The Griffon's Saddlebag: Books Three and Four are coming September 1st!
Follow the campaign here!
Hey everyone! Thank you all so much for your continued support while I work hard on these books and rewards ahead of this two-book campaign. These books consolidate the last four years' worth of content (November '21– October '25) and pack them full of great additional art and satisfying page designs. While current items are made to accommodate both 5 and 5.5 content, the items from these books will have an additional revision pass made to them to make sure that all items and content have that same consideration made for them.
So, in Books Three and Four, you have:
Nearly 1,000 magic items
48 playtested subclasses (4 per core class, 2 per book)
3 playable races/species
28 campaign-agnostic settings (and well over a hundred new statblocks to accompany them)
Extra Rewards
Ledger Plus Access Codes: Look forward to digital integration of the books with your support using the Saddlebag's custom and convenient compendium, The Ledger+. Your pledge will allow you to access these items and search, sort, and save them on the fly across your devices, and even create curated loot tables with your collections!
Item Reference Cards: Easily track and reference your magical treasure with item cards for these new books, as well as fresh reprints of older ones! This release recollects and packages these cards into all-included boxes, which features a delightful Saddlebag physical design and a built-in index inside the integrated magnetic lid!
NEW! Card Box Bonuses: New with this release are bonus accessories per box of cards, which are based on the box's associated book! That means that your Book One cards will have different rewards than those from Book Four's box! Inside each box you'll find:
4 postcards featuring new art from the book's various settings
1 enameled pin
1 iron-on patch
1 high quality sticker
NEW in Print—Griffons of the Multiverse: The digital-only and acclaimed griffon bestiary from the second book's Kickstarter is coming to print: with even more griffons! This exclusive reward comes for free to those who pledge for both the new books and their associated cards! Thank you so much for your support!
Keep Going! Back Skellies October 1st
The Saddlebag's premiere no-stakes and undead RPG, Skellies, lands on Backerkit immediately after the campaign for Books Three and Four comes to a close! Play as a skeleton in a lich's thrall and use your Bones, Brains, and Goofs to make your undeath as fun as possible! It's free!
If you've trusted me with your D&D games, thank you: I hope you can find it within you to extend that trust just a little further and check out Skellies—it's free, and you can read (and play!) it right now. The rules themselves can fit on the inside cover, but its capacity for hijinks and laughter extends as far as your imagination. It's delightfully simple, endlessly tongue-in-cheek (despite the fact that skeletons have neither), and offers a great on-the-fly pickup game whenever someone calls off for game night—better yet, follow up a dramatic TPK to reprise those same characters as skeletons! I hope you enjoy it!
Follow the Skellies pre-launch page here!
See you in September!
Regardless of where you place your support, thank you for being here. This work is an honor and privilege, and I do it as a love song for both you and the rest of the RPG community. Thank you so much for letting me to keep making this.
See you in September, and make sure to follow along with the campaign!
Keep on adventuring, and thank you for your support!
-g
Comments (17)
*Insert Futurama Fry Meme here*
super duper excited, plus proficiency bonus
"Plus my proficiency bonus" is such a funny thing to say after a sentence for emphasis!
Been waiting for this announcement
Omg yay!!! Will there be an option to get the goodies (sticker pin and patch) as a previous backer of the first two books and card boxes? Id love the goodies but dont need a second set of book 1 and 2 card boxes :)
That's a great point! I *bet* I could do a cardless bundle of the accessories. No guarantees, but I'll investigate!
Any plans to add alternate covers like for the first two books? Would love to add them to the library when dndbeyond adds em!
Alternate covers for sure! And I'd love it if DDB wanted these, too :)
I hope you include extras like the faction banners again, I’d like to round out my RPG room with some more decor
Accessories are more limited this time around! I overextended myself with them last time (to my detriment). All the accessories are included in the card boxes, so you can get everything with a single order!
Excitement!
Is there a chance these will be coming to D&D Beyond as well?
That's up to them—I haven't gotten a confirmation or anything, but I have the connection with them now that, hopefully, it's *likely*
The return of the king
Will there be the option to "up"pledge by also purchasing books 1 and 2 in physical copies?
For sure!
Omg best news of the month. Can’t wait!!!
