SWARMS! Masses of Monsters for D&D 5E, Pathfinder 1E & 2E, and Tales of the Valiant!

Tons more print orders sent! PF2 PDF up shortly! And let me know on missing PDFs
about 1 year ago – Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 03:35:46 PM

Hi all,

Update time! 

• Print Orders: While I've been traveling post holiday, I've still had a little downtime here and there to be able to get around 70 more print orders submitted, and almost all of the non-PF2 orders have been submitted! Backers Olson, Brockbank, M. Brown, Brownley, Weule, Corson, Therriault, Senchuk, Petersen, Yeckel, Aquadro, Aesoph, King, Doetsch, LaBianca, Runte, Gurdian, Hawley, Lyde, Merkel, Ford, Liessner, Norton, Mifsud, Kuntz, Emrich, Garlow, Bowen, Dittmer, Cutchall, Mei, Huggett, Russell, Rigney, Martens, Konig, Behrens, P. Smith, Brimhall, Hunter, Dahling, Schlegel, Santiago, Anderson, Daniel, Kulsa, Criss, Hamilton, Thomas, Sanabria, Lewicki, Russ, Scott, Burfening, Bettencourt, Voss, Fike, Caravalho, Horn, Barnes, Oliveira, Rossomando, and Celis, your books are on the way!
• PF2 Files Rebuilt: As I noted in our last update, the final PF2 files were missing in our Dropbox and the layout person for the other versions is traveling internationally and unavailable. I pivoted to one of our other layout people to put the final file together and that file has been approved today. He just needs to finalize the table of contents and then I'll be able to upload it to Backerkit for download and to our printer so we can get it up and ready to ship out to you ASAP. 
• Incorrect Shipping Information: I've had a small number of orders where Backerkit glitched on shipping. I've emailed those folks to send a separate Paypal request for the correct shipping amount. 
• Missing PDFs: Some of you have emailed me about not seeing your files available for download in Backerkit. I did get a reply from Backerkit and they checked into the back end of our site and were not able to detect any glitches on their end. They recommended I ask each person who has not been able to see their downloads to check again today after they did a general refresh. Make sure you're logged into your account and see if the files are visible now. If not, email me to [email protected] (not a Kickstarter message, but a direct email) and I'll collect those specific emails that are still not seeing their files and have Backerkit check each one specifically. If your only missing files are the PF2 PDFs, no need to email, as that hasn't been uploaded yet. 

Thanks to each of you for all of your support and we hope you have a very Happy New Year! 

Merry Christmas! Backerkit ticket submitted to address download issues!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 10:52:25 PM

Hi all,

Merry Christmas to all and hope you had a great one! We are seeing a fair number of folks having download issues with Backerkit. That's unfortunate (and surprising, as we've not had issues with that before), but given how many are having issues I've submitted a ticket to Backerkit.

Unfortunately, they are closed from Christmas to New Year's and won't be back in the office until January 2nd, so it may take a week for them to unwind the situation. I'll see if I can get files sent out via DrivethruRPG and get them to you that way. I'll be traveling from tomorrow through Sunday so will have limited computer time. I'll work on getting Drivethru PDFs sent out when I can if I find some available downtime, and get back to my home computer Monday to continue working on getting things to you as quickly as I can!

Sorry for the Backerkit glitches but glad for those of you who have been able to get your files and hope you are loving them! 

20 more print orders sent, and now some problems cropping up!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 01:15:54 AM

Hi all,

First the good news! 

1. Print orders have been submitted to Mertens, Holin, Crown, White, Perry, Bryan, Palmer, Rust, Townsend, Donohue, Stevenson, Lauchnor, Pozzetta, Dames, Putman, Dombek, Foulstone-Dalsgaard, Hale, Juanjo, and McRoberts! 

• VTT keys have gone out for all the completed VTT modules. The Foundry codes have been set up as "code banks" where you can download your key here at Backerkit. I've emailed Roll20 to have them send out codes for backers who ordered on their system, since I can't do DIY codes myself there.

Now the less good news:

1. There's some kind of weird glitch happening on the Drivethru site where it started declining payment for any of my credit cards, even after rebooting my computer. I've sent an email to Partner Relations and hopefully they can fix it but given that tomorrow is Christmas Eve I don't know for sure if they're open, so it might not get resolved until after the holiday! Hopefully it can get resolved and I'll get print orders on the way again shortly.
2. The Legendary Bestiary: Swarms (PF2) PDF file is missing! Amidst all the files and versions I had uploaded, it appears that one did not get uploaded, and on going to the Dropbox it's missing there too. Our layout guy is on vacation out of the country so I've reached out to our backup layout person to find a spare copy but I'll get it uploaded as soon as I've got it on hand. 
3. Not all VTT assets are complete, so if you're waiting for the Swarms bestiary or VTT Token Pack on VTT, that is slated for release in January/February. We also are awaiting completion of Sea Monsters (PF2) and Alien Bestiary (5E) Foundry. We'll get those sent out as soon as they are available! 

Thanks as always for your support and may you all have a happy and blessed Christmas and New Year from your friends at Legendary Games! 

PDFs live on Backerkit. First 41 print orders completed!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 02:05:34 PM

Hi all,

I just wanted to send everyone a note to let you know your PDFs and VTT Token Packs should be up and ready for download in your Backerkit account! The VTT Modules and Token Packs for the main Swarms bestiary are still in production and will be available for download soon. I'll be sending out VTT codes soon for all of the existing VTT modules. 

I've also started submitting print orders to the printer and have 41 completed already with plenty more to come! Backers Dorfler, Hinojosa, Ott, Jankovic, King, Otto, Kohl, Blevins, Nieuwets, O'Connor, Tell, Melssen, Guzman, Jamieson, May, Agin, Anderson, Hantman, Hamrock, J. Williams, Vann, Bridges, Jawwad, Mooney, Rix, De Oliveira, Rossiter, Hensley, Keffer, Beegle, T. Johnson, R. Smith, Stephenson, Van Der Meer, McKelvey, Summers, Syvertson, Sloppy, Chapman, K. Smith, and Davey, your orders will be on their way soon! 

We still have 60 people who have not completed your backer survey, so if that's you, please head over to Backerkit to finalize your pledge! We can't send you your stuff until we have your complete information! 

Also, if you are a retailer who is ordering product wholesale, please email me directly at [email protected]and we'll get your invoice and order set up!

Thanks again for all of your support and Merry Swarmsmas to all! 

Lock Notice Sent!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 12:33:14 PM

Hi all,

Thanks for your rapid response to the survey! We've cracked the 70% mark on responses so we've sent out the "48 Hour Lock Orders" message on our surveys. Make sure to check your surveys and make any final adjustments, as after 48 hours orders will be locked. At that point, we'll be ready to charge cards and you can start downloading your PDFs! 

We'll also export our backer spreadsheet once cards are charged so that we can start shipping your books! Those getting bundles that include the 5E bestiaries will get those shipped directly from us, so they should arrive within a week of shipping. Most orders will ship directly from our printer, and given holiday production delays that usually means about 2-3 weeks between when orders are submitted and when they actually arrive. 

We will keep you up to date as VTT assets are available once we've got the counts on how many backers have ordered each of the various VTT options. You can download your VTT token packs directly from Backerkit. Depending on the numbers for each VTT option, we might email product keys if it's only a few backers getting a particular option, or if there are enough backers we'll upload a "code bank" that will allow you to download your code directly from your Backerkit account.

Thanks again for your awesome support and we hope you love your monsters! 

Merry Swarmsmas to all and to all a good swarm!