Battlezoo Ancestries: Year of Titans

Battlezoo Ancestries: Living Legends Kickstarter Live Now!
about 1 year ago – Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 09:41:50 AM

Special Edition of Roll For Combat Live! Today at 3 pm EST with Diana of the Rose

If D&D is to continue, it needs to appeal to the newest generation of players. Later today, we will sit down with Diana of the Rose to discuss how she got into D&D, what she loves about it, and what she sees for its future. 

Check it out today, March 11th, at 3 pm EST, and Diana, your questions LIVE!

Battlezoo Ancestries: Living Legends Kickstarter Live Now!

If you like angels, devils, werecreatures, and other legendary creatures as much as we do, check out Living Legends!

With Living Legends, you can become the legend with 14 jam-packed ancestries, including mechanics, feats, lore, and everything you need to build a rich character!

This book is absolutely packed with content for players, GMs, and people who just love reading about legendary species.

Inside Living Legends, you’ll find:

• 14 Playable Ancestries and Species: Play all sorts of creatures from myths, legends, and fantasy folklore, including ocular evil eyes, nautiloid cerebrophages, stony gargoyles, riddling sphinxes, towering giants, treelike arboreals, ferocious werecreatures, leonine and ophidian lamias, multifaceted swarmblood, scheming devils, multipart fusions, and celestial angels, as well as golemborn, constructs come to life, and psychopomps, the emissaries of death.
• Deep Lore: These ancestries aren’t monoliths! Learn about their society and culture, including multiple factions and societal groups for each ancestry.
• Hundreds of Feats: Customize your character in style and shape your character’s legend with plenty of feats for each ancestry.
• Digital Assets and Pathbuilder 2e File: All purchases receive a complete set of art and tokens to be used in any VTT or your other favorite online game, and Pathfinder 2e purchases receive a JSON file for Pathbuilder 2e to help build your character.
• Foundry VTT, Animated Tokens, Plastic Pawns, Plushies, and More: Become a legend in style with a premium Foundry VTT module for Pathfinder 2e and 5E, over a hundred physical plastic tokens, hundreds of animated digital tokens that work on nearly any VTT, psychopomp plushies, and much more!

This and more can be unlocked with stretch goals!

Oh yeah, and don't forget this tiny cutie is in the Kickstarter as well! And if you back in the first 72 hours, you'll also get a free velvet dice bag! Check it out now!

March to Battle with a Redcap Troop!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 11:02:30 AM

March is here, the month dedicated to Mars, the Roman god of war associated with the red planet, and redcaps are afoot, coming out of their ancient haunted castles with violence on the mind! Redcaps are one of the most battle-loving ancestries we've published so far, so if you're looking for a grumpy fey who gets into fights, dips their cap in blood, and just might know how to swear in every language, you'll want to check out redcaps right away. Author Mikhail Rekun really delivered a combination of quirky and dangerous that fits well for redcap lore, along with the greater fey legends across our other books.

As a reminder, the monthly pdfs are all on battlezoo.com now, rather than issued directly from backerkit digital downloads like they were in the first year. You'll be able to use a coupon for battlezoo.com and then receive all the pdfs there, with the exception of the Kickstarter-exclusive early access titans. 

So what do you think, and what redcap characters are you brewing up? Let me know in the comments below! 

~Mark Seifter, Roll for Combat Director of Game Design

Clarification on How Redemption Codes Work and Where to Find Your Monthly PDFs
about 1 year ago – Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 12:37:36 PM

Hey everyone, there is a little bit of confusion on how the battlezoo.com redemption codes work from BackerKit. Here is a general overview; if you have any questions, please post them in the comments:

• Redemption codes are only for digital products. This usually includes PDFs and Foundry VTT codes but can include animated tokens, digital maps, and similar items, but never hardcover books or physical items. All physical items are handled within BackerKit. When a physical item is ready or nearly ready to ship, you'll be notified and charged for shipping. Once your items have been shipped, you'll receive tracking information from BackerKit.
• Redemption codes can only be used ONCE on your Battlezoo.com account. If you receive an error stating that the code has already been redeemed, you have already used it in the past. You can check your downloads on battlezoo.com to see if you already have the PDF in your account, but once the code has been redeemed, there is no way or need to redeem the code again (i.e., you can't redeem a PDF more than once).
• If you see the same code in your BackerKit Digital Downloads more than once, you can ignore the "extra" codes. This sometimes happens if you order more than one book of the same type or if BackerKit gets confusing during the distribution process. If you see the exact same code in your Digital Downloads more than once, and you already redeemed the code, you don't need to worry about the extra codes.
• If you get the error message that the code has already been used, that means you used the code in the past. Don't worry—you aren't missing out on anything. We only release one PDF for each book version. There is no difference between the PDF, Hardcover, and Limited Edition Hardcover PDFs. They are all the same PDF.
• You will receive all PDFs and updates to your digital downloads via battlezoo.com. Once you redeem your code, you are basically set forever. Any and all updates will occur within your battlezoo.com account, and you should receive an email whenever an update occurs.
• You'll receive an email with your Foundry VTT unlock code. If you redeem your Foundry VTT redemption code at battlezoo.com you will usually be given a PDF with instructions on activating your Foundry VTT unlock code. However, the code itself will be emailed to you. The code will appear in your email within 5 minutes of receiving the PDF instructions. If you don't get your Foundry VTT unlock code, search your email for "SendOwl Downloads <[email protected]>" and you should find it. If not, send us an email, and we'll send you your code manually.

Hopefully, that clarifies how the codes work. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them below!

~ Stephen Glicker
Roll For Combat, Publisher

Let It Snow: It's February and Snowsouls Are Here!
about 1 year ago – Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 08:46:15 AM

Hi everyone!

I don't know about you, but I've had a weirdly snowy January. Despite a few warmer days, we still have the last bit of snow left from a snowstorm that happened four weeks ago. Exactly the way snowsouls like it! 

I'm excited to bring you snowsouls today, and I hope you'll take a look and tell me what you think! Snowsouls have a lot of options allowing them to freeze themselves, lowering their movement speed, in exchange for different benefits. This is tied into the ancestry lore about the culture of snowsouls high society training young snowsouls to freeze their hearts and hide their emotions. Will you suppress yourself and keep your cool or let the blizzard within you run wild and free? The choice is yours! 

Let me know in the comments what ideas you have for snowsoul characters!

~Mark Seifter, Roll for Combat Director of Game Design

VIP Digital Maps & Timing Clarified
about 1 year ago – Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 01:46:43 PM

There was a small mistake in the last post. The "VIP Themed Battle Maps for Year of Titans" should be added to your BackerKit add-ons, but they have not been released yet.

Here is the process:

• You have to fill out and complete your BackerKit survey. It is during the BackerKit survey process that you should see the "VIP Themed Battle Maps for Year of Titans"
• After the survey is completed, the surveys are to be "locked down" starting tomorrow.
• In addition to being locked down, anyone who has outstanding charges on their account will be charged the outstanding balance.
• Emails will be sent to all backers who have completed the above steps with instructions on how to receive their pledge items. These will be found in the Digital Downloads section of BackerKit and won't start to go out until tomorrow at the soonest.

As always, if you have any questions please let me know, thanks.

~ Stephen Glicker
Roll For Combat, Publisher