400+ pages of Heliana-compatible craftable magic items that grow with your players! Fuel your hoarding addiction!
This is the pre-order store following the Kickstarter campaign, L'Arsene's Ledger of Treasure and Trinkets. The prices and rewards (including stretch goals) are the same as during the campaign and are available until we lock in order quantities.
Please note, we are waiting to charge for shipping and sales tax until we are closer to fulfilment. After shipping fees and tax are added in, you will be notified via email before your payment is charged. For estimated prices and taxes, please look at the bottom of the Kickstarter page.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Raise your mugs and have a drink, we did it!
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 06:33:18 PM
We’re so grateful to our backers, contributors, and item hoarders who made the campaign a wild and incredible success! 7,659 amazing backers, $855,185 raised, and 12 Stretch Goals unlocked!!!
What’s Next?
Kickstarter processes pledges
Kickstarter is going to begin to process payments for this campaign and the process can take anywhere from 2-3 weeks. When we get confirmation from them that this step is complete, we’ll send out BackerKit surveys!
BackerKit surveys go out!
Surveys will then be sent out to collect your shipping details along with your pledge and add-ons. You’ll be able to upgrade your pledge or add additional add-ons with the survey as well! This will be open until we start fulfilling but to guarantee your order we suggest filling out the survey as soon as possible.
Digital Rewards
We will be sending you the digital files through BackerKit as rewards are completed. We hope to release v0.9 of the PDFs shortly after BackerKit surveys go out.
Did you or a friend miss out on backing the campaign? It’s not too late to join!
We will be accepting late pledges for the books, box set and add-ons sometime next week! Everything that's been unlocked will be available for pre-order.
*psst* You may want to keep your ears open and eyes peeled. L'Arsene heard a rumor that an extra Familiar has been spotted in the wild and might be headed this way!
Thanks again!
Kevin (Mo, Max, and the entire Loot Tavern Team)
Week 4 Update - Mixologist Playtest and Vote Results
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 07:45:04 PM
Hey Friends,
We've just entered the last 48 hours!
L'Arsene taking time to smell the roses (or other biologically correct plant name) before the last 48 hours!
Our next stretch goal is a new class: the festivaldomaincleric. I'd love to hit that one! I think it'll be really fun to write and play and we've already had some great idea submissions. Please pass on this Kickstarter to anyone you think might be interested so we can get there!
Mixology Bard
The alpha playtest material of the mixology bard is ready! It has the ability to enthrall a crowd with its performance (providing a useful distraction!), create cocktails to grant passive buffs to its friends, trick creatures into becoming drunk (and use their condition to its advantage), and even expend spell slots and monster components to create permanent potion effects!
We asked you to vote on your top choices for the three extra posters unlocked as a stretch goal. The votes are in! And in third place, with 175 votes from 370 voters, we have....
Aboleth Ramen with Friends!
In second place, with 210 votes from 370 voters we have...
Lutecia's Bar!
And in first place, In second place is... with 231 votes from 370 voters is...
Dragontail Soup with Friends!
These posters can be added in the addons section and are included in the deluxe box.
Progress
As we approach the end of the campaign we are nearing completion on most of the items in our timeline required to release v0.9 of the book as soon as payments clear (about 2 weeks after the campaign ends). This includes:
Finishing the fighter and monk subclasses
Arranging the subclasses
Finishing off the crafting workshop text
Arranging the crafting workshop text (there's a lot of tables...)
Formatting the rollable item tables and hyperlinking all the items
Pulling together the different chapters of Motes of the Divine into a single PDF
Adding the harvestable food items to the bosses in Motes of the Divine (so you can make the magical meals!)
Keep on chuggin'!
Things like handouts and item cards will be released as they're completed using Backerkit. We'll provide guidance on how to download from the Backerkit hosting service closer to the time.
Apple Pay
One important note! If you have signed up to pay on Kickstarter using apple pay AND you have privacy settings enabled then it just gives us a dummy email, not your real one. This causes issues when we move over to Backerkit for pledge management.
I'll be honest, I don't know exactly how to disable this setting (other than by not using apple pay). If you fail to receive your backer email two weeks after the campaign ends, this is likely why and you'll have to message us to change your email addres on Backerkit.
We told you about this in the last update and they have absolutely crushed their day one. If you play using VTTs, do check them out. You don't even have to buy anything, but it really does seem like it'll be the future on VTTRPG gaming. See it here.
If you're ever at a con, look out for this booth!
If you have any questions, leave a comment. Or, even better, head to our Loot Tavern Discord server! We're very active on there and have many more people to help answer questions.
Okay, that's all for this week. We'll let you know as and when we hit stretch goals. Keep your eyes peeled - there might be more votes!
Thanks,
Max
Mini Stretch Goal Update + Magical Meals
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 07:28:41 AM
Hey folks!
We hit $700k yesterday - that means we’ll be commissioning our very own bard, Cacophonics (A.K.A. Jack Patchett)! Jack will use what we know about each boss (such as its background, weaknesses, strengths, and what happens in each wave) to write a short, heroic song detailing the exploits of your party.
He did the ten songs for Heliana’s and they were wonderful. You can listen to the ones he did for Dread and Breakfast and Shining Shrine. These will be delivered as audio files to everyone who receives the Motes of the Divine PDF and included in that book as QR codes, so you can play them live at your table, when the party returns to the tavern.
Next Stretch Goal
As we approach the last 48 hours of the campaign, we have our sights set on the next stretch goal at $800k, a new subclass: the Festival Domain Cleric!
How do you think such a cleric would channel divinity? An irresistible dance? Forced drunkenness? A mass charm that causes all to be good-natured? If you have any thoughts about what such a class could do, let us know in the comments!
Magical Meals
At $250k we unlocked magical meals for each boss in Motes of the Divine. These meals build on the cooking rules from Heliana’s, providing your player characters with low-level benefits for 8 hours. For those of you that don’t have that book, don’t worry, we’ll provide the basic cooking mechanics in the book, too!
We first met the Alchemy folks back in late 2021, when it was just Chris slinging books for his book, Lore of Aetherra. But, in secret, he was working with a crew of talented coders and designers to make what I personally think is the slickest-looking VTT out there: Alchemy VTT. If you had the good fortune to see their booth at a convention over the last year, you’ll know what I’m talking about.
They were kind enough to provide for all backers the Shining Shrine Heliana adventure and the blademaster's trove item pack! Redeem them for freehere and here!
Since then they’ve teamed up with some of the biggest publishers to bring tabletop games like Fallout, Call of Cthulhu, Kids on Bikes, Pathfinder, Vampire The Masquerade, and Pirate Borg to their platform. Heliana’s is almost ready to go live on Alchemy, too!
I (Max) am personally very excited to see how this platform explodes in the coming years. I think it could be Steam for virtual tabletop games. They are offering some crazy value on the bundles available on their Kickstarter, which has **just launched**! See for yourself:
Mini Update - Kickstarter All-in Bug
over 1 year ago
– Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 10:52:52 AM
Hey folks,
It looks like Kickstarter is experiencing a bug which isn't allowing folks to upgrade to the All-In tier. I've submitted a ticket to KS but I've no idea about their timelines.
The Issue. On a desktop computer, when you click 'manage your pledge' and choose the All-in tier, you see this:
Where is the dropdown to let me select the shipping destination?
As you can see, it won't let you proceed without selecting a location, but the dropdown for the location is not available. Catch-22.
WORKAROUND(1). For now, it seems that using the KS app allows you to get around this bug. Here are links to download that app:
WORKAROUND(2). I did some experiments and found that, when I created a $9,999 test tier (which you should absolutely not back), the $390 tier started behaving appropriately. So, I've changed that $9,999 test tier to a $390 All-in tier (Alternative) tier. They are exactly the same, it just seems to make Kickstarter's website behave properly.
If you can, please choose the not 'Alternative' tier :)
Don't choose this tier.
If both of these don't work for you, please let me know in the comments!
Max (and Mo and the team)
Week 3 Update - New Goals, Tiers, and a Vote!
over 1 year ago
– Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 01:06:47 PM
Hey Folks,
Lots to talk about in this update! One new stretch goal, two new tiers, three new addons, and a vote!
L'Arsène is a hugger.
I had totally intended to post this update the other day but time got away from me as I was poring over the print test content that just arrived for Heliana’s Guide. To see that, check out this Kickstarter update.
Stretch Goal 10 Unlocked!
We are adding the college of mixology subclass to L’Arsene’s Ledger! What do you think it should do? We already did a drink-based subclass with the brewmaster barbarian, which you can playtest here.
Mixologist bard! - work in progress
Should we borrow some of those effects but with a twist? Maybe the bard could have a ‘summon flight’ ability, where you conjure an array of drinks that gives all imbibers wings. Or, given how good bartenders are at helping their patrons open up, perhaps you have supernatural abilities of persuasion and insight. We could also integrate the cooking feature of Heliana’s and have mixologists use monster components in their drinks to grant bonuses to allies.
Let us know your thoughts!
Next Stretch Goal. We can also unveil that if we hit $700k, we will commission our travelling minstrel friend, Jack Patchett (also known as Cacophonix the bard in the Loot Tavern), to pen a ditty for each hunt! These songs commemorate the triumph of the party over the foe and take a great degree of poetic license as to what may have actually happened during the battle. Check out one he did for Heliana’s right here.
New Tiers
We’ve been exploring what options we can bring to this KS. We have added two new tiers: digital deluxe and all-in.
Digital Deluxe. This tier contains all the digital content:
LLTT PDF
MotD PDF
VTT Bundle for LLTT
VTT Bundle for MotD
Digital Item Cards
As well as the following which come with their respective VTT packages:
(LLTT Digital Asset Bundle - included with VTT)
(MotD Digital Asset Bundle - included with VTT)
(MotD Digital Handouts - included with VTT)
All together the individual add-ons would cost $149. This tier will come in at $110, a saving of $39.
All-In. This tier contains everything on offer in this Kickstarter. You can think of it as:
EVERYTHING in the deluxe tier
An extra core book of L’Arsene’s Ledger (keep your players' mitts off of your deluxe cover!)
VTT package for LLTT
VTT package for MotD
A bonus pin of the oventurer!
The mimic tankard STL
Altogether the individual add-ons would cost $577. This tier comes in at $390, a saving ofa whopping $187.
Oventurer! A bespoke crafting familiar.
New Addons
The oventurer pin (which is one of the bonus familiars y’all unlocked) has been added as an addon for $8! Mo is working on the design now, but you can see the familiar it’s based on above!
The mimic tankard will be made into a pre-supported STL you can print it at home! You'll need to find suitable steel inserts (if you find somewhere local you can buy these, please let us know and we'll spread the word!) $10.
This STL was crafted by Manuel Boria, whose work you can see here:
The posters, added to the deluxe tier (and now all-in tier), are also available as an addon. In addition, after seeing the size and quality of the ones in Heliana’s, we’re going for a bit of an upgrade. Instead of 7 posters, we’re going up to 10, and instead of ~A4 size, we’re going to match the ~A3ish size of Heliana’s posters. You can purchase these for $10.
This is because…
We Need Your Votes!
We have several possible designs for these 3 extra posters, and we need your help deciding which to choose. Below are the 8 designs you can pick from. The longer ones will be approximately the same width as the other designs, but will be longer. They may also get cropped slightly depending on their length.
To vote, click this link! Please fill the form out only once, but you can vote for as many of the designs as you like.
Progress Update
Subclasses. The brewmaster barbarian, con artist rogue, and swarmkeeper tamer are done (pending beta testing. Maru just finished the second draft of the mixology bard (which has increased the number of subclasses from 5 to 6). The tavern brawler fighter and way of the artisan monk are ideated and awaiting writing this month!
Rollable Loot Tables. We've sketched out everything that we'll need for these, including added lootable monster components for use with the Heliana crafting system and the new college of mixology bard (details to be revealed next week!). This table will also contain a hyperlinked page reference so you can click it in the PDF to get taken straight there. Now we just need to populate the excel sheet.
CraftingWorkshop. The alpha version of this was written for Heliana's. I (Max) am reacquainting myself with that and the feedback we received during that playtest phase (a year and a half ago!). Most of the feedback comes down to balance; the workshop was originally for GMs, but it was given directly to players who ignored all the warning sidebars. So the tweaks will make this (hopefully) unabusable. But still, work *with* your players to make something stable!
Three More Familiars. The art for these is done and the text is done for the first two. The text for the last one is in its first draft.
MagicalMeals. All the art is done for this and we're onto the 3rd draft of the text. Hopefully we'll have something arranged to show you next week.
Thanks for making it through this long update!
We've one more week before the campaign ends. Please spread the word and help us hit the next stretch goal! Your word of mouth is invaluable!
If you've any questions, you can leave a comment below and we'll read them in the next few days. Otherwise, head to the Loot Tavern Discord.
