Happy New Years! January Update

Hey Folks-

Happy New Years! Let's dive right into what's come out recently, and what's coming out soon, and what other updates there.

Recent Releases

• Casting Compendium 1.9 - 37 new spells and 6 updated spells makes this one of the larger Casting Compendium updates, this is largely due to including the Generic Elemental Spells 2.0 (listed below), as well as catching up on some overdue updates. The PDF and the FoundryVTT module will be updated this week (probably tomorrow, maybe Thursday for the FoundryVTT module).
• Generic Elemental Spells 2.0 - The source of 34 of those spells above, this expands the arsenal of spells ready at your finger tips. PDF is already updated and linked on the site and Link Hub, though is still catching up to some editing updates that the GMBinder version has.
• The December Subclass Poll, which brought with it three new subclasses: Astronomical Order Wizard, Circle of the of City Druid, and Path of Mutation Barbarian. You can vote for the next round of subclasses now.
• The Warden 1.1 bringing with it the new Sunwatcher subclass. But stay tuned for Warden 1.1.1 our fearless editor has just sent me a monster list of corrections that'll be coming to it soon.
• The Jaeger Class v0.8, playtest edition. This is a playtest version of a brand new class, written for MonkeyDM and his epic book Steinhardt's Guide to the Eldritch Hunt. If you want the full version with fancy art and much cooler lay out, I'll direct you his way, but as good folks around here help shaped the class with their feedback, I wanted to provide as much as I could for folks in taking it for a spin.

Major Releases Planned This Month

• Kibbles Feat Compendium - The long awaited companion to the Casting Compendium, this brings a hoard of new feats, new ways to use and get feats, and more. If you folks thought that maybe all the spell compendium stuff seemed liked Spellcaster Favoritism, it is your month to shine. Like the Casting Compendium, this will be a compilation, compiling Active Feats, Mystic Paths, Expert and Master Feats, and more, and it's at the top of my list to get done this month.
• Blood Magic Expansion 1.0 - This was aimed for last month but I didn't get back to it. This will polish up the expansion and add some shiny new trinkets and options.
• The Battle System 1.1 - At long last we'll see the return of the Battle System, finally bringing it more optimized and ready to use state. For those that don't remember it, it's a simple deck building card game that can be used to supplement a standard D&D battle to turn it into some more epic - a confrontation at the heart of a raging battle (...or perhaps just a throwdown in the midst of a skirmish, it's up to your needs).  It comes with a Campaign Mode (collecting and earning special cards from recruiting elite allies to your cause) and a Skirmish Mode (using standard cards to quickly run a battle at larger scale than D&D combat would allow).

Other Planned Releases

• Spellblade Subclass Poll - I don't know exactly when this will go up, but it's coming soon. If you have ideas for what Spellblade subclass you'd like to see on the poll, make sure to get them in!
• Occultist 1.3.1 - There's still some lingering clean up to do here.

Announcements & News

• Kickstarter 2.0 is coming soon. I'm currently expecting to launch it Febuary, so stay tuned for more details and where to sign up for notifications soon (spoilers, it's here, the page is just not prettied up yet).
• Kickstarter 1.0 is finally shipping in the US/CA. They will be shipping this week, with some folks getting their notification and delivery date already! Don't panic if you haven't gotten a notification yet, shipping is expected to take a week to fully complete. Most orders should now be delivered in all other regions, with a second wave for orders where there was an issue (damaged books, etc) going out soon.
• The Crafting Website is up in its alpha version, and already has quite a lot of functionality, but has more yet to come. Feel free to check out the related channel in the Discord for more updates and information.
• The OGL 1.1. Nothing much I can say here until information about this goes public. Just acknowledging that I'm aware of it, and will comment if and when there's more to say once the terms are public. I believe there will be a path forward regardless of what happens.

There's half a dozen other things cooking, but this post is getting out of hand, so that's where I'll wrap it up. Thank you so much for all your support in 2022, and I look forward to what I can share with you all in 2023.

This will be a busy few months, starting with fleshing out some martial options, expanding on recent releases, and bringing the battle system back to life. I'll try to weave in some VTT Module updates, keep you updated on the crafting site as it evolves, and keep a steady beat of content coming.

I apologize that December ended up a bit slower than expected; unfortunately I spent pretty much the entire month sick, but with a good Wisdom (Medicine) check from the doctor, I think it gave me the advantage I needed to pass my Constitution saving throw this time.

Happy New Years, and may 2023 bring you many joyous campaigns, free of TPKs and Schedule Woes!

All the best,

-Kibbles