BackerKit FAQ
How does BackerKit crowdfunding work?
Crowdfunding is a collaborative way to bring ideas and projects to life. Project creators post their idea for a project, and backers pledge money to make the project possible. Backers get behind the scenes access and backer-only rewards, which can include exclusive products, special pricing, creative input, content, and more.
To become a backer, select a pledge level that features the reward(s) you would like to receive when the project is successfully completed and make your contribution.
All-or-nothing crowdfunding model: The creator sets a funding goal and a deadline to raise funds. If the project does not meet the goal by the deadline, backers credit cards are not charged and no money changes hands.
Crowdfunding projects can happen at various stages of the creative process. Make sure to check the estimated timeline of when rewards will be delivered. Project creators will keep you updated on the progress toward completion and delivery of your rewards.
Backing a crowdfunding campaign is not the same as purchasing an item from a store. When you back a campaign you are supporting the creation of something new. Rewards are almost always delivered, but are not guaranteed.
When will I be charged for my pledge?
Your payment method will not be charged right away. You will be charged for the amount of your pledge when the campaign ends and the project reaches its funding goal. You will not be charged if the campaign does not reach its funding goal.
What happens after the campaign is over?
The Creator will send out a survey that will ask you for more information about your pledge, your shipping information, additional items you may want to add to your pledge, and collect shipping fees if applicable.
The survey will be sent to the email address we have on file with your pledge.
Any additional payment will be charged when you complete your survey and confirm your order.
Project FAQ
I already have Crafting Heritages and Cultures, will this book be worth it?
Yes. 1. It's a work of art. So pretty! 2. This book includes the goodies from Crafting Personalised Feats 3. The past three years have taught me a lot! I decided to write it down to help you out! 4. I've updated this to the state of the art for A5e and other games 5. I'm including the absolute raw bleeding edge of game design for this in here as well and I'm excited to do so. With a cleaner easier to read layout and categorisation, this revisiting will be a delight for the eyes and be a definitive reference manual going into 2025 and beyond.
When will I get my book?
The current plan is that the PDFs will be released to all backers as soon as pledges stop coming in on the 3rd of March. I will then order a print copy from DrivethruRPG.com. This will be in the form of a download code from DrivethruRPG.com sent via Backerkit. There will then be a week or so's grace (whilst we wait for Stripe and Backerkit to collect pledges and pay me) and then I'll put in the print order. Any problems that get picked up will be edited into the book and depending on the number of changes a further proof may be needed, but once I'm sure it's something I'm proud to send to you, then I'll get that book to you! It's printed and delivered by DrivethruRPG.com
How do I know you won't just take the money and spend it all on beer and sweeties?
I would never! Can't be having with beer. :D But this is my fifth book, it's going to be, somehow, my prettiest and if I don't get it out and delivered to you in a timely fashion I won't be able to brag about how clever it is/I am/you are for backing it. To put it in game terms, my Pride motivation is so great that I can't not deliver. I've also made most of the mistakes that one could make on previous kickstarters and people have been very nice about this, and again, try not to make the same mistake twice. :D
Will there be stretch goals for extra stuff?
No. That would impede me from my mission of getting this book to you as quickly as humanly possible. If we do start looking at excess profits then I will be sharing those out amongst people who have worked on the book, including the layout and cover design, the copy and proof editor and the other writers. In a very serious and real way, your support makes a massive difference to me and to these people because the funds let us keep on creating awesome things at a time when powerful forces seek to erase the human element from creativity.
Will you be using AI in your work?
Absolutely not. None of the artwork is AI to the best of my knowledge and satisfaction. A lot of it predates 2022 The rest is unique and idiosyncratic and produced by artists with very solid professional reputations. If I put AI in the writing, well, that would be giving you the most statistically probably set of words and that is just not what I came here to do. I came here to help you unleash your creativity, to unchain your inner voice and to sing a world of beauty and wonder into creation. Can't do that with a slurrification device! I'm doing this the old-fashioned way: with a laptop, cloud shared collaborative documents, using crowdfunding via electronic payments via a world wide information network. Real artisanal, yo. ;)
Are you developing for Foundry/Shard/Roll20?
Hey, I'd love to. But they'd have to return my emails. ;) I do TTRPG design and making games feel like they're exciting and fun. A computer is a tool to help me do that. The skills required to get things onto those platforms are beyond me. With a quote, I can price those things in, but us micro-creators are pretty much shut out unless we know how to do it ourselves. Sorry! Out of my control!
Why are you only "mostly compatible" with Tales of the Valiant
Tales of the Valiant replaced inspiration with a different system. A small number of traits interact with inspiration. They won't be compatible. They'll also be tagged but it's going to be pretty obvious which are which. If it says "inspiration" in the mechanics, it's not compatible. The rest is very easily compatible and only changes your points budget.