I picked April 1st as a shipping date to force myself to stay on target because there is a strong incentive to not screwing up a promise made for Aprils Fools Day. Well I guess my usually tag line of "a fool in sheeps clothing" fits. I am 100% packed and ready to ship tomorrow but due to facial hair and minor jaw realignment I failed the automated identify verification with Easyship. I had no idea this was a thing until it wouldn't let me pay for the shipping labels. The things you learn doing a campaign. Anyways, I messed up and it will be going out a day later.

If you haven't filled out your survey see the usual plea with direct contact information in the backer only section!

Keeping this short. There are a few stragglers who need to get their survey in. I'm hoping to lock down the pledges in a week (Friday March 27th) so I can get everything mailed out by April Fools Day. Unfortunately Backerkit controls survey reminders so if I want to send a reminder, I have to blast everyone. Sorry.

I am sending the smoke test. Then the full survey, hopefully on Sunday.

Current timeline is to close the survey on the 27th of March so I can package over the weekend and ship by my promised date of April Fool's Day.

Books are in-hand from the printer and look fantastic! I am waiting on the recipe cards which have shipped and will be early next week. I will need to order more tokens....you are are fiends for those - hence the slightly higher price in the pledge manager (don't worry the campaign price holds, I had already ordered those before costs went up).

I added tokens for my Odhrblood class (my take on the barbarian archetype). I did it for myself and due to minimum orders have extras. Given how the others have gone over, I added them to the pledge manager.

I am the guy who never shuts up. Who uses 10 words when 2 will do. So I'll keep this short.

Next steps will be the survey. It is wildly more complex then I anticipated, even for a simple project like this. My goal is to have it out next weekend.

You all are more token happy then I thought so I'll have to order more of those. I love tokens, so I'm glad for the excuse.

I'm off to enjoy the rest of my birthday, this was one hell of a present.

Well, after WSKH's excellent name suggestion the idea has been living in my head rent free. I am putting together a small bonus for everyone. I'll be slipping in a recipe card for Kobold Ketchup into the pages of every zine I ship out. You can get an early preview below. I have a family favorite recipe for RL enjoyment that just might make it to the back of the card as well.

Thank you all again for your support!

  Cheers!!!
Cole

Appearance: A bright yolk-yellow suspension shot through with thin, jagged streaks of sharp crimson. The red veins never fully blend, instead shifting lazily when the vial is tilted and gathering thicker near the top when left undisturbed. In low light, the streaks deepen toward a dark, clotted red; in bright light, they snap back to a bold, tomato-bright scarlet.

Smell: A sharp, nose-prickling tang strikes first, hot and vinegary, with an eye-watering bite that climbs straight into the sinuses. A cloying sweetness follows close behind, finishing with a faint metallic edge. The heat lingers long after, peppery and bright, with the barest whisper of sulfur.

Taste: Acrid and sharply sour, with a curdling, fermented burn that coats the tongue and tightens the jaw. At first it scalds like spoiled vinegar cut with crushed pepper seeds, followed by a sticky, overripe sweetness that clings to the molars. A faint coppery tang seeps in at the back of the throat, mingling with a sulfurous aftertaste that rises again in hot, unpleasant waves. The saliva thickens; the stomach churns before the vial is even drained.

Effects:

When sipped: A cautious taste sends a violent shudder through the nerves. For 1 round, the taster is dazed as their senses flare; colors oversaturate, sounds sharpen, and a fleeting, intrusive thought not their own flickers behind the eyes before fading like steam.

When consumed directly: The imbiber is wracked with severe intestinal agony. They are rendered unable to act for 1d3 hours, doubled over and retching. A successful DC 13 Fortitude save allows the character to act, but at -2d on all rolls for the duration of the pain.

When applied to flesh: If drizzled over the remains of a freshly slain creature prior to its consumption, the next creature to eat that flesh gains 1d3 memories from the devoured.

A memory grants: A fragment of their knowledge (such as a secret or a spell known by the deceased); an echo of their expertise (training in a skill or occupation of the consumed); or anything else the Judge finds appropriate.