Hail Wanderer's!
While our major content drops are done for the time being, I still come bearing gifts! Today is a bit of a showcase of some of the art Conor has been workin...
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Aston
about 1 month ago
Cards have been charged!
Hail Adventurers!
We have charged cards for any remaining balances as of a couple of hours ago! This has worked swimmingly for most of y'all! But we did want to mention a co...
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Aston
about 1 month ago
We Hath Returned! Playtest 04 Survey, and Final Call!
Hail Noble Wanderers and Adventurers!
I hope the season of merriment and celebration was great for you whatever form of holiday, event or ancient ritual you celebrate!
As ...
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The Dragons Vault
about 2 months ago
Happy (almost) New Year! Faerie Playtest 05!
Hail and well met Wanderers!
I bring glad tidings in the form of well wishes and new content!
I shall not dilly nor dally, but I would be remiss not to at least pause for ...
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Aston
2 months ago
Last Full Week at Work, Charging Cards, and the New Year!
Hail and well met fellow Wanderers!
Just a quick one this week: As we explained last week this will be our last full week of work until the new year so we just wanted to ho...
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Aston
2 months ago
Faerie Playtest Survey 03: Oath of Mortals & College of Hysteria
Hail and well met fellow Wanderers!
Nothing groundbreaking in terms of information this week, just here to drop in a couple of reminders and this weeks Playtest ...
Our campaign for Faerie is over, twas a battle well fought and a victory well earned! Thank you all for raising your banner amongst our own, and making this our most successful project to date! If you’re reading this and didn’t have chance to back, our pre-order store is now open too, and will remain so until we lock orders for manufacture and fulfilment next year.
Now onto the final business for this week, including a round up of loose ends and a key dates roadmap of what you can expect from us and when!
Willow’s Fate
If you’ve not already, go check out our final update on Willow to learn her fate, and find out what awesome rewards you have all unlocked as a result of your choices and rolls! The final roll was done live on stream, and thanks to my sleep deprivation and the efforts of your fellow backers, something pretty wild happened…
Post-Campaign Survey
Expect to receive your post campaign surveys in one weeks time, August 30th. Once they’ve been sent out you will have until September 30th to complete them. If your surveys are not complete by the deadline we cannot guarantee you will receive your rewards, so please do make sure to get them filled in when they arrive.
Playtest Content
Our first playtest survey will also be released on August 30th, to collect your feedback on the preview PDF content such as the Fetch Rogue and Witch class (we will release the full class soon, and collect more thorough feedback later once all features and spells have been made available). We will also be releasing our first official playtest document on August 30th. Which will contain the Witch Knight Fighter subclass, the Circle of Blight Druid subclass, spells & more! We will release a survey the following month for you to post your feedback, alongside the next playtest document. This will continue monthly until we finalise the book ready for fulfilment!
Update & Streaming Schedule
You can expect to hear from us here on Backerkit fortnightly (every 2 weeks) with an official update that will detail progress on the book, the art, and the various rewards! As for streaming, I don’t yet know when we will be hopping on again, but rest assured it will happen and you will be notified plenty in advance. Last nights stream was a tonne of fun, we designed two new monsters and even rolled Willows final roll live! If you missed it, the VoD is available on YouTube HERE.
Fulfilment Timeline
We are penned for a June 2025 fulfilment date, digital goods will likely go out some time prior but this is the deadline we have for everything so expect notifications about receiving rewards no later than May 2025. Returning backers from Tempest can expect your exclusive “Guide to the Wyldsea” expansion to be with you sometime in the next couple months, and any purchases of the Tempest PDF or Dragons Vault Digital Collection will be sent out in a similar timescale once we’ve finished all of our backend work for Faerie.
That’s all of the important dates going forward! If there’s any amendments, changes or delays we will be sure to make you aware as far in advance as possible.
And as a final note, I’d like to say a personal thank you to every single one of you who joined us on this campaign. Because of you me and Aston get to work our dream jobs, I can’t emphasise enough how grateful we are! And if you are returning from Tempest, a special thank you for sticking with us as we continue to grow and develop! Aston will be handling surveys and content for the next week or so while I take a short holiday after working pretty relentlessly the last couple of months, I’ll still be active in our discord if you have any questions or want to talk about Faerie!
While our major content drops are done for the time being, I still come bearing gifts! Today is a bit of a showcase of some of the art Conor has been working on for the last few weeks. With inhouse art being one of our major selling points at the Dragons Vault we thought it'd be nice for you guys to get a bit of an insight into the artistic process for the book!
So below we have eight of our class art pieces that are done in a super traditional medieval woodcut style, Conor has been spending a huge amount of time doing research into the various surviving pieces of the time and finding a way that marries them with the epic fantasy art that we all know and love. We're super happy with how these are coming out and find they're really evocative while still remaining 'realistic' for the setting of the book to give almost an in-universe feel to them!
Class Icons
We'll have more art to come over the coming weeks, so keep an eye on the page if you're interested to see any more insights into this kind of thing!
On another note, we've had a couple of disputes come through about the Card charges made last month, if our transactions get counted as fraudulent we unfortunately get charged a processing fee (currently sat at just over £20 per transaction) aswell as losing the money we charged for your shipping and/or addons. If these claims aren't rescinded unfortunately we will need to recharge the money as well as any processing fees incurred by these incorrect claims before you can get your goods. For those that have made claims (or had banks make them on their behalf) I have sent you an email letting you know so you can get in touch with your bank and get it sorted! If you need any particular support from ourselves regarding these charges or just general questions feel free to reach out at [email protected]!
We hope the new year is treating you all well and that the absolute slog that was January wasn't too taxing on y'all! I'll be back in a couple of weeks for another check in! Aston
We have charged cards for any remaining balances as of a couple of hours ago! This has worked swimmingly for most of y'all! But we did want to mention a couple of things to sort out the remaining failed charges:
Your charge may come through as either The Dragons Vault, or Conor James. This is because in some transactions Stripe/Backerkit is using the account holders name.
We're not sure if this is the cause of the failure or due to your banks being particularly careful about sudden charges, but if you have been declined you may need to make adjustments to your bank details attached to the pledge manager or manually approve charges to get it all settled and sorted. If you need any specific help with cards, charges, or anything else please reach out to [email protected]
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