Q. Do You Ship Outside the US?

A. Absolutely! Kickstarter allows per-tier shipping adjustments, so just tell KS where you live when making a pledge, and it should show you the adjusted cost automatically. Other platforms may work differently. If we can’t do that for some reason, we’ll have both US and International Reward Tiers for most physical book Reward Tiers, and if a pledge doesn’t specify either US or International, that means it is designed for everybody.

Q. Will This Book Be Available In Stores?

A. Maybe! See the campaign’s front page for details. Formerly, books were available only via those wise and industrious Retailers who took advantage of our Retailer Reward Tiers and pledged for copies during a campaign would have physical copies at hand. With our more recent campaigns, we’re taking our first steps at getting our products into a retail space in a more traditional manner, via partnerships with Indie Press Revolution and Studio 2 Publishing.

In any case, the PDF and physical print-on-demand (PoD) versions will be available on DriveThruRPG.com, though, some time after the KS is over.

Q. Will I Be Able to Pledge When the Campaign is Over?

A. A short time (approximately a month) following a crowdfunding campaign, we open up a BackerKit for the project, and you may be able to continue to preorder for some period after the campaign ends. Although please note that preorders via BackerKit may not have all the benefits available to the campaign’s backers.

Q. How Does Onyx Path Know The Add-Ons For Which I’ve Manually Added Money?

A. This used to be a greater concern, but more platforms (including Kickstarter) now have some built-in support for Add-Ons. In any case, we will send backers the official BackerKit some time after the campaign is over, and there will be spaces that allow you to indicate which Add-ons you… added on.

Q. How Do You Get The Name (or Group of Names) I’d Like Used in the Credits?

A. After we hit the end-date and the campaign closes, we’re able to send out a survey to all backers and one of the questions on that survey will be what name(s) you want in the credits.

Q. Will I Get My Rewards Before the General Public?

A. We’ve generally tried to deliver the electronic/PDF Rewards to backers before releasing them for sale on DriveThruRPG.com. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, we’ve toyed with that formula, trying to get a copy of the book into as many hands as possible as soon as possible (i.e. the PDF goes out first). We continue to refine our methodologies.

The PoD versions of the project will be available as soon as we can bring them together after the PDFs are released, and the same goes for the crowdfunded version. We won’t hold off offering the project PoD until the crowdfunded version is shipped to backers, or hold off shipping the crowdfunded version to wait for the project PoD. The various factors that go into creating, or that could delay, either of those two kinds of books need to be dealt with separately.

Q. Do I Have to Add a Stretch Goal to my Reward Tier in Order to Get It Once Its Goal Amount is Reached?

Unless specified, a PDF or other electronic Stretch Goal reward will be sent to any backer who pledged to a tier that includes a PDF of the crowdfunded project. That includes any Reward Tier that includes a physical (deluxe or prestige) copy of the project. You don’t have to do anything to receive your PDF Stretch Goal reward if you pledged to those Reward Tiers.