Small Patreon Changes and Opinion Polls

Hey everyone!

I wanted to let everyone know that I'm making some small changes to hopefully improve the Patreon, make the tiers more consistent, and so forth. Then, I'd like to hear your opinion on some other important things that we're considering implementing.

Name Change, Kinda

First and foremost, we're changing the name of this Patreon to Mage Hand Press. It's important that our branding is more consistent and, while the free blog will still be Middle Finger of Vecna, we've been publishing under Mage Hand Press for long enough that we should change it here, too.

Secondly, I'm tiding up the tiers a little bit. All books of 80 pages in length or longer will be exclusive to the $3 tier and above starting in one week. This replaces the more vague stipulation about "settings", which has only become more opaque as we've become more ambitious. Currently, this will affect the following books: From the Arcane Archive, Fey Folio, and High Seas. 

Blog Exclusivity 

For the last year or so, we've been keeping everything released on the Patreon exclusive to this site for at least nine months, which is why the Marshal only recently saw public release on the blog. We've been doing this with all content, regardless of whether or not we intend to release it for free or not. 

We'd like to petition the following, subject to your approval:

We'd like to reduce the period of exclusivity to one month for books which will be released elsewhere with a paywall. Books that are to be released for free will
still be subject to the nine month period of exclusivity. 

As loyal patrons, you're still getting the best possible price, but others will be able to buy in to see these books on the Mage Hand Press store and on other platforms for a little bit more. We'll abide by whatever decision the majority comes to.