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:
June 2024: Full PDF Release
5 months ago
– Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 03:23:54 PM
The full PDF release of Arc 6: Heavens: Those Who Wail is out! All Arcs 1-6 have been released through BackerKit. A corrected version of the Player's Guide has also been released. We've been spending the month doing more thorough corrections based on reviews sent to us by fans. Our aim is to make sure the printed copy is as close to perfect as it can possibly be. If anyone notices anything else, please let us know by 7/01 which is when we will send the PDFs to be printed.
It is finally happening. Thank you very much for all of your patience and support. We know that this update is coming out late, but we've been using that time to perfect our final draft.
The hardcover books will take 3 weeks or so to finish printing based on our printer's estimates. After which, the books will be shipped over to our partnered fulfillment companies who will take charge of delivering the books and merch to everyone.
We're on the final leg of this. After we send out the PDFs to print, we'll continue work on the Pathfinder 2e release.
To be perfectly forward, we're spacing out our resources to make sure that we can focus on our priorities and compensate our partners. We're close to exhausting the funds that we've received through Kickstarter, so everything after printing will be funded out of pocket. Still, we're almost ready to do the fun work of again spreading the word of our printed book, and I do intend to fulfill the promises laid out in our campaign.
All of that said, we're extremely grateful for all your support and encouragement as we reach this milestone. It still feels a little unreal, to have published a book and this big a one at that, but I'm humbled by the fact that there's still so much to do. We're excited to hear from you!
May 2024 Update (1.5): New Korean PDF + translator notes
6 months ago
– Sun, May 12, 2024 at 01:03:36 PM
Hello everyone,
Just wanted to fill you guys in: we readjusted the Korean PDF so you should only be able to read one page at a time. In addition, we included our translator's notes to help clarify or add context for certain translation decisions. They've been compiled together into a zip file and sent out through BackerKit to both backers and preorder supporters.
That's all, I hope you're all having a fantastic Mother's Day!
May 2024 Update! Arc 5 and Korean Player's Guide out and other updates
7 months ago
– Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 06:50:49 PM
Hello all! Arc 5: Wood: Our Radiant Revolution is finally out and we're almost at the finish line. The party finally makes it to the capital city of Danguk, Asadal, where they will confront the masterminds behind the Black Stake incidents. Once Arc 6 is out next month, we will immediately make contact with our printer.
In addition! The Korean translation for the Player's Guide is complete and committed to layout! PDFs have been sent out to all Kickstarter backers. We're working on translating Arc 1 so it'll follow when we have it available. Thank you so much for all your patience.
The acrylic minis are due to be manufactured starting next week! We've come to an arrangement with our partners. It took some time, but we wanted to make sure that the minis were totally fit for in-person play. I have it in good authority that they conform 100% with size standards for miniatures.
Also! We have a number of new creatures to share with you on our Patreon. In the last couple weeks, we uploaded a printable mini and statblock of our Pipefox conversion from PF2e. We also have a totally homebrew monster, the Apgolmaja, a mummy that includes the sarcophagus! We have a lot of exciting updates coming up such as lore and subclasses that I'm eager to play with, so please, consider supporting us to help fund our future projects.
The final episodes of Arc 2 of Transplanar's The Chaos Protocol are almost out! We've got some exciting monsters to share with our partnership with GM Connie and her table. Please do check out the show on Saturday, 8PM Eastern!
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to comment here, catch us on social media, or email us at [email protected]! You can also join our Discord server where I'll be talking more about my design process as I work on new playable material for 5e and PF2e.
April Update: Arc 4 out
8 months ago
– Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 04:27:11 PM
By MLarty
Hello everyone, here we are coming at you with April's update! Arc 4 has been sent to everyone's email through Backerkit. Like before, do contact us if you haven't gotten them or you need help with the download. In this segment, the player characters are traversing through the industrial city of Gungnae in the cold north, about to run into whole nests of curse-imbued dragons.
With Arc 4 out, we're 2 arcs away from finalizing the PDF to send out to the printers. Hopefully we can get the ball rolling on that June and July. Merchandise is underway, I'm having healthy discussions with a company that specializes in acrylic minis specifically meant for TTRPG play.
The Patreon is as lively as ever. We just posted our 5e conversion of PF2e's Skulltaker, a CR 18 undead monster that assimilates the bones of its victims into its body. Big fan of wind chimes, this one. He only appears at higher elevation of mountains, preying on lost travelers. I'm thinking also of revamping our output depending on what people would want to see, maybe include more subclasses based on Eastern culture and mythology. Definitely going to expand into doing more UC-based lore. We're open to any suggestions!
Other than that, everything is moving smoothly at a reasonable pace that we can muster based on our individual life circumstances.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to email [email protected], join our Discord server, or simply comment/DM us on Kickstarter!
March Update: Arc 3, Updated Player's Guide
9 months ago
– Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 06:14:27 PM
Hello all!
Happy March, hope you're all healthy and well. We've sent out Arc 3 out of 6 to your emails through BackerKit! If there are any issues regarding that, please let me know.
It's been a busy month for me and the layout team already, but we're finally back and moving at our regular pace. We don't expect Arc 4 to come out later than it should around the end of April. In addition, we've taken this opportunity to incorporate any comments and criticism we received into the Player's Guide. For example, weapons and spells have been moved to the Player's Guide for easier access for players.
Korean Translation Progress
The Player's Guide is almost complete! At well around over 30K words, there was a lot to go through and a lot of culturally sensitive terminology to research, so we thank you for your patience. We'll do our best to make sure this gets out properly.
We're still working on PF2e and Cloudbreaker Alliance content of course, but our priority at present is to ensure that the foundational English-language 5e version is released and sent to print. This thorough multi-step review process is ultimately helping to make our book and adaptations of it as strong as it can possibly be, so I'd like to thank my team for all their hard work and due diligence there.
Altogether, we are continuing our pace to get the completed digital file sent over to the printers around May or June, with one arc released each month.
Our Patreon is still up and running! To share with you a little of what we're doing, here's another sample of one of our first releases: Tan the bomber chef Dokkaebi!
We put out an update last week with an original Gumiho Cleric of the Hearth NPC statblock and printable mini design. There's a lot of intentional synergy between the Undying Corruption adventure and the converted monster and NPC designs we put out, particularly with the expansion of Valiant Actions. I'm hoping to branch further into expanded lore too shortly!
Paid GMing Update
I have a new part time job with an irregular schedule, so I may not be able to run my paid gmed games as consistently as I would've liked to. BUT I would be very happy to still open up some tables, particularly on Sunday or such if you'll have me! Happy to maintain flexibility and discuss what's in the realm of possibility.
Our Season of Ghosts game just got its first player KO! Fighting against a mushroom man and catching a bad bug in the middle of a fight, our poor Magus was consumed by the fungus. Still, we're working on figuring out how to return him to the campaign, certainly in a different form than before.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reply to this update, contact me privately, reach us at [email protected], or simply join our growing Discord community!
