The Kingmakers Are Arriving!

Hello, our gracious benefactors it's Zoran here! The time has come to welcome our Kingmakers for our upcoming Patreon exclusive Pathfinder Second Edition Kingmaker Campaign Show! (whew that's a long one) A quick disclaimer though:

The Kingmaker Campaign we're doing is not sponsored by Paizo. But we still encourage you to support the adventure by purchasing it here. We get no kickbacks or anything from the link or your purchase. Be aware that we do have one ex-Paizo employee in the campaign and one currently still employed by Paizo. So please understand where any bias may come from.

Character Art by Saltyjub

In a previous update, we detailed our plan for the Kingmaker TTRPG show. With this post, I wanted to remind and update everyone on how we're handling it. But first...

What is Kingmaker?

Kingmaker is a TTRPG adventure path made by Paizo. Although it was first made for Pathfinder 1st Edition, then later made into a video game, we will be playing the Pathfinder Second Edition version with the Pathfinder Second Edition (Remastered) rules.

Kingmaker is the story of the rise of a new nation created by the player characters. To create this kingdom, the player characters will have to face many challenges within the Stolen Lands. A place filled with various dangers like Bandits, Ogres, Undead, and many more foes for our adventurers to overcome!

The world is not set within our own custom setting of Rotgrind, but in Pathfinder's world of Golarion. Our journeys will take us close to the border of Brevoy and the other River Kingdoms.

The overview of the Pathfinder map (this is an older map, but still useful for context)

(The River Kingdoms map. It's an older version but still good for reference)

(The land the party we'll eventually control, aka the Stolen lands)

(If I got the location wrong feel free to call me dumb in the community Discord)

What will the campaign be like?

You can get a good idea on how we'll act during the shows in our test sessions here.

Our focus is 1. Be entertaining & a fair bit of goofy 2. Create a fun & engaging story and 3. Be a good source to learn the game. With having fun being above all else... wouldn't that be like a 0. or?
The aim for this campaign is to create a fun narrative experience while also doing our best to get all the rules right for Pathfinder Second Edition. We're only human and we WILL get things wrong or forget things. It's natural in TTRPGs, and we'd like to set the expectation that we aim to try and be correct, but if it gets in the way of fun for the players then it's not a rule or execution we'll keep.

The structure for the show will be similar to our other productions. Due to it now being pre-recorded, several aspects like the campaign recaps and more will be tightened up. There will obviously be our fun banter and tomfoolery embedded deep in the game. But expect similar but slightly better production values compared to what our current productions bring.

Who is in the campaign?

Thurston Hillman as the Game Master

ZoranTheBear as Fell Marrow, Undead(Skeleton) Summoner

SaltyJub as Buchtvana, Human Dromaar Thaumaturge

Minerva as Arasne, Elf Frog Beastkin Sorcerer

Kabhaal as Geren, Fleshwarp Fighter

Froggyloch as Lalaoopsie, Leshy Rogue

Maddikus as Vinki, Halfling Wizard

Character sheets and more to be revealed in the future!

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We want YOU for our new nation!

We want to integrate you (our Patrons) into the campaign as our country's citizens! We will do this in a few ways:

• Letters to the Council!

We want you to submit letters to the ruling council to answer questions about the kingdom or issues you as the citizenry/military are having. Did Ogres eat your livestock? Is your mother in law invading your lands? What's the difference? Send in your concerns to the Kingdom!

• Ask the crew

Similar to our Q&A questions in the other shows, we want to move these to the credits and answer your questions about the characters & campaign!

• Join the Military!

Maybe you want to be a foot soldier and rise through the ranks? Well sign on up because we need so many of you stationed in completely remote areas that definitely won't be eaten by ogres. But of course, if the troops have to be deployed, we will roll and determine how many perish. And hopefully you will survive!

• And much more!

We're still brainstorming fun ways for you to interact with the party and story. A lot of these ideas will be implemented or come into full swing whenever the kingdom building portion starts in the campaign. So stay tuned for the Patreon Posts and instructions on how to participate!

What's the plan for the show's release & distribution?

This is a Patreon exclusive show. Meaning that there will be no free release to Youtube after 1 week like our other shows.

The current plan (if nothing goes wrong) is that the first episode will be released on YouTube for free at the end of April (aiming for April 30th). This will help advertise the show and introduce everyone to the concept. The second episode will be uploaded for Patrons close to the first episode.

Once those are up, we will stick to a consistent bi-weekly schedule, releasing new episodes every other Tuesday.

This show is pre-recorded, so there will be no live streams. We will also set up an audio version for our podcast listeners here on Patreon that will release along with the videos.

For now, we will have unlisted Youtube Videos be the host of the videos, just like how we've recently switched to. So it'll be an honor system for everyone here to not share the links. If it becomes a major problem for us, we'll revert back to the Patreon Video host.

As for stat blocks and art, we will not be distributing that content as it isn't within our legal rights to do so. We recommend you support the game by purchasing it here.

We do plan to create specific videos of us managing the kingdom and other crunchy material when able.

What Patreon Tier will the show be on?

The Kingmaker show will be on the Traveler($5USD) Tier after the first episode.

We may create Youtube shorts & highlights of the campaign as well to help let folks know about the campaign.

If anything changes with these distribution methods, we will let you know first!

Thank you all for sticking with us over these years. We're extremely excited to start this new adventure with all of you and conquer the Stolen Lands together.