Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Thank you for your support: and I've added some rewards!

The inestimably wise Harley Stroh made a fun suggestion about how to encourage and reward folks who give to the Purple Sorcerer Tools Fund Drive: unique rewards that are cool, but won’t require a bunch more work while I’m slaving away finishing the latest adventure!

So I'm adding some rewards, and here is how they'll work:

Everyone who has donated so far, and donates at least $5 in the future will receive a free copy of Lair of the Mist Men. I know many of you already have it, so feel free to forward your code onto a friend, or use it as a prize for something on your blog, etc.

If you donate at least $10, you’ll receive Lair of the Mist Men, and your name will go on a permanent Purple Sorcerer Tools Supporter page. Also, send me a name and it will find its way into an upcoming Purple Sorcerer Adventure! I’m going to be releasing a number of 2-4 page Sunken Sidetreks beginning this summer that are designed to work with a variety of systems in a sandbox style, and they’re the perfect place to throw in a reference to your favorite character or gaming buddy you wish to ‘honor’.

If you donate at least $20, you’ll receive a code to download the Lair of the Perilous Pits bundle which contains Perils of the Sunken City, The Ooze Pits of Jonas Gralk, and Lair of the Mist Men. Finally, your name will go into a random pool to possibly receive a special item. If your name come ups, one of the following ‘treasures’ will be mailed to you, mounted (if appropriate) in some simple way, along with a signed note of authenticity and thanks. ;) If you're a fan of the Sunken City Adventures, you'll hopefully find these goofy, but cool!)

The cave of unique wonders includes:
(Click on any pic to see a larger version)



  • MadazkanThe original hand drawn map of Madazkan’s Court and dungeon from Perils of the Sunken City. This actually pre-dates Purple Sorcerer Games, and I’d forgotten I’d even drawn it. There’s also what I believe to be the stain of a chili bean I dropped that rolled across the page. Magic!




  • Slither's EndThe original sketch of Slither’s End along with a page of very early notes about ‘The Ooze Pits of Jonas Gralk”. Much of the information was later changed, but it’s fun to see how the original ideas evolved.




  • LairA very basic sketch of the Lair of the Mist Men map, along with the scribbled notes from the first playtest, including directions that my kids need to make their beds and pick up all their clothes. (No idea…)




  • PerilsThe original printed proof of Perils of the Sunken City, where the artwork on the maps was way too dark! Still perfectly usable, and a unique one-of-a-kind item.






  • Ooze PitsThe original printed proof of The Ooze Pits of Jonas Gralk. Looks lovely, but there was a white strip down the center that I wasn’t happy about. Again, perfectly usable, flawed, but unique.





If you are an international donor and your name comes up, to avoid dealing with international shipping I’ll just re-roll, but you’ll receive a free PDF copy of “A Gathering of the Marked” when it comes out.

If you donate $50, I'll also send you free PDF's of both A Gathering of the Marked and the Sunken City Omnibus when they come out. (And you'll get to see the final pre-publication versions of both before they go live.)

Again, thanks to everyone who has given to help support our free tools. I feel very blessed to be able to create stuff for such an awesome community: the kindness everyone around here demonstrates makes it a pleasure to keep designing.

2 comments:

  1. Nice! I'm out of town running games this weekend, but when I get back I'll dig through my stacks and see if there is anything I can donate to the mix.

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  2. Wow, that would be awesome Harley! Maybe I'll extend the deadline a few days to give folks a chance to see what might show up...

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