D&D 5E Kickstarter: Humblewood Campaign Setting, featuring cute birds saving their forest

[jayoungr]

Does the content measure up to the art quality? Did the PDF add-ons all get created? Will they be made available to the public, maybe in a single physical collection? Have they indeed started the Humblewood 2 alpha yet?

1. I haven't been able to read the whole book yet (it's busy season at work and I'm prepping Curse of Strahd for another group), but what I've seen of it looks good.

2. Yes!

3. It looks like physical versions of all the PDF add-ons are included in the box set.

Humblewood Box Set

Humblewood is a campaign setting for 5e that includes 10 new player races, new monsters, compelling adventure and more! The Humblewood Box Set contains the hardcover book, reference deck, maps and standees. Everything you need to get right into a woodland adventure. IMPORTANT UPDATE: As part...

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4. If they have, I don't think I got a message about it. But I could have missed something (see answer #1).

You didn't ask about the minis, but I got some of those too, and they're lovely.

 

[Weiley31]

1. I haven't been able to read the whole book yet (it's busy season at work and I'm prepping Curse of Strahd for another group, but what I've seen of it looks good.

2. Yes!

3. It looks like physical versions of all the PDF add-ons are included in the box set.

Humblewood Box Set

Humblewood is a campaign setting for 5e that includes 10 new player races, new monsters, compelling adventure and more! The Humblewood Box Set contains the hardcover book, reference deck, maps and standees. Everything you need to get right into a woodland adventure. IMPORTANT UPDATE: As part...

thedeckofmany.com

4. If they have, I don't think I got a message about it. But I could have missed something (see answer #1).

You didn't ask about the minis, but I got some of those too, and they're lovely.

Wait, all the digital PDFs are included in it as Physical on the box set?

Well, at least I got a sweet looking cover for my limited edition. I MAY double dip JUST for the PDF physical parts.

 

[jayoungr]

Wait, all the digital PDFs are included in it as Physical on the box set?

Well, at least I got a sweet looking cover for my limited edition. I MAY double dip JUST for the PDF physical parts.

If you mean "Are there physical versions of the PDF add-ons in the box set?"--that's how it looks to me. Here's a direct link to the picture of what's in the box set:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0002/1033/7850/products/Humblewood-Set_a7470ce1-d331-4c7e-bb15-3186673d1e4e_2000x2000.png?v=1576853443

 

[Weiley31]

If you mean "Are there physical versions of the PDF add-ons in the box set?"--that's how it looks to me. Here's a direct link to the picture of what's in the box set:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0002/1033/7850/products/Humblewood-Set_a7470ce1-d331-4c7e-bb15-3186673d1e4e_2000x2000.png?v=1576853443

Hard to tell. Looks more like maps for certain parts of the included adventure, such as the map involving the Aspect of Fire.

Worst case scenario I just print em out.

 

[jayoungr]

Looks more like maps for certain parts of the included adventure, such as the map involving the Aspect of Fire.

There's also this ...

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0002/1033/7850/products/FoldedMaps-2_2000x2000.png?v=1576853443

And it definitely includes the reference deck and standees (they're both mentioned in the description and shown in the first picture I linked).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The PDF expansions included stuff like a city gazetteer, an anthology of short adventures, a book on merchants (which was sort of a curve ball), etc.

It doesn't look like Deck of Many/Hit Point Press has a presence on DriveThruRPG/DMs Guild, so I'm wondering if they intend to make the Humblewood PDFs available in some other format. It also wouldn't be a huge surprise for them to announce it as a supplemental hard copy book at some point.

We'll see, I suppose.

I'm glad to hear people are liking it -- I'll likely pick it up soon.

 

[jayoungr]

The PDF expansions included stuff like a city gazetteer, an anthology of short adventures, a book on merchants (which was sort of a curve ball), etc.

Oh, those! I have received the "Tenders of the Grove" supplement. There was a preview of the comic in a recent backers' update, including a sample page, and it's supposed to be out sometime this month. The rest were said to be in various stages of editing during the December update; I suppose the combination of holidays and the busy-ness of getting the books shipped has delayed them a bit.

 

[jayoungr]

Update: The "Shops and Stores" supplement just dropped to Kickstarter backers today. Both it and the "Tenders of the Grove" document have a disclaimer that they're still being playtested and new revisions will follow.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Interesting. The fact that they're going to be playtested and updated does suggest that they'll be made available for wider distribution.

How is the shops supplement? It seems like a weird sort of stretch goal, as opposed to short adventures, the city guide and fleshing out the Tenders organization.

 

[jayoungr]

I've skimmed the shops supplement, and it looks fun. The name of it is sort of misleading. It does include descriptions of various shops and traders, along with their inventory, but that's not the meat of the supplement. Each of the shopkeepers is a fully fleshed-out NPC with a backstory and stat block, and each of the shops has plot hooks, a quest, and/or a mini-adventure associated with it.