Songs of the Spellbound Sea: Nautical Adventures for 5E!
Created by somanyrobots
Explore the Spellbound Sea with naval combat and ocean travel rules, 3 new classes, 20+ subclasses, 100s of spells, and more!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Last Week and a Half!
5 months ago
– Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 07:51:35 AM
Hello you amazing people!
We've got 11 days left in the campaign - just about 2/3 through. And it's going great! This book is going to be amazing, and I'm so excited.
Our newest stretch goal unlocked is one of the ones I'm personally really excited for - KibblesTasty is going to be pitching in! My tables have all used his crafting system for years, and it adds a ton of depth and variety to looting and tool proficiencies. So we're going to get an appendix to the book, adding Kibbles' crafting recipes for all the items included.
The other announcement I've got today is a new add-on! I've been a fan for ages of the webcomics Three Panel Soul and Mac Hall, and last week I learned that the writer, Matt Boyd, has picked up a new side hustle - dice! So we're partnering with Matt to produce 4 one-of-a-kind bespoke dice sets, one to reflect each of our mini-settings. They're pricey ($125), but totally unique. They're UV resin, and at least some of the sets will have extremely cool inclusions. Since these won't be shipping with all our other rewards, they are limited to US/EU/Canada.
Sample only - this set has moss inclusions, for a rampant-growth theme.
The Oracle Monster Generator is a system- and setting-agnostic tool for creating new encounters from scratch. It comes with 7 decks (420 cards in all), which you can draw from to build new random encounters. It's really nifty - a nice DM aid, lovingly made and beautifully delivered. You can check out the sample to see how it works (easier than explaining, to be honest). And, as an added plus — Nord Games are truly lovely, and offered me a ton of advice and help as I was gearing up for Spellbound Sea. So it's an easy project to love!
Bria's is an adorable book for 5E, focused on delightful little creatures to accompany you in your adventures. The big draw is 45 new familiars, each with new art, and with add-on plushies available for a whole host of them - so you can get a cuddly familiar to sit at the table with you IRL! It's also got a Summoner class, 6 new subclasses, items, spells, and more!
Week 3 and $50k! Welcome to the Sailors' Graveyard!
5 months ago
– Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 12:06:55 PM
Woooooo!
Today's the start of week 3 - just under halfway through our campaign. And we've hit $50,000! This gives us the resources to add some really cool stuff to the book. $50k is one of our big goals, adding a whole new mini-setting and two new subclasses - in this case, the Sailors' Graveyard, a spooky patch of sea studded with treacherous reefs and shoals and haunted by the spirits of all those who've sunk before. Each mini-setting also comes with 2 additional subclasses - in this case, the Ghost-Touched Sorcerer and the Ghost Ship Warlock patron.
I also realized it might not have been clear enough earlier exactly what we've already unlocked, so I figured it's good to do a recap!
Backer's Choice subclasses for the Troubadour, Swashbuckler, and Bloodrager (Bloodline and Discipline both)
The Vulknar Jungles mini-setting!
4 subclasses, 1 species, and a pile of magic items for the Vulknar Jungles!
The Thornfinger Rogue, Path of the Ancient beast Barbarian, Circle of Scales Druid, and Verdant Soul Sorcerer
Serpent's Children, terrifying snake-people with modular mutations!
The Sailors' Graveyard mini-setting!
2 subclasses for the Sailors' Graveyard!
The Ghost-Touched Sorcerer and Ghost Ship Warlock
1 added species for the Spellbound Sea - Crabfolk!
Sea-beasts for the Seafarer's Manual!
More magic items from Dungeon Strugglers!
More monsters from Conflux Creatures!
2 sweet tracks from Music D20!
This is awesome, folks. I'm so excited for all the cool stuff we're gonna be able to fit into this book - Songs of the Spellbound Sea isn't just happening, it's going to be everything I hoped it could be. And as we keep doing better, we've got more cool stuff to look forward to!
Kickstarter Shout-Outs!
As usual, I've got a couple of awesome kickstarters worth mentioning!
First up, our friends at Critical Crafting have The Mages' War - an epic battle of magic vs. technology, chock-full of good stuff for 5E. Inside, you'll find new monsters, new species, new subclasses, new feats, new items, a grafting system for augmenting your characters, and more!
If you've been feeling like trying out something that's not 5E, check out Castles & Crusades! The Reforged kickstarter is offering reprints of their core books, revised and updated, and relicensed so they're no longer under the OGL. If you've ever been curious about the system, there's huge value on offer here - all the core books, a whole pile of adventures, cleaned up and revised and with a fresh coat of paint.
Week 2 Update!
6 months ago
– Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 11:07:27 AM
Hello everybody!
Short and sweet one for today - we've entered week 2, and the campaign's going awesome. We've punched through 5 stretch goals, we're setting a snappy pace towards #6, and I can annnounce our next two! At $32k, we'll be teaming up with our friends at Conflux Creatures, monster-makers extraordinaire, to get a whole pack of monsters added to the book. At $35k, we'll go back to the Vulknar jungles again, adding 2 more earth-shaking subclasses!
It's been a great week and a really strong launch, and the team couldn't be more pleased. But most campaigns do tend to get into a lull for the middle stretch. So share with your friends! If you know anyone who would love this book, or have any communities who would be interested, let folks know and help us keep the momentum going! The aim is to get you the best book we possibly can, and any attention we get during the middle part of the campaign will help us keep the pace up and keep adding more content.
Kickstarter Shout-outs!
I've got two other campaigns to mention with awesome 5E books that I think are really worth your consideration.
Need more adventures to play all your awesome new content in? Iskandar Adventures comes from M.T. Black, who's been a big figure in the 5E scene for years, with over 50 adventures to his name, including some real gems. You'll get 5 extensively-tested Tier 1 adventures, and also the Iskandar Player's Handbook, which has 12 species, 36 subclasses, and plenty of other goodies. This one's in the home stretch, so go check it out!
The team at Arcane Affinity have been hard at work the last two years making magic items to enrich your games, and they're putting out a proper book! It'll have 160 items, 8 subclasses, and 8 short adventures to play through to discover and showcase some of that sweet loot. The items come in themed packs, so you can find something for every campaign. Take a look!
$25k! Visit the Vulknar Jungles!
6 months ago
– Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 07:47:28 PM
Hello you wonderful people!
This campaign continues to be an amazing experience. We funded on day 1, crunched through two stretch goals right away, and now we've gotten through two more, including the first of our big goals!
At $22k, you all unlocked an awesome collaboration with Dungeon Strugglers, getting some sweet magic items added to the book (on top of all the ones it'll already have!). And $25k, being the first of our big goals, adds another mini-setting!
Hello from the scenic Vulknar Jungles! Where the plants want to kill you, the bugs want to kill you, the dinosaurs want to kill you, and the locals are probably pretty suspicious too. Woohoo! Along with the jungle archipelago itself, we'll be getting 2 more subclasses and some more monsters.
I've put up our next couple stretch goals, at $27.5k and $30k. $27.5k will bring mighty sea-beasts, sea monsters statted out as ships for naval combat! This may include a small rules addition for handling legendary monsters, powerful enough to duel once aboardships and a second time in person to finish them off! And at $30k, we'll get 1 more species! Definitely not something with a tendency for snappishness, or that ever gets salty at unexpected guests.
Kickstarter Shoutouts
I also want to call out a couple of other awesome kickstarters that you might want to take a look at! Some of these are cross-promotions, but none are paid; they'll all creators worth supporting and projects that are definitely worth your while.
The team at Adventures Await are putting out a collection of 200 unique magic items for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. They’re perfect for filling the chests, vaults, and magical caches hidden across your world, or for spicing up encounters by giving the players’ adversaries tools and tricks they might not expect. Whether it’s enchanted swords, arcane-infused armors, or strange and intriguing wondrous items your campaign needs, this book has them all. It's also got item cards, poster maps, dungeon tiles, and prewritten adventures to bring your game to life!
And, if you want the perfect bite-sized adventure to try out some of your Spellbound Sea goodies on, check out LeCod's Revenge! Choose your mask, wear your dashing suit and dress, and dive into a colourful, roguish, and whimsically irresistible 5E adventure designed for three to six 5th-level characters. Your mission? Infiltrate LeCod’s masked gala, navigate the perilous maze of his enchanted manor, and unveil the path to his secret lich lair. Dancing with Death has never looked fancier. Get 20+ pages of content for just 1€, a full adventure with hints of One Piece, Monkey Island, and Our Flag Means Death!
First Two Days and an Awesome Start!
6 months ago
– Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 07:40:01 AM
Hi everybody! I'll keep this one short and to the point - it's been an awesome couple of days! We sailed through our funding target and have now powered through the first two stretch goals, getting one more troubadour and one more swashbuckler subclass added. Both will be decided through backer polls, and I'll be asking for suggestions about what should go in them!
We're now officially in the middle stretch of the campaign - I'll generally be posting updates 1-2 times a week as we keep making progress and steaming through stretch goals. Next up is our first collaboration goal, which will add some awesome magic items in from a creator whose work is consistently excellent.
Please spread the word - share with your friends, your dentist, your dog, anybody who you think might be interested! The stronger we do, the more stretch goals we get through, and the more amazing this book gets to be. I'm incredibly grateful and humbled by the support so far, and I just want to see how great a book we get to make!
