Open Post - January Release - The Floating Isles

Tier Release Links

• Loremaster Tier Release 
• Acolyte Tier Release 
• Adventurer Tier Release 

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2023 is officially here and we can't wait to show you all what's to come for our second full year of content! We're starting it off taking to the skies, with our Floating Isles.

We've got 5 brand new encounters of varying challenge level and setting, that are ready to drop right into your existing campaigns, or can just as easily be used as a spring board into a new campaign. Help protect a village from an impeding goblin aerial assault; track down a feathered dragon to collect one of its treasured feathers; and track and take down the dirigible golem

You'll get 5 brand new stat blocks of various difficulty level. Test your nerves against the suicidal bombardier goblins; take a flight on the cute-but-overly brave giant flying squirrels; or race after our latest golem, the hot air balloon constructed dirigible golem.  

We've also got 7 new items to help your players navigate the skies - the personal kite, to fly from island to island; or the enigmatic sky stone, with mysterious properties that seem to defy gravity.

We have 5 brand new spells with this release. Control the battlefield as you launch foes up before slamming them to the ground with Raise Earth; wreck havoc on the region with Summon Tornado; and fly through combat inside your own personal orb of wind with Air Cycle!

We also have you covered with new player options! Check out our latest player subrace, the Aergar. These sky dwarves (as the land dwellers often call them) left their earth-bound brethren behind eons ago, trading the confinements of tunnels and mountains for the wide open skies. Their discovery of the Sky Stone led to them leaving the surface world behind, and never turning back. This divergence led to varying traits, such as their taller height and slimmer builds. These adrenaline-loving dwarves can often be found soaring through the skies with Sky Stone strapped to their backs. 

You'll also get our latest bard subclass, the College of the Winds! These bards are in tune with the music that exists all around them: the wind whistling; the leaves whooshing in the air; the breeze bellowing in the deep distance. Armed with a woodwind instrument, these bards manipulate the wind to make them feared adversaries on the battlefield.

You'll also find 5 new feats and 5 new deficiencies to help flesh out your player characters

And lastly, we've got 9 battle maps ready for the included encounters (or just as easily used as standalone maps). Maps like - a city under attack (both interior and exterior), a floating island with sky docks, a large sky stone that's home to a feathered dragon.

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Comment below your thoughts and join the Critical Crafting discord channel to stay in the loop with our growing community, and to help us brainstorm new content!

We are forever grateful for the love and support that you have shown us throughout 2022, and with as much fun as we've had creating new content for you all we know that we've only just scratched the surface of what we plan on doing. 2023 will be the best year yet!

- Dillon, Cameron, Sarah, Connor and Sean