Encyclopedia: Lore Book & Toolbox for your 5E Campaign
Created by Studio Agate
Welcome on the Late Pledge for Encyclopedia! Level-up your 5th Edition campaign with this 360-page tome featuring dozens of ready-to-use cities, locations, NPCs and magic items.
đŹđ§ đ«đ· This project is available in French and English.
đ Choose your Ă la carte options on this page. Discover the Fateforge series and secure the accessories offered during the Kickstarter campaign, most of which will soon be unavailable.
đ Enjoy the Fateforge 5E Tetralogy Collection including all the Stretch Goals from the KS campaign and receive your PDFs as soon as your preorder is processed.
đŠ Delivery September 2021 at the same time as all backers. Tracked parcels. Delivery all over the world. US and EU-friendly. Physical rewards will be sent from the USA (USPS) and France (Colissimo for France, DHL for Europe). Backers from these countries will not pay import taxes.
đ Thank you SO MUCH because your support allows our RPG creation studio to exist :)
Latest Updates from Our Project:
FAQ About the shipping of our new book Creature 2 + Friendly Shipping and VAT Key infos + Shipping survey
almost 2 years ago
â Sun, May 22, 2022 at 03:59:40 PM
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almost 2 years ago
â Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:12:48 AM
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New chapter from Creatures: Netherworld + Incredible Launch of the New Kickstarter!
about 2 years ago
â Wed, May 04, 2022 at 03:25:56 AM
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Dear all!
Some news for this project - and for the new one, which started with a bang last night!
The crowdfunding of Creatures: Netherworld had a record launch for our studio: the book was funded in 1 hour on Ulule, 15 minutes for KS. The two communities have already reached three stretch goals and the others are shaking! Thank you for this wave of support đ
Fateforge exists only thanks to you and it is you who allow this universe to develop.
Tonight, we're giving all backers a second excerpt from Creatures: Netherworld! On your Backerkit accounts, you'll find the first part of the chapter on the Dislocating Sublime, a new form of the Canker that seeks to corrupt Eana in more beautiful but also insidious and subtle ways. The Dislocating Sublime? But what is it? How to recognize it? Vast and terrible question...
"Discovering a territory pervaded by the energy of sublimation, where time seems both moving and at a standstill, is an overwhelming experience. Amidst such abundance, one can make out shapes coming from forgotten, fossil eras. Death does not exist and yet the existential threat is omnipresent. Creatures that succumb take a few days to decompose and their remains are transformed into surreal plant sculptures. Skulls and bones, blooming with flowers, turn into roots or branches. The very air appears thicker, irregular, veined with ephemeral opalescence forming pale, evanescent shadows. The unsettling sounds echo and diffractâuntil they are suddenly stifled.The creatures of the dislocating Sublime embody a world that is both possible and impossible, where past, present, and future meet together. They offer a glimpse into Eanaâs future if Canker were to prevail. The world would become a new plane of existence: shimmering, prismatic, wondrousâand cruel. Really, would it be worse than it is now, with its lands plagued by wars and mass extinctions? In any case, the change would be absolute, radical, and definitive. Sublime ravagers vastly differ from their devastation kindred. Splendor and horror stand at opposite ends of one same reality, of which they are simply the two material aspects. For adven-turers, encountering these creatures can lead to many mistakes. Are they tropical beasts? Fairies? Celestials? Radiant elementals? Magic-made monstrosities? Indeed, their protean and composite aspect can be quite puzzling."
Want to know more? Find out more on your Backerkit account! And for our dear backers who supported shipping with $50, the two chapters about the Sublime are already available on this very platform. We hope you will like this. In addition, you will receive the Appendices and Perils of the Netherworld, the last part of the book.
The crowdfunding for Creatures: Inframonde is currently running on Kickstarter. If you have participated in the $30 and $50 shipping support campaign, we remind you that the printed version of the Ventures scenarios book will automatically be added to your rewards. Just remember to use the same email address to subscribe to Creatures: Netherworld that you used to support us.
"DeÌcouvrir un territoire impreÌgneÌ par lâeÌnergie de la sublimation est une expeÌrience bouleversante. Ici, le temps paraiÌt aÌ la fois immobile et mouvant. On devine, parmi le foisonnement, des formes qui viennent dâeÌpoques oublieÌes, fossiles. La mort nâexiste pas et pourtant la menace existentielle est omnipreÌsente. Les creÌatures qui succombent se deÌcomposent quelques jours, leurs restes sont transfigureÌs en sculptures veÌgeÌtales surreÌalistes. Des fleurs sâeÌpanouissent dans les craÌnes, au milieu des ossements, tandis que ceux-ci deviennent des racines ou des branches. Lâair lui-meÌme paraiÌt plus eÌpais et irreÌgulier, parcouru de veines opalescentes eÌpheÌmeÌres qui geÌneÌrent des ombres paÌles et eÌvanescentes. Les sons, perturbants, se reÌpandent en eÌchos et diffractions, quand ils ne sont pas soudainement eÌtouffeÌs.
Les creÌatures du Sublime disloquant repreÌsentent un monde possible et impossible aÌ la fois, conjonction du passeÌ, du preÌsent et du futur. Elles sont lâavant-gouÌt de ce qui adviendrait si le Chancre lâemportait sur Eana. Le monde deviendrait un nouveau plan dâexistence chatoyant, prismatique, merveilleux â et cruel. Serait-ce vraiment pire quâune terre deÌchireÌe par les guerres et teÌmoin dâextinctions de masse ? Il est en tout cas certain que ce serait un changement absolu, radical et deÌfinitif.
Rencontrer des ravageurs sublimes nâa que peu aÌ voir avec la confrontation avec leurs semblables de la deÌvastation. La splendeur et lâhorreur se placent aux horizons opposeÌs dâune meÌme reÌaliteÌ, dont ils sont simplement les deux aspects mateÌriels. Pour les aventuriers, la deÌcouverte de ces creÌatures peut donner lieu aÌ de nombreuses erreurs. Sont-ce des beÌtes tropicales ? Des feÌes ? Des ceÌlestes ? Des eÌleÌmentaires radiants ? Des monstruositeÌs creÌeÌes par magie ? Lâaspect proteÌiforme et composite de ces creÌatures a de quoi deÌrouter lâobservateur."
Our next project will be friendly-shipping for the US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and EU! And the VENTURES scenarios are here!
about 2 years ago
â Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 09:49:12 PM
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Dear all!
That's it, we can say that the project delivery is complete and we are currently processing the very last requests sent to our support. One more time, we would like to thank you SO MUCH for your patience, support, kind word. In this uncertain world, delivering your rewards to you has been a complex and stressful process, taking up the majority of our 2021 and early 2022. We are so relieved that this stage is over and you can enjoy your rewards <3Â
Our new campaign will be launched in two days. Under pressure! You can follow the prelaunch page for Creatures: Netherworld to unlock a first bonus for everyone: one scenario in print and PDF, for every 1000 followers. Still 2 days to unlock more :)
This campaign will take place at the same time on Kickstarter and Ulule. No difference between the two campaigns except that KS will be in dollars and Ulule in Euros. The Kickstarter page will be in English and the other in French. Apart from that, it's the same and you will even be able to choose your language between English and French, whether you participate on the Ulule or Kickstarter campaign. For the stretch goals, the total number of both campaigns will be added together and so both communities will support each other to unlock even more bonuses!
We know that some backers prefer one or the other platform and we wanted to please as much as possible :)
Our next book will be friendly-shipping for the US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and EU
We have a great news to share with you today because our next book will be US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and EU friendly shipping.
Physical rewards will be sent from our US, UK, Canadian, Australian  and French hubs. We will take care of customs for these countries. If you live in these countries, you wonât have to pay  additional customs fees or duties upon the arrival of your pledge and you will pay a much lower shipping cost. Hope you will like it :)
Ventures Scenarios Collection
 All together, you gave us a little over 100K to help us ship the rewards. Without this money, it is possible that our studio would be in serious trouble and we would have had to lay off people, maybe even worse. THANK YOU for your support, we will never forget your generosity.
We promised you free scenarios to thank you, they are ready and will be sent to your Backerkit account right after this update.
If you gave $10, we promised you 1 scenario in PDF : we offer you two :) For those who donated $20 or more, you will not receive 4 scenarios as announced, but 5. If you donated $30 or $50 and participate in the next campaign, you will also receive a printed version of this book. It will be a collector's edition to commemorate your valuable help!Â
Rendez-vous pour le lancement de Creatures : Inframonde Ă 19H ce lundi 2 !
Update on Support Requests, Preview from Creatures: Netherworld and New Kickstarter on May 2nd
about 2 years ago
â Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 02:42:38 PM
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Dear all!
Your messages these past weeks, each more supportive than the last, were truly balms for the soul! The late 2021 and early 2022 were trying times for our little studio, and each of your thanks helped us keep heart.
It is now time to take stock and look at what 2022 has in store for usâand for you!
This is a very important update! Here is its summary:
1. Â Update on support requests
2. Â Kickstarter for Creatures: Netherworld on May 2nd!
3.  An exclusive preview from Creatures: Netherworld has been made available to everyone. What of those who supported the Studio with contributions to the shipping fees? Dear patrons, keep an eye on your mailboxesâŠ
4. Â List of the last pending digital rewards
5. Â Two projects we love!
For more information, strap in and read on!
1/ Support Requests
We are going through the backlog of support requests at a good pace!
First off, many thanks for your patience. Despite how carefully the 15,000 parcels we sent worldwide were packaged, we have received reports of damaged or missing items. The percent of deliveries with issues is very low (between 2 and 3%) and is even lower than our previous campaignsâ, but in proportion to such a big amount of deliveries, it still means a lot of cases to handle.
Our small support team is diligently going over each message, and every day our response time grows shorter.
As of the evening of Sunday, April 10th, we have reviewed 75% of the contact forms we got from the USA, and sent 70 packages in response this week. As for the rest of the world, these past weeks, we reviewed 90% of the contact forms we got and sent 340 packages in response.
All the contact forms we got up to April 3rd have been or are being reviewed. If you sent us a message before then and are still without an answer, check your spam folder, or send us a follow-up message; it may be that our answer got lost somehow.
The next Creatures release, Creatures: Netherworld is approaching! A big thank you to each of you; without your initial support, none of this would have been possible.
The date is set. Creatures: Netherworld will launch on May 2nd 2022. This new volume will be a foray into Eanaâs Netherworld, with its unique civilizations and creatures.
This Kickstarter campaign was originally scheduled for February, but was pushed back for the sake of completing deliveriesâwhich took much longer than expectedâand fulfilling as many of the support requests as possible.
We also wished to get the most reliable estimates possible for the manufacturing of the books, given the current troubled state of the paper industry. We are currently receiving and reviewing these estimates, and a manufacturing schedule is being drafted. Come May 2nd, we will be ready.
We have a special prelaunch goal: each early bird backer will get a free scenario set in the Netherworld, either in PDF or in Print depending on the reward you will choose, for every 1000 followers. Follow the project and help unlock a collection of 5 scenarios in the Netherworld! Also, early birds of this project will be delivered first. Do not miss the launch :)
More than ever, after a challenging 2021 year, your support will be so important. Thank you!
3/ Creatures: Netherworld â Exclusive Preview!
We are glad to send you an updated 40 page preview from this incoming volume! It covers the bookâs first chapter including the 5 Playable species: âPeoples of the Netherworldâ. You will find the PDF in your backerkit account and to make sure, we will also send a direct link by private message.
As for those of you who supported the Studio by providing additional backing in reaction to the rise of shipping fees, weâll only say one thing: dear patrons, keep an eye on your mailboxes; you will begin receiving your exclusive excerpts this week. By the end of the month, you will receive the full book.
Thank you again all for your support <3
4/Last Pending Rewards
Some digital rewards are still pending.
The Fateforge Graphic Kit is almost complete. As we worked on it, our thoughts went to community content: How to give our community the possibility of creating paid content of their own and selling it on DriveThruRPG, all the while abiding by the Open Game License that Fateforge is built on, as well as by the license of Fateforge itself? This take quite a bit of thinking and tinkering and we hope to get there soon. More on that another time. As for the kit itself, it should reach you this summer at the latest.
The 6scenarios unlocked through the Encyclopedia campaign are currently in the last steps of being proofread and laid out. Deliveries should start happening over the upcoming weeks.
The Agate Dragonâs STL files are now available! The file will be available soon on your backerkit account. It is a massive specimen, and it should keep your printers busy for a few hours :) This sizable file will soon be uploaded on your Backerkit accounts as well.
And finally, The Ventures collection of mini-scenarios, which we promised you last September as a reward for your generous contributions to the shipping fees, will reach you very soon! By the end of the month, these adventures should be uploaded on your Backerkit accounts!
What is the common point between our upcoming post apo project Vermin 2047, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Endgame, the Magic: The Gathering TCG, and studio DONTNOD, of which he is one of the founders? Aleksi Briclot, of course!
An iconic artist for a whole generation of role-players, Aleksi did us the friendship of working with us on the design of Vermin 2047âs collectorâs box. And what a design!
15 years ago, Aleksi did art for the very first Magic: The Gathering planeswalker cards. Today, he is launching a Kickstarter project of his own, featuring those iconic artworks as exclusive playmats starring Jace, Ajani, Chandra, Liliana, and Garruk. In addition, booster packs of exclusive tokens will be available via this crowdfunding, providing beautiful designs for your angels, demons, soldiers, goblins, zombies, and more on the battlefield.
The crowdfunding for Volume 2 of Griffin Macaulayâs Griffon's Saddlebag is about to end!
Griffin contributed to the first volume of Creatures, designing several magic items. In return, we provided him with several monsters that became part of his releases. His two volumes span about 900 magic items, 24 class archetypes, 3 playable species, more than 15 campaign settings offering new lands to explore, and a hundred of creature profiles to populate them. Enough material for hours upon hours of play. This campaign ends on April 14th. Donât delay!
Thank you for reading this newsletter to the end :) And most of all, thank you very much for your patience and for your enthusiasm upon receiving your rewards. This project is reaching its conclusion, and it wouldnât have been possible without you. We hope to see many of you again for Creatures: Netherworld, as we unveil this underground universe and its denizens.
Quel rapport entre Vermine 2047, Thor : Ragnarok, Avengers : Endgame, le jeu de cartes Magic : The Gathering et le studio DONTNOD, dont il est lâun des fondateurs ? Aleksi Briclot, bien sĂ»r !