Charles Ryan
CREATOR
about 1 month ago

Project Update: More Monsters! Now: Divine Intervention?

Illustration showing explorers in a dark dungeon space ascending a stairs toward an archway. Over the arch are four carved figures, which form the fingers of a hand-like carving.


Hello, backers—

We’re in Overtime Mode, but the campaign is still on fire. You’ve unlocked the big expansion to the Creatures of Vocurro bestiary!

This book is getting a lot meatier, with a bunch of additional creatures being given the expanded treatment that includes options, alternate versions, lots of lore and supporting information, and more. This approach really helps you breathe life into your Jewel encounters, and makes it easy to use these creatures in other adventures.

Mockup of Jewel in the Sky boxed set, showing the interior components.

This expands Creatures of Vocurro—whether you get it as a component of the boxed set or as an add-on.

In addition, we’re adding another card to your XP card collection—it’s a free bonus reward we give every backer, no matter their pledge level, as a thank-you for helping to unlock the goal.

Here’s the card you chose:


Overtime Mode—and More Stretch Goals?

We’re in Overtime Mode, so as long as pledges keep coming in, the campaign stays open. All Mega Dungeon Month campaigns will stay live until all of them simultaneously go 10 minutes without a new pledge.

How long will that be? For our past campaigns, that’s been anywhere from a few hours to almost two whole days. Our last campaign drew nearly 150 backers in Overtime Mode!

So as long as the campaign keeps rolling, why not keep the stretch goals going?

Still Time for Something Really Cool!

Here’s a really unique aspect to the Jewel in the Sky adventure—the influence of two powerful and enigmatic entities: Dalyn, the Optimist, and Korana, the Pessimist. Some on Vocurro worship them as gods, but perhaps their true nature hasn’t been fully revealed.

Dalyn and Korana are subtle but active participants in your exploration of Vocurro, influencing the adventure through events triggered by the patterns of your players’ die rolls. You don’t need anything special to track this process, but we’re including the Twin Clocks Timer in the boxed set to make it a bit easier and to amplify the tension this can add to the game.

The Twin Clocks Timer, as we’re currently planning it, is pretty cool—but we think it could be even cooler. Take a look at this:

Mockup of the Twin Clocks Timer.

We’d like to give it a base that angles it away from the players’ prying eyes—or that can be used to hide it like a mini GM screen. We’ll also add deluxe features such as spot varnish or foil stamping, and a cool custom die-cut design, to give the Twin Clocks Timer the premium feel it deserves.

Help us reach 2550 backers before the end of Overtime Mode, and we’ll upgrade the Twin Clocks Timer included in the box to a truly premium component!

Backers are coming in very quickly at this point. This goal is a stretch, but based on our long experience with crowdfunding, we think it’s totally doable—if you keep spreading the word!

Choose Another XP Card

Why not have another quick poll? These are two cards that didn’t win their votes—but were still pretty popular. Let’s give them a second chance. Which should we include as a free bonus reward if you unlock the Twin Clocks Timer upgrade?

Image showing the Jewel in the Sky logo above two cards, with a "vs." between them and the text "Pick your free XP card! Vote now!" One card shows a sci-fi character with goggles holding a large high-tech device that might be a weird gun; the other shows a fantasy character in a white cloak holding a holy symbol in one hand and a large mace in the other.

Did You See the New Art?

In case you missed it: we dropped a bunch of new art in an earlier update today. Check it out! And please keep spreading the word. There are thousands of gamers out there who haven’t even heard about this campaign—and will be sad to learn they missed it. You can help them find it before it’s too late!

Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG
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