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Greetings!
I hope your slumber left you well-rested. I will get right to the point. We are nearing the end of the quest, and as a vote was held for the Status: Hangry; Butcher Block edition talisman, we now need to help elect what the final item will be equipt for the Retro PC edition! You can see here the eight options! We have retained a few of the most popular items from the last vote, and surprisingly a few new items have even appeared! I am going to keep this one brief - so please go in and make your vote on which item this time around!

Spread the word and speak more in a few days, traveler.

Hello Traveler!

This has been a great, successful quest thus far. We are down the final week, and then my clan and I must pack up and start off to our next destination. More than 130 brave travelers have completed the quest so far, and we have more than 257 talismans [enamel pins] claimed from the depths of the dungeon. There is still time for more heroes to complete the quest, so be sure to share with other of your companions also, if you are interested in being a true "certified" completionist, don't forget you can still gather all three talismans by going here: https://www.backerkit.com/c/chandler-copenhaver/id-rather-be-an-npc/pledge_levels#top

In other important news -- the Vote for the Status: Hangry, Butcher Block edition talisman's equipped item is now FINAL! 

It was a close match, with the Shotgun and Broadsword + Hot Mug as runner-ups. Pretty great to see so many adventurers vote, and every item had at least one vote! The voices of the majority have decided, and Hangry Bread will wield a BATTLE AXE on the Butcher Block talisman!  [results below]

NOW, we need to do one more vote to help equip the Status: Hangry; Retro PC Edition talisman! There will be another update in the morning tomorrow, so look for that and make your vote!

Until then, join us at our camp and get some rest, adventurer.

REST

[While Resting...the merchant turns to you]

I am glad you joined us here by the fire. I have a story to tell you.
I've heard of another side-quest, deep in the mountain range beyond this valley where hordes of terrible monsters and even massive dragons live...only they seem to have been frozen in time, in capsules of ice-like material ~ some sort of mystical material, the Sage calls Accrilik or something like that.
This quest has attracted more than 1,300 brave adventures so far, and I highly recommend that you next head over to see the great Mystic Darryl, whose RPG Essentials quest needs your support!

Have a good rest, traveler.

[Please go and check out my good friend Darryl's campaign RPG ESSENTIALS: Acrylic Creature Tokens for TTRPGs! I'm suuper stoked to get my set ~  Click on either image and go check it out! ]

Hello Traveler! It is I, Favio the Merchant.
It's been more than a week since this journey began, and I am shocked and grateful for the small army of more than 100 adventurers who've completed their side quest! We are now past 350% of our goal! Thank you all again!

Alas, if only we had MORE adventurers to help us venture deep into the dungeon and extract even more talismans. Then will the land become free again from the great famine. If you would please [breaks the 4th wall]  take this link here https://www.backerkit.com/c/chandler-copenhaver/id-rather-be-an-npc/Backer-shares-on-social and share it with your friends on social media, so we can attract other travelers who might also be interested in accepting our quest. Only 2 weeks remain, so please do not delay.
THE VOTE....continues
Well, as you can see here, in the campaign page's now updated "the Vote" chapter, the Sage has figured out a way to KEEP both of the talisman designs! However, in the process, it looks like you need to help re-equipt both of the Hangry Bread, with an item. This means there will be a new vote opening today for the Butcher Block and, later on, another vote for the Retro PC. The vote will be for the exact same 8 items each time -- we're just doing the vote on separate days so as not to get things mixed up.
[stops breaking the 4th wall]

Well, thank you again, brave adventurer!
Please go now and help us vote to decide what item will be on the final talisman. You can access the vote here, as well.

We did it!! Thank you for your support!
While the journey has only just begun, because of you all, we were able to hit our funding goal just over an hour into the campaign. As I am writing this, we are actually almost at 200% of the goal. Onward and upward!

Your pledge is greatly appreciated and looking forward to enjoying more shenanigans together as we proceed together for the next few weeks. To properly celebrate, the Sage and Merchant have pulled together a little dance party. 

~ Cue the music!! ~
To deepen the immersion -- click the PLAY NOW button (the Youtube vid for the "Coffin Dance"/ song, is hyperlinked)

Greetings again, Traveler. As you might have seen, The Sage tried to be helpful and used his magic to summon the talismans, but alas, he got one of them stuck in an interdimensional bind. Because of this, there are two different versions (each from different places in time) that are showing up. According to the Sage, we have until sometime on Friday, January 20th, to make the decision before the portal closes.

So we now need to VOTE to pick which one we should set free in our realm. Once you have completed the quest (by making a PLEDGE on the campaign), you will be able to provide your voice in the matter.

Until we meet again.