D&D 5E Legendary Adventures: Epic 5E Kickstarter

Wish that killer D&D 5E game didn't end at 20th level? Keen on taking up a fight with a god? Looking to sunder worlds? I have a thing for you.



What is this? A 128 page sourcebook for adventuring through 21st–30th level, including epic hazards and a bestiary of 50 lethal monsters.

How much is it? $12 for the PDF, $30 plus shipping and handling for the shiny hardcover.

Why? Many years ago, before the before time shortly after 5E came out, the Hypercorps 2099 Kickstarter (my second project; this is #10) hit a stretch goal for a 5E conversion. I am immensely proud of how the Pathfinder version of that book came out, but the 5E conversion just didn't jive right. It can still be fun mind you—the numbers just didn't work out right for the Hyper Score framework.

That still drives me right up the wall.

This book is my fix for that and after a year of playtesting I am EXTREMELY pleased with how it came out! Not only are the rules tight as a drum, but this is easily the prettiest book I've ever put together.



128 pages sounds extremely short for you. What are you hiding? Your keen instincts are correct—there is more to this project than the book. Throughout the rest of this month I'll be posting Epic Archetype Features to www.epic5e.com for every single D&D 5E archetype. Originally these were going to be included in the book but ultimately I decided that online was the smarter choice. First of all I'd need to run a playtest game every day for more than a year to playtest all of that material, and perhaps more importantly it would have made most of the book into archetype features (roughly 30 pages of material).

That'd hardly be an agile tool! This whole design—the epic class levels, the hazards, the monsters—is fundamentally built on the principles of D&D 5E, reinforcing and strengthening them for high level play. So as much as I love big honking tomes (and I do, I've made several in excess of 300 pages) the right choice design-wise was to go lighter rather than heavier.

When does it end? The Kickstarter closes on Thursday, April 22nd at 4:59 PM EST. You've got just under a month to get your pledge in!

Where can I pledge? Right here! Legendary Adventures: Epic D&D 5E

First Stretch Goal: Epic Depths, an adventure for 21st level characters that'll be unlocked at $10,000

 

[dave2008]

so lesser god is cr 30 out side of there domain so what is a greater god? and will the book have roles for divine assertion

Officially (by WotC, not necessarily Mike), Greater god do not have stats. They are beyond the concept of stats. The may manifest an avatar that would be similar to a lesser god. From the DMG:

"Greater deities are beyond mortal understanding. They can’t be summoned, and they are almost always removed from direct involvement in mortal affairs. On very rare occasions they manifest avatars similar to lesser deities, but slaying a greater god’s avatar has no effect on the god itself."

 

[Eyes of Nine]

@Mike Myler how will spells work? Will they go beyond 9th level?

 

[Mike Myler]

@Mike Myler how will spells work? Will they go beyond 9th level?

There are more spell slots, higher spell access for lesser casting classes, things that can empower spells (a 25th druid ending wild shape can boost a spell) or change them (29th wizards can completely swap the area of a spell for another area), but there are no 10th level or 11th level spells.

 

[Mike Myler]

Announced the first stretch goal!

 

[UngainlyTitan]

@Mike Myler are you allowing multiclassing in your assumptions for the base game before these rules kick in?

 

[Mike Myler]

@Mike Myler are you allowing multiclassing in your assumptions for the base game before these rules kick in?

Yup! One of the playtesters was multiclassing. It doesn't offer the same in-your-face-awesome as an epic druid becoming the land or a berserker shattering buildings, but it's a good way to maximize ability scores and pick up a ton of feats (which is its own kind of impressive fun).

Also the first stretch goal has been unlocked! Free level 21 adventure for project backers!

 

[Eyes of Nine]

Yup! One of the playtesters was multiclassing. It doesn't offer the same in-your-face-awesome as an epic druid becoming the land or a berserker shattering buildings, but it's a good way to maximize ability scores and pick up a ton of feats (which is its own kind of impressive fun).

Also the first stretch goal has been unlocked! Free level 21 adventure for project backers!

If you hit enough stretch goals will you have an AP that takes the PCs to L30?

 

[Mike Myler]

If you hit enough stretch goals will you have an AP that takes the PCs to L30?

That'd be a lot of stretch goals, but aye the adventure content (from Epic Depths on up) is connected.

 

[Morrus]

I’m very impressed with how you have managed so far to avoid the traditional u-shaped dip, Mike. It’s dropped after the first couple of days but not nearly as much as I’m used to seeing, and actually seems to be climbing slowly again since!

 

[Mike Myler]

I’m very impressed with how you have managed so far to avoid the traditional u-shaped dip, Mike. It’s dropped after the first couple of days but not nearly as much as I’m used to seeing, and actually seems to be climbing slowly again since!
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Aye I've been scratching my head over that, and the success generally (this is going x2.5 better than all my other projects to date). Won't know any better until I'm mailing out books but my suspicion is there'll be more US-based backers than usual because of the stimulus check recently sent out by the federal US government.