Everyone Gets Bonus Tokens and a New Way To Play Ryoko's Appears!
about 1 year ago – Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 11:01:34 AM

We're close to one week deep into Ryoko's Guide and there's more juicy stuff being unlocked!

Tokens for Everyone!

YOU get a token, and YOU get a token, everybody (who gets the Ryoko PDF) gets access to the full, top-down digital tokens for 40+ creatures, unlocked at the 1.5 million dollar stretch goal. If you've backed at any tier, you'll be recieving the Ryoko's Guide PDF and these digital tokens come along with it!

And, if we can break the 1.75 million dollar stretch goal, we'll unlock punch-out, physical cardboard tokens that will be available as an add-on and added automatically to the Deluxe Box tier for free for the magical, in-person moments to shower your players with lethal threats!

A New Way to Play Ryoko's!

We've teamed up with Alchemy to release a full, ready to play adventure on the Alchemy VTT, and you can explore it right now! They even put together this snazzy trailer showing off some of the features, including the dynamic ambience and music controls! Start playing here! 

(Note: for the purpose of this trailer, Alchemy used placeholder art)

Physical + Digital Clarification

Kickstarter doesn't let us update our tiers as the campaign runs on, which means we can't adapt them to include unlocked stretch goals! This is a little confusing, especially when some things are physical and others are digital, each going into different tiers. What we've started doing is adding every stretch goal to each tier breakdown on our page! If you're ever confused about what thing is in which tier, you can refer to our Detailed Pledge Breakdown graphic on the main Ryoko's Campaign page. If a stretch goal is included there in the tier you are backing, it'll be added to your order at no extra cost!

Projects We Love

Our ENNIE award winning friends over at Tome of Summoning have put together an awesome kickstarter too, which is just wrapping up. Elevate your DnD 5e gameplay with loot and encounter tables! Enjoy randomized challenges and rewards to make your games more thrilling! 

Double up on the finest of Fifth Edition tools with The Deck of Loot and The Deck of Encounters! Enhance your loot with rollable tables of delightful and deadly trinkets, treasures, and trappings from the most commonly encountered creatures in Fifth Edition.

You can check that out here if you're itching for more epic D&D action! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomeofsummoning/deck-of-encounters-and-loot-rollable-tables-for-dnd-5e?ref=856x0z

If you've any questions, you can submit them in the comments to this update, the project updates, or, even better, on the #ryokos-guide-questions channel of the Loot Tavern Discord Server.

You guys are amazing,

Will (and the team)

A New Race and Subclass Unlocked and Ryoko's Prototypes Revealed!
about 1 year ago – Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 09:41:38 AM

72 hours into Ryoko's Guide and, like Smash Mouth predicted, the Stretch Goals start coming and they don't stop coming! We've unlocked some amazing things, but first...

Unboxing Ryoko's Guide!

We did an unboxing of all of Ryoko's pre-production samples so you can see how beautiful everything is in real life, and how far along we are with it all! These are pre-production samples, so some small things might change, like the Core and Deluxe boxes being made bigger to fit all the awesome stuff inside it! Also keep your eyes peeled for a cameo from my dog! 

A New Race Emerges: The Ryōkido 

Early this morning we passed $1,250,000 which means there's a whole new race added to the book: The Ryōkido, inspired by the lion turtle. These telepathic humanoids come packing an enormous shell which boosts your AC and can provide protection if you fall (useful insurance when scaling kaiju!), along with abilities that make them excellent grapplers and unarmed warriors. If you were looking for a new character race to pair beautifully with the new Element Bender class, this could make for a synergistic combination!

A New Subclass: The Sensei Tamer (And the Tamer in Ryoko's Guide)

We also unlocked a new subclass: The Sensei for the Monster Tamer class, first introduced in Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting. A lot of people have asked if they'll be able to play this without owning Heliana's, and you 100% can! The core Tamer class, along with this subclass, will appear in full in Ryoko's Guide, giving you everything you need in one place to train your adorable companions in the art of kicking butt!

We've got more dope stretch goals incoming, adding tons of value across the board! The next SG to unlock is digital tokens for all the creatures in Ryoko's Guide, that will be added to everyone who pledged at the $30 PDF tier and above, completely for free! We'll put up an announcement when we hit the next big milestone, most likely early next week.

If you've any questions, you can submit them in the comments to this update, the project updates, or, even better, on the #ryokos-guide-questions channel of the Loot Tavern Discord Server.

You guys are amazing,

Will (and the team)