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:
BackerKit Surveys
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 09:50:44 PM
BackerKit Update
Despite delays on processing payment from our bank's side, we've finally begun to send out surveys!
So far, 5% of backers will receive a survey via a smoke test and provided nothing is amiss, we'll send them out to everyone else later today. We'll be collecting addresses (if you ordered any physical products) and gathering info for certain reward tiers such as for commission information and such. We will wait a little longer until gathering any shipping fees, especially for Korean backers as we figure out the best way to deliver them their books. Ideally through a Korean domestic fulfillment company that has worked with crowdfunding.
Important Dates
2022
Locking Orders: December 1st and on.
2023
Playtest releases: sometime January. Due to sudden holiday plans among team members, we'll try to deliver on this around January. Regardless, we've been hard at work, and we do have something of an alpha version that can be found in our Discord channel as a preview.
Beta PDF release: July to August
Lock addresses: July to August
Final PDF release: August to September
Shipping: September to October
In the past few weeks, our team has been hard at work resuming progress on writing, art, and proofreading. I'm taking a half-vacation myself preparing playtest content! Everything's going well, it's just a matter of sharing content in a clean, presentable format.
Survey FAQs
If you'd like, you will have the option of upgrading your pledge tier in the survey! You can click "Switch your Pledge level" just beneath the "Get Started!" button.
For those who missed our Kickstarter, once again, our pre-order store is up: https://undyingcorruption.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
If your Kickstarter pledge was declined, you can opt in through your survey, which will arrive through by email.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or pop into our Discord channel!
Timeline: Countdown till Print
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 01:53:38 PM
Good afternoon!
Even after the Kickstarter, we find ourselves with no end of work, BUT! I can assure you that we're making excellent progress on making our deadlines. To keep you informed of what to expect and when, let's take a look at our estimated timeline till release:
Post Kickstarter Timeline (very rough estimates)
2022
BackerKitsurveys to be released: November 9th (we're waiting on funding from Kickstarter to go through so we can compensate BackerKit for their service to proceed)
Locking orders: December 1st and on
Playtest releases: sometime December
2023
BetaPDF release: July to August
Lock addresses: July to August
Final PDF release: August to September
Shipping: September to October
I'm erring on the side of caution to give us a degree of flexibility, but as promised, we'll deliver on November at the very, very latest. Right now, we're doing all we can to make sure we can put out a solid playtest document to both backers and folks who pick up the book later through pre-orders. Speaking of!
We hope to compile together our playable ancestries and archetypes, both 5e and PF2e versions, plus creature stat blocks from Tiers 1-4 in the upcoming documents. They'll also include some pieces of lore to help you situate your characters, magic items, andspells. Having data on how everything plays out in practice will really help us fine-tune our final product.
If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] or message us through Kickstarter! You can also join our Discord server here and interact with other TTRPG players!
Curtain Call! Thank you so much!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 11:57:24 PM
THANK YOU!!
With the support of all 1368 of you, we smashed through all stretch goals and achieved an outstanding goal of $89,704! We at Nine Heavens Press are beyond humbled for your support in making sure we can finish Undying Corruption in its most outstanding form. From this point on, we will be hard at work finishing the book along with the additional content made possible through your generosity as our investors.
Besides our wonderful team for all the enthusiasm and efforts to push the game in the final days, I'd like to extend special thanks to Zac of Plus Three Press, HTTPaladin, and my cousin Bundy Kim of Contingent99 for their guidance and experience both setting up and managing the campaign. With the dynamic nature of campaigns like this, their advice absolutely helped adapt to new situations.
In addition, we'd like to thank Josefiend and Stellaluna for organizing live one-shots of our sample chapters in the beginning days. You can find them over on Twitter and Twitch!
Final thanks to KUKIBOX, DCC Cafe, and the Laughing Goblin Cafe, game stores in Korea, for helping both print and distribute flyers to reach a Korean gaming audience. In particular, we'd like to thank Dan, 젤리빈, and Strofel for connecting us to the wider Korean player base and earning their trust through the past couple months.
What's Next?
Sometime next week, we'll put out a timeline of what to expect during the post-Kickstarter phase of our push to get these books printed. Though we have three separate groups running through our adventure, I think we'll need to enlist our backers to assist with playtesting, especially at Tiers 3 and 4 play. We'll also put out details regarding that and get content out at the right time.
We'll also be getting our pre-order shop ready, so if you've missed out on the Kickstarter, have no fear! You will still be able to get your early copy of Undying Corruption no problem.
Once again, thank you all so much for your incredible support, and we'll be sure to keep in touch as we progress toward completion.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected], hit us in the comments or messages, or join our Discord server:
Final 24 hours! Pathfinder 2e conversion cleared
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 05:31:40 PM
By Vanessa Wei
Good morning!
We’ve cleared 75K meaning we can start the process of converting Undying Corruption 5e into Pathfinder2e! Everyone who bought a digital or physical book through Kickstarter will be eligible to receive a free copy of the conversion PDF.
All that remains now is translating the book from English to Korean. As mentioned, everyone who purchased the book either in digital or physical form through Kickstarter will recieve the pdf for the Korean version. Please help us take this project back to our country where we’ve got our roots in!
Also not so fun fact, but my internet is down today of all days, so I’ll do my best to keep everyone updated through my phone if that’s what it takes!
Thank you all so much and I hope you have a wonderful day!
9 Hours Left: the final Stretch goal has been cleared!! Thank you everyone!
over 3 years ago
– Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 05:31:35 PM
And on the final day, with 9 hours remaining, the last stretch goal has been cleared!
We will begin translating Undying Corruption from English into Korean! Everyone who purchased the book in either PDF or physical format will be eligible to receive the Korean version for free! For those joining us after the Kickstarter campaign, we will figure out the best way to go about selling it. With the value of the Korean Won having depreciated as much as it has, I want to especially thank all Korean gamers who helped us reach this point. Thank you so much.
What's Next?
Well, we've cleared all the stretch goals, but your continued support will enable us to set a strong foundation for future creative endeavors. We've received a lot of questions about either combining the Player's Guide with the book or at the very least getting a softcover release going. We would absolutely look into making that possible knowing that the setting information there would make it easier for others to run their own homebrew campaigns.
With additional funds, we can continue to expand the lore of the world and commission our art team to continue creating wonderful new illustrations to depict other nations neighboring Danguk. We're also keen on illustrating more monster art especially the high level ones that your characters will contend with in Arc VI.
Alternate Cover by Alex Ahad
Speaking of which!
This is your last chance to get the limited edition hardcover book with the cover illustrated by creator of Skullgirls, Alex Ahad!! We won't be selling them on our Backerkit pre-order shop!
That said, there are a lot of things we'd still like to do and with your help, we can include more plans in the realm of possibility.
Once again, thank you all for your continued and generous support, and we promise to work hard from here till the next year to get this book out to print! In the meantime, let me take the liberty of posting some sketches our artists made to promote the project in its final hours:
