$200,000 Reached! 2 New Stretch Goals Unlocked! AND Printer-Friendly Play Materials!
over 4 years ago
– Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:45:06 PM
Haranguing hawks! Overnight you unlocked two more stretch goals and crossed over $200,000! We’re running out of exclamation points over here!
Stretch Goals Unlocked
First, because you reached $180,000, you unlocked the fourth new digital playbook—the Exile! The Exile again lets us play with how the vagabonds interact with the factions, creating an opportunity for characters to be tied deeply to particular factions. The Exile is still a vagabond, but it’s a great opportunity for someone who wants to be meaningfully “from the Marquisate” or “from the Eyrie Dynasties” while still being perfect for a band of rogues!
Next, because you reached $200,000, you unlocked the fifth new digital playbook—the Seeker! The ruins in the Root: A Game of Woodland Might & Right board game were always an interesting mystery on the game board. Whose ruins were they? Why did the vagabonds keep exploring them, and keep finding goodies and new equipment there? While all the vagabonds have some piece of the curious explorer in their DNA, the Seeker is all about those expeditions, and we’re excited to bring the ruins to greater focus with this playbook!
Upcoming Stretch Goal
If we reach $220,000, we will unlock the sixth and last (for now at least…) new digital playbook—the Prince! The Prince is the child of a vagabond, heir to their parent’s masteries and knowledge, but also born to the life of a vagabond—they never chose this life like some of their fellows, nor have they experienced any other life. Everyone who backs at least $20 will get a digital copy of the Prince!
Printer Friendly Play Materials
We’ve also heard some people request printer-friendly, graphically stripped down play materials, so we made those and added them to the DriveThruRPG file! If you just go to redownload the quickstart, you will find the new B&W materials there: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/288366/Root-The-Tabletop-Roleplaying-Game-Quickstart
Fly Alongside the Hummingbird Messengers!
This entire trip has been incredible, and we’re only on day three! Thank you all so much for bringing us so far so quickly, and for being so awesome, interested, and excited! We’ve got more ideas for great stretch goals down the line, and we’re still listening to you all for cool ideas of what you want. Please keep sharing the Kickstarter, and please keep being so stupendous!
$160,000 Reached! 3 New Stretch Goals Unlocked!
over 4 years ago
– Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:52:28 AM
Fastidious foxes! Since our last update, you unlocked THREE WHOLE STRETCH GOALS! You’re chewing through stretch goals faster than a beaver’s bicuspids!
(Actually the beaver’s incisors are the big teeth, but incisor isn’t alliterative with beaver, so you can blame the false information above on scientists and their nomenclature.)
Stretch Goals Unlocked
First up, you unlocked the first new digital playbook—the Pirate! These digital playbooks are going to take the game into new directions, adding new elements and playing with base assumptions of the game. We’re very excited to play with things like how a Pirate’s focus on the river will change the game, making new ways to travel...and putting them into direct conflict with the Riverfolk Company!
Next, you unlocked the second new digital playbook—the Heretic! The Heretic opens up new doors to emphasize the vagabond’s ideology, and how some of them may have been cast out because their beliefs deviate from the factions’ own structural beliefs. Maybe a Heretic proposes some dramatically different new political structure, or endorses brand new thinking about how to improve the Woodland. But the Heretic also provides a great avenue for conflict with the Lizard Cult!
Finally, you unlocked the third new digital playbook—the Raconteur! The Raconteur fits nicely into the general vagabond mold as a wandering, roguish teller of tales, but gives us a chance to mess with the reputation mechanics even further. After all, a good storyteller can change a tale of misadventure and disaster into a heroic epic that endears its characters to the whole Woodland…
Upcoming Stretch Goal
If we reach $180,000, you will unlock the next new digital playbook, the Exile! The Exile was once a prominent and powerful member of a particular faction, but they were exiled by the other powers of that faction. They are defined by what they do and how they act towards the faction they once served. Everyone who backs at least $20 will get a digital copy of the Exile! What’s more exciting, as of this writing, we’re already halfway to the next stretch goal!
Scribe Missives and Let Wind Carry Them Away!
Coming in this morning to see how much further this Kickstarter had traveled while we were away was MIND-BLOWING, and it’s all thanks to you! We’re so excited that YOU’RE so excited for all this Root awesomeness, and we can’t wait to send still more your way! Please keep sharing the Kickstarter, and please keep being so fantastic!
$100,000 Reached - GM’s Screen Unlocked!
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 01:57:12 AM
Bilious bluejays! You did it! In one day, your support brought Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game to $100,000! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WOODLANDTASTIC!
(YOU WERE WARNED ABOUT THE SILLY WOODLAND JOKES!)
Stretch Goal Unlocked
You did it! You unlocked the GM’s screen! This trifold screen with each panel about 8” x 8” will be a huge boon at your table! Everyone who backs at $20 or more will get a digital version of the GM’s screen, and everyone who gets the Vagabond’s Satchel will automatically get it in a physical form!
Upcoming Stretch Goal
If we can reach $120,000, everyone who pledged at least $20 will get a full PDF version of a brand new playbook—the Pirate! The Pirate is a water-based vagabond, at home on the rivers and bays of the Woodland. The Pirate will join the 6 playbooks available in the core book and the 6 playbooks available in the Travelers & Outsiders expansion to increase your options for vagabond adventure!
Hike Those Woodland Trails!
We had only imagined in our wildest dreams that you all would show us the kind of support you have! We are so grateful and so lucky to have such an awesome group of people pledging to and boosting Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game! Thank you so much! Please keep sharing the Kickstarter, and please keep being so brilliant!
$90,000 Reached - TWO MORE STRETCH GOALS UNLOCKED!
over 4 years ago
– Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 12:22:26 AM
Bouldering badgers! You did it AGAIN! Another two stretch goals unlocked!
Stretch Goals Unlocked
First up, you unlocked Coolclaw Mine, the digital clearing! Now everyone who backed at least $20 will get the full digital version of this pre-made clearing, complete with interesting NPCs and complicated situations!
Next, you unlocked the Redwoods Map! This new version of the Woodland with enormous trees will be available in digital form to everyone who backed at least $20, and in physical form to everyone who gets the Vagabond’s Satchel!
Finally, you yet again unlocked a new stretch goal we didn’t get a chance to introduce—a pair of Woodland Alliance dice! These green dice, featuring a rebel rabbit’s face, will automatically be added to the Vagabond’s Satchel!
You all are, frankly, INCREDIBLE! Thank you so much!
Upcoming Stretch Goal
Next up—if we can reach $100,000, we’ll be making a GM’s screen for Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game! This GM’s screen will be a trifold screen that measures roughly 8" x 8" when folded (so fully unfolded, it’s 24” long). It will feature more beautiful art, and plenty of tools, tables, and resources to aid in running and playing the game! What’s more, we’ll be automatically adding the GM’s screen to the Vagabond’s Satchel, so everyone who is getting the Satchel will get the screen if we can reach this goal! We’ll also be making it an add-on available to attach to your pledge.
Let Rivers Echo With Your Cries!
This entire first day has been beyond our hopes and dreams. Thank you all so much for expressing your support of Root: The TTRPG so loudly, and for making all of this possible! As always, please keep sharing the Kickstarter out, and please keep being absolutely amazing!
Two Stretch Goals Unlocked!
over 4 years ago
– Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:44:06 PM
Galloping rabbitfolk! This is unbelievable! Two more stretch goals knocked out and we’re not even through the morning!
Stretch Goals Unlocked!
Wooooeee! The first two stretch goals are both knocked out! You all are awesome!
Hookfoot Bog and Sixclaw’s Standing will both be released as digital products, available for everyone who backed $20 or higher! Both will provide you with a full, ready-to-run clearing—kind of like an adventure, but with a greater emphasis on a tense situation that could boil over in any number of ways, depending upon how the vagabonds decide to push the plot.
And now, we’re going to announce our next stretch goal…
New Stretch Goal
If we reach $40,000, we’ll release a new map—The Swampland Map—available as a digital product and included physically in the Vagabond’s Satchel! This time, the map will provide a swampy version of the Woodlands for you to flesh out for your campaign! The physical map will be the same form factor as the other maps, a laminated 8.5" x 11" sheet, and will automatically be added to the pledge of everyone getting the Vagabond’s Satchel!
Each map is designed to expand the opportunities for the start of your campaign, and if you want to expand the focus of your existing campaign to additional parts of the Woodland!
Let the Woodland Horns Blow!
We cannot thank you enough for your incredible outpouring of support! We’re so excited to have achieved our goal and unlocked two stretch goals already! Please keep sharing the Kickstarter and letting people know, and keep being so awesome!
