Beadle & Grimm have launched a new crowdfunding success. Their new project is Skullduggery, an urban fantasy supplement for the latest edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and it reached its initial funding goal in just 17 minutes.
The Skullduggery Kickstarter Campaign
According to the campaign page, Skullduggery is the newest project by Beadle & Grimm's Pandemonium Warehouse. As mentioned above, the supplement contains new city-themed character options. These include new subclasses, backgrounds, species, feats, spells and equipment, all designed for the Dungeons & Dragons 2024 ruleset.
Some of those subclasses reflect a grittier, darker tone from Dungeons & Dragons. The Path of Metamorphosis Barbarian amplifies their body with experimental alchemy. The Grim Reaper Patron Warlock lets casters make a literal deal with Death. The Circle of Vermin Druid provides one command of creatures that scurry in a city's cracks. The list goes on.
As for the new species, Skullduggery leans into the macabre and strange. The new Forsaken species is a mortal tainted by necrotic energies, existing in a state between life and death. Alternatively, there is the Mycelium, fungal plant creatures drawn to the city, searching for their wayward god.
Skullduggery also contains tools for DMs. It includes city establishment, organization rules, and a swath of prewritten locations, characters, and groups. These are vital for DMs wanting to run a campaign set in city streets and dubious alleyways. intrigue, deadly poison, and duplicitous guilds. In addition, the book contains a prewritten adventure, The Oppression of Blood, which will take players from levels 1-9.
This volume of content is not unexpected for Beadle & Grimm. The company has a reputation for creating bespoke, premium boxed versions of different fantasy campaigns like Curse of Strahd or Pathfinder's Absalom, City of Omens.
The pledge tiers for Skullduggery are as follows:
- Burnt Haze for $25: A PDF copy of the main book and all stretch goals
- VTT Bundle for $40: The adventure module, tokens, maps, Compendiums, and add-ons, all on Roll20
- Dagger for $45: A physical and digital copy of the main book and all stretch goals
- Blade & Book for $85: Everything in Dagger tier, your choice of a player or GM Journal, and an Eldritch Foundry Color Mini
- Sweet Sting for $90: Physical and Digital copies, a GM Screen, physical in-world handouts, and annotated GM maps
- Black Dragon for $190: Everything in Sweet Sting tier, a set of battle maps, NPC cards, item cards, a set of 3 Blade & Book tokens, and a bonus adventure. All of the above are contained in a Premium Edition box
- Night Market for $275: Everything in Black Dragon tier, an Eldritch Foundry color mini, a GM or Player Journal, sets of character dice, and a Beadle & Grimm Coin of Completion
- All In for $375: Everything in the Night Market Tier, all add-ons, all stretch goals, VTT bundle, and Founder Signatures
At the time of writing, the Skullduggery Kickstarter has raised $163,225, more than six times its initial funding goal of $25,000. The campaign ends September 19th.
