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Harper's Tale: A DnD 5e Adventure Path for heroes 1st thru 10th level

Created by Matt Corley

Harper's Tale is an epic story of sacrifice, perseverance, and redemption. The heroes will investigate, battle, and learn the true origins of the threat to their home. The adventure is based on an outline my daughter, Harper, and I wrote after coming home from the hospital after her first round of chemotherapy treatment for leukemia. All net proceeds from the crowdfunding campaign (including this BackerKit) will be donated to benefit Friends of Kids with Cancer to help others like Harper who are battling cancer. Joining Harper and I are an elite team of creators including: Jeff Stevens, Ben McFarland, Brian Suskind, Hannah Rose, Ashley Warren, Kienna Shaw, Bill Barnett, MT Black, Donathin Frye, Anna Landin, Gwendy B, Anna Meyer, Dyson Logos, Jessica Ross, and others! Kobold Press and Petersen Games also pitched in to us bring this to life. What is Harper's Tale? Harper’s Tale is a forest-based adventure path of 10 connected adventures culminating in the party, now 10th level, confronting the source of the plague within their home land. The adventure is intended for players as young as 10, but I promise players of all ages will find plenty to keep them engaged with the story. The adventure path starts in the village of Grove as the heroes come to a seemingly deserted village. Through exploration and investigation, they learn that a mysterious illness has taken over the town, leaving only two young women, Rose and Grace, to care for the populace. Their investigations take them under the town, and, in learning the source of the illness, they find themselves drawn into a much bigger plot by a mysterious force they know little about. What is clear is that the forest they call home is in danger, and the entity behind the illness of Grove has only just begun its foul machinations as evidenced by a sudden outbreak of madness in a neighboring town. A second outbreak is staved off by the heroes—surely they are best described as such after saving not one but two villages—and they find themselves traveling to see the arch-druid of the forest, Deng. The journey is arduous, but the clever adventurers comport themselves well, and learn much in their audience with the ancient druid, including the ingredients for fashioning a cure for the otherworldly contagion and, more importantly, the appropriate rites for harvesting the key components. Harvesting the cure is a greater challenge than the adventurers anticipated as they must deal with a cold war between the hidden powers of the forest in addition to gathering the ingredients in the dark recesses of the primordial wood. The adventure culminates in a confrontation with the creature whose machinations have been behind the debilitating disease wracking the forest. The heroes have learned much of their enemy, but have they learned all there is to know? How will they react when confronted with the source of so much pain and sorrow? Can it be defeated? Redeemed? Or will it win the day? There’s only one way to find out.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Sun Nov 3 '19 Announcement
over 4 years ago – Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 03:17:04 PM

A Hero for a Heroic Tale

Art is coming!

The above is an image from one of our Harper's Heroes backers. Not only are they an amazing person, but also an incredibly talented artist! This is just the first of the 8 pre-gens that will be included in Harper's Tale.

Highlights from the last few weeks!

Friends of Kids with Cancer have been given their first donation: $3,000!!! As expenses are paid and finalized additional funds will be disbursed to Friends of Kids. The final amount is looking to be close to triple that, and I've brought on an accountant to make sure we're doing everything we can to maximize the donation this year, and carry ourselves forward into 2020 with additional philanthropy.

87% of backers have already completed their surveys. This is incredible! If you haven't gotten your survey yet you have a few options. Check you Spam folder, or just use this link to get one:

https://harper-s-tale-an-adventure-path-for-dnd-5e.backerkit.com/

We are still taking orders via Backerkit if you know anyone who was unable to support the campaign during the IndieGoGo. The link for the BackerKit store is:

https://harper-s-tale-an-adventure-path-for-dnd-5e.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

More to come and a happy (belated) Halloween!

Thanks,

Matt, Harper, and Team

Fri Oct 25 '19 Announcement
over 4 years ago – Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 06:26:40 AM

TGIF!!

Very quick update:

I've sent out the rest of the surveys. Please check you inboxes and your spam folders, and respond as soon as you're able too.

If after checking your spam folder you don't have a survey please let me know and I'll resend it. You may want to add backerkit to your address book: [email protected]

Thanks!

Matt, Harper, and Team

Wed Oct 23 '19 Announcement
over 4 years ago – Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 04:25:50 PM

Backerkit has been set up, the store there is live, and I've sent out surveys to a random selection of 5% of backers. Please check you inboxes and your spam folders to see if you were one of the lucky few chosen by Backerkit.

If after checking your spam folder you don't have a survey that's ok! No need to touch base with me just yet. I'll be sending the over 500+ surveys out next week.

Project Update:

We are making incredible progress with the art (which is generally the slowest part of the process). Writing, editing, and so on are coming along nicely too. I feel very good about our times. I spoke to the folks at Friends of Kids with Cancer and they couldn't be more excited about this project!

More to come, including the final amount raised, in the following weeks.

Thanks!

Matt, Harper, and Team

 

Tue Oct 8 '19 Announcement
over 4 years ago – Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 04:10:17 PM

Harper's Heroes and Kids' Best Friend level backers please check your emails for next steps on your pledges.

Any questions at all just let me know. If you didn't get an email it may be in your spam folder, if it's not message me here and I'll get it to you ASAP.

Time to finish backing!

Thanks!

Matt

Mon Oct 7 '19 Announcement
over 4 years ago – Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 03:08:57 PM

Kind of says it all doesn't it? We are all going to be in Hawaii for the next week relaxing and having a great time. Everyone is so excited!

Since this is my last update for a while I wanted to let everyone know that we had over $850 in backer support on our final day and ended at $22,720. Wizards of the Coast sponsored a raffle at our Friendly Local Game Shop, Game Nite, and we the funds from that I expect us to be very close to $23,000! I will be providing finalized numbers as I have them.

My next steps are to email all of Harper's Heroes and Kid's Best Friends backers to gather information on how they'd like to their pledge realized in the book. I will also be emailing the folks that signed up for an Online Game with a Designer to begin that process. These emails will probably go out when we get back.

I will be sending out a survey via IGG for dedications and the name you'd like in the book. These tend to end up in spam folders, so be ready to check those down the road. These emails will go in a few months.

I will be posting updates here regularly and before any automated emails. If you ever have a question, comment, or concern just reach out and I'll get back to you asap.

Last but not least. The campaign will continue on BackerKit, and that will be set up towards the end of the month.

Thank you all for making this happen!

Aloha!