description) fits cleanly onto pages and spreads in the books.
  •  Cartography: Is being done by Glynn Seal of MonkeyBlood Design. He'll be taking the sketch maps that the authors are producing (which, at least in the case of my maps for The Incandescent Grottoes, frankly look awful!) and creating something both beautiful and functional.

Now, onto the updates...

The Incandescent Grottoes and The Halls of the Blood King

Writing and play testing of these adventures is complete! The documents are now in the expert hands of our lovely editors and will be going into layout soon!

These are the two free adventures. Backers at PDF reward levels will be getting PDF copies of them and backers at physical reward levels will be getting print + PDF copies of them.

If you want to pick up extra copies of these adventures (to give to friends?), you can select them as an add-on in BackerKit.

Holy Mountain Shaker and Isle of the Plangent Mage

The writing of these adventures is nearing completion, so they'll be next up on the editors' desks.

If you want a copy of these adventures, you'll need to select them as an add-on in BackerKit — and remember that backers can get them at a 33% discount! ($10 in print. Their full retail price will be $15.)

Winter's Daughter and The Hole in the Oak

These two adventures were first published in 2019, but we'll be doing reprints of them along with the new adventures. If you select either of these as add-ons in BackerKit, you'll be getting a copy of the new editions, which as it happens will come with a couple of nice enhancements over the original printings!

  •  Winter's Daughter: Is getting a new colour layout and colour interior illustrations. (The original printing had a black & white interior.)
  •  The Hole in the Oak: Is going to printed as a hardcover and the layout will be redone to match the new adventures. (The original printing was a softcover.) Due to the different production requirements of softcover vs hardcover, the book will be getting a few extra pages, including a summary of the treasures found in the dungeon. (The dungeon itself isn't being expanded, though.)

If you want a copy of these adventures, you'll need to select them as an add-on in BackerKit.

Winter's Daughter reprint example spread showing the new colour interior. (Work in progress, final book may differ.)
The Hole in the Oak reprint example spread showing the new treasures summary. (Work in progress, final book may differ.)

Adventure PDFs

PDFs of the adventures will be sent out (via DriveThruRPG) once they're finalised and have been sent off to the printers. This is expected around early December.

Pledge Manager and Add-Ons Store

I hope you've all been enjoying browsing the add-ons store at BackerKit and selecting extra goodies to go along with your Kickstarter rewards! In case anyone is still having problems getting access to BackerKit: please email [email protected].

All For Now

We'll keep you posted with updates as thing develop. Hopefully we'll have some art for the adventures to share soon!

Gavin / Moss Master at Necrotic Gnome

ALL Pledge Level Surveys NOW Being Sent and Pre-order Store is BACK!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 03:48:14 AM

Hey everyone!  


Thanks SO much for your help with figuring out the hiccups in the pledge manager and shipping issues. Your patience has been much appreciated while we work with BackerKit to resolve them. 

  • Shipping fees are no longer stacking for adding a single item, but instead are calculating the whole order based on weight. This means now when adding one or two more books, like the add-on adventures, to your pledge you may only see only a slight, or zero, shipping increase! 
  • T-shirts, Posters, and Canvas Prints now have the shipping fees added into the price, as these items are shipped in a different manor than the books. This means that there is no additional shipping fees for adding these items!

If you have already filled out your survey or purchased items through the pre-order store then no need to worry! You can log in and see that your order is updated with any changes to shipping and add-on items that now include shipping such as the shirt, poster, and canvas. If you hesitated to add more items due to the shipping price, there is still time to add them now that the correct shipping is in effect. Your cards will not be charged until the pre-order store closes, which will now be November 6th.


Surveys started going out tonight at 12:15am MST and will continue over the next day or so to go out in waves. Please do not worry if you have not received your survey immediately! 


Thank you again!

-Exalted Funeral and Necrotic Gnome