Kickstarter [Legendary Games] LEGENDARY PLANET Kickstarter at 500% and counting!

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As we stand on the cusp of unlocking our next adventure, author Steve Helt wants to talk to YOU about the Depths of Desperation! If you head over to our Facebook eventhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1844150692476843/, you can ask him a question about the adventure and every day he'll answer!

With now exactly two weeks left in our Kickstarter project, we wanted to fan the flames a bit by revealing some of the awesome stretch goals we have coming for you! Some are based on dollars, of course, but some are based on the total number of backers, regardless of total dollars. Without further ado, let us begin with today's new goal:

300 backers: We are creating a Legendary Planet Player's Guide! With information on character classes and races in the Legendary Worlds setting, as well as insights on religion and equipment, this resource will be invaluable with your players. Written by the Legendary team of Neil Spicer, Alex Augunas, and Will McCardell, the Player's Guide will be going on sale when it's ready, but if we hit 300 backers then all Kickstarter backers $15 and above get the Player's Guide FREE!

Tomorrow, we'll start talking about some of the special guest authors we have lined up for our bonus articles in the AP. We've already got Sean K Reynolds, Erik Mona, Chris A. Jackson, and the Sasquatch Design Studio of Rich Baker, Dave Noonan, and Stephen Schubert on the project, but we've got even more terrific folks on tap ready to bring the awesome to Legendary Planet! Continue to spread the word and let's get this project climbing towards a fantastic finish!

Speaking of finished, by the way, we are also delighted to report that the final tweaks are being made to the layout in The Assimilation Strain prequel, and we'll be sending it off to print today so we'll have it in time for GenCon at booth 2639!

Lastly, I just wanted to share a magnificent bit of artwork from our dear friend Michal Matczak, depicting one of the most harrowing encounters you're likely to face in the desperate breakout that begins To Worlds Unknown!

Head over to our latest Kickstarter update and see what NOT to do when the elevator gets stuck in between floors. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/legendary-planet-adventure-path/posts/1292780
 

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Now over 600%, and a new adventure unlocked!

The Legendary Planet AP just crossed the 600% funding mark and unlocked the fifth full adventure in the saga, in addition to a 42-page prelude adventure!

The core concept of Legendary Planet is that it is a "sword and planet" adventure path, the kind of interplanetary fiction best exemplified by Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom novels featuring John Carter, Dejah Thoris, Tars Tarkas, etc., though pulling in elements of other visionary authors from pulp fantasy and sci-fi from Jack Vance to Flash Gordon to Heavy Metal magazine. At its heart, this is still a fantasy story, through playing with many of the tropes of sci-fi. Technology exists alongside magic, and high-tech is similar in rarity to permanent magic items, but the focus is on the exotic planets themselves. There are no starships or hyperdrive, and you'll be packing your sword alongside your needler pistol or blaster as you ride your alien steed in search of a stargate that might take you to a distant system.

We have an impressive lineup of contributors on this project, all of them veteran adventure-writers as well as a team of experts in both 5th Edition and Pathfinder who are working to make sure that the play experience is equally dynamic in either system.

We think this AP offers a great opportunity to open up the possibilities of 5th Edition to new styles of adventure beyond traditional fantasy, while still embracing the roots of the game. D&D has a long history of crossover with sci-fi and technology, all the way back to 1st Edition and even before it with Dave Arneson's Blackmoor setting, and we think this is going to be a fantastic addition to the newest edition of the game. We have an experienced team that has a history of delivering Kickstarters on time (or early) with awesome content, so you can be confident that we will do the same here!

One more thing: This isn't a Kickstarter where you'll be waiting a year to get your rewards. We will have the prelude adventure ready to download IMMEDIATELY when the Kickstarter ends, and the softcover print version as well. In fact, if you are coming to GenCon you can also come to Booth 2639 to pick up the prelude adventure in person!

We are hard at work hammering out the first full adventure as well, and if everything breaks right we may have it ready in time for the end of the Kickstarter on July 27th, but more likely it will be available in August after GenCon.

We hope you take a good look at Legendary Planet and climb aboard for a ride that we guarantee will be out of this world.

The adventures of the Legendary Planet Adventure Path are described below:

Already funded:

The Assimilation Strain by Tom Phillips and Neil Spicer - a prelude adventure to introduce 1st-level characters on any fantasy world to a broader universe of insidious alien invaders.

To Worlds Unknown by Jim Groves - An adventure for 2nd to 5th level characters, featuring a breakout from an interplanetary prison and the exploration of a crime-infested hub world that could provide a gateway home, or draw the heroes deeper into a web of alien conspiracies and cryptic alliances.

The Scavenged Codex by Mike Shel - An adventure for 5th to 8th level characters across a post-apocalyptic desert planet in search of the forgotten lore of near-mythical creator races, now jealously guarded by corrupt cultists of the wastes.

Dead Vault Descent by Matt Goodall - An adventure for 8th to 11th level characters venturing forth to the blasted surface of a tidally locked world, half scorched by eternal sunshine and half frozen by endless darkness. The heroes must brave the primitive swamps of the habitable zone and penetrate the vast catacombs beneath in search of the keepers of hope to unlocking the mysteries of the ancients.

Confederates of the Shattered Zone by Richard Pett - An adventure for 11th to 14th level characters exploring the post-industrial ruins of an asteroid field, all that remains of a devastated world once held by the descendants of the creator races but bombarded into destruction. Can they recover the tools they need to form a resistance against a rising tide of evil?

Each of the above adventures (other than the prequel) contains not only a full-scale adventure of approximately 64 pages, but also an additional 32 pages of bonus material, including bestiaries of brand-new monsters, planetary gazetteers, and bonus articles detailing races, religion, equipment, character options, and more by guest authors like Sean K Reynolds and the Sasquatch Game Studio of Rich Baker, David Noonan, and Stephen Schubert, as well as an ongoing fiction series by award-winning author Chris A. Jackson.

Just unlocked today, we have now added...

The Depths of Desperation by Steven T. Helt - An adventure for 14th to 17th level characters who must confront an invasion that has already begun as the heroes venture into a watery world inundated by a sinister race of aquatic conquerors. What will they find left behind, and can they halt the aliens' unstoppable advance?

The full adventure has been unlocked, and every $2000 we'll be adding an additional bonus article.

Only two adventures remain to be unlocked over the course of the final two weeks of our Kickstarter campaign:

Mind Tyrants of the Merciless Moons by Tim Hitchcock - An adventure for 17th to 19th level characters set among the wandering moons of a gas giant seeded with psionic lifeforms, as the heroes plumb the depths of the mind in search of weapons to turn back the forces of evil.

To Kill a Star by Jason Nelson - An adventure for 19th to 20th level characters that takes characters to a massive Dyson sphere constructed around a waning star to confront the cabal of alien zealots trying to bring the universe to utter submission... or total annihilation.
 

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5th Edition Assimilation Strain in the house! (well, at the booth anyway!)

We are just a few hundred away from unlocking another 10-page bonus bestiary for the latest adventure, and 12 backers (at any level) away from unlocking a free Player's Guide for all PDF backers!

Best of all, the 5th Edition version of The Assimilation Strain is at the printer now, and we will have copies of the book available at Booth #2639 at GenCon!

If you're coming to the con, come see us! Even if you're not, hop on board the Legendary Planet Kickstarter and help push this product into overdrive for a fantastic finish. Just 10 days left!
 

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Check out the latest Legendary Planet Kickstarter updatehttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/legendary-planet-adventure-path/posts/1297303 for a rundown of some of our recent interviews and podcasts promoting Legendary Planet, featuring yours truly, lead developer Neil Spicer, and adventure authors Tom Phillips, Jim Groves, and Mike Shel!

Plus a look at the nightmarish and terrifying tauslek murderer of many PCs during our playtest and the star attraction in the elevator ambush battle scene art we previewed earlier.
 

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Check out the latest Legendary Planet Kickstarter updatehttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/legendary-planet-adventure-path/posts/1297303 for a rundown of some of our recent interviews and podcasts promoting Legendary Planet, featuring yours truly, lead developer Neil Spicer, and adventure authors Tom Phillips, Jim Groves, and Mike Shel!

Plus a look at the nightmarish and terrifying tauslek, murderer of many PCs during our playtest and the star attraction in the elevator ambush battle scene art we previewed earlier.
 

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I have to confess that Mind Tyrants of the Merciless Moons, less than $4000 away from unlocking now, is my very favorite title in our whole saga. It just screams pulp at you in all the best ways, and Tim definitely gets the feeling we are going for.

Thanks to everybody for their support in pushing us past 300 backers AND past $40,000 this weekend! With 8 days to go we are looking forward to a fantastic finish.

Check out the latest Kickstarter update for a quick recap! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/legendary-planet-adventure-path/posts/1298577
 

LegendaryGames

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I have to confess that Mind Tyrants of the Merciless Moons, less than $4000 away from unlocking now, is my very favorite title in our whole saga. It just screams pulp at you in all the best ways, and Tim definitely gets the feeling we are going for.

Thanks to everybody for their support in pushing us past 300 backers AND past $40,000 this weekend! With 8 days to go we are looking forward to a fantastic finish.

Check out the latest Kickstarter update for a quick recap! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/legendarygames/legendary-planet-adventure-path/posts/1298577
 


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