Warning: very dumb jokes await thee below. Abandon all hope ye who scroll down.

I feel like I JUST got caught up on us having hit 150k, and here you are already hitting 160k?! You are MONSTERS. Lucky for you, I love monsters.

This is the part where if I were a learning language model, I would say "let's dive in." But since I'm a human with free will, I can say whatever want.

Pretzels are an inferior snack.

We're bringing you YET ANOTHER new One-shot adventure, this time featuring a new alternative to combat: debate mechanics (or, "diplomacy" if you wanna be a nerd about it).

⚖️ Debate mechanics allow you and your party to become Master Debaters

⚖️ Don't just roll persuasion. Use unique combinations of skills and attributes to contest your opponent.

⚖️ Take advantage of underhanded fallacies phallussies to gain an edge and influence your way to success.

Hey Jaron, I wanna see how this works!

And you absolutely can, NEXT THURSDAY. We'll be doing another Livestream where we'll showcase these mechanics and you can see them live and in person!

If we can hit 190k, we'll design and release a printable set of Murka spells, so you can quickly and easily reference spells from all three books! We'll design them so printing them and sleeping them should be a cinch.

Sure, fitting all the text of the 9th level Gorumomancy spell, Maize's Marvelous Microwave, onto a single card, might prove to be more than challenging. But hey, we like a challenge. And in my humble opinion, the real challenge is the friends we made along the way.

Or... Something. 

Yours across the plains of Midwesteros,

Jaron R. M. Johnson

And the Action Fiction Faction

ARE Y'ALL READY FOR SOME TRULY LOONEY TOONS?

(Warner Brothers please don't sue us, it was only a joke)

I can't believe we just hit $150,000. This is by far and away our most successful campaign, and I am mindblown.

Also, we're getting more soundtrack tunes! 3, 2, 1—LET'S JAM.

Let's talk about it!

I've mentioned in previous stretch goals that we're getting a soundtrack from Reed Reimer of Fable Factory (baller) and now that soundtrack will have even MORE tunes (ballerer)

🎵 The way we're currently envisioning it is nice, long, ten-ish minute Syrinscape-style tracks that convey a particular *vibe*

🎵 But, each of those tracks (for example, the Combat & Action song) will also be chock full of musical cameos and references

🎵 And now, we'll be doing even more! And YOU can help!

But Jaron, how do I help?

I'm so glad you asked, citizen. Tell us what songs you want us to cameo, and what vibes you want us to cater to! You wanna hear Eiffel 65's "Blue" during your investigation track? Want an immaculate rickroll hidden inside the spooky horror track? Drop your thoughts below!

Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

If we can hit 180k, we'll be bringing you a third one-shot, this time set in the magnificent city of Magnamalus! This one will showcase our ballroom combat rules, so get locked in for a full-on dance-off.

Yours across the plains of Midwesteros,

Jaron R. M. Johnson

And the Action Fiction Faction

We're doing a whole new one-shot! All our backers will get a digital copy of this one for free!

Our first stretch goal on the west coast road trip has been unlocked! LET'S GOOOO

Let's talk about it!

This one is a working title, but I think it accurately conveys the basis for the adventure. Players will enter into the Adamantine Chef Triathalon, where they will need to shop for ingredients, prepare the food, and then use our brand new EATING COMPETITION MECHANIC to consume all that food as quickly as possible. I'll be showcasing those rules on a later date, we just finalized them last night and MAN are they fun. 

Look for that in the next few days.

We want to add something new to one of our books, and we want YOU to decide! This can be a significant addition, something like a location, several monsters, whatever you all want! Jump in the comments and tell us what book and what addition you want. We're gonna keep soliciting this information and then do a poll at the end of the campaign, so let us hear your ideas!

Stoked to give you everything we have and more. Thanks for making this such an incredible journey.

Yours across the plains of Midwesteros,

Jaron R. M. Johnson

And the Action Fiction Faction

To celebrate all the stretch goals we've been hitting lately, today I bring you Adventure Capitalism, a 1st level spell from the magic school of economancy. Don't just believe in your friends—invest in them!

Economancy is a school of magic unique to the world of Murka. The rising and falling of the magical market is beyond the understanding of the uninitiated, but to an economancer, it’s allegedly comprehensible. Economancers leverage the beauty of the buck, the effusive aspects of supply and demand, and the invisible strings which barely hold capitalism together, all to weave a system of magic so complex, many wizards—economancers included—argue whether or not it can be predicted with any accuracy, or whether it exists at all.

I am a big fan of the simplistic resource-driven nature of the spell, being a single invested re-roll resource that may or may not get spent. It also has some great roleplay potential, and would allow you to eek out an Aristocratic lifestyle with ease—something almost all economancers are wont to do, when they aren't out there adventuring.

With the school of economancy, we really wanted to play with a new kind of resource management, and create a school of magic that's all about exchanges. In addition to Adventure Capitalism, you'll find plenty of fun spells like Conjure Cash Cow and Shrinkflation.

And, of course, it wouldn't be a new school of magic if there weren't a wizard subclass specific to the school. But if you want that, you'll have to grab the books. Or I might come back and post the subclass just because I'm really excited about it, lmao. WHO KNOWS.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy Adventure Capitalism and the Magic School of Economancy.

Let us know what you think in the comments! As a reminder, this content is a work-in-progress, and we're looking for your feedback and playtesting. If you see any glaring issues, don't be shy about pointing them out!

Also, don't forget to let us know which subclasses, spells, items, or monsters you'd like to see us showcase! We'll be dropping sneak peaks from across all three books as the campaign continues. 

Cheers, and thanks for reading!

Jaron R. M. Johnson and the Action Fiction Faction 

WE HAVE ADDED NEW STRETCH GOALS! AHHHHHHH

After a quick trek back up the East Coast to Portaland, we've stepped through the eponymous portal and found ourselves on the West Coast of Murka. It's time for the Murkan equivalent of the Oregon Trail, but hopefully with less dysentary.

Thanks for sticking with us for this wild Murkan road trip. HERE WE GO!

Really happy about unlocking this because it's SUCH a nice touch. All standard-edition hardcover books will now get spot gloss UV. That means even if you didn't back at the fancy Deluxe tiers (why didn't you? Do you hate me? It's okay, I get it), your books will still be extremely high-quality, unbelievably beautiful, and fun to touch with your grubby little shiny-loving goblin grabbers.

Spot UV is essentially when a section of the book is raised and glossy, giving it a 3D sort of effect.

Y'all seemed very excited about our Hometown Heroes one shot, and we realize what Murka really needs is some more adventures to showcase some of the really awesome new mechanics we're making. While I can't cover the full details of this one shot until we unlock it, I can confirm that it will showcase one of our new alternative combat mechanics that we're currently polishing, and I think you're gonna LOVE it.

Welcome to the kitchen. Please don't mind the heat. We're cooking in here.

Yours across the plains of Midwesteros,

Jaron R. M. Johnson

And the Action Fiction Faction