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Caliya’s Chronicle of Runes

Created by Tony Casper (Spectre Creations)

The definitive tome of magic runes for 5th Edition! Unearth new races, lore, monsters, & more tied to your favorite languages! This is the Pre-order Store for the Kickstarter campaign – Caliya’s Chronicle of Runes: A Runic Expansion for D&D 5e. The prices and rewards (including Stretch Goals) are the same as during the campaign and are available until order quantities are locked in. ** 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: Shipping fees will be calculated and charged SEPARATELY at a later date closer to fulfilment. After shipping fees are added in, you will be notified via email before you're charged. Placing a pre-order from this page constitutes an agreement that you have read and understand this. See the estimated shipping section near the bottom of the Kickstarter page for more.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Week 3 Recap + Giveaway Contest!!
about 3 years ago – Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 11:12:02 AM

I'm continuously blown away by the support and excitement you all have shown. We've just completed the third week of the campaign, and we're on the cusp of raising $190,000. Just endlessly grateful for all of you, and excited to bring cool stuff to the community.

Week 3 Stretch Goal Recap

In the past week, we've unlocked the following Stretch Goals:

  • 150k - New Language & Player Race: Voter's Choice!
  • 165k - Rune Prices & Heliana's Crafting
  • 180k - Runes as Tattoos, Enchantments, & More

And coming up soon, at 195k, we'll unlock two new character Backgrounds: Rune Hunter & Polyglot! Really excited to round out all aspects of PC builds with this. You can look back at the previous updates for more detail on all of these!

Dracolisk Mini Giveaway!

Above lies a set of runes, concealing a secret message! Your quest is to uncover the words behind these runes—perhaps with the assistance of a certain Translator site for Fantasy languages—and reveal your findings on social media with the correct answer. (Do not comment the answer here!)

At 12:00 noon EDT tomorrow, one lucky participating backer will be randomly chosen to receive the grand prize: the terrifying Dracolisk mini on its rune-carved obelisk!

To participate, simply post about Caliya's Chronicle of Runes on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram (your choice) using the hashtag #5eRunesContest, and include the correctly deciphered phrase with a link to the Kickstarter project! – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrecreations/chronicle-of-runes-5e?ref=dp0feo 

Make sure your social media account is set to public during the contest period so we can view your post! Again, your post should include the correct answer to the runic puzzle, the hashtag above, and a link to the Kickstarter campaign.

Good luck to all on your runic adventure!

Kickstarter Shoutout

Hos (aka, "The Dungeon Scribe")—who is contributing the fantastic "Storm's Herald" item to Caliya's Chronicle of Runes—is a very good friend of mine, so I would be remiss if I didn't mention that he just launched his Kickstarter this morning!

Here's a note from him about the project:

Items should be Magical!

Dungeon Scribe’s Tome of Magical Oddities adds hundreds of fully illustrated and unique magical items for empowering your players to forge new stories.

 Make sure to check it out at the link below!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ds-magical-oddities/dungeon-scribes-magical-oddities-5e-item-tome?ref=9r6e8a

Thanks, folks!

– Tony

Alternative Rune Implementations Unlocked! (+195k Stretch Goal)
about 3 years ago – Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 09:13:16 AM

Happy Monday, folks!

This morning we pushed past $180,000 raised! Thanks to the continuously growing support from all of you, the book will now include several optional ways to implement runes in your game—from tattoos, to general arcane enchantments, and more. (Perhaps you could even incorporate several different ways to use them in the same game!)

New Stretch Goal!

At 195k, we'll get to add two thematic character Backgrounds to the book: Rune Hunter and Polyglot (that's someone who speaks a ton of languages). This will really help round out player characters built around these runic themes, since you'll now have everything covered from race to subclass to background. Super excited for these!

And for some added fun, I've gone ahead and drawn up "Rune Hunter" in Celestial, Draconic, and Orcish below. 😄

Project Spotlight

My friends over at Ghostfire Gaming are currently finishing up their latest big 5e project called Aetherial Expanse, which is a stellar campaign setting (sorry, can't help myself with the puns!) based in the Astral Sea that includes ship combat rules, plus new monsters, subclasses, spells, items, and their "Heritage Trait System" that lets you build your own character species. Really fantastic stuff.

Here's a blurb from them about the project:

The Aetherial Expanse Setting Guide is a 200+ page book exploring a wondrous region on the astral plane where sailing ships can sail across a magical sea of aetherial liquid. This stunningly illustrated book is filled with new 5th Edition rules for GMs and players alike, bringing this high-fantasy setting to life.

All this will be available in a beautifully illustrated hardcover book or on your VTT platform of choice!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/977277590/the-aetherial-expanse-setting-guide?ref=8o13uh

I'll be back tomorrow with the Week 3 Recap! Thanks as always, friends!

– Tony