Bones Kickstarter #3 Discussion

[gmpathfinder]

Are the new townsfolk digital sculpts? 

[Talae]

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The more additions to the core i want duplicates of, the more i consider going double-core.

I was tempted last time and ended up picking one up after things shipped second hand at a slight mark-up. I am very tempted to just order two the first time, this go around. It will be dependent on how much gets unlocked, though. Opportunity cost and all that.

[Brennor]

 

 

Story:

 

 

I wrote out the opening to the Story for the maps. 

This story Ends at precisely the moment the first KS map begins.

 

It's awful, being that I am not a great writer, but I had fun and I hope you do too.

 

 

THE SEARCH FOR MR. BONES

It had been a long night. As the sun began to rise to the east, across the Forlorn Mountains at the edge of the world, Mrs. Bones locked the front door to the manor and hung her golden sword over the mantle. Mr. Bones propped his scythe against the wall and kicked off his boots. The graveyard was silent now, and the ferry service was closed for the day. After sunset the spirits would need to be quieted again and Mrs. Bones would go on patrol, and Mr. Bones would go to work for Mr. Charon but for now, they could rest in each other’s arms.

 

Mr. Bones pulled the curtain closed just as the first rays of the morning sun hit the opposite wall, and he crawled into bed beside his beloved Ulna. Dim, warm light from the gaps in the drapes filled the room as they drifted off to sleep, cold beneath their scarlet covers. The lights in their eyes dimmed, and the only sounds to be heard were the occasional rattle of their gentle breathing. Hours passed.

 

A dark shadow passed over the bed, blotting out all light. A great din erupted as the great window shattered, the glass ripping the heavy scarlet damask curtains into tatters. Shards of glass and crimson cloth filled the air and the shadow covered the bed in darkness that was palpable, not just blocking the light but absorbing it. Ulna jumped up, searching the chaos to find her husband, but she could see nothing in the blackness, feeling only the glass against her cheekbones and something soft drifting through the air.

 

The shadow receded and as light returned Ulna tried to make sense of the scene. Glass was everywhere, mixed with bright red streaks, and tufts of fluff floated through the air. The sun bathed the room in intense hot light, overwhelming her. The bed was ripped asunder. Giant rends streaked through the black-swan-down filled mattress, black streaks through rivers of crimson.

 

What she could not see was her dear Vomer. Her eyes flared red as she reached into her bed stand to grab a strength potion. Taking a quick second to grab her cloak to protect her from the hateful sun and a small pack, she ran down the hall to follow the trail of the thing that stole her husband. She knew she’d need her weapons, so she couldn’t leap foolishly out the window after them. She ran down the hall, emerging into a disused chamber with empty bookshelves and discarded bones - they’d always wanted to make a child, but their careers kept them both pretty busy.

 

An armored warrior burst through the doorway, brandishing a laughably small knife. For over two centuries Ulna had patrolled the cemetery at World’s Edge, this human warrior was no match. Ulna stopped, adjusted her cloak, and waved the soldier on. He paused briefly, not expecting his target to be so calm, but seeing she was unarmed, he grew emboldened. He lunged towards her, thrusting his dagger towards her grinning face. She extended her left leg, sweeping his ankle out from under him. As he hit the ground, she dropped, planting her knee across the back of his neck. She reached out and twisted the knife from his hand, flipped it across her palm, and thrust it into his back.

 

He did not scream or twitch. His head twisted around, and as he spoke his lips and eyes turned black. “You’ll never defeat us all. You will fall before us, and your power will be ours. Vomer Bones is already lost. You have already lost.†The words dissolved into unintelligible burbles and bubbles as the soldier dissolved into a gooey pool of black. That was no human, but whatever it was was the same dark shadow-stuff that had invaded their room and stolen her husband.

 

Standing, Mrs. Bones held the new dagger before her, straightened her shirt, and blew her bangs out of her eyes. The soldier could not have been more wrong. She would not lose...

 

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We got jumped and lost a life! At least Bonehenge gave us a diamond.

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Mrs. Bones got all ogre smash and started kicking corpses all over the place!

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New map! Outdoors & line of sight. Looks like we get an extra life at 1 million plus a helmet instead of a hat.

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... and outside!

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Haven't seen this done yet.

More townsfolk! Fantastic sculpts. I really like the blacksmith.

 

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[lowlylowlycook]

Haha.  I bet that before Reaper's first kickstarter when the Bones line consisted of, like, 10 scupts. no one at Reaper would have imagined  eventually making both an undead and a townsfolk halfling in plastic.  If you think about it, it's almost insane.

 

Insanely awesome!

[Jessie]

Thank you Brennor!

[Last Knight]

Anyone wanna wager that our next revealed stretch goal will be an optional buy-in for the cart?

[Talae]

Anyone wanna wager that our next revealed stretch goal will be an optional buy-in for the cart?

I am kind of hoping for something big, but not a dragon to appease those that say they have enough of such things. I don't really understand having enough of most any miniature that I don't already own. To me there is just priority based on available funds.

 

AFAIK we don't have a hint for the next reveal yet.

[Disciple of Sakura]

Got a ways to go for the next reveal. I'm hoping for something suitably awesome. At the moment, I'm pledged at $140, and how much higher I can get will depend on if my eBay auctions for the Bones II mobs I didn't want sell for much of anything or not. I took the time to paint 'em, but I'm not really a Bugbear or Gnoll using DM, so I figured I'd put them up there for folks who could use some reasonably well painted minis. So far, both auctions are covering the retail cost of individual minis plus a little more, but I'm not going to complain if they go up higher before it's over...

 

I like the townsfolk. Not something I would have considered getting just a few years ago, but my campaigns have wound up with a great many encounters in towns ever since I ran Kingmaker a couple years ago, so some extras would be good. Ideally, I'd rather have some who aren't with so many stationary props like the blacksmith and brewer, but looked more like generic peasants going about their business, but I still very much like the look of these. The Core is starting to become more and more attractive, that's for sure.

[Jessie]

Anyone wanna wager that our next revealed stretch goal will be an optional buy-in for the cart?

 

I would certainly like it! But I'm too pessimistic to hope!

 

 

 

Anyone wanna wager that our next revealed stretch goal will be an optional buy-in for the cart?

I am kind of hoping for something big, but not a dragon to appease those that say they have enough of such things. I don't really understand having enough of most any miniature that I don't already own. To me there is just priority based on available funds.

 

Okay, but then I better not find any posts from you stating you aren't in on the core because you already have 'enough' heroes 

[Talae]

 

 

Anyone wanna wager that our next revealed stretch goal will be an optional buy-in for the cart?

I am kind of hoping for something big, but not a dragon to appease those that say they have enough of such things. I don't really understand having enough of most any miniature that I don't already own. To me there is just priority based on available funds.

 

Okay, but then I better not find any posts from you stating you aren't in on the core because you already have 'enough' heroes 

 

Not I. I am too much of an addict for a comment like that. I will most likely be very close to one of everything with a number of duplicates (maybe even of the Core) once done with the pledge manager...

[Limey72]

The next reveal will be a buy up as reaper said they are alternating, when the expansion upgrade becomes available it will be released with a non expansion SG for those that are not interested in the ex pack, if I read it correctly. Now on the core set too upper right is that a samurai or western style knight I am on my phone and when I zoom it pixilates

[Hibou]

I really like the racially varied undead as well as townspeople.  The dwarf with the keg will look great hanging out with my drunken Bugman from GW.

[Talae]

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[Jessie]

The next reveal will be a buy up as reaper said they are alternating, when the expansion upgrade becomes available it will be released with a non expansion SG for those that are not interested in the ex pack, if I read it correctly. Now on the core set too upper right is that a samurai or western style knight I am on my phone and when I zoom it pixilates

 

It's this guy: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Warlord/sku-down/14147

 

Looks western style to me.

[Darcstaar]

I am curious if people tend to add things to their pledge when they are revealed or when they are achieved. I realize this may be anecdotal and skewed due to only asking forum members, but which do you do?

Once revealed usually, for me.

But I dropped the bonus earlier to help unlock the next goal. Now, I won't have to bump my pledge for a few days.