But there’s only 13 hours left before funding is stopped. Take the plunge, and join us for a wondrous, terrifying, groovy ride!

To ring in the new year, anyone that makes a new pledge to this project or upgrades [...]]]> Looks like our planet’s on course to survive another year, but a new year of unknown terrors is right around the corner. It Came from the Stars, your primer for the end of the world, is nearly 75% funded!

To ring in the new year, anyone that makes a new pledge to this project or upgrades an existing pledge (from 12/30 until close on 1/2) will receive a PDF of their choice from the Zombie Sky Press catalog for FREE. Even if we don’t meet the final goal! If (WHEN!) we do meet our goal, EVERY backer will get this benefit and ONE lucky, random backer will receive ZSP’s entire back catalog of PDFs.

Additionally, there’s a brand new backer level at $100 that gets you a 2012 Digital Pass, entitling you to FREE copies of EVERY PDF we put out in 2012! Those pledging (or already pledged for) more than $100 receive this as well.

Watch out, the stars are sneaking up behind you!

Game on!

This supplement gives you new player options, new GM options, and new adventures to give your Pathfinder RPG game a taste of the stars. You can participate in [...]]]> It Came from the Stars has relaunched! Now with a more modest size and funding goal and with restructured rewards, including the limited edition color, hardcover at $50.

This supplement gives you new player options, new GM options, and new adventures to give your Pathfinder RPG game a taste of the stars. You can participate in the project’s growth by throwing in your ideas and playtesting the results. Maybe you’ll even decide to try your hand at design. And there’s an all-star team on board, standing by to blow your mind! Jump on board and try something brand new for the Pathfinder RPG.

And there’s another stunning piece from project illustrator Roxxy Goetz!

Magnetar

Magnetars are elementals from the starry vastness… At their core, each is a semi-sentient, extremely dense fragment of a star. However, using their magnetic abilities, they build complex suits of armor and weapons around themselves from whatever is available. Each is unique.

When on a given planet, they typically take a form similar to the dominant life–or at least the life they first encounter–but they are capable of creating armor of any form. They have even been known to coalesce and build massive forms.

It’s not clear what drives a magnetar. Entire planets have been razed by only small invasion forces. Perhaps they are summoned by those that should know better? Or perhaps magnetars have developed an agenda of their own?

The Astreid: Bold. Proud. Intense. Brutal. The astreid are hunters. These fey scour the stars, relentlessly chasing their prey. As dryads are connected to the woodlands and nereids to the [...]]]> Brand new art from Roxxy Goetz of the astreid–fierce and brutal hunters! One of the new creatures being designed for It Came from the Stars.

The Astreid: Bold. Proud. Intense. Brutal. The astreid are hunters. These fey scour the stars, relentlessly chasing their prey. As dryads are connected to the woodlands and nereids to the sea, astreids are at one with the starry vastness above.

Unforgiving, like the dark expanse in which they thrive, they lead with a passion geared toward action. And usually violence. They are hunters, and their range is all they see.

If such a space nymph targets you, you best be getting your affairs in order.

(And there’s a video up now! Check it out, and join today!)

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I’ve already teased some specific adventure hooks that you can build using It Came from the Stars. But the elements of your adventure are wide open.

Play a slow, brooding, mythos horror adventure. Play a high-flying, swashbuckling space opera adventure. Hells, play a swashbuckling mythos horror adventure. Emulate your favorite movies and novels or mix and match all your favorite tropes into something truly unique.

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The moonchild. A third new class planned for It Came form the Stars.

A delicate balance of darkness and light, you shouldn’t let these seemingly unbalanced souls give you the wrong impression. A moonchild is a master of the magic of the stars: fire and ice, light and shadow, gravity and perception. They combine stealth and magic–and a little unpredictability–in a surprisingly potent package.

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Last time, I hinted at seeing other worlds in It Came from the Stars. While this isn’t intended to be a space-faring [...]]]> Rounding out the second week of funding for It Came from the Stars! Below are the collected promotion updates from last week. Sound exciting? Come join us, and support small press.

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Last time, I hinted at seeing other worlds in It Came from the Stars. While this isn’t intended to be a space-faring addition to the game, there is still a chance to visit other planets. Portals.

Portals, whether driven by technology or magic (or both), will give you the chance to explore the stars. Maybe you went through one knowing what it was, maybe it was an accident. There’ll be generic rules and guidelines for handling this in your own games. You’ll be able to tweak the environmental options to create just the locale you need: modify gravity, air quality, landscape hazards, and more. There will likely be some specific worlds detailed, too, providing some interesting options to play with. Perhaps a (mostly) abandoned outpost, plunging into the sun. Perhaps an oddly disturbing temple, its nightmare landscape preventing you from leaving and threatening to destroy your mind. Perhaps an interstellar crossroads, full of odd races. Perhaps a seedy cantina with mysterious figures offering adventure to those brave enough to take it…

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We just launched It Came from the Stars for Pathfinder RPG, and perhaps, the best place to start this conversation is with the [...]]]> We’re making slow and steady progress with funding for It Came from the Stars! Below are the collected promotion updates from last week. Sound exciting? Come join us…

With Stars in Your Eyes #1

We just launched It Came from the Stars for Pathfinder RPG, and perhaps, the best place to start this conversation is with the stunning illustration by +Roxxy Goetz (at the top of the Kickstarter page).

The star beast in the image is a new type of dragon–one that thrives in the interstellar void. They are a little different from your standard dragons in that each star beast is unique. They look different from one another, they have different abilities and powers levels, and they have different personalities. But they are all out for themselves and are all very powerful. A handful of these dreaded monsters will be developed, from Fomalhaut (the star beast shown) to Wormwood (the most terrible of all)…

But that’s not all there is to that illustration: the star beast is chasing a falling star. A falling star in this context is, quite literally, a star-spawned fey. A star beast’s favorite snack.

The tone is set right here in this one illustration. It’s still the fantasy you know, but with a taste of what lies beyond. If that sounds fun to you or if you just want to see more of Roxxy’s gorgeous illustrations, come join us.

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Perhaps the initial ideas that gave birth to It Came from the Stars were for new classes. Something really different in flavor from the core. Something strange. Something that could only come from the stars. Whether that’s because of the strange meteorite you and your friends found, because of the alien larvae in your head, because you were bombarded with Z-rays, or something else more bizarre, you can do some messed up stuff… (in a manner balanced with other classes of course).

The very first of this batch is the starseed. As a starseed, you are a terrible warrior, whose “muscle” and “steel” take the form of tendrils of telekinetic force. You lash out at foes at range and toss them around at a whim. Your mind and body are becoming one. You are a scion of the stars themselves.

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I was asked about inspiration for It Came from the Stars. The obvious names are the weird fiction masters who set it all off for me: HP Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and the others of that era, like Blackwood, Machen, Dunsany, Chambers. But that is only a part of this project. Add to those the sword & planet and space opera fiction writers of later years: Moorcock, Wolfe, and so many more. Movies and television dealing with facing the unknown, like The Day of the Triffids, Invasion of the Body Snatchers,Dr. Who, and The Twilight Zone. Comics, anime, music–there’s so much that has been an inspiration for this.

But it’s all yet to be written. And you, the patrons, will decide much of what is included, so who knows which bits of inspiration will have the greatest influence at the end. But you can bet that cosmic secrets, invading aliens, drugged-out cultists, rampaging monsters, crash-landed spacecraft, and even death rays will be among the tools we pick from.

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What about the adventures for It Came from the Stars? Well, I mentioned some inspirations last time, and you can expect to see a lot of those kind of stories. I think it’s safe to say that the core conceit will be PCs struggling against the unknown.

• A strange rock has fallen from the sky, turning villagers nearby against them. How will they respond?
• After investigating an odd wreckage, the PCs start experiencing strange effects. Will the maddening whispers crush their wills? Will they turn on one another?
• Creatures from the sky wreak havoc upon the known world. Will the PCs survive?
• The PCs are trapped with an unknown enemy. Can they work together for freedom or will they destroy each other?
• The PCs step through a portal and find themselves on a new world. What oddities will they find? Will they ever make it back?

These are just some of the possibilities for adventure. What would you like to see?

Join today!

We’re building a new class, and we want your help. With the sacred necromancer, we’ll dive deep into the topic of necromancy.

As a backer, you won’t just sit there and wait for product, you get to participate and make [...]]]> Calling all Pathfinder RPG fans! Sign up for our Kickstarter project Mysteries of the Dead Side.

We’re building a new class, and we want your help. With the sacred necromancer, we’ll dive deep into the topic of necromancy.

As a backer, you won’t just sit there and wait for product, you get to participate and make us dance for your amusement. Interested in learning how to design a new class and other mechanics from seasoned freelancers? This is the place. Interested in having a say in the shaping of the final product? This is the place. Interested in seeing the nuts and bolts of putting together a project? You guessed it–right here.

This is a small, intimate project, tightly focused around the theme of necromancy and the (un)dead. The number of patrons will be small, so you know your voice will carry a lot of weight. Want to try your hand at design? You’ll have instant access to the brains of the designers and constructive feedback. Including myself, +Scott Gable, with over 5 years of RPG freelancing experience, +Ben McFarland has signed up, fresh off of the lead design role for Open Design’sStreets of Zobeck patronage project and dozens of other projects.

Tentatively, the new class will follow the model of the oracle with at least 5 fully compatible mysteries and at least 40 new revelations, so you can either use these options as a sacred necromancer or as an oracle. You could play as an exorcist, protecting innocents from undead threats or coercing the undead to do your bidding. You could play an eater of the dead, gaining dark powers from ingesting the flesh of the fallen. You could play as a spirit detective, cajoling whispered secrets from the corners of the realms of the dead. You could even play as a revenant, risen from the dead and driven by terrible vengeance. Tight mechanics that are full of flavor. There will also be new spells, new feats, new items, and more.

All for just $4. All necromancy, all the time. Do it!

In this issue,you’ll find…

Each Tattlebox presents something for everyone:tips,flavor,crunch. [...]]]>

Welcome to Tattlebox,the traveling sideshow! Find an assortment of wonders and horrors in this ongoing miscellany.

Meet Red Jack, a kitsune who clawed his way back from death just to get revenge. He’s the new avatar of death. Well, avatar in training at least.

Red Jack is one of the fey lords in The Faerie Ring. He [...]]]>

What do you get when you cross a fox with Jack the Ripper?

Meet Red Jack, a kitsune who clawed his way back from death just to get revenge. He’s the new avatar of death. Well, avatar in training at least.

Red Jack is one of the fey lords in The Faerie Ring. He came back from the dead for a specific purpose—to kill his betrayer. But he’s still here and anxious to bring death to the world! The tale of this epic-level threat is given in detail along with that of his sentient extradimensional demesne Strangle Grove, his dead wife who’s now a deadly artifact, his runaway fox-blooded daughter, and more.

This chapter of The Faerie Ring also brings you new fey, including the kitsune. These supernatural foxes are updated and expanded for use as a PC race for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. A new system of fox magic, using feats, is fleshed out to give characters fun new magic options.

In this book, you’ll find…

• Red Jack, an epic-level fey psychopath with two statblocks (CR 23 and CR 27)
• Kitsune PC race and fox magic feats
• New fey creatures, those that serve Red Jack and those that don’t: kitsune, ghost fox, and pipe fox
• Details of the sentient fey demesne Strangle Grove
• New magic, new artifacts, new fey subtypes
• Insights into the powerful fey quiddities
• And more of the craziness that can only come from the fey (including hints at other fey lords and things to come)

The Faerie Ring brings you the worlds of the fey. From the fey lords to those that serve them. Their lands, their magics, their machinations. Everything a GM needs to bring a fresh dose of fey to a game. And for players, there are playable fey races, feats, incantations, and more. The Faerie Ring: Red Jack is the next step of the journey.

The Faerie Ring: Red Jack (Along the Twisting Way 2 of 6) is a high quality, full-color, web-optimized, 24-page pdf from Zombie Sky Press bundled with a stripped-down, printer-friendly version. It uses the Open Game License and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatibility License. It is compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and standard 3.5E fantasy RPGs.

Design by Scott Gable; Illustration by Julie Dillon; Editing by John Rateliff and Micheal McArtor.