This is it. No more stretch goals. No more promotion. The adventure is funded, extras are unlocked, and a very grateful Bloodstar Productions team is hard at work on the finishing touches.
Passing the $6,000 mark unlocks our final stretch goal, a dark techno-industrial ambient soundtrack for the adventure that pays homage to our 90s inspirations. While the exact length will vary depending on the final funding amount, we've already had some demos come our way, and it's really exciting to be able to offer this - thanks for making it happen!
As we race to the finish line of OSE Month, why not make sure you:
1.Back the physical tier - Ray's fantastic, distressed front cover art, like a cursed 90s video game manual found in a dusty old attic, deserves to be held and seen in real life. Plus, the A5 booklet is much more portable than a laptop, and easier on the eyes than a phone screen!
2. Vote for the pre-gens - Chaos Knight and Demon Hunter are in the lead, but there's still time to make sure your favourites get in. Vote!
3. Complete your OSE Month collection - Everything attached to this project is so cool, it's hard to pick. Want some wooden minis or a Vedic-myth city crawl? A two-player gamebook duel? Grab as much as you can now to benefit from the group shipping deal!
Just a reminder that we will be live-streaming an actual play of HELLBLASTER: Against the Cyberfiends today at 8 PM CEST / 11 AM PT! A party of veteran players will be doing their best to explore as much of the adventure as possible within the time frame. Tune in to get a taste of the action that awaits in the book!
Thanks again for being part of this journey! For a little sneak peek of what's to come in HELLBLASTER: Against the Cyberfiends, you can watch Nick live-playtest the adventure with some veteran old-school RPG players in our upcoming live stream on Monday!
These players have defeated the Temple of Elemental Evil, slain the mighty frost giant jarl in his glacial rift, and descended into the depths of the earth to battle the Spider Queen of the Drow. How will they fare in this hellish science fantasy scenario? How much of the demon-plagued wreck will they manage to uncover in 2 hours? Tune into the stream and find out!
If you watched our previous art stream, you'll have seen a few cyberfiends being created using the random tables from the book. Some of the finished demons are real (horrific) beauties, and we'll try to incorporate them into the adventure or as accessories to be used when you need a baddie on the fly. Here's a cyborg hezrou demon by Denny, with hp and cybermods listed, ready to be randomly encountered in the wreck of the Morningstar (yes, mutiple armour mods stack, making this one a melee beast).
Just a quick update to let you know that the Necrotic Gnome Fan Community Discord is hosting two AMA sessions with OSE Month creators today and tomorrow!
Here's your chance to ask Gavin Norman and the amazing OSE Month creatives anything you like about the Demonic Grimoire and all the collaborator projects!
The AMA times are as follows:
Part 1: Wednesday, May 20, 7:30-9:30 PM ET Part 2: Thursday, May 21, 9:00-11:00 AM ET
Nick from Bloodstar Productions (AKA yours truly) will be joining the Thursday session. That's 3 PM CEST for everyone in Euro-land with me. See you there!
New Poll! Who will join the quest against the cyberfiends?
Hello backers,
We've hit our first two stretch goals, which means a set of 8 pregens is being prepared for HELLBLASTER: Against the Cyberfiends. The first 4 characters will form the core of a balanced party: the fighter, thief, cleric, and magic-user. We'll round out the group with 4 more 'advanced' classes, but which ones? Check our new poll and have your say!
P.S. We're just over $500 away from our next stretch goal of commissioning a soundtrack for the adventure, something that we'd be very excited to deliver! Both of us at Bloodstar Productions are big music fans, and we have had a range of inspirational music circulating as we work (check the art stream for some music recommendations). Spread the word to your friends, and let's make it happen!
We'll be giving some classic demons and devils a few high-tech upgrades! According to the latest poll, the incubus/succubus is a fan favourite, so we'll have a cybernetic seducer on the docket!
Succubus enjoyers, have you seen Ray's rendition of Silk-Over-Exquisite-Screams, leader of the Cult of Pleasure faction? More about this girlboss in a future update!
BACKER EXCLUSIVE PDF
Just in time to play Draw-A-Cyberfiend at home, we've attached a WIP slice of HELLBLASTER: Against the Cyberfiends that covers some background story, hooks, hi-tech items, and cyberdemon creation rules.
It's a WIP doc and still subject to revisions, but we hope you enjoy it. If you do end up creating any cyberdemon doodles at home, feel free to share them on social media or send them to us!
Design shop talk corner with Nick: Hi-tech items for high-level characters are an interesting design space. How do you make them exciting for characters packing at least +2 everything, casting 5th-6th level spells, and so on? How will they work for campaign play outside of this specific scenario? Following early playtests, the weapons and armour have already been patched to get a bit of a boost to compete with magic items. We have more tests coming up (including an actual-play video to be announced soon), and we'll see if they're up to snuff.
READING D&D ALOUD
Last week, Nick had a lovely chat with Ben Riggs and fellow OSE Month creator M Allen Hall (Out of the Iron Labyrinth) on the Reading D&D Aloud podcast. The pod is up now! We talk demons, old-school D&D, adventure design, and more.
WE HIT A NEW STRETCH GOAL!
4 more pregens! Now that the core classes are covered, this unlocks some exciting possibilities. You'll get to have your say. Watch this space for a new poll soon!
SUPPORT DINNER WITH THE DAMNED
At the time of writing, 16/17 OSE Month projects are funded. We are very proud to be among them. All of them, I really mean all of them, are seriously awesome. This includes Dinner with the Damned by Afterthought Committee, a funnel adventure for level 0 characters perfect for kicking off a demonic campaign, that could even end with HELLBLASTER! They are less than $200 off their funding goal. Please show them some love if you're on the fence, and let's complete OSE Demon Month!
A full campaign linking all the OSE Demon Month adventures? Can it be done? Let's come back to that later.
OSE MONTH SOUNDTRACK
OSE Month is getting its own soundtrack! 4 tracks are unlocked, let's pump up those numbers till we reach a hellacious 8-track album.
Phew! Thanks again for your support, and see you on the stream!
This is it. No more stretch goals. No more promotion. The adventure is funded, extras are unlocked, and a very grateful Bloodstar Productions team is hard at work on the finishing touches.
Passing the $6,000 mark unlocks our final stretch goal, a dark techno-industrial ambient soundtrack for the adventure that pays homage to our 90s inspirations. While the exact length will vary depending on the final funding amount, we've already had some demos come our way, and it's really exciting to be able to offer this - thanks for making it happen!
As we race to the finish line of OSE Month, why not make sure you:
1.Back the physical tier - Ray's fantastic, distressed front cover art, like a cursed 90s video game manual found in a dusty old attic, deserves to be held and seen in real life. Plus, the A5 booklet is much more portable than a laptop, and easier on the eyes than a phone screen!
2. Vote for the pre-gens - Chaos Knight and Demon Hunter are in the lead, but there's still time to make sure your favourites get in. Vote!
3. Complete your OSE Month collection - Everything attached to this project is so cool, it's hard to pick. Want some wooden minis or a Vedic-myth city crawl? A two-player gamebook duel? Grab as much as you can now to benefit from the group shipping deal!
Just a reminder that we will be live-streaming an actual play of HELLBLASTER: Against the Cyberfiends today at 8 PM CEST / 11 AM PT! A party of veteran players will be doing their best to explore as much of the adventure as possible within the time frame. Tune in to get a taste of the action that awaits in the book!
Thanks again for being part of this journey! For a little sneak peek of what's to come in HELLBLASTER: Against the Cyberfiends, you can watch Nick live-playtest the adventure with some veteran old-school RPG players in our upcoming live stream on Monday!
These players have defeated the Temple of Elemental Evil, slain the mighty frost giant jarl in his glacial rift, and descended into the depths of the earth to battle the Spider Queen of the Drow. How will they fare in this hellish science fantasy scenario? How much of the demon-plagued wreck will they manage to uncover in 2 hours? Tune into the stream and find out!
If you watched our previous art stream, you'll have seen a few cyberfiends being created using the random tables from the book. Some of the finished demons are real (horrific) beauties, and we'll try to incorporate them into the adventure or as accessories to be used when you need a baddie on the fly. Here's a cyborg hezrou demon by Denny, with hp and cybermods listed, ready to be randomly encountered in the wreck of the Morningstar (yes, mutiple armour mods stack, making this one a melee beast).
