Things can sometimes feel bleak, especially when you spend too much time on social media like I have this week. So much of social media is engineered to increase the distrust between us- fake images, outrage, takes, and information.
But what I'm holding on to is that all my experiences with real people lately have been the absolute opposite.
 
Most of my contact with real people lately has been running games of Daggerheart in Eidolon.  We're not just playing a game- we're choosing to unplug, doing the scary work of embracing our creative self, and working in collaboration with other people. As a Game Master, I have a front row seat as people make absolutely delightful and inspired choices for their characters and the world being built together. It's for this reason, we want to add a Vampire Canine to Eidolon: The Ghost Market.

There's a part of the intro to Eidolon adventure we've been running where you're the Catering Crew and we build the story by asking players to add additional party guests and their connections to the core attendees. In Keith's game one evening a player* suggested that the Castagar family would want to send a lovable celebrity to this party: Bark Castagar, the family dog turned vampire, an adorable pooch who drinks blood from a water bowl and speaks through the medium of a haunted collar.
And this is what Eidolon ( and TTRPG's for many of us ) is all about- those moments together where we just go for it and our weird and wacky idea we shared with a handful of people suddenly makes this little story we made better and people take off with it.

Thank you not only for making this book a reality, but with all of the stretch goals it's become a comprehensive tome, giving GMs the tools and guidance to easily create campaigns and stories, be inspired by more art, cause a little chaos with hauntings, and inspire players with more choices.

As we approach the final stretch of this campaign, we've added four more stretch goals.  And yes, the last one is making Bark Castagar official as well as mascots of each ancient house. It's a lofty goal but we're rolling with hope.

Go unplug & play!
Jenn & Keith
 
*If you were the player who introduced Bark at Gamehole Con in Madison, WI let us know! We want to credit you!!! -J