There are less than 12 hours left to back Demonic Grimoire and the other projects in OSE Month!
Demonic Grimoire Achievements
In addition to ribbon and black page upgrades to both editions of the Demonic Grimoire, all backers are getting both Quick Delve #5: Golden Lies, a 20 page adventure zine, AND a deluxe Evil Grimoire Holographic Sticker!
Final OSE Month Achievement UNLOCKED!
We've passed $625k (whoa!) in the month and unlocked the final collaborative achievement:Two MORE tracks added to OSE Month Hellscape Digital Soundtrack! This means that the digital Hellscape soundtrack will have two additional tracks corresponding to the final two hell realms in the Demonic Grimoire. That makes a total of eight songs, one for each realm of hell! We'll be experiencing (in sonic form) the ice hell of Zonth, the iron labyrinth of Carcerus, the endless war of Xarxus, the savage lands of Gargathuul, the burning hell of Nethria, the noxious realm of Oblivex, the infested swamp of Malfflesia, and finally the cobwebbed abyss of Ulobor. Every backer in all OSE Month projects will receive this digital soundtrack.
Last Chance for a Free OSE Month Booster Deck!
This is your last chance to get the booster pack for FREE by backing the Demonic Grimoire + any 6 projects in OSE Month. This pack is exclusive to OSE Month and will not be reproduced.
Thank You For Your Support!
We have tons of exciting plans for further OSE supplements and adventures, and the resounding success of the Demonic Grimoire and OSE Month means the world to us! We'll keep you updated in the coming months as the Demonic Grimoire goes to print and squirms its diabolical way towards shipping out to you all.
Infernal regards, the Exalted Funeral + Necrotic Gnome teams
This has been a great campaign and it absolutely exceeded my expectations. It's also been one of the most fun that I've ever ran. Y'all were a blast. I loved the comments and the voting.
As you know, the campaign was a success! Everyone is going to be getting some minis!
We've sent 90% of the files to our manufacturer already and hope to get the last ones in this coming week. We'll keep you posted when we have an ETA, but we're pretty sure it'll be long before the times we listed in the campaign.
In a few weeks, I'll launch the pledgemanager. That's where you'll get to pick your minis and pay for shipping. All of the single minis unlocked during this campaign will be available there as well, so if you wanted an extra cultist or a few more demon hunters, you can grab them there.
Now, I know some of you are sad that we didn't hit the achievements for the Tiefling or Orcus. I feel you. They were pretty rad.
The dark ones have been banished from our mortal plane for now, but don't worry - those infernal ones act in the shadows. They're never truly gone. 👀
Talk soon, -James
PS. Sorry this is a day late. I've been unpacking in my new place and I am wrecked.
Hey friends-- Thank you so much for joining us on this campaign and supporting us and all of the other independent RPG creators in OSE Month. This community really is the best and we are so thankful to be a part of it. Emporium of the Damned is officially our most backed project ever 🤘🤘🤘and also our first collab. I loved this process and hope to do another one sometime in the future. I love the Emporium--Ahimsa has put so much excitement and energy into the writing and I am having an absolute blast doing the illustrations for it. I can't wait to get it out to you all and to hear what you have to say about it. We will not be doing an add-on store for this project--it's just the zine--because it will be shipping from Exalted Funeral with all of the other combined shipping projects. They plan to do the shipping in January, but we will definitely have the pdfs out to you much sooner. Thanks again for keeping the table clean and we'll be in touch.
It's hard to believe that we're in the final few days of OSE Month! We have a few updates for you as the blood-moon sets on this benighted month...
Full Hellish Soundtrack Almost Unlocked!
We're tantalisingly close to unlocking the final OSE Month achievement at $625,000 total funding across all 17 projects: the final 2 tracks of the hell-realm soundtrack. Once we reach that final goal, the soundtrack will be complete at 8 tracks — one inspired by each hell realm in the Demonic Grimoire.
All backers of any OSE Month project will receive a digital download of the soundtrack once it's complete.
This would be a great moment to have another look at the complete OSE Month project lineup to see if anything tickles your fancy. There's a hefty selection of diabolical adventures, settings, supplements, art books, minis, and more, many of which will ship with the Demonic Grimoire at a heavily discounted shipping rate. So don't miss out!
Print File Preparation Under Way
As noted in the campaign description, the Demonic Grimoire and other items are 100% complete. Now that we have a clear picture of the number of copies of each item we'll need to print, we're already preparing final print files to send off to the manufacturers.
Normally this is the kind of update we'd be sending in the months after a crowdfunding campaign has ended. But in this case, we're ahead of the game. We'll keep you updated along the way as the Demonic Grimoire and your other rewards enter manufacturing.
Art Grave With Dave
Join Exalted Funeral Art director David Hoskins as he leads our first ever Art Grave with Dave! A bandwidth breaking collection of massive artistic talent zooms together (google meet actually), and discusses their work, their love of the hobby, and the Old-School Essentials Month projects that they've all been sweating, stippling, and summoning artwork for... Be sure to click through the links for the projects of ALL of these fantastically talented artists!
Witness the wonderous works of:
David Hoskins, C. Aaron Kreader, and Frank Scacalossi In the Demonic Grimoire
See the Slimey Sketches of Jacob Fleming in The Ooze
The end is nigh! With but a few hours left, we have hit another achievement -
The Chaos Lord has been Unleashed!
We're getting quite the end of campaign push right now, so anything is possible. Up next at $20,000 is the Tiefling. We're creeping in that direction - let's see what happens!
But there is one last stretch goal and now is the time to reveal it.
**Cue the Infernal Trumpets**
I have been informed that our last Achievement is not some sort of infernal whale, but instead is the one, the only...
Demon Prince of the Undead, ORCUS!
To my knowledge, this is the BEEFIEST miniature we've ever made. I absolutely love Mustafa's take on this guy - he looks so evil. This thing is nightmare fuel.
Now I know $25000 seems far away, but for those who haven't used it before, Backerkit has this neat feature. Every time someone pledges during the last ten minutes of the campaign, it extends it. This can go on for hours, or even days. We might just see a miracle of the damned yet.
If you wanna see this guy, post about this campaign anywhere you can. All backers are getting at least six free minis at this point. This is wild!
Let's see how things go as the clock ticks away the minutes 'til the unholy hour of midnight.
What is a Chaos Lord, you may be asking? Well I'll tell you what it's not - it's not our take on Melniboneans from the Elric books because that would get us sued.
Goal: $17,500 reached! — We did it! This project reached this goal!
HELLCRAWL and OSE month are in overtime and coming to a dramatic close. Thank you for all your amazing support.
This weekend has been an absolute whirlwind of chaos and it’s been pure magic.
1. My wife and I are at our booth at Phoenix Fan Fusion all weekend and day one has been a blast. I won’t be able to post another update or respond to emails until Monday.
2. Questing beast did a video about the Painted Wastelands driving up sales on our Web store!
3. UPS delivered 60 boxes of Empire of Bones today while we were gone! My wonderful neighbors helped them deposit the books safely in our garage. Fulfillment on that project begins next week!
4. We hit our $70k stretch goal so everyone will receive a free chick tract in their physical pledge!
Thank you all for your support what a treat. Pledge manager begins in 2 weeks. See you around!
As of right now, OSE Month ends in just 48 hours. That means this is your last chance to get in on The Tiger Princess of Treacherous Tripura or increase your pledges to score more goodies, like this awesome character sheet designed by our resident artist Daniel Harila Carlsen:
WIP, natch
Munkao Mudtile Madness!
But that's not all! We've also brought on celebrated TTRPG illustrator Munkao(Centaur games, Kala Mandala) to draw all 40 Tiger Princess mudtiles, lending his considerable talent to each throne room, treasure hoard, and trans-dimensional catacomb in the city. We're exceedingly close to unlocking this digital stretch goal, and only 35k NOK to bundling a full printed set for every Deluxe Zine backer, so consider upgrading your pledge if you haven't already!
Digital mockup, design subject to change
This has been a wild ride, but it's not over yet. Please keep sharing the project and letting people know you've backed it on social media -- every little bit helps, and we're keen to pass that good will back to you with more unlocked stretch goals! Thank you all!
WIP: Some of the encounters you may stumble upon while carousing in the Silver Fortress.
Tomorrow is the last day for Bekir’s Battlers - Hell Unleashed.
That's right - we're almost to the final 48 hours.
I wanted to check in with you all and tell you what everyone who backs this campaign is getting for free. It's wild to see it all in one place.
Let's take a look.Free Chaos Knight Mini
Free Demon Hunter Mini
Free Marilith Mini
Free Pit Fiend Mini
Free Balor Mini
Not only that, we’re starting to hit the end of campaign bump. We’re SO close to two more of our stretch goals - the Chaos Lord and the Tiefling! (Not only that, but we have one more stretch goal to announce - and this sucker is MASSIVE)
Want a clue? It's a certain whale. I think. I don't know, someone told me they wanted a whale. (If you REALLY troll through the comments on this campaign, you might figure out who I'm talking about.)
If you tally up all those free minis, that’s more than an extra set for free. We really went overboard on this one.
This was a great campaign and I appreciate all of you supporting this project. Things are coming along nicely and we should be on solid ground for getting this book to production center than our state goal.
I am at North Texas RPG convention and will provide more detailed update next week after I get home.
Great job on the campaign, guys! The sets are all amazing and the bonus minis are very cool, too. Wish we could've hit those last couple of stretch goals, but it's great that we got what we got.
Any chance we can get those final minis as Add-Ons later?
Also, I seem to remember you saying that the Demon Lords won't be available in the future. If that's the case, is it true for the Demonic Denizens sets, as well, or just the Lords sets?
