I was so nervous about moving my crowdfunding from Kickstarter to Backerkit. As I mentioned on Patreon in January, I made the switch because there’s more and more A.I. slop on Kickstarter and Backerkit has a strict No A.I. policy.

I owe my comic-publishing and fledgling game-making career to Kickstarter and I’ve always done well there so I didn’t make the switch lightly. I knew getting away from the rapidly swelling tide of A.I. slop was the right choice but was it the right business decision? Would my supporters follow me to Backerkit?

I can now say that I’m very relieved! After one week, Wildest Shape is very close to being the most supported 5E project I’ve ever launched!

I can’t thank you enough!

If you haven’t yet backed Wildest Shape, here’s the link!

To be clear, I’ll still be supporting human-made projects on Kickstarter and hope you will too. Those humans need our help! And if Kickstarter doesn’t make creator-friendly changes, I hope those creators will bring their future projects to Backerkit and other human-only funding platforms.

Thanks to your amazing support, we’ve already unlocked the second stretch goal!

Thank you all so much!

— Steve

If you haven’t yet backed Wildest Shape, here’s the link!

I was thrilled to find that Wargamer.com gave Wildest Shape a very kind shout out!


Big thanks to writer Mollie Russell!

Answering one of the great questions posed in the article, “Why is there a duck on the front cover?”, it’s because one of the pregenerated alternate selves a Circle of the Fractured Path Druid can become is a duck of the royal muscovite lineage. They are not to be trifled with!

If you like to read the full Wargamer piece, you can find it here.

And if you haven’t backed Wildest Shape yet, there are still early-bird options available!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/steve-conley/wildest-shape-a-multiversal-druid-subclass-for-d-d-5e

Thanks again!

— Steve



 

I had planned to announce the stretch goals today but I didn't think we'd already have unlocked the first!

After four days, Wildest Shape has more backers than any of my previous 5E projects at this same point in the campaign! I can't thank you enough!

And if you haven't yet pledged, please consider doing so now to keep the momentum going!



This first unlocked stretch goal upgrades the paper quality of both the zine and the hardcovers! This makes the books look and feel so much nicer!

Thank you again for your amazing support!

-- Steve

Click here to visit the campaign page

I’m so excited for this book! :D

— Steve

The first day of Wildest Shape was fantastic! I'm not sure if it's thanks to being part of Zinetopia or if it's the subclass concept, or maybe it's the cover art but we had more backers in the first 24 hours of Wildest Shape than most of my previous campaigns!

We are now at 130 backers and 80% of our goal!

I was a bit nervous moving my crowdfunding to Backerkit after a dozen successful campaigns on Kickstarter but you've all given me confidence that it was the right call. 

Each of my past campaigns included at least one tabletop miniature (sculpted by me and cast by the amazing team at Trenchworx). I heard from a number of you yesterday asking about a mini for Wildest Shape. I was trying to figure out how to offer the mini and still give all of you early birds your discounts on the zine and hardcover.

My solution is now live! The Wildest Shape Druid mini kit is available now as an add-on. And then, once the early-bird period ends, I'll add two regular-price tiers which will include the mini. This way, early backers get their discounts and it should help keep the reward tiers from becoming too cluttered.

I think it's my favorite sculpt so far. I'm really happy with her expression and gesture. I sculpt these minis from scratch in Nomad Sculpt on my iPad and use them as reference/models for my cover paintings.

Here's a link to add the Wildest Shape Druid Mini to your pledge

Thank you again for a great first day!

And if you haven't pledged yet, there's still ~24 hours to get the early-bird discount tiers!

-- Steve
patreon.com/steveconley