UNLOCKED - New Shop: Daycare Centre! 🧸
about 4 years ago – Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 12:47:48 PM

Wow, what a few days we have had. Thank you all so much for your continued and ever-growing support! We have now Smashed through £70k! An incredible effort by everyone and opening us up for some VERY exciting stretch goals for our FINAL WEEK! First off...

Stretch Goal 6: SMASHED!

That's right!  You guys have smashed our second additional content drop for Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace! We will now be including a segment all about the Marketplace's very own Daycare Centre! Designed as a fun place you can leave all those NPCs and companions that only bog down a shopping spree! 

Let your honor-bound house guard put their feet up and relax with a fun little puppet show, or treat your faithful familiar to a nice grooming session to help them feel beautiful! The segment will include special rules to help buff your companions and even let them discover quests, make new allies, and gain intel for you while away! Each of these additional shops are adding more and more content to the book, so the more we raise, the bigger and better the book will be! But more on new segments shortly! First...

Building our Community NPC's Personality!

You have all been incredible in responding to our community NPC! Thanks to you, we have slowly built a look and style that will really bring some flare to the Marketplace. Now it's time to get to know our Yokai, Bard/Druid, Harp/Scythe-wielding Spa Owner! Over the course of this final week, we are going to build their personality traits to help you role-play them in your games!  First off, we start with the character's Ideal. I will provide some suggestions here but please feel free to add your own and vote for those suggestions! 

• Empathy. I want to see others happy. I will do whatever it takes to wash away their woes!
• Honesty. I am here to help others, even if it takes hard truths to set them right.
• Home. I want to protect the Marketplace above all others. Even at the cost of our guests.
• Loyalty. Cyran took me in. Now I will do everything I can to make their dreams reality.

We are also going to keep our previous poll open to give you more time to choose our NPC's personal style! If you haven't already, head over to our previous update to give us your thoughts!

Stretch Goal 8: Enter the Dojo!

That's right. Now that you have unlocked the Daycare Centre for your companions, it is time to build something fun for the players! The next unlockable store is our very own nirvana of fitness! Part training Dojo, part Gym. This is the place to go if your character wants to WORK IT! Turn your Paladin into a powerhouse, or maybe let your Wizard learn a whole new martial art! 

The Dojo will include a number of NPC trainers and helpers who will provide your characters with quests and goals to help improve their abilities! New optional rules will look at teaching your players new feats and bonuses through hard work and dedication! The Dojo will also be designed to work with the Gold for EXP system, giving your players a place to trade all that loot in for training!

Competition Winner

Lastly, we wanted to announce the Winner of our competition to win an exclusive preview pack! You guys sent in some amazing stories and we loved every single one! However, our chosen winner is Dan, who told a very relatable story about a simple reward spiraling into a complex session that really drew the players in... then was completely forgotten instantly:

"Not super crazy or too much of a mishap by any means but fresh in my mind - after a recent victory against a cloud Giant assault they were offered an abandoned Guild Hall to use as a base of operations at a very low rate in the town they had just saved. A nice reward, I thought. Little did I know they were about to call in a favour from the merchant’s guild and have them source discounted furniture for their newly purchased safehouse. We spent most of the rest of our four hour session sort of playing Animal Crossing sort of LARPing an episode of DIY SOS as they painstakingly designed a map of the interior of the base, divvied up rooms and had a graphic designer make them a coat of arms. A major favour and a huge amount of their hard earned gold down they had a luxurious home to relax at the end of their adventures. They haven’t been back since. It was a really fun session though, completely different to anything we’ve done so far."

I have to say, as someone who has just rewarded my players with their very own mansion, and am now being bombarded with requests, architectural questions, and staffing suggestions, I felt this one real hard!

Dan, please drop us an email at [email protected] so we can arrange for this package to get sent out to you!

Until next time, look after each other and yourselves,

Love Mat from Unlimited Realms

UNLOCKED: Food Bazaar and Picking Our NPC's Style!
about 4 years ago – Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 03:41:42 AM

Hello Everybody!

First of all,  as I start all my updates, thank you so much for your support! Dave and I are so excited by your enthusiasm and encouragement, it really means a lot and we cannot wait to make something truly awesome for you! 

Stretch Goal 6: SMASHED!

Another day and another stretch goal SMASHED by you all! As such, we now have our first extra store, open for business! The Food Bazaar will feature as an additional section of the book, adding NPCs, quest hooks, and optional rules that can be dropped into your campaign as part of the Walking Marketplace, or anywhere you want your players to fill up on some grub! So we hope your players are hungry for more!

Stretch Goal 7: Daycare Center

Ever arrived in town, ready to explore and shop, but have all those pesky familiars, hirelings, and NPC allies clogging up your style? Well, our next exciting stretch goal is for you! The Walking Marketplace's very own Daycare Center! 

Your beloved sidekicks will spend their day doing exciting activities, like Coloring, Petting Zoos, and learning to carry your burdens more efficiently!  This new section of Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace will focus on expanding gameplay for your party's unsung heroes, from your summoned familiar to that royal guard who has sworn their life to your party. Let your NPC Companions earn new alliances and quests that they can bring back to the party and let them improve their skills while you are busy shopping! Now available to be Unlocked at £70,000!

Community NPC, Style time!

For those that missed it, I sat down on stream with our wonderful artist, Elaine Ryan, and our incredible cartographer Deven Rue for the next round of designs for the Community NPC. Knowing that our NPC was a Yokai Bard/Druid who runs the Marketplace's Spa and Hot Springs, we whipped up 14 costume and style designs for you to all pick from!

As usual, comment here or on the main Kickstarter page with your picks! Once you have chosen, we will confirm this and their chosen item of choice and get down to the final designs for the character!

King of Commerce Tier

As some of you may have seen, we sold out of our special King of Commerce tier in only a couple of days! This is amazing and we cannot thank you enough for your support! Considering the overwhelming enthusiasm for this, we took a look at how many magic items we can print in a deck and realized we have a few more slots for magic items than we realized! As such, we have decided to add 10 more of these, so more of you can get the chance to get your items in the final book! However,  these last 10 are the maximum we can provide, so if you want the chance to design a magic item for the book and get yourself an exclusive signed print,  don't hang around!

As always, Thank you so much for your support, it is exciting to see this project grow and grow! 

Love, Mat from Unlimited Realms

UNLOCKED: The Mercurial Merchant Upgrade!
about 4 years ago – Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 01:26:30 AM

Dave here!

Oh, you’d like a cheeky update? Well, don’t mind if i do!

Stretch Goal 5: SMASHED!

The stretch goals keep on comin’ and keep gettin' smashed! It’s now confirmed; the Luxury Book Sleeve (available in the Mercurial Merchant and Lord of Gold tiers) will now contain beautiful art cards and an eye-catching poster! We’re so excited for you to admire the beautiful artwork; it’s been a real honour getting to work with such talent, and we hope you’ll appreciate their hard work even more with this tier upgrade!

Stretch Goal 6: The Food Bazaar

Showcase snippets of your world’s cultures through the medium of food with the Food Bazaar, unlocked at £60,000!

Have your PCs sample delicacies from across the universe with numerous pre-built food stalls, easily adaptable to reflect the beautiful diversity of your world. Try a slice of Wrigglefruit, quench your thirst with a mug of Hot Sap, and attempt to reach the gooey-center of a Molten Nugget!

The Food Bazaar will not only have a range of characters, stories and quests to explore, but rules to allow these exotic and unique cuisines to give your parties buffs and debuffs, so that exquisite banquet feels like it has a real effect on the game!

If music be the food of love… Then you clearly haven’t visited The Walking Marketplace’s Food Bazaar!

Community Built NPC - Special Twitch Stream!

Following an intense round of voting, our Yokai Bard/Druid has been assigned a new look and a new occupation! Take a look at our new, musically inclined, nature-loving Spa-owner;

Tune in Friday night to watch the next iteration of our NPC take form, with more detail being added by the fabulous artist Elaine Ryan! But that’s not all! We’ll be joined again by the incredible Deven Rue, cartographer-extraordinaire who will give her input on important topics such as DnD, NPC design, and sexy fish-people!

Tune in on Friday at 8pm GMT / 3pm EST! This will be a stream you simply don’t want to miss!

https://www.twitch.tv/unlimitedrealms

Community Built NPC - Key Tool Vote!

Our chaotic but good-natured druidic-bard runs the Walking Marketplace’s Spa. But which of the below do you envision being our NPC’s most beloved tool?

Make your voice heard and vote below now to see your choice unveiled during tomorrow’s stream!

• Pan Flute; used for both serenading and attacking violent guests
• A Vibrant Scimitar; for protection and a beautiful showpiece for their dancing routines
• An elegant slingshot; used for ‘passing' fragranced oils and beauty products across the room.
• A sickle; used for harvesting the herbs and plants they use in their special bath blend.
• A small handheld harp that they use to serenade their guests.

Special Thank You! 

This week we have had the opportunity to team up with the great Kickstarter, Kalinasu:

Kalinasu: Immersive Adventure Escape Game

An Escape Game in a Box that makes you feel like a real Treasure Hunter. Kalinasu mixes puzzles, narrative, and technology to immerse you in a challenging adventure so carefully designed that it may be impossible for you to distinguish reality from fiction. CLICK HERE and learn more!

Half Way There!

We’re now over half way towards the end of the project - and what a journey it’s shaping out to be! With every new follower we unlock a new, exciting stretch goal, so please share with your friends, family, GM, players, students, GP, accountants, and clergy!

Have a great weekend!

Dave

50K and 1000 Backers!
about 4 years ago – Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 07:23:13 PM

Hello all! 

Wow. Just Wow! 

In under half the campaign, we have already hit 1000 backers and £50,000! You are all awesome!

Dave and I are so excited to be creating this supplement, and your enthusiasm has made all the work worth it!

New Pledge Tier!

After hearing your enthusiastic responses in the last update, and as a thank you for getting us to this awesome milestone, allow us to present, the King of Commerce Tier!

This limited-edition collection will come with everything from the Lord of Gold tier, but also the opportunity to design your very own magic item that will appear in the book and as a magic item card! Got a special item from one of your favorite campaigns you want to share with the world? Now's your chance! Each set will also come with an art print of your magic item, signed by the team here at Unlimited Realms!

This is a very limited run, so snatch them up now!

Community Built NPC Vote!

So following on from our previous updates, we have more parameters chosen for our Community Built NPC! Now we know that they will be:

A Yokai Bard/Druid who is Chaotic Good!

As for their look, we have a tie, meaning it is time for a run-off! Please pick your favorite between these two beautiful options:

Additionally, we have another option for you to pick! What is our NPC's profession/role at the Walking Marketplace? 

• Street Performer
• Singer for Cyran's Tavern
• Spa Owner
• General Store Owner
• Music Shop Owner
• Theater Coach

Feel free to share your thoughts on the comments here, or on the main comments on the Kickstarter, we will be checking both! 

The competition is still running!

Finally, just a reminder that we are still running our competition for you to get a VIP Playtest kit! Including a selection of Magic Item Cards and a booklet giving a special early sneak peek inside Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace!

To get your hands on this very exclusive, early look at the content, Share with us in the comments your craziest TTRPG shopping mishap, either here, or on the comments of the Kickstarter page!

 Livestream Friday!

Lastly, just a small shout out that we are doing our second, NPC designing stream with Elaine Ryan this Friday, but this time there is a twist! We will also be joined by the incredible Deven Rue, Cartographer extraordinaire of Critical Role fame as we focus on the NPC's role within the marketplace, where they may live, and what their home might look like!

On Twitch, 8pm GMT/ 3pm EST

Thank you again, for all your support, 

Love Mat from Unlimited Realms

Item Modification, Community NPC Headshots, and Upcoming Insights
about 4 years ago – Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 11:13:40 PM

Hello, everyone! 

We wanted to drop a short update about all of the exciting things coming your way in the near future. Also, we wanted to share our first glimpse of the NPC you're all working so hard to create! So, what are we waiting for?

Item Modification

First of all, we wanted to share a bit more information about what this upcoming stretch goal is, how it will work, and what you can expect, if and when it is unlocked. This stretch goal came about from a very simple desire—to take items you may receive early in a campaign and scale them with you as you grow so that they can remain an important part of your character all the way to level 20!

The rules will be fairly simple, and the book will be crammed full with options that can be added to any type of item. To use it, you simply select from a table of options depending on the item type — Weapon, Armour, or Wondrous Item, then collect the resources needed to craft that attachment (which will vary depending on rarity), and off you go! 

Items will be restricted by rarity, with an item's rarity increasing every time you upgrade it. So, for example, you could start your adventure with your father's old, rusted sword. Then, you add a serrated blade to give it an extra 1d6 slashing damage, turning it from a common item to an uncommon item. Next, you add an enchantment to give it a +1, causing it to go from uncommon, to rare! 

The item modification system is something we are really excited about and will be designed to make it easy for you to add your own modifications to really give you control over your loot!

Community Built NPC

I also wanted to thank those that were able to make it to our first stream with the wonderful artist Elaine Ryan! We had a wonderful time yesterday, designing the first sketches of our community-built NPC. For those that couldn't make the stream, check it out now:

Along with Elaine, we started to design a number of possible looks for the NPC! Knowing that they are a Yokai Bard, with some possible druid connections, Elaine came up with these possible looks:

We have focused mainly on their main look, with hair and outfit coming when we have a better idea of how you would like them to dress. Please let us know your favorites!

Lastly, to continue giving you all an insight into the work we are doing to design Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace, we have been able to arrange a stream with the ever-talented Cait May. Cait is another one of our incredibly talented artists and we will be sitting down with them, on Twitch at 8pm GMT or 3pm EST, so come join us to get more sneak peeks into the book!

As always,  getting to share our excitement with you is what makes this project worth it. Until next time, look after each other! 

Love, Mat from Unlimited Realms