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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JediSoth" data-source="post: 8742330" data-attributes="member: 13882">Queen of D&D Satine Phoenix and Jamison Stone have deigned to update their Kickstarter backers.TL;DR: They are working on it alone, but aren't starting until Dec. Their estimated completion is at least year after that. None of the backer questions regarding funds, refunds, the self-insert art, or removing of backers' names from the book have been addressed.‐---------------------------Dear Backers,Satine Phoenix and Jamison Stone here. Thank you for your patience. This has been a very challenging time. We are excited to update you about this project in a transparent way and relay the path forward to finishing Sirens: Battle of the Bards.The following are the major items that still need to be completed for our campaign and setting book. Our main chapters and side quests need to resume their first round of playtesting and then go through their second round. Once these two rounds are completed, they will undergo another series of re-writes, mechanic tweaks, and developmental editing. After those are completed, proofreading for these sections can commence. That will then be followed by layout, where we combine our text, art, and music and place them into our chapter templates.Due to the size of this book and the amount of editing and re-writes which still need to be done, this will not be a quick process. Additionally, our estimated timeline has been extended because we (Satine and Jamison) are now finishing this project by ourselves on weekends with minimal external help.Estimated TimelinePlaytesting: 2-3 months.Re-writes, mechanic tweaks, and developmental editing: 3-4 months.Proofreading: TBD, 1-3 months estimated.Layout: 3 months.PDF version estimated completion in 12 to 13 months.Printing and shipping timelines will then be based on external partners.Due to the profound changes our lives have undergone, this work will be started in December 2022. This means we are looking at a rough date for our Draft PDF to be released in December 2023. We know this is not what people wish to hear, but this is a realistic timeline for what two people can accomplish on their days off work for a 300,000-word book. Starting December 2022, we (Satine and Jamison) will re-commence monthly updates that include relevant info such as merchandise, playtesting, art, music, layout samples, timeline updates, etc.Based on recent Kickstarter comments and personal messages, we wish to reiterate the Kickstarter Community guidelines, which can be found here <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/help/community" target="_blank">Community Guidelines — Kickstarter</a>.Although this timeline is sad for us, we are very excited to have a viable path forward to finishing this beautiful book and getting it and our awesome Sirens: Battle of the Bards merchandise into everyone’s hands.Satine and Jamison</blockquote>

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