Created by Fabled Adventurers Extraordinaire Games
D&D 5E High-level play for low-level parties, starring Mechanus
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Delivery on its way!
17 days ago
– Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 06:33:32 AM
As promised, version 1.0 of the PDF is available and surveys are on their way to you. Please let us know if there are any issues with the adventure that we can fix and we'll send a new version. While the adventure is playtested and tuned, there's always the possibility of a mistake, so don't hesitate to create the optimal adventure with us.
As previously mentioned the delivery will be done through BackerKit. Below you can find more information about the delivery, timelines, and tips for first-time users.
When do I get my PDFs?
Today we'll send out a smoke test to 5% of the backers. If everything goes okay, the rest will follow with 48 hours.
What do I have to do to get my PDFs?
You will receive a mail from BackerKit (likely titled "Response Needed — Get your reward ..."). This contains a link to the pledge manager. You complete a few questions and you'll be able to download your PDFs immediately.
My credit card payment failed!
You can settle any outstanding balance in BackerKit and still get your rewards.
Contact us through Kickstarter/BackerKit or directly at [email protected].
A simple guide to BackerKit
Here's a short guide to using this useful tool (lovingly stolen from Tainted Grail TTRPG):
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PLEDGE ITEMS: On the right, you can find all the items already included in your order. 2
KICKSTARTER ADD-ONS: If you got add-ons on Kickstarter, you'll find them right beneath, with the [ADDED ON KICKSTARTER] tag. The price for these add-ons is just a reminder, you already paid for them on Kickstarter. If any add-on requires you to choose your edition, you will be able to do so as soon as you click the “Next” button on the Add-ons page. 3
ADD-ONS: The main area shows all the add-ons available. If you backed the catch-up bundle or PDF collection you will only see PDFs that aren't in the bundle, so it's possible that this section is empty. 4
SEARCH: Use the list of categories and the search bar to browse the add-ons you are interested in. 5
CREDIT: If you qualify for credit, for example thanks to the loyalty program, you will find it as “Complimentary Credit” under the “Pledged Amount”. 6
BALANCE: Finally, in the lower-right corner, you can see your shipping fees and the amount that will be charged to your account.
Thank you all, we're having the best time!
about 1 month ago
– Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 02:07:17 PM
As creators, there’s nothing quite like the satisfaction of watching a campaign unfold like clockwork. The start was a little slow, but the excitement of our fans was overwhelming in January. Thank you for all for backing! Now you all of course want to know what's next, so without further ado...
The timeline to after the campaign
The following steps will happen so you all will get your PDFs:
Kickstarter will process all payments. This can take up to 2 weeks depending on failed cards and other processing.
After this we can set up BackerKit for fulfilment. If your card failed on Kickstarter you can still get your pledge fixed on BackerKit!
Late January/Early February BackerKit goes live, notifying you all via the e-mail you provided on Kickstarter.
You fill in a short survey and you will get your PDFs
These PDFs will remain available forever via BackerKit. In case you lose them or need to download them again, you can do that there.
Time stopped: GOT-2512
about 1 month ago
– Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 01:16:07 PM
Another big driver of this adventure is of course the cause of it all: Our gear errant, GOT-2512.
GOT-2512, the gear errant
GOT-2512, nicknamed GOT, is a Gear of Time, one of the thousands of semi-sentient gears in the Great Time Machines governing time across the multiverse. By a tiny spark of chaos in an endless plane of lawfulness GOT-2512 obtained a greater consciousness than other gears and with that consciousness grew a longing. A longing to experience more than being a tiny piece in the great machine. And so it plotted its escape from Zeta-3.
It influenced the mindless crew around to create a replacement gear. It simply needed some maintenance, it whispered to them. As soon as they took GOT-2512 out it escaped into the multiverse. It traveled for a short time until it felt called to a place on the material plane. Mapitter would build a great machine that brings happiness and joy. A feeling unlike anything it could experience forging the endless passage of time. Through cunning it let itself fall into the hands of Mapitter and with it the greatest toy making machine was created.
While it looks like a simple gear it has great control over time and constructs around it. If it feels threatened, it will reverse time and get out of danger. It can negate attacks against it, though even a gear of time has its limits. It has no extremities, but can command nearby, non-sentient constructs to do its bidding. It's not without reason that the forces of Mechanus send one of its most capable agents after it...
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Best wishes and to a wonderful time
about 2 months ago
– Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 10:38:09 AM
First of all best wishes for 2025 with many joyful gaming hours. We crossed the 200% funded mark yesterday and it's high time for another update.
Today we'd like to talk about one of the main characters in the one-shot. Retriever-11 is the construct that the forces of Mechanus have sent to track and apprehend GOT-2512, aka the Gear of Time.
It has a singular focus to capture the gear and stops at nothing to restore the order of Mechanus. With an unerring sense of its quarry and the ability to travel across planes it was only a matter of time before Retriever-11 showed up at the toy shop. When the gear escapes after a short struggle it will employ the party to help capture it. In return the players will receive a very interesting item from Mechanus' vaults; a Temporal Helix.
Retriever-11 has powerful abilities both in and out of combat that can help the party survive the frozen wastes of Zeta-3, but ultimately will need their help just as much to reach the end.
Retriever-11
Fully funded + Retriever-11 reveal!
2 months ago
– Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 07:29:59 AM
With everyone frozen in their homes it took a little longer than other episodes, but now also A Gear Errant is a success! Thank you very much for your support and we'll keeping revealing interesting aspect of this adventure to make sure many will follow your shining example.
Have lovely Christmas with all your favorite games and favorite gamers!
Retriever-11
When the party arrives in the village of Kairos kids are already stacked up way outside of the toyshop to see Mapitter's latest invention. By using one of the adventure seeds in the one-shot the party will be enticed to push past the horde of kids and take a look at the wonder machine. After a short demo though, a tall & looming stranger will enter the shop, scaring away all the children.
The 7-feet tall mechanical giant explains that he needs to inspect the machine, because a gear of time is probably the driving force of the incredible capabilities of the machine. Not taking no for an answer, he will explain one more time that keeping the machine here will cause the entire multiverse to ultimately freeze over as more great time machines will start to fail.
Equipped with excellent weapons to capture any errant agents of Mechanus, the Retriever-class automatons are also capable of great speed and do sense their quarry anywhere on the same plane. They're mostly self-sufficient and can repair up to medium damage itself before needing to return to Mechanus for repairs.
Retriever-11 by Merel Schouten
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