Tome of Mystical Tattoos

All initial stretch goals reached + A project I like!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 12:44:23 PM

Hi folks!

First and foremost, thank you all so much for unlocking ALL of our initial stretch goals! This is amazing and almost unbelievable! The team has a lot of work ahead but we are already certain this book is going to be even better than we had first envisioned. There are more goals to work towards thanks to helpful input from the community, but for now, I am nothing but grateful for the pledges and backing for our campaign. 

I also wanted to call attention to the Monster Description Cards project! I've recently pledged to their campaign because I believe that these cards are going to be so useful, especially as a Dungeon Master. There are many times where improvising is definitely enough, but there's something about just being able to quickly look up wonderfully descriptive ways to help players visualize things like a monster's features or final moments in vivid and fascinating detail. Check it out if that's something you're interested in as well!

Until next time,

Karl

Quick Update!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 11:05:32 AM

Just a very quick update today, that is more of a fun little teaser to something that has seen some mass support from all you backers so far:

(NEW) $50,000 - Locked - 5 "Cursed Tattoos" - 5 entries in the book for a completely new mechanic exploring the fearsome cursed tattoos! These tattoos are extracted into weapons which become the special medium for their application on enemies, as opposed to needles, and are temporary in nature. 

Hope that gets you all curious and excited! 

(Also side note that "linked tattoos" as described by the community are already part of the selection of original tattoos in the book!)

Additionally, congratulations on unlocking a whole new adventure that will be included in the book! This will be tons of fun! One final early stretch goal is on the horizon before we look to all the new ones we thought up together! 

Cheers,

Karl

Exciting, new stretch goals!
over 3 years ago – Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 03:09:54 AM

Hello again folks!

I'm back and I have good news. First of all, we've hit $21,000 and unlocked more chest tattoos! And second, thanks to all your suggestions, I was able to shore up the stretch goals with two brand new milestones for us to possibly hit. I'd like to thank backers Jack, Lewis, Fergus, and everyone who contributed suggestions! Let's take a look at them:

(NEW) $40,000 - Locked - 5 "Tattoo Sets" - 5 entries in the book for a new mechanic that rewards players for applying three specific magic tattoos to create a full tattoo set. Along with the three tattoos' existing abilities or properties, the player gets additional benefits that reward their devotion to mystical tattoos!

(NEW) $60,000 - Locked - 5 "Divine Tattoos" - 5 entries in the book for a new tattoo type that I will refer to as the powerful divine tattoos. These are full-body tats designed to replicate tattoos observed on legendary deities which allow the tattooed individual to wield some of that divine being's power!

There might be more stretch goals in the future (like compatibility) but for now, we'll stick with these at more spaced-out funding intervals to make them a bit more challenging. Social stretch goals are obviously still on the way as well. 

Hopefully, these are kind of exciting for you all to hear about, as I'm actually very pumped to start writing the mechanics out for these two goals! 

Hope everyone's doing well! 

Karl 

Art Preview + Holiday Update!
over 3 years ago – Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 06:03:28 AM

Hi folks!

I've been celebrating the holidays a little, so this update comes a little later than usual. And yet, two more stretch goals have been unlocked thanks to your efforts! More leg tattoos and digital item cards (!) for all the magic tattoos! That's wild. I will be honest and let you all know that I did not expect to reach these heights when I started the project. I just wanted to make a wonderful book, and everyone's just been helping to make it better and better. I am so grateful, thank you all so much! 

We are on the cusp of unlocking yet another stretch goal so the prompt for this update will be reflective of us almost clearing all the initial goals I had thought up. To all backers: What sorts of stretch goals or social stretch goals for the Tome of Mystical Tattoos would you like to see? Phrased in another way, what sort of additions or modifications do you potentially want to see in the book? Some people have already suggested awesome opportunities to me through messages, like "multiple alternate covers", or long haul stretch goals of potentially creating an optional digital PDF making the tattoos compatible with other systems like Pathfinder 2E! (Woah)

Lastly, I have selected the tattoo parlour crowd characters! Please check your inboxes if you haven't already! It was tough, but I definitely stuck with those who adhered to the prompt and made sure to tell a story about their character. We would have covered the physical description later! To everyone else, I'll try to make more opportunities for cameos so please don't be disheartened. 

That's all for now, folks, and Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Karl 

You've unlocked TWO stretch goals!?
over 3 years ago – Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 01:46:29 AM

So in the span of a day, you wonderful folks have helped the campaign hit two stretch goals! That's ridiculous... ridiculously incredible! You have now secured a digital artbook,  36(!!!) full-page illustrations and 10 more tattoos in the "Arm" section of the book! 

A successful poll from the last update has also led to backer Kristine's beautiful suggestion of a Bustling Tattoo Parlor becoming one of the unique illustrations you all unlocked! A big thank you goes out to everyone for your suggestions and your votes.

Next up, we have some interesting news which was not supposed to be announced for a while! Backers ianquest, Nathan, and Landon raised the suggestion that we cover more tattoo styles in the book. Well, I am happy to say that we are definitely planning on doing so! We had actually planned to include more styles the moment we tripled our funding goals, so in future updates, you will be receiving sneak peeks into the new tattoo styles to be included. Three, to be exact. 

Lastly, let's work on the illustration a little more. This is going to be a BUSTLING tattoo parlor, right? That means we need to make sure we can fill that place up with people. If you would like, consider writing up a short story about your player character and an interesting in-game situation they encountered. I will be doing selection this time, and if selected, your character will be seen within the tattoo parlor illustration! In other words, that's a very high profile cameo in the book for you and them! 

Thanks once again for all your support in making this passion project a reality. Until next time,

Karl