Dawn of the Necromancer - 5th Edition Adventure

A project in Lehi, UT by John Harmston
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A campaign for DnD 5e with memorable encounters, new magic items, nightmarish monsters, puzzles, and unique NPCs.
Backers: 1238
Average Pledge Per Backer: $50

Funded: $62,404 of $6,000
Dates: Apr 21st -> Jun 5th (46 days)
Project By: John Harmston
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Latest News

That’s a Wrap!

June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Final Stretch Goals Unlocked Thank you so much for your faith in our project. We’ve passed our final stretch goals and have unlocked Virtual Tabletop tokens for all the new monsters and major NPCs in the campaign. We literally couldn’t have done... (Read More)

Magic Item Pictures and a Final Stretch Goal

May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Magic Item Stretch Goal $45,000 and another stretch goal goes down. We’ve already started ordering new artwork for all the major new magic items. We are now in the last few days of the Kickstarter and excited about the fantastic artwork pouring in.... (Read More)

Collector’s Edition Update

May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Collector's Edition Sold Out Wow! When we kicked off this project, we did not anticipate getting pledges for 300 copies of our Collector’s Edition hardcover. This is just beyond exciting. Thanks to everyone who pledged! If you missed out on the... (Read More)

NPC Pictures Unlocked

May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
NPC Pictures Unlocked The project just hit $35,000 and with that another stretch goal is unlocked – portraits of every major NPC in the adventure. Now you can rely on more than your descriptions and voice acting to portray NPCs to the players. That... (Read More)

Updated Cover Art and a Review

May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Cover Art Update As we previously mentioned in the Kickstarter, the art inside and outside the book will improve as the project evolves. With a page count close to 250 pages, we expect to have a similar number of graphics (artwork, maps, diagrams,... (Read More)

New Subclasses and a New Stretch Goal

May 17th - via: kickstarter.com
New Subclasses Added Wow! Based on how quickly you guys blew past our latest stretch goal it’s evident you want some zombie-busting subclasses. We are working on them now and will need to do some playtesting to make sure they are balanced, but they... (Read More)

New Monster Pictures - Unlocked

May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
The $20,000 stretch goal was just unlocked and—BOOM—we’ll be adding illustrations of every new monster in the adventure. In anticipation of hitting the goal we might have cheated and pre-ordered a few. Meet the latest addition to the... (Read More)

Virtual Battle Maps Unlocked

May 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Virtual Battle Maps for Everybody! Thank you to everyone who participated in our social media sharing stretch goal. A special thanks goes to Hollywood screenwriter Craig Mazin (write of HBO’s Chernobyl, The Last of Us) who discussed his excitement... (Read More)

New Cover Art

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
A New Hardcover The Dawn of the Necromancer Collector’s Edition hardcovers are capped at 300 copies and will only be available during this Kickstarter. At our current velocity we will likely run out of the Collector’s Edition hardcovers in a few... (Read More)

Update #1 – BATTLE MAPS!

April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
You Did It! Wow. Getting funded in the first week is truly a dream come true for our team. The support from the community has been just phenomenal, especially since we are “competing” with a few other big-budget projects in the same space. Now... (Read More)

Something is rotten in Darwich: Dawn of the Necromancer

April 24th - via: geeknative.com
Dawn of the Necromancer is a 5e campaign from the OSR GM and occasional movie fight choreographer John Harmston. The project is looking for $6,000 to fund and include new magic items, monsters, puzzles and unique NPCs. (Read More)

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