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Undying Corruption: A Korean 5e Adventure

Created by Nine Heavens Press

The mud of pure malice pollutes the wetlands of the Yuhwa Province and the people of Eunsan grow restless and scared as possessions and undead mischief become commonplace. Undying Corruption will take your characters from lvls 1 to 20 as ordinary shamans and exorcists of the Black Bear Clan restoring order between the physical world and the spiritual. What appears like a local issue becomes far grander as your journey takes you across the entirety of the Korean mythology-inspired country of Danguk, uncovering the dark conspiracy at the root of the challenges you must face.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

December 2024: Canadian backers, additional fees from UPS
16 days ago – Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 06:56:15 PM

Hi everyone,

It has come to my attention that UPS charged an additional fee onto our Canadian backers in spite of the delivery cost that we had initially already collected. This was only made aware to me recently as a number of people DMed me about the issue. Unhappy as I am about UPS and my being left oblivious to this whole process, it's on us to make things right.

I'm happy to reimburse everyone for the $10 paid. Had I known UPS just passed the charge along, I wouldn't have bothered. Refunds will be made, you can expect them to return to your account within 3-5-ish days.

This might be the best way to handle the matter, but let me know if you have any further suggestions on how to make this right. DM me or email me at [email protected]. Thank you very much.

December 2024 Update: Delivery Update, Holiday Sale, Clarifications
24 days ago – Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 02:50:09 PM

Hello and happy Indigenous People's Day or Thanksgiving!

NA deliveries have been 80% sent out. For Europe and elsewhere, the fulfillment company says they'll send everything out sometime next week or so, once they send me my official invoice. Everything will draw to a close no later than December.

I'm seeing that a lot of people got their book and please do send me pics of 'em! They absolutely make my day.

We've finalized all payments with regards to the fulfillment companies. If anyone would still like to pay their shipping cost for an order, I'm happy to handle it personally. We still have a number of extra books and merchandise we manufactured.

Holiday Sale

Now that payments have been resolved for now, we can re-initiate our holiday sale! Everything on BackerKit, DriveThruRPG, and our webstore is on sale!

Acrylic Stand Situation

So we wanted to clarify the matter again. Back some months ago, I believe I mentioned that the manufacturers that we attempted to partner with went into radio silence while we were working things out. Unfortunately, we couldn't find anyone to properly manufacture the stands to playable specifications. Working within the standardized sizes of regular miniatures narrowed the amount of people who could offer services like this drastically.

To those who are disappointed to find it missing from the order, I apologize and I'd like to make it right. To those that ordered the stands as an add-on, I'm happy to send you merchandise that would equal up to the value of the acrylic stands ($30). That means I'm happy to send anyone additional softcover books, enamel pins, or stickers if they'd like. Just reach out to me and we can work something reasonable out.

Otherwise, I'll make a spreadsheet and include everyone who should have received their stands as part of their Kickstarter tier reward or as an add-on. It'll be marked as credit for any future campaign we make. For example, I'm happy to upgrade anyone's backer tier for any next future project that we crowdfund. 

So again, I apologize for the disappointment and I'm happy to work things out with you personally to make things right.

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Shipping Update: North America and Europe; Korean Arc 1 is out
about 2 months ago – Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 06:50:57 PM

Hello everyone! 

I'm happy to report that the fulfillment company for North America and Europe I'm partnered with is getting ready to ship off books and other merchandise to folks. Most of you have been sent emails with final notices for adjustments to addresses. Please also do pay your shipping fees as we are finally ready to collect those!

Once we've collected shipping payments from everyone, I will restart our Holiday Sale

I've done a new merchandise run for our Kickstarter items and they're back up for sale. Books and PDFs are 20% off and prints, stickers, and pins are 10% off. We'll also extend the sale based on the number of days we'll need to resolve fulfillment.

Korean translation Arc 1

Arc 1's translation is out! Thank you for your patience. You can access it with your BackerKit downloads. 

Oh, regarding shipping to Korea from here on, good news:

한국 내 배송비는 할인해드립니다!!

Look forward to new updates shortly! 

November 2024: Shipping Updates
about 2 months ago – Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 03:55:11 PM

Hello everyone! We're heading into the holidays and I've got shipping updates for everyone.

North America

I've just been told that the fulfillment company we're partnered with can begin sending out books come November. They're finishing their obligations for other projects and can devote their attention to Undying Corruption after. We'll start collecting shipping fees soon after. Once I make final confirmation on fees, I'll start collecting.

UK, EU, Asia

We're taking the first steps to start sending out books. I'll collect shipping fees after the weekend once I input the proper prices and tax amounts into BackerKit. Please update your address and payment methods in BackerKit if necessary. The fees should be up and pending for your final confirmation as well. I hope to start charging come the next workweek.

South Korea

I believe shipping has completed. Thank you everyone for your support. Some of you still haven't finished your survey, so if you'd like your book, please complete that and pay the shipping fee!

If you'd still like to order a book, I can send it out to you personally with a lower shipping fee!

Korean Translation

We've had some rounds of revisions between the layout artist and translator, but Arc 1 should be out very shortly. Translating the table of contents in advance took a bit of extra time. Please look forward to the release very soon.

Pathfinder 2e Conversion

Arc 1 is out through BackerKit! We're hoping to continue releasing these conversions as soon as we can compensate for layout. We hope that you enjoy playing through Undying Corruption in Pathfinder!

As War of the Immortals comes out, I'm pondering how to incorporate mythic rules maybe. It's probably too late now since we've released our Player's Guide already, but those mythic rules are definitely useful for latter parts of the game!

Personal Business

In other news, writing for the second book has reached a very good point. We're looking to get some critical key art finished and then we can put out previews. I'm hoping to put out a playtest document to tease it to a wider audience, so look forward to that.

We have a new website up! 

If you have any comments or questions, please reply here, DM me, or contact us at [email protected]. You can also join us in our Discord server below!

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October 2024: Quick Update
3 months ago – Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 07:29:02 AM

Hello, I hope you’re all doing well as the weather finally cools off! 

Short update this time as we expect to put up another soon.

US and UK Shipping

The books have arrived at port! We experienced some delays due to port congestion, but the logistics company for Seattle has finally contacted me with the proper paperwork. I’ll be in touch with the fulfillment companies soon as we get more updates on the situation. 

But things are in motion. You can expect to be charged for shipping soon, which I will update on the matter here with specifics.

Korea shipping

Shipping in Korea is almost complete! The last batch I’m hearing is due to be sent out. I will charge everyone who received a physical book $8 to help with both shipping and covering labor for fulfillment costs through BackerKit shortly. 


Korean translation and PF2e

We’re committing both versions of Arc 1 to layout presently. There’s a bit of work we found that was necessary, but I think we can expect to get both of them out sometime October. 

There might be a lull in between as we get the funding situation sorted, especially as we begin shipping, but of course we’ll be doing our best to work on our deliverables. Right now, we’re beginning a new project that I’m hoping would enable us to get funding a little faster all at once. 

Thank you all once again for your patience and support! Please stay tuned as we receive more updates on shipping. If you have any questions, please comment or reach us out at [email protected].