Hello all!
After almost a year of development and many different playtest iterations, we are proud to present: Ancestries & Cultures of Hemelin. Before we get into it, we want to take a moment to thank all the brilliant patrons in our discord server that have participated in play-testing this system. This project could not have been made without your help!
We hope you all enjoy creating characters with this book. We also look forward to expanding on it; there...
2021-05-05 16:59:23 +0000 UTC
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Hey sneaky peekers!
For this month's Ancestry & Culture quest pack, Niels is making a big illustration to add some flavour to each of the featured cultures. We wanted to share the rough sketches of these illustrations with you!
They will eventually be rendered in a sketchy style, to match the style of the Ancestry & Culture character sketches Niels has been making over the past 6-or-so-months.
Without further ado, here are the previews!
Dryfoot Culture:...
2021-04-23 21:30:29 +0000 UTC
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Hey patrons!
Today we've launched a full colour version of the Modular Market Papercraft Kit we released as part of Quest Pack 15 in the shop. It now also includes NPC minis, market critters, generic goods stickers and fillable signage for you to create and customise however you like!
As a small token of our appreciation f...
2021-04-11 14:23:55 +0000 UTC
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Hey Secret Door Club!
Today we're bringing you a sneaky peek of what's coming up in the next Quest Pack - we're working on putting our Hemelin Ancestry and Culture character creation playtest into a PDF book!
Rose has just finished these character sheets which we've optimised to work with characters created using the system, in a beautiful style that will match the PDF!
We hope you enjoyed ...
2021-04-10 15:10:47 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
For this month's Mini ReQuest Pack, we're doing something a little different and new -- something Niels has been keen to try out for a while!
Niels is going to do a full page of mini character sketches, in the style of the Ancestry & Culture sketch pages he's been doing (examples above!).
So for this month's mini request pack we'd like you to come up with:
A player character!️
We will use your four word suggesti...
2021-04-09 21:13:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
This month's Quest Pack is all about one thing: Ships!
Sea travel is bound to play a big role in any Stars of the Sea campaign, so it is important to be able to offer players a plethora of sea-faring opportunities.
To that end, we have created a massive, show-stopping papercraft galleon! It is scaled to work with a 1-inch grid, usable as a battle-map. The ship is designed to come apart, opening up the lower decks for pl...
2021-04-05 17:12:45 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
The third iteration of our Ancestry & Culture playtest has been out for a few months, and we're very pleased with the response so far. We think this is a good foundation to move forward with.
> LINK TO THE PLAYTEST
We'd like to know your thoughts on the playtest! We've created a quick google survey for you to fill in, so w...
2021-04-04 16:22:28 +0000 UTC
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2021-04-02 18:41:17 +0000 UTC
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Every month we create a free download based on 4-word suggestions submitted by our patrons, who then also vote on which ones get made. This month we asked patrons to suggest Shipmate NPCs, to be turned into paper minis!
The winning suggestions were:
(14❤️ ) Tired Pirate Accountant by Crystal Phelps
(10❤️ &nb...
2021-03-23 15:32:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello Secret Door club!
We're here to show you what we're working on for this month's quest pack: A MASSIVE PAPERCRAFT GALLEON!
The Stars of the Sea campaign includes lots of opportunities for sea travel, and we want players to be able to set sail in style.
It has taken a few attempts to get the shape of the buildable ship right. We wanted it to have an impressive look, but still be simple & straightforward to build - something that we think is very important for all our...
2021-03-15 16:56:21 +0000 UTC
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Aharrr me hearties!
For this month's Mini ReQuest Pack, we're going to create 3 paper-mini sailor NPCs for use in your tabletop games!
From scurvy sea dogs to peg-legged pirates to seaworthy sailors, we want to hear which crewmates you and your players would love to have fighting beside you on your seafaring ship!
So for this month's mini request pack we'd like you to come up with:
🌊🚢️ A Shipmate NPC! 🚢🌊...
2021-03-10 16:22:52 +0000 UTC
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Hi patrons!
Today we’re bringing you a mystery from the Inventor’s Guild Emporium, a cluttered bazaar located in the bustling Mindspire District of Silver Spires. The vendors have been dealing with a horrible infestation of Spore Slugs, who’ve been squelching and shlorping all over their wares! But where are they coming from, and can anyone save them from this slimy, starry beasts?
This Quest Pack allows players to help the citizens of Silver Spires with the ever-growing s...
2021-03-04 14:18:51 +0000 UTC
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Hello Secret Door Club!
Today we thought we'd show you our progress on what's coming for next month's Quest Pack, titled Slugs at the Emporium. Some of you may already be familiar with this adventure, as Niels play-tested it for some of you in our weekly Discord game.
Slugs at the Emporium will be a self-contained adventure set in Silver Spires where adventurers are tasked with investigating the recent influx of Spore Slugs that have been plaguing the inventor's b...
2021-02-19 16:37:48 +0000 UTC
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Every month we create a free download based on 4-word suggestions submitted by our patrons, who then also vote on which ones get made. This month we asked patrons to suggest Buildable Market Stalls!
The winning suggestion was:
(10❤️ ) Slightly Cursed Souvenir Shop by Ren
Niels came up with this wonderfully sleazy skeleton...
2021-02-19 16:34:39 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
For this month's Mini ReQuest Pack, we're going to create a buildable papercraft market stall for use in your tabletop games.
From weapon traders to arcane vendors to peddlers of the unseemly, we want to hear what fantasy tabletop market stall you'd like for your game! So for this month's mini request pack we'd like you to come up with:
⚱️🧳🧭️ A Market Stall! 🧭🧳⚱️
We will use you...
2021-02-11 13:09:51 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
A terrifying creature from under the sea has been stalking fun-farers and fishers sailng out onto Elven Bay, growing bolder by the day. When it strikes and injures a zipdisc-surfer near the beach, the player characters are called in to hunt down and stop this menace beneath the waves...
This Quest Pack introduces a horrific new creature: The Lashjaw! This star-mutated monster is half shark, half squid - and has the killing power of both. Also in...
2021-02-05 10:39:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
I joined Lucas Zellers on his Making a Monster podcast to talk about the Monstrosity, the big threat in the Stars of the Sea D&D campaign we're publishing here on patreon. I had a great time recording, and Lucas asked some very interesting questions!
Every month we create a free download based on 4-word suggestions submitted by our patrons, who then also vote on which ones get made. This month we asked patrons to suggest Buildable Tabletop Props!
The winning suggestions were:
(6❤️ ) Pile of Old Books by Icky
(5❤️ ) Abandoned Arcane Altar
2021-01-24 11:13:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello secret door club members!
The next Quest Pack is going to centre around the search for a terrifying sea monster that has attacked some beachgoers: The TENTAMAW (name tbd!); half SHARK, and half SQUID!! (Pictured above) Aside from the Tentamaw, the pack will include a few other mutated monsters to complicate the search.
Some of the victims of the Tentamaw are Seerak's Squad; a group of students who love riding their zipdiscs on the waves breaking on the beach neer Seerak's Co...
2021-01-14 20:13:45 +0000 UTC
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THIS REQUEST PACK THREAD IS NOW CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS AND VOTING
Hello patrons!
For this month's Mini ReQuest Pack, we're going to create a number of buildable papercrafts for use in your tabletop games.
From boxes and barrels to trees and rocks, we're looking for suggestions that revolve around the little scene-setting incidentals that you need for your games! So for this month's mini request pack we'd like you to come up with:
2021-01-12 20:42:21 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
We are very pleased to present the third iteration of our Ancestry & Culture playtest! We have made many changes and improvements based on your feedback, and added a few new ancestries, a new culture, some additional variant rules and some feats. You will find a more detailed explanation of the changes and additions below ~ but first...
What is Ancestry & Culture?
The Ancestry & Culture system is a new way of looking at character ...
2021-01-11 22:08:51 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Year everyone! We hope you all had a safe and peaceful holiday season. Today we bring you our latest Quest Pack - The Hole to Nowhere.
Sticky Buns, amateur-baker Rattin and beloved member of the Middener's Union, has gone missing!
The player characters have been called in to piece together what happened to him in the days prior to his disappearance, by following clues and questioning residents of the Middens. The trail leads them thr...
2021-01-06 21:47:47 +0000 UTC
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Every month we create a free download based on 4-word suggestions submitted by our patrons, who then also vote on which ones get made. This month we asked patrons to suggest Trinekts!
This month, all suggestions were made into trinket cards!
Attached to this post you'll find a JPEG file with 24 printable trinket cards, ready to be sprinkled into any game!
<...
2020-12-18 23:13:04 +0000 UTC
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[Suggestions for this month are now closed]
Hey patrons!
For this month's Mini ReQuest Pack, we're going to create a sheet of trinket cards for use in your tabletop games (see the pic below for an example).
From mysterious keys to crumpled letters and oddly shaped statues, anything small that could tell a story makes a trinket! So for this month's mini requ...
2020-12-09 18:26:27 +0000 UTC
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Hi patrons!
We are SO EXCITED to finally show you what we've made for the Request Pack that you voted for in early November. Since this option has been suggested time and again during older Request Pack voting rounds, it's been on our minds for quite a while, and we couldn't resist going all out with it...
And so we present this 50+ page guide to the flora and fauna of ...
2020-12-06 15:40:53 +0000 UTC
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Hello Secret Door Club!
We've been working round the clock on this month's ReQuest Pack: The Soddenweald Almanac ~ though we are looking at different names for it, something like "Traveller's Guide to the Soddenweald" perhaps!
The guide will feature quite a number of plants and animals, most of them with illustrations - as well as several local food recipes and alchemical formulae tha...
2020-11-25 22:54:06 +0000 UTC
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Every month we create a free download based on 4-word suggestions submitted by our patrons, who then also vote on which ones get made. This month we asked patrons to suggest Discord Emojis!
The winning suggestions were:
(13❤️) Dice Goblin by Anneriek
(10❤️) Thumbs-Up in Gelatinous Cube b...
2020-11-19 20:04:35 +0000 UTC
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The last Secret Santa-style mail exchange event was so fun and cute we thought we'd do another one in time for the holidays! Participation is as follows:
- Sign up by following the link in the pinned comment of the #mail channel in our Discord server, before 24th November.
- Matches will be made on 25th November.
- Post a letter, postcard or small piece of mail to your match by 5th December.
- Share your mail in the #m...
2020-11-13 17:28:04 +0000 UTC
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'Sup patrons! 👋
For this month's Mini ReQuest Pack, we've taken your suggestion from in our Discord server to create a set of emojis for use in the chat! So for this month's mini request pack we'd like you to come up with:
😃 A Discord Emoji! 😃
We will use your suggestions to create at least 8 emojis to use in the discord. Think about icons you wish you could react to conversations with, and which suggestions would look good i...
2020-11-12 21:21:14 +0000 UTC
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Voting ends tonight!
Vote here for which thing you'd like us to make this month!
Can't wait to see which one wins 👀
-Niels & Rose
2020-11-10 20:56:20 +0000 UTC
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