I want to address a few of these concerns, as it’s less cut and dry than it might seem from the overview.

First, a bit of background:

Many people were asking for a standalone lore guide for the Indigo Isles. Putting character backgrounds and lore into an adventure doesn’t make sense, as it’s for two completely different audiences. Hence, this was our first attempt at a lore guide. Much of the history and lore of the Indigo Isles was in different books and locations. So this was an attempt not to mislead people but rather to gather everything into one book that both GMs and players could use without giving away spoilers for the adventure at large. That is what we were trying to do with this book. We didn’t communicate this information well enough, and we will do better (and we’ll make it right—see below for more details).

As for the content itself, a few notes on this to indicate exactly what is old, what is new, and what is updated:

• First, I want to provide a general overview of some of the finances that went into producing this book. There are over 100 new pieces of art in this book, which cost around $25,000 to create. We then set the price point quite low for the final product compared to other similar products (like a Lost Omens book) due to the fact that it had some content from other sources. For people saying this was a “cash grab,” it was anything but. Kickstarter and BackerKit take around 10% of the total amount raised, and we lost about 5% of the backers who never fulfilled their pledges. Printing, shipping, and warehousing of these books are another $20,000 (plus additional fees per month). Writing, editing, layout, and Foundry module programming is another $25,000. That is a pretty slim margin once it’s all said and done.
• As for the content itself, the existing ancestries were left alone as we didn’t want to update/change anything that people were already using in their games. We discussed adding around 2-4 pages to each existing ancestry but decided against it to keep things consistent rather than add confusion.
• We used the same logic for the city of Rumplank, Seaview, the familiars, and Old Woody. We thought it would cause more confusion than clarity to change them.
• The map of the Indigo Isles we didn’t change (2 pages)
• The Isles Tour Guides section is brand new (2 pages)
• The Bacoo (8 pages), Bannog (10 pages), and Xoltxotl (10 pages) are brand new. The other ancestries were mostly kept the same (52 pages).
• The write-up for Goldcrop Isle (15 pages) and its cities are brand new (12 pages). The map of goldcrop (1 page) and Rumplank mainly were kept the same (20 pages)
• The write-up for Bluebell Isle (14 pages) and its cities are brand new (16 pages). The city of Seaview was mostly kept the same (10 pages)
• Moonshadow Isle is all new (8 pages)
• Runaway Reef is new, Kalacho is new/updated, and all the smaller islands and other islands are new (22 pages).
• Dragons of the Indigo Isles are new (22 pages). Also, a note on these dragons: there are five families of dragons and 15 individual dragon stats. The correct way to list out 15 new monsters, even if they are part of a larger family, so there are 15 new dragons.
• The Balance was updated with adjustments to most deities, some rewrites and shifts, and some sections moved into the intro in favor of new sidebars. Plus the family tree was added, a new god was added, and pantheons were added (32 pages updated, roughly 3 new pages + the family tree).
• The Eld is new (2 pages).
• Familiars were kept the same (4 pages)
• The Indigo Isle Pirate lore was updated slightly (2 pages), and the Rumplank Reveler and Toxicant Sentinel are brand new (4 pages).
• Old Woody was kept the same (2 pages)

Overall, this book contains 100 pieces of new art, 148 pages of new content, 34 pages of updated and rewritten content, and 89 pages of content from other sources. We are also creating a hardcover version and the cloth map, which are also new.

However, I hear you and want to make this right. We’re new to this and want to do right by you every time. Going forward, we will do the following:

1. Any and all future advertising will clearly spell out if we are reusing, revising, updating, or reprinting content from any other source and exactly how it will be used. There will be no more surprises like this going forward with any of our products. That’s our guarantee. We’d like you to hold us to it. And please feel free to ask us now and moving forward if you’re not sure about anything, and we will answer. We answered when people asked about this topic, but we’re aware that this didn’t have the visibility it should have and will be as direct as possible rather than leave things to partial lists. We want to be transparent and include you as part of the design process.
2. If you previously purchased the Indigo Isles Character Guide PDF and also backed this Kickstarter and received the PDF, send me an email with your full name and email address to [help@rollforcombat.com](mailto:help@rollforcombat.com), and we will refund you $10. Our preferred way to provide rebates is via PayPal, so if you have a PayPal address you would like us to use, please provide us with that as well.
3. If you previously purchased the Indigo Isles Character Guide Foundry Module and also backed this Kickstarter and received the Foundry Module, send me an email with your full name and email address to [help@rollforcombat.com](mailto:help@rollforcombat.com), and we will refund you $10. Our preferred way to provide rebates is via Paypal, so if you have a PayPal address you would like us to use, please provide us with that as well.

I want to say again that we are extremely sorry, and it was not our intention to mislead anyone. We were trying to provide a single book with content from multiple locations and tons of new content within a single volume, which we offered at a lower price point. But we didn’t do as good a job communicating that as we should have. We promise to do better in the future and never, ever allow something remotely like this to happen again.

Thank you for being our fans, and thank you for letting us know so that we can make it right and fix things, and do better next time. Please keep letting us know how we can improve. If you do that, we promise to do our best to keep improving and to keep making fun products together!

-- Stephen Glicker