D&D 5E Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms 5E

[overgeeked]

This is D&D Shorts' Kickstarter that includes kaiju battles and monster harvesting. He's dropped a few videos about the subsystems and they frankly sound awesome. It's already up to $685,000 after two days. Likely another $1 million Kickstarter.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dndshorts/ryokos-guide-to-the-yokai-realms-a-5e-tome

 

[Reynard]

I sometimes am staggered by the power of the YouTube following.

And jealous. But mostly staggered.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Do you hope WotC partnershing with 3PPs like this to be published in D&D-Beyond? I think it would be good for both sides.

 

[darjr]

I bet we see it on Demiplane first. Just a hunch.

 

[beta-ray]

I was waiting for this one to launch. I am not 100% in synch with all the ideas, but backed it. Always looking for some Asian flavor. The taming and crafting stuff is also in some of Loot Tavern's other products (that I also backed).

 

[overgeeked]

Up to $828,250. Seems quite likely to bust $1 million. But when?

 

[dave2008]

Definitely interested, but the April 2024 delivery date for the PDF is making me hold off at the moment. I am interested in some of the proposed mechanics, but I might wait and see.

 

[overgeeked]

And it’s up to $1.36 million. It will likely end just under $2 million. Good for them.

 

[CleverNickName]

What got you interested in Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms? Aside from the Element Bender class, I think the second thing that appealed to me would have to be it being an Asian-themed setting for 5e.

I moved this over to the relevant thread, to help keep the "Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter" thread on topic.

To answer your question:

You can probably tell from my avatar that I'm a big fan of JRPGs and anime. Ryoko's Guide to the Yokai Realms seems to have a lot of that vibe already baked in. (If monsters and characters don't have a "limit break" or equivalent, I'll be very sad.) I'm also looking forward to the "Gargantuan Monster Fighting" mechanics, because that's something I think is missing from 5E D&D. And the artwork is stunning.

 

[bedir than]

This is from DnD Shorts, right?
The person who claimed that he had quotes from insiders at WotC and then passed those quotes through gen AI to protect the insiders as if that didn't change the meaning of their words?