UNLOCKED: Item Modification Rules!
about 4 years ago – Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 07:54:50 PM

Hello, hello, hello! 

Dave here soaring into your DMs with another fantastic update!

Stretch Goal 4: SMASHED!

Oh yes! We're now overjoyed to let you guys know that the book Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace will now include item modification rules to help upgrade (or curse!) your players' weapons, armor, and items! This will be an exciting addition that will really help tailor your players' equipment to the personality of their OCs; and at the end of the day, isn't that what's so great about TTRPGs?!

Stretch Goal 5: The Mercurial Merchant Update!

Since Day 1 we wanted to include a little extra something in the Luxury Book Cover to make it an even more special edition. The next stretch goal will focus on the artists who've created absolutely gorgeous illustrations for the project with a poster of the book cover by Ralph Horsley and plenty of art cards! These beautiful items will be included in the Mercurial Merchant tier (and, accordingly, the Lord of Gold tier).

Of course, as great as this artwork is, it can never trump my front-page rough concept art...

Community NPC Vote

The voting has been fast and furious over the last couple of days over choosing an aesthetic for the Community Vote NPC, to the point where we have decided to give it an extra couple of days for everyone to get their voice heard! Head on over to the previous update and submit your vote before we unveil the results next week!

Another Tier?

We've been blown away by the amount of interaction of this community, not just in voting in the NPC Creation, but also in providing ideas throughout! With that said, Mat and I are now considering including another tier in the project. 

This tier would allow the backer to come up with an item concept to include in the book; that's right, your original item could be immortalized through the ages with its own rules, original artwork (both in-book and on its own Items Card), and an art print sent directly to you.

We'd love to know if this is something the community would like to see! Please let us know in the comments below!

Competition!

To also celebrate our wonderful community, we thought we'd do a little in-house competition! Share with us in the comments your craziest TTRPG shopping mishap and the winner shall receive an Item Cards Preview booster pack and a beautifully printed VIP Playtest Booklet!

 Livestream Tonight! 

At 8 pm GMT / 3 pm EST tonight, we will be hosting a live stream with the amazingly talented artist Cait May! We love chatting with our audience, and you will get more sneak peeks into the book; so why not follow us on Twitch to get a reminder when we go live?!

That's it for the Friday Update! Be safe, take care and we'll hopefully see you in the Twitch-chat later today!

All the best,

Dave

UNLOCKED: Character Punch-Outs and 25 Extra Magic Items!
about 4 years ago – Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 03:42:41 PM

Hello, everyone! 

Wow, what a weekend. You guys are absolutely awesome, unlocking stretch goals on an almost daily! Well don't worry, we still have a lot more in store for all of you, but first...

Stretch Goal 3: SMASHED!

You all steamrolled through 35k over the weekend, leaving us well on our way to 40k!  As such we are excited to unlock our first NEW Add-On! Character Punch-Outs will now be available to add to your pledge for just £3! Additionally, all Lord of Gold backers will get this Add-On for free as this tier comes with ALL Add-ons.  These standees come on high-quality punch board with plastic stands, allowing the citizens of The Walking Marketplace, to join your games!

That's not all!

As well as this new add-on, we are unlocking two new features for EVERYONE!  We are adding an additional 25 magic items to the book, bringing the total count to 225! These items will also appear in the Magic Item cards, so your players have an even bigger selection when shopping! 

ADDITIONALLY, after numerous requests from backers, we will be including PNG versions of our characters' art in our digital packages (from Entrepreneur tier upwards), designed for use on Virtual Tabletops, so you can bring the Walking Marketplace, into the Digital world!

 Community Vote NPC - Round 3! 

Our new character is beginning to take shape! 

Thank you to everyone who participated in the vote for our Community NPC's class! After tallying the results we can confirm they will be a Yokai BARD! But that's not all, we noticed that this vote was very close and Druid came in a very close second, as such, we wanted to pose a bonus question to you all, would you like them to be a pure Bard, or a multi-class Bard/Druid?

We would also like to open up our next poll, What Alignment should the NPC be:

• Chaotic Good
• Lawful Good
• Neutral Good
• Chaotic Neutral
• Lawful Neutral 
• True Neutral
• Chaotic Evil
• Lawful Evil
• Neutral Evil

Get your votes in now! Want to get a look into the creation of the NPC's look? Head over to Twitch, where tomorrow we will be going live with our wonderful artist Elaine Ryan to create our first sketches of the character for you to all vote on! 8PM GMT!

Hopefully, you can join us there! Either way, thank you so much for your support, excitement, and passion! It's hard to remember that we are only 6 days in! We still have so many amazing things to share with you! 

Until next time, be safe!

Love, Mat from Unlimited Realms

UNLOCKED: Gold for XP!
about 4 years ago – Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 02:30:51 AM

Hello travelers!

Dave here with another fantastic update to celebrate our journey milestones!

Stretch Goal 2: SMASHED!

We’ve already smashed another Stretch Goal! We’re extremely happy to say that we’ll now be including the Gold for EXP system into the book! This is a great tool to use if you’re looking for a way to ‘boost’ a low-level party member after a brief hiatus, or to add a new dimension to how money is used in your games!

And so, we move on to the next Stretch Goal…

 Stretch Goal 3: (Yet to smash)! 

With every physical order, you shall receive character punch-outs for all the Walking Marketplace merchants! This is a simple yet effective way to immerse your players further on the battle map. Now, the only question remains: will they be fighting beside your players… OR AGAINST THEM?! This stretch goal shall be reached at 35,000!

 Community Vote NPC - Round 2! 

The results are in! The community Build-An-NPC will be… A Yokai! 

Now we move on to round 2: the NPC's class! So how do we envision our resident Yokai? Are they a shifting, creepy rogue? A deceptively nimble barbarian or an adventurous, dexterous ranger? Perhaps they're a fearless poet performing before their foe, or a cowardly wizard skipping from cover to cover? Make your pick from the options below and share your input in the comment section!

• Barbarian
• Bard
• Cleric
• Druid 
• Fighter
• Monk 
• Paladin
• Ranger

Now Live!

That’s right! We are live RIGHT NOW on Twitch with our friends from Lograv (formerly LD3D)! We’ll be chatting up a storm about all things fantasy and DnD - these guys are absolutely hilarious so it’s well worth dropping in and taking part in the conversation!

That's all for now folks! Have an absolutely wonderful weekend! Take care!

Dave

UNLOCKED - Community Built NPC!
about 4 years ago – Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 06:10:11 PM

Wow, you don't hang about! 

In almost a day you have already unlocked our first Stretch Goal! Congratulations and thank you! As mentioned in our previous update our first stretch goal is the creation of a brand new NPC that will be central to the narrative of The Walking Marketplace, with stats, rules and backstory all guided by you! Over the next 4 weeks of the campaign we will begin to gather information from all of you, on here and on our social media platforms, with the most popular options being selected. 

Introducing, our newest NPC!

That's right, we are going to start RIGHT NOW! The first thing we want you to decide is what Race the new NPC will be?

To keep things simple, we will be providing a number of options for you to pick from. This will include traditional options from the Basic Rules and options taken straight from Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace! 

A character's race can be really impactful on who they are and is often one of the first things decided when building a new character! As such what race do you want this new character to be?

• The nature based Drythrall, forest spirits with plant like bodies?
• An inventive Gnome who has found their chance to create in the Marketplace?
• A Gold Elemental, a proud and noble being, made of pure metal?
• A travelling Nomadic Fiend, descendants of fiends that choose to walk among mortals, instead of getting entangled in the war between Devils and Demons? 
• A Human, far from the safety of their peoples Kingdom, on the search for adventure?
• A Yokai, an undead spirit created by intense emotion, who's form shifts and changes with the setting sun?

Share your answers here and on Social Media, but make sure you tag us and the #TheWalkingMarketplace So we can find your ideas and answers!

Next Stretch Goal!

With one Stretch Goal being unlocked, another one appears! Anyone who has played the older editions of Dungeons and Dragons will remember there used to be more than one way to leveling up! One such way was the Gold for EXP system, where players could exchange all that extra loot they are carrying for more levels! We want to bring this system back and have designed a way it can be incorporated into your 5e games. 

The rules will give you a bunch of options, from making it the sole way your players can level, to a more characterful RP based system, that will mean players will need to find masters in their craft and pay them for training, with your players able to earn renown with those trainers to earn discounts and bonuses!

We are so excited to flesh out The Walking Marketplace with each stretch goal, so here is to hitting 30k as soon as possible!

As always, much love.

Mat from Unlimited Realms

FULLY FUNDED!
about 4 years ago – Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 04:51:06 AM

Wow, you are all astounding!

In (Just over...) 24 hours you have helped fund Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace! This calls for a MASSIVE celebration!

As previously mentioned, we have so many exciting things in the works that we can all build towards during the campaign, starting with our first stretch goal! 

Community Built NPC

We know one of the best part of any Kickstarter is helping to guide a project you love, from start to finish and at Unlimited Realms, we really want to embrace that! As such, we want to give all of you the opportunity to build a major NPC for the book. We cannot tell you exactly what part they will play in the story, because we want you to decide! Over the course of the campaign, through out social media and here, we will be sharing polls for you to decide who the character is, things such as Race, Class, Profession and Role on the Walking Marketplace. To participate, make sure you are following us where you can, so you don't miss an opportunity to get involved! Twitter Facebook Instagram

Not only that but you will be able to watch the character come to life! We will be working with the incredible artist Elaine Ryan to design the character. You will get to see their look grow and evolve with the choices you make. We will even be teaming with Elaine for streams where you can get in on the design process as we go!

Follow every step of development!

In addition to the streams with Elaine, Dave and I will also be frequently streaming on Twitch, following two formats. The first is a weekly stream where we will be joined by the amazing creators helping to shape this project. This can be artists, writers or other creators who have inspired Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace, from giants in our community like Deven Rue, to lesser known creators we want to shine a spotlight on. These streams will take place every Friday from 8PM GMT or 3PM EST. 

Secondly we are also streaming a playtest game, using the rules from the book as we develop them. This is DMed by me and will have a range of guest stars from across the community! This game is designed to test our rules, and allow us to tweak any issues before final release. It is also to allow you to see what is in store for the book and help you start planning your next character! This will take place ever Saturday from 8PM GMT or 3PM EST.

Follow us on Twitch to not miss an update!

Whats next?

A question I am sure you are all asking! Well, the easy answer is, lots! But I doubt that will satisfy your curiosity! With the Community Built NPC unlocking at at £25K, we have a huge pile of extra content and extra goodies for you to unlock! 

After the Community NPC, we have our Gold for EXP system.  For anyone that has played some of the older editions of DnD, this system is a real throwback! With Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace being all about loot and rewards, we wanted to bring back a new version of these rules, that will allow you to trade in gold, for levels, making those chest of gold pieces all the more valuable!

After this, we are want to provide NPC Punch Out Sheets. These sturdy card sheets will allow you to quickly add any NPC from the book, to the battlefield for your own game.  Best of all, these will be available as an Add-on, but will also come free with every Lord of Gold pledge!

Thank you!

I will try not to repeat myself too much, but again, thank you so much for your support. We are so excited to get this journey started. As a reminder, you can go on and download an early start guide for some of the rules coming in the book here!

We hope you enjoy testing things out and planning your next big adventure. We will be in touch again very soon, but in the meantime, please enjoy this perviously unreleased piece of artwork for one of the new magic items coming in Cyran's Magnificent Walking Marketplace!

Love Mat from Unlimited Realms