"It Came from the Cellar!" is the quintessential 1st level adventure featuring a tavern, cellar, dungeon, oozes, sewers, rats, centipedes, and giant ratipedes! (We have included additional combat tables if you would like to run this for players at level 2 or 3.)
In our quest to take the tropes of a level one adventure and turn it into something unique and exciting we have created a one of a kind adventure that is sure to challenge and excite your players.
Our adventures are easy to read, specially formatted, and use bullet points to help the GM pick out details quickly so the adventure can be ran at a glance. We include maps, combat cards, spell cards, item cards, and paper miniatures so you can spend less time prepping for your game session.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Backerkit Surveys are coming today! / Platinum Edition PDF Content
about 2 years ago
– Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 03:56:27 AM
BackerKit Surveys
Soon, you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s essential to respond to your survey as quickly as possible since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.
You do not need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. When you receive the survey invite email, click the survey link to respond. Provide shipping and purchase add-on items if you like. The survey link will be sent today via email!
After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts.
If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at the link below:
If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your crowdfunding account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address associated with your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://it-came-from-the-cellar.backerkit.com/faq.
After surveys are sent, if you did not receive the email, and you Signed in with Apple ID, your email address might be a private relay email address. We can help locate your survey and update your email address, please message us or post a comment with your Backer ID or Pledge # found on your confirmation. You can learn more about your email hiding for your Apple ID here.
Platinum Edition
If you have backed our past projects you might be wondering why we took a little longer releasing the digital content to this project. I decided that I wanted to make this Platinum Edition PDF really special. It has over 25% more content than the regular "It Came From the Cellar!" PDF! It includes a couple of art pages featuring sketch work from the talented artist Danh Tran, and myself. It also includes a new encounter, dungeon, and digital/vtt maps.
The Platinum Edition is included in the Platinum and Mithril Pledge tiers and it was only available during the Kickstarter campaign.
Preorder Store
If you did not back our project but would like to, we have a preorder store setup for a limited time! Click here: Preorder Store
Thank you so much for your support! We will lock surveys in a couple weeks and plan to ship all physical products in March. I will send an update prior to locking surveys and addresses so everyone has time to complete their survey, add on items, and make address changes if needed.
-Gabe
A few pages from the Platinum Edition Exclusive Content
Post Campaign Update
about 2 years ago
– Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 03:38:45 AM
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.
Thank you!
over 2 years ago
– Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 06:02:40 PM
Thank you + Next Steps
Thank you for making our project a reality! A few things need to happen before we can kick off production and fulfillment.
Here's a quick rundown:
First, Kickstarter needs to transfer over the funds so we have the money to make the rewards (this takes two weeks).
Second, we have to finish creating the stretch goal rewards, then get the Foundry VTT module made, finish printing the ratipede miniatures (half are printed), and submit the finished project to the printer for the softcover books. We will distribute the digital rewards in BackerKit and then we will put the physical rewards together and collect addresses of where we need to ship them. We’ll send out a BackerKit survey to collect this information in the first week or two of January 2024. We will also send out a time line of when you can expect the rewards. Those of you who have backed our past projects know we pride ourselves on delivering a quality product quickly and within the demands of our deadlines.
We’ll give you a heads-up before we send the survey so that you can watch for it. You don’t need to create a BackerKit account to answer your survey. The invitation email contains a link to your personal survey. It is important to submit your responses as quickly as you can since we need this information to process your rewards.
If you need to change your survey responses, purchase add-on items, or update your shipping information, you can click the link in your survey email again or request your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page. (This page will only start working after we send the surveys out.)
Answering your survey help us get your rewards out to you faster. BackerKit helps us save lots of time by streamlining the survey process, automating data organization, and providing us with pledge management software to make it easy to process your pledge reward shipments.
If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your crowdfunding account, the BackerKit survey link is sent to the email address you use for your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact me.
Again, thanks for all your support. We can’t wait to bring "It Came from the Cellar!" to your game table!
Tabletop Outfitter
2 Hours to go, 10th Stretch Goal Unlocked
over 2 years ago
– Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 04:15:30 PM
10th Stretch Goal: More Village Street Maps Unlocked!
Amazing! 4749% funded! 574 backers! 2 hours to go and I think we could hit another stretch goal! I am excited to add more village street maps to this project. Our maps come in grid, no grid, and day and night versions where applicable.
Stretch Goal #11: More Village Encounters with Maps
If we hit $7500 in the final 2 hours (a very real possibility) we will add more village encounters with maps expanding this project and making it our largest adventure yet! Available for all reward tiers.
Thank you for your support!
Gabe
Last Day and Stretch Goal #9 Unlocked!
over 2 years ago
– Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 03:52:38 PM
26 Hours Left
Hello, amazing backers! Thank you so much for coming along on this ride. Originally I did not intend to include a ratipede miniature or paper miniatures. As we put this project together I was brainstorming ideas that could make an adventure even easier to run for GMs. I myself use paper minis if I don't have the needed miniature or enough of a certain monster type. I thought it could be a great convenience to have all the paper miniatures you need for the combat encounters provided to you in this adventure. Then I thought, what if you already have printed and store bought miniatures and would rather have a giant ratipede miniature instead? Well, we could help with that too.
This model is fierce, (designed by Gabriel Spangler) and when it was pulled out during playtesting all of the players were in "shock and awe"! In fact, their first instinct was to run. Then they all commented on how awesome this miniature is.
Here is a giant ratipede model I painted with Army Painter Speed Paint. I followed the Speed Paints with some Citadel Wash (Nuln Oil) to make it dark and dirty!
Stretch Goal Unlocked: New Magic Item
As the minotaur army raized the village of Dawnfall, Dihlin Gubras, a wizard's apprentice worked night and day in the sewers of Duskfell to summon an army. His goal was to summon beasts to save Duskfell from the same fate of their sister city, Dawnfall.
Wary of his inept magic abilities he had carried the RatKing'sCoin, a magic copper coin that would allow him to escape a dire situation by teleporting him to a place within 300 feet that he has been before. But the coin has gone missing and along with it his hope of escaping the giant ratipede that now stalks the sewers and tunnels below the village.
Next Stretch Goal: Village Map Pack 2 I like having multiple map options for running encounters in urban areas. We hope to deliver that here with another set of village street maps. Available for all reward tiers.
