Dungeon Scribe's Magical Oddities: Item Tome for D&D 5e.

October: Micro Update!
about 1 month ago – Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 07:09:55 PM

Apologies. This update was originally intended as a mid-September update, but complications pushed their release into early October. There’s a short breakdown below, along with some better news.

PDF:

The newest updated files are now available under Digital Downloads. I wish I could call these the entire Final Files, but we aren’t quite there.

During the recent page updates and background replacements, I accidentally saved over several section files and lost their most current versions. The past few weeks have been focused on rapidly rebuilding those sections. That work is going well, but unfortunately my error cost us some time.

Updated and included: 330 of 416 pages.

• Cover/Inner Page
  Item List / Random Table
• Magic Items
• Feats & Spell
• The Trio
• Glossary

Sections Currently Being Rebuilt:

• Credits / Table of Contents / Intro
• Bestiary
• Boons / Curiosities
• Mini-Adventures

These sections are being fast-tracked through layout and assembly.

Decks

The decks are still in their final state, with reference numbers accurately matching the updatedItem List / Random Tables.

Next Update — 2 Weeks

Over the next two weeks, I’ll be re-inputting the changes to the missing sections and exporting them into the Draft Folder (Digital Downloads > Beta). I’ll add comments to this update as those sections are completed so you can follow the progress.

At the end of these two weeks, I’ll be back with another update. I’ll also have an updated production timeline from the printer at that time. They remain confident that printing will be completed and the project will be ship-bound before the end of the year.

Thank you for bearing with me, it’s getting there.

Be Safe and Keep Playing,

• Hos (Dungeon Scribe)

July: Pacing Update!
4 months ago – Sun, Jul 26, 2026 at 09:05:38 PM

Greetings All! 

It’s been a solid progress month, updates on current pacing below.

TL;DR: New deck files are available. Additional releases dates are below.

Digital Files - Decks:

The final printer files have been updated for both the Printable & Large Format deck files for Deck 1-5 & Decks 6-7. These files are now available through Backerkit Digital Downloads.

These include several minor updates to art, formatting, icons, and positioning, and now represent the production files. 

Deck 8 & 9 require a few additional prep changes and will be available tomorrow after implementation. I simply ran out of time while processing this today’s update, but I will upload ASAP. 

Deck 10 requires larger implementation changes and will be following shortly after processing the files for the printer is priority, they share a deadline cap with book files.

These represent the locked production version of the cards that have been sent to the printer. Any future changes to these decks will be digital-only and will most likely be limited to infographic tweaks on the introduction.

The Pinned Comment will be updated when Decks 8-9 & 10 are processed.

Digital Files - Book:

As always, this has the most moving parts. Several errors have been identified, and I’m diving back into the files once again. Numerous tweaks and changes are underway with an update after a quality review.

The plan is to deliver the updated files to the printer by August 10th. Backers will be getting render files close to the same day. Though I would like to piecemeal out sections beforehand.

VTT Progression:

Final Files have now been handed over for VTT processing on 2 of 4 platforms. The final platforms should receive its files within 2 weeks after the remaining prep changes are completed. 

I'll share additional progress updates as each platform ingests the files. Once each investor completes their reviews, we’ll have a more accurate release timelines to share. 

Additional Release - Further Info: 

Please check the pinned comment below for smaller release updates, file cadence and confirmations as the additional files become available via Backerkit. 

For example, there will be a pinned comment for when Deck 8 & 9 go live tomorrow.

Be Safe and Keep Playing!

• Hos (Dungeon Scribe)

Mid - June Update: Final Timeline
5 months ago – Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 10:18:57 AM

Greetings All! 

Back with a Mid-June update. I wanted to apologize first for the silence. I had to take some time.

Update:

Almost immediately after the March update, I was knocked down by sickness again, shocking I know. For those keeping track that was a major bout of sickness close to every 3 weeks. Those bouts of illness kept throwing off timelines, and pushing through it was getting harder and harder with longer recovery times. Long story short, I needed to sort some things out.

Stress has always been hard for me, and compounded by unhealthy habits I had to make a change. Since recovering in March, I started sleeping more than 4 hours a day consistently, for the first time in over 4 years, and adjusted my lifestyle to a healthier pace.

The changes have been dramatic, and in no uncertain terms life changing. They have also led to me purposefully disconnecting more to keep from falling back into those old habits. This isn’t an excuse, just a coping mechanism to help me manage the end of the project which is well in sight. While sleeping more has led to working less, development has never stopped.

Final Timeline:

The following are grouped by month over specific dates.

July:

• Delivery of Final Digital Files 
• Ingestion for VTT

August:

• Print Production

September / October: 

• Print Production Concludes
• Packaging & Staging
• Sea Freight 
• Lock Addresses
• Shipping Charges
• Fulfillment Centers: Arrival & Sorting

November:

• Fulfillment Shipping to You
• VTT Deliverables Begin

December: 

• Wrapping Final Shipments
• Post Campaign Deliverables

All in All:

I’ve been quiet and will likely continue to be so with minor updates as things move through production. I wish I was farther ahead but making sure I’m here to finish is more important. The timeline is final, and has a cushion built in to accommodate the life changes. 

Be Safe, and Keep Playing! 
- Hos (Dungeon Scribe)

PS: 

On a personal note, please take care of yourselves. 
It’s easy to lose the thread sometimes. Pushing because you can only see the negative or fear of letting people down, only gets so far. Small steps are better than no steps at all.

Mid-March Update
8 months ago – Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 01:39:04 AM

Greetings All! 

Back with a Mid-March update! Apologies for the odd hour, the end of February was a rough one and I’ve been catching back up. I had been shuffling through a fever for a few weeks there. On the days it was lower I was still able to work in a reduced capacity and this week was a fire drill catch up.
 
Decks:
The latest samples flagged a number of small but wide scope changes - which I plowed through last week and this weekend.

• Text ‘Squish’ Reduction
• Spacing Issue (Border & Text Proximity)
• Minor Icon Swapping (Muddled)
• Minor Effect Name Scaling (Sub Items)

Those files are now back out for the final PPC (Print Production Copy) with any flagged changes being carried over to the book this week. These changes all in all affected roughly 366 rears cards, with a much heavier slant towards the later decks.

This week all of those changes will be re-uploaded to reflect those final changes on the Digital side.

Book:
The fever cost me on my drawing schedule, I owe the remaining full illustration items, and a handful of smaller illustrations to wrap the book for PPC. I was managing about 1.5 a day, before the fever and the deck correction turn-arounds, so I’m hoping to wrap them in early April to keep chasing the production dates.

Fingers crossed but I’ve been making some good progress now that I can focus again. New file uploads coming shortly for 2.06 once I get the decks fully rendered for upload.

Production Timeline:
Late night conversations with Production have been fruitful.

They are humming along with packaging and odds and ends while I prep wrapping the Deck Samples and prepping the Final Book Layout.

Dice Issues:
Hoping for a positive update after the next sampling, the last post CNY Batch was botched in the molding process. They are trying again for a new sample ASAP.

Additional Note:

Every backer  should have access to Beta PDF through Digital Downloads on Backerkit, it’s the full (minus: Add-on Only) Backer list. If you aren’t seeing the digital download available, please check the following:
- Projects > Select Project > View Order > Digital Downloads Button > Select Files

If you don’t see anything there, you are one of the remaining 160: Incomplete Surveys or Unlocked Orders.

• Incomplete Survey: Please complete your Survey.
• Unlocked Orders: These 48 should see that their addresses are locked today.
• Charge Pre-Orders: These 27 won’t be charged until we pass to shipping. I try to do these task in swatches and I get nervous doing them with low sleep.

All-In-All: 
Slow in some places but strides in others, it’s getting there. The progress is giving me a lot of hope for the conclusion.

Be Safe, and Keep Playing!
- Hos (Dungeon Scribe)

Feb 2026: Micro Update & Latest PDFs
9 months ago – Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 12:01:16 PM

Greetings All! 

Back a brief update during the continual heads-down push over here. Please expect a more robust update by the end of the month.

Rolling PDF Releases: 

Following the weekly releases of 2.01 through 2.03, 2.03-5 went live today and includes some additional updated renders across the sections. Following that, below is a broadcast of the next file share for later this week, expected on Thursday PM/Friday AM.

Beta 2.04: 

The latest file release, this will include a Deck Update.
Items: Bulk Lift (Art Additions + Formatting)
- The additional added items/art might break the formatting. If so, this will be resolved in 2.05 next week.
The Trio: Near Final
- Scribe: Formatted Statblock + Additional info
- Possible Spread + Intro post 2.05
Bestiary: Update (Art + Blurbs)
- Finalizing blurbs/statblock placement
- Rolling updates on Art from Sketch to Lineart Render.
Optional Content: Mini Adventures 1.01 + Oddities 1.01
- This format has been fighting me,  if not prepped for public release with 2.04 it will land in 2.05 next week.
Art: Sketches / Filler Placement / Lineart
- All Remaining hours go towards developing the sketch placeholders to final art.
Decks:
- Several minor updates, including Sketches/Art + Item Details swaps across Decks 7-10. 

Sampling/Production: 

More news to follow post CNY. Some elements are exactly where they need to be, while some are still struggling in the process. They should even out after they return to office from the break.

TLDR; All in All:

Roughly on track, heads down to ensure it stays that way. Please feel free to check out the latest PDF shares if you are curious about progress. Each pass gets us closer to the final details of release look and print final.

As always, be safe and keep playing.
- Hos (Dungeon Scribe)