IMPORTANT: Tier Updates & Poll: New Tier Names

Hi everyone,

This is an announcement about the upcoming changes to the tier rewards that take effect at the turn of the month at the latest. Sorry about the short notice, there was some unexpected turn when planning these changes.  

I will be rolling out some of the changes already during this month as soon as I get archives, permissions, etc. set up and updated. The rest of the changes will be implemented and tiers updated on the 1st of June 2022.  

In summary: 

• The Explorer tier will have access to assets and Foundry VTT modules.
• The Adventurer tier will have Moulinette Cloud access, Dungeondraft asset packs, and print-ready PDFs added to the rewards
• The Hero tier will have limited Commercial Use rights and access to tokens, access to assets and tokens on Moulinette Cloud's Foundry VTT interface, bonus releases, collaborative content, and early access to any experimental stuff (like tokens at the moment). 
• Tier titles are likely going to be updated to something with a clearer hierarchy. 

No actions are required from you if you are happy with the changes. 

I’m going to publish a video explaining all the tiers around the turn of the month.

Poll: New Tier Names

While the current tier titles might be clear to some of you, especially long-time patrons, I think there is sometimes confusion about the order of the tiers and I’d like to make this more obvious and I would like to update the tier titles into something that is more unambiguous in their order and/or content included.

As a side note, clarifying the archives and making content and information easier to find is high up on my priority list and will be looked into during June-July. 

I added the current titles and three other options as the new tier titles in the poll. Please vote for the option that you would see as the clearest to you. 

Tier Updates

It’s been a while since I have revised my tier rewards more thoroughly and a lot has changed since. I have added new content and features, like vehicle tokens, Dungeondraft assets, and Moulinette integration, over time, and by default, I have usually added them to the Hero tier.

Now that I have been a full-time cartographer for almost a year I have a better understanding of what’s taking the most effort and time. On the other hand, I have spent time clarifying my own goals and the purpose of doing this work. Lately, I’ve felt that all these — the effort spent and the value I want to provide you —  are not all aligned. This is my main reason to do this update now.

Below there is a brief list explaining the new rewards. These are still subject to change and some minor tweaks here and there might take place. Some of the listed rewards are coming soon or implemented, but going through some tweaks still. 

Currently, all tiers are going to get something extra.  The only exceptions are the current bonus content and tokens (character and vehicle) which are moving from Adventurer to Hero tier. The reason for this is that this type of content has proven to come with some extra effort and/or cost to me.

So far, the so-called bonus content has been by and large experimental or collaborative content and there is so far only one pack of vehicle assets (which will remain at Adventurer tier, but further releases will be at Hero tier). Upcoming character tokens I would not be able to do without the help of Pauliina.  Collaborative content always takes some extra organization and planning to do and coordinate with the other creator(s).

$5 Tier (Current Explorer) 

Basic maps & assets.

• Map packs (gridded and gridless, includes basic variants)
• Basic Asset Pack (200+ PNG assets, a limited selection of assets, updated 2-4 times per year.)

$10 Tier (Current Adventurer)

Maps with variants, assets packs, Dungeondraft support, and maps for Foundry VTT.

• Map packs (gridded and gridless, includes basic variants)
• Unpropped and extra variants (when available)
• Print-ready PDF maps
• Foundry Map Modules 
• Moulinette Scenes (Access scenes through Moulinette on Foundry VTT)
• Monthly Asset Packs (PNG) and access to the full asset library
• Dungeondraft Custom Assets (full catalog)

$15 Tier (Current Hero)

As previous + Full Foundry VTT and Moulinette support, extra content, and limited commercial use license.

• Map packs (gridded and gridless, includes basic variants)
• Unpropped and extra variants  (when available)
• Monthly Asset Packs (PNG) and access to the full asset library
• Dungeondraft asset packs (full catalog)
• All Foundry Modules (unlimited backlog of maps, assets, and tokens)
• Moulinette Scenes, Tokens, and Tiles (Access scenes, assets, and tokens through Moulinette on Foundry VTT)
• Character and Vehicle Tokens (PNG)
• Collaboration content (adventures, music tracks, illustrations, etc.) 
• Limited commercial use (Streamers and Pro GMs, and RPG content creators with up to $10K USD revenue per year; only maps with limitations, details TBA)
• Bonus & remastered maps (not guaranteed monthly content)
• Experimental content (not guaranteed monthly content, could include animated maps, STL files, animated tokens, etc.)
• Dungeondraft source files (upcoming content, not guaranteed)
• Dropbox access (access and download all available map packs through Dropbox)
• DrivethruRPG access (under investigation)

Higher tiers (current Legendary, Immortal, Epic)

There are still under revision and they will be focused on the commercial use of my content.

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Please let me know in the comments if there are any questions or if I can help otherwise. 

Thanks! 

- Miska