Open Legend: Open-source RPG & Amaurea's Dawn Setting
Created by Open Legend - Seventh Sphere Publishing
Community-driven RPG for any genre & Amaurea's Dawn, a multi-genre campaign setting with legendary Matthew Mercer & Ed Greenwood!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
2021 February Status
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 11:04:31 AM
PDF Adventure Stretch Goals
Mid March
The Endless Dream (House Rhuviel Intro Adventure)
The Waking Dream (House Rhuviel Short Story)
Middle to End of Quarter 2
Fields of Harnerton (Full Length Medieval Horror Adventure set in Schlectenberg)
The Bad Deal (Schlectenberg Short Story)
Artists
Still looking for the right artist(s) and timelines for Fields of Harnerton and The Bad Deal. I'll be focus more on this after the last of the layout is done for the PDF in mid March.
Other Stretch Goals
Currently no real changes from what was posted last. The GMScreens look like I might be able to get some things started with printing (that is, layout and talking back and forth, full print run could take longer) by Quarter 2. Depending on how my time is taken up in March, I might get a few layouts done then and send them out to the community to see what they think, but most likely this will be in April.
Open Legend Outside of Stretch Goals
There are a few things in the works not related to the Kickstarter. I should have an official announcement on 1 project, maybe even 2, in March.
Besides having a supported character sheet on Roll20 for years, a community member recently made one for Foundry VTT as well. If you use it, be sure to give some feedback over on the Discord so they can develop and fine tune it some more!
Thank you
I look forward to hearing about all the adventures people go on using the Open Legend RPG system, and am excited for the future. Please continue to send out word of mouth about the system to others. The projects getting ready to be released soon should help provide more content, and the community continues to grow. Fresh perspectives can only help!
2021 January Status
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 01:06:11 PM
Massacre at Writhing Ridge
The House Valurien introductory adventure has been released to the ALL PDF STRETCH GOAL backers, and is available on the store now. I decided to add six pre-generated characters to aid in one shots and/or to give a look for inspiration.
Official Character Sheet
While putting those together, I realized just how long ago the official character sheet was made, and how it could use an update in what info is displayed as well as a facelift. I've started the process of getting someone with design experience to take a look and see what can be done to improve.
Stretch Goal Progress - Small Hiccup
PDF Adventures
While going through the layout process for The Endless Dream & The Waking Dream, I discovered that it was missing artwork I had previously thought to be done. It took looking through several chains of 2+ year old emails and searching through cloud storage. This is my fault for not checking earlier than now, and it will push the timeline I had originally hoped for. I am in the process of securing artist(s) for this now, as I want to continue with high quality products. All the editing is done, so it should be quick once an artist as been secured and the process started.
Updated estimate of timelines:
End of February (to mid March depending on availability of artist)
The Endless Dream (House Rhuviel Intro Adventure)
The Waking Dream (House Rhuviel Short Story)
End of April
Fields of Harnerton (Full Length Medieval Horror Adventure set in Schlectenberg)
The Bad Deal (Schlectenberg Short Story)
GM Screens
As a result of needing to pay for artists for the above adventures, the GM Screen may be pushed back a little later. I will be revising my budget plans for the first half of 2021 and seeing where it may be on track for.
Wallpapers and Advanced Mechanics
These are at the bottom of the list. I still want to get the Wallpapers out in the first few months of 2021, but they are not a priority compared to the rest.
Social Intrigue and Mass Combat will be worked on and play tested before being released. This will not be aggressively worked on until the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2021.
2021 is starting out good for sales, which means new people are continuing to find the system. I look forward to hearing about all the adventures people go on using the Open Legend RPG system, and am excited for the future. Please continue to send out word of mouth about the system to others.
December Update
over 3 years ago
– Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 12:13:29 AM
Example Stat Block for a Creature and an Item
Updated Cover with better Title Fonts of Massacre at Writhing Ridge
Massacre at Writhing Ridge
A few hiccups and delays have caused this to take a bit longer than expected. However, the ground work I've been doing in InDesign will make the next projects move along much faster. A lot of GREP magic, as well as better Style practices being used will make things smooth and easy to update or change as needed. The stat blocks, for example, I can just paste in text and it automatically bolds and italicizes text that needs it.
Also, an oops, it is Ridge, not Bridge for this adventure. I'm am finishing up the last touches to the layout, and may be able to get it out before midnight, if not it should be available on January 1st for backers to download. I wanted to stop to go ahead and push this update out before the afternoon turns to evening.
The playtests I have ran have gone well, as well as helping catch a few minor elements that needed adjusting.
General State of Seventh Sphere, LLC (Open Legend RPG)
Things are going well for Seventh Sphere, LLC as a whole. I've recently hired an editor who is going through the remaining projects that have not seen the touch of an editor yet. In addition I have a writer working on a project outside of the Kickstarter while the editor and I finish up the Stretch Goals adventures.
People are continuing to be interested in Open Legend RPG, and are purchases PDFs and Books. This is a good sign that the system is still alive and healthy: with the continued releases helping show there is still life in the system.
Stretch Goal Progress
PDF Adventures
This is a rough estimate of timelines, and in some cases the adventures might be released sooner, though hopefully not any later.
End of First Week of January
Massacre at Writhing Ridge (House Valurien Intro Adventure)
A Trick of Light (House Valurien Short Story)
End of January
The Endless Dream (House Rhuviel Intro Adventure)
The Waking Dream (House Rhuviel Short Story)
End of March
Fields of Harnerton (Full Length Medieval Horror Adventure set in Schlectenberg)
The Bad Deal (Schlectenberg Short Story)
GM Screens
I will be looking at this in more detail after I have finalized the paperwork for sales, expenses, and taxes. Depending on when I have breaks between layout and waiting on any editing or other work to come in, I will work on refreshing the layout of the GM Screen.
I will most likely proceed with this in 2 stages: Ordering the Screens then Shipping. That may sound obvious at first, but I am talking about when funding is available. When I can cover the costs of the Order, I will go ahead and place it so that process can start. This means the GM Screens may arrive before I can pay for all of the shipping costs. Once the funds for shipping are built up, I will then pay to ship them out.
Once the GM Screens are ordered, I will be sending emails out to all the backers that chose this option. This will be to confirm present mailing addresses. I will not ship any GM Screens to people that do not respond as I don't want to risk them going to wrong addresses.
I think this will be able to happen by the end of Quarter 1 of 2021, but that is an estimate and will only happen once the funds are available.
Wallpapers and Advanced Mechanics
These are at the bottom of the list. I still want to get the Wallpapers out in the first few months of 2021, but they are not a priority compared to the rest.
Social Intrigue and Mass Combat will be worked on and playtested before being released. This will probably not be aggressively worked on until the 2nd quarter of 2021.
Thank you
2020 has been... a year. I look forward to hearing about all the adventures people go on using the Open Legend RPG system, and am excited for the future. Please continue to send out word of mouth about the system to others.
November Update
over 3 years ago
– Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 12:38:44 AM
Massacre at Writhing Bridge Cover, a House Valurien Adventure
Stretch Goal Progress
Continuing to work on many things for Open Legend RPG, and the stretch goal PDFs are certainly part of that. There were a few hitches and hiccups this month, so I wasn't quite able to finish Massacre at Writhing Bridge. I should be able to finish it by the end of this week and the middle of next week at the latest. I will be doing a few mini-playtests for some of the encounters and offering those on the Discord to see how they feel to people. After that I'll be releasing it to Backer Kit and making it available on the store.
In a previous post I had called FieldsofHarnerton an "Intro Adventure", however it is more of a full length Adventure set in Schlectenberg.
PDF Adventures
Rough estimate of Progress:
85% Massacreat Writhing Bridge (House Valurien Adventure) with A Trick of Light (House Valurien/Schlectenberg Short story)
40% The Endless Dream (House Rhuviel Adventure) with The Waking Dream (House Rhuviel Short Story)
25% Fields of Harnerton (Full Length Medieval Horror Adventure set in Schlectenberg)
GM Screens
As mentioned, I have some quotes for these, and will be working on modifying the layout. How soon these will be printed depends on how sales and expenses continue through the end of the year and into the start of next year.
After I have redone the layout, I will make some posts so the PDF is available and feedback can be given before sending it to the printer.
Wallpapers
Still on the list, and planning to get these out before the end of 2020, and at the latest 1st quarter of 2021. I will include some Desktop Wallpapers, as well as some oriented for Phones.
Advanced Mechanics
These are at the bottom of the list currently. They will be worked on, and tested.
Social Intrigue
Mass Combat
Thank you
I continued to be excited for the future, and am looking forward to working with other creatives as more products are made for the Open Legend RPG system. Please continue to send out word of mouth about the system to others. There are some sales going on at the store, with offers for free shipping.
October Update
over 3 years ago
– Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 12:31:51 AM
Greetings Open Legion!
Progress is continuing, though a bit slower this month. Most of the work is organizing and communicating with other creatives.
GM Screens
I have gotten some updated quotes for GM Screens and this gives me more to plan around. The biggest delay in getting these printed will be the actual funds to do so, as well as the funds for shipping them. My hope is to have them towards the end of Q1 or Q2 of 2021.
The GM Screens are not as high of a priority compared to the addition Adventures. The main reason is that completing the adventures and having them for sale generates the income to be able to afford the GM Screens, as well as demonstrating continued products coming out of Seventh Sphere LLC for Open Legend RPG.
3 Adventures
My goal will be to have 2 of the adventures released before the end of the year, if not all 3. I'm confident I can get 1 completed in the month of November. With the upcoming holidays, there may be a delay due to interacting with others and what their workloads are.
Thank you
As always, thank you for your patience. Continue to spread the word of mouth about Open Legend RPG to help other discover it and so more great content can be made for the system!
