There’s a rumor I heard. Maybe you’d like to hear it too. There’s enough information out there to confirm exactly what happened to the World Above and when it happened. It’s out there all right. The guilds have got it. But not in one place, no. There’s a reason the guild headquarters are spread across the World Below, their archives and vaults deep and buried. Each one has a piece of information, but unless you can put it all in one place, it means nothing. How do I know? I’ve broken into two vaults. And now I’m going for number three…

Hello Diggers!

First up, if there are any Darv fans out there, let's hear it! Because they're not getting love in our Ancestry poll! Right now, it's tied between Entissia and Makiru, with Elvs close behind. There are no big repercussions from the poll, it's just for fun, but you've got one more day to vote if you wanna jump in! Scroll on down to the bottom to make your pick!

Secondly, and much more important to our campaign, we've now achieved both of our posted Stretch Goals!

ACHIEVED! - At $32,000 in Funding – WORLD BELOW T-SHIRT ON REDBUBBLE – A World Below-themed Backer shirt will be hosted on Onyx Path’s Redbubble store for a limited time. Only backers will be notified when the shirt becomes available for purchase.

ACHIEVED! - At $34,000 in Funding – DELVING DEEP INTO THE WORLD BELOW – A starting scenario to play or serve as an example for a World Below Storyguide. Our first adventure concerns the most common field of play: venturing from the safety of one's settlement to explore, face dangers, and hopefully return with resources to strengthen one's communities. Expect some surprises in this one! This World Below Adventure Supplement PDF will be added to the rewards list of all backers receiving The World Below PDF as one of their rewards.

That means all backers who have pledged to a tier that includes The World Below PDF will have the Delving Deep adventure PDF automatically added to their rewards list as a bonus and will receive it for FREE once it's available! All new content, in addition to your The World Below PDF!

That's great... but we've still got more than three weeks to go in our campaign. So... more Stretch Goals?

We're gonna mirror our first two targets, first listing a new possible option and then a bonus reward with new content. So let's see what we've got...

At $36,000 in Funding – ALTERNATE EXPLORER’S BAG ADD ON OPTION – An alternate version of the Explorer’s Bag will be made available as an Add On option. Backers pledged to the Explorer reward tier will be able to select which bag they wish to receive in the Pledge Manager after the campaign.

I've got a few messenger bags from other campaigns now and make pretty good use of them. They do seem to be the just the right size for my game books and dice and pens and a notebook or two. With this campaign, just like you've got options for your Ancestry (remember to vote in the poll below!), you'll now have options for the messenger bag - or you can add one of each via the Add On options!

The new bag will take inspiration from the deluxe cover and have the bright green dragon image on a green and black bag! If we hit this Stretch Goal, we'll add a mock up to the Add On menu so you can get an idea of what it'll look like. And any pledge tiers that include the messenger bag will have the option of which one to receive when the Pledge Manager opens.

And for our bonus new content goal... well, this one is pretty exciting to me. As an old gamer from the dark ages of the hobby, I'm pretty excited to see Ed Greenwood working on The World Below. I first encountered Mr. Greenwood's work in the old Monster Ecology articles in those early Dragon magazines. So it's my absolute pleasure to see this next Stretch Goal reward.

At $39,000 in Funding – ED GREENWOOD’S MONSTROUS ECOLOGY – A PDF supplement detailing some of the strange and unique creatures that dwell in the World Below. The intrepid Ed Greenwood delves into some of the common colossal bugs, monstrous entities, and carnivorous beasts dwelling in the World Below with this ecology book.  This PDF supplement will be added to the rewards list of all backers receiving The World Below PDF as one of their rewards.

I know I'm a bit of a cheerleader and seem to be excited about every development with these projects (it's my job!), but I can't overstate how excited I am for this one! Seeing this goal pressed buttons deep in my memory center that I didn't even know existed. Fun stuff!

OK, I'll calm down now. But let's not calm this campaign - we're doing great, and let's see if we can keep our pace through these next Stretch Goals! Please continue to share news of this project in your social circles and on your social media and let's see if we can't get Ed Greenwood to start writing about bugs and beasts!

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