Hey everyone!

You should be getting (or have already gotten) an email from DriveThruRPG with your digital rewards from the campaign for download over there. After claiming your free copies, I'd love it if you'd give a 5-star review to all your downloads. It really helps other people find the products and know they're worth picking up.

If you didn't get the email, it might be because you haven't filled out your survey or have had an issue with your card. After checking to make sure you don't have any issues with your survey, if you still don't get the email within a few days, you can send me an email at [email protected] and I'll try sending it again.

There were also a few more minor typos and formatting errors that were caught before sending the book off to the printers (converting "feet" to "ft." in stat blocks, for example), so I've updated the PDF to v1.02. This is the version currently on DriveThruRPG, and has been added to the BackerKit Digital Downloads as well.

I shared this picture in the Discord a few days ago when these arrived, but was waiting for this update to make a post here.

Tome of Intangible Treasures II is easily the biggest book I've ever made. I knew what to expect because of the page count of course, but it's a different experience to see it in the "flesh" as it were.

Overall, the physical quality is looking pretty good. The paper has a nice thickness to it and feels very premium, the ribbon bookmarks look great, and the covers are very smooth and glossy. There were a couple of issues I noted, however. For one, the colors are looking quite red. This makes the reprint of the first book look too purple on its cover where it should be blue, and the greens in the new book look muddied. It also makes the title look more orange than yellow/gold. I also noted some dents in pages that seemed to have been made by machinery, so I've asked them to look into that as well to ensure that that doesn't happen again. Finally, the binding currently has no glue in it. While at first that seems like a good thing because it means the book can basically be opened flat, there's enough shift in some of the pages that it ends up creating some ugly page spreads where the edge of another page shows through. When books are bound with a little glue in addition to the sewn binding, it tightens up the pages making the gutter less visible at the cost of having the book lie less flat. I checked some other books I own that are this big, and the amount of glue in them seemed to strike a good balance between usability when lying open on a table and looking nice, so I'm hoping to get there with this as well.

These issues need to be fixed and confirmed with another proof before we can move on to the full print run, so that will add a bit of a delay although I'm hoping not too much!

I realized I hadn't applied credit for UK reduced-rate book VAT before charging cards like I'd intended to. I added credit and had BackerKit initiate a refund for all excess credit on UK backers' accounts that should go through in the next week or so if it hasn't already.

Thanks as always for your support, and as I said at the top I really would appreciate any 5-star reviews you're willing to give any of your rewards on DriveThruRPG! It really does make a difference.

- Josh

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to let you know we caught a few more sneaky copy+paste errors in some stat blocks that occurred during layout. They've been fixed and the PDF has been updated to v1.01, which you should have in your BackerKit Digital Downloads by now (and should get an email notifying you of it shortly if you haven't already). These fixes will also be reflected in the print book.

With that I'm hoping to get to soft proofing for the book soon so that physical proofing can happen. These fixes have added a bit of time to the schedule, so it seems like there's a decent chance fulfillment might be delayed a month or so (likely pushing from June to July) - it really just depends on how how long manufacturing, freight shipping, and customs takes.

Thanks as always for your support,

Josh

Hey everyone!

I realized I hadn't created a Digital Download for Tome of Intangible Treasures vol. 1 or Injuries and Vile Deeds for backers who added them after the campaign ended. That's been fixed, and those backers will have gotten emails indicating their download is ready.

Also, in starting the Roll20 conversion we noticed there were some minor errors with some stat blocks where some ability score modifiers hadn't been copied into layout correctly. This largely didn't impact any of the actual stat blocks, but there were a couple that did have other changes. I've uploaded a new version of this file to the existing download. To get the new version of the PDF, just head to your Digital Downloads and re-download v1.0. We didn't change the version number (I forgot to ask for that, and the exports take a long time so it wasn't worth redoing), so I felt it would be confusing to create a new download. It's also been fixed for the print version.

Similarly, there were a couple of additional edits made to Tome of Intangible Treasures vol. 1 ahead of its reprint that will be coming alongside vol. 2. A new download has been created for that book to backers with the "early access" download. You will have gotten an email about that as well. The version provided to backers who added it after the campaign ended (who are just getting their copy now) is the updated version (v1.2).

Thanks!
- Josh

Hey everyone!

There were actually quite a few revisions between the v0.9 that I released last month and v1.0, but now a couple dozen rounds of review later I'm confident in calling this the version that will go to print! Downloads have been distributed in the pledge manager for this PDF as well as the VTT token pack. The token pack had to be split into three downloads due to size (I like to provide high-res tokens), so you should see four new downloads in your Digital Downloads.

The pre-supported files are complete - it turns out they've been ready for a bit but emails from the person doing the supports haven't been getting through to me. I should have those files soon, and when I do I'll add them to the digital downloads as well. You'll get an email notifying you about the files when that happens.

Now that the PDF is complete, I can send the book to the factory to get it soft-proofed. This is the step where I check for any weird things that appear as a result of the factory's software as they prep it for print. After that, we'll be doing a physical proof to make sure that the print quality is where we want it before starting the print run.

At this point, work can also begin on the Roll20 conversion. Once data has been entered for that, work can also begin on the Foundry conversion.

Scrolling through the PDF, despite the (literal) dozens of times I've reviewed it for any pesky layout errors this last month, I've been constantly struck by how beautiful the book is. It's going to look really good in physical, and I can't wait!

Oh, and speaking of which, my vendor has offered to add a free ribbon bookmark to the book, so that's a nice little upgrade for everyone as well :)

Thanks for all your support so far, and enjoy this official release version!
- Josh

Hey everyone!

I'm very excited to share that a near-final version of the PDF is now awaiting you in your BackerKit Digital Downloads! You should also have gotten an email about this release. Note that this release requires you to have filled out your survey and have successfully paid any outstanding balance for add-ons, shipping, or taxes.

This version is labeled as version "0.9" in the filename as there are still a couple of pages to be added (just some promotional material to fill out the remaining space we have in the book), and there's a chance that we spot some more minor things that need to be corrected before it goes to print. That said, it's fully content complete, professionally edited, and ready for your use!

If you do happen to spot something, you can send me an email at [email protected] or leave a comment in my Discord server with the error, including the page number and paragraph so that we can quickly find it and fix it. We have until the end of February (once the Lunar New Year celebrations end and the factories come back to work) to get in any last minute changes before we commit to printing.

Once the final version goes to print, I'll release the final PDF to backers and start sending out copies on DriveThruRPG to you all along with the VTT token pack.

I also now have the final files for all 8 minis plus the False Knight, but I'm waiting on a few of them to be supported before I release the set to backers with the STL add-on. In the meantime, enjoy these animations showing off all the sculpts!

Also, I've been working on the conversion for Shard Tabletop! This actually helped me catch a couple of remaining errors as well. I suspect this will be ready in the next couple of weeks.

After the PDF is 100% done, we'll begin the conversions to Roll20 and Foundry.


Thanks as always for all your support, and enjoy the book!

- Josh