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ARCADIA 6!
🕑 Added 2021-07-28 18:00:04 +0000 UTCHello patrons!
It is I, James Introcaso, here to present ARCADIA 6. Check out that mind-bending cover by Nephelomancer. It is the stuff dreams (and some nightmares) are made of. Definitely Grade A ARCADIA awesome.
Inside ARCADIA 6:
The Grim Accord by Michael E. Shea
This article gives you four evil adventurer NPCs you can drop right into your game. These mercenaries make perfect rivals for your heroes and fight for gold and each other. Heavens help the party that crosses the Accord. Zuzanna Wuzyk illustrated each of these merciless mercenaries.
The Armor of Zevellon by Gabe Hicks
Gabe, who wrote “Titan Heart” in ARCADIA 1, returns with fantastic magic items! Each piece of this suit of magic plate armor gives the wearer incredible power. Collect them all to unleash the armor’s full power … and a fiendish surprise. Plus a short adventure for 6th-level characters is included in the article. MCDM staff artist Grace Cheung drew the art in this article.
Spelunking! by H.H. Carlan
This adventure sends 4th-level characters cave-diving to find a group of missing teens and face dangers unleashed by an ancient crystal monster. Art in this article comes from Miska Fredman, Faizal Fikiri, and Elisa Serio.
Say Hi!
We hope that you’re having a blast reading ARCADIA. Come chat about the latest issue (and previous ones) on Discord and Reddit.
If you like ARCADIA, you may also enjoy our recently-released PDF of Kingdoms & Warfare. Many of our ARCADIA authors (including Gabe from this issue) helped us create a 320-page book about managing organizations and fighting large-scale battles in fifth edition. The book also includes action oriented monsters, new magic items, and a big, ol’ adventure that teaches you how to use the rules in the book.
In the meantime, ARCADIA 7 needs a few finishing touches…
—James and the ARCADIA crew
FAQs
Q: How long will I be able to download the ARCADIA PDF attached to this post?
A: Indefinitely. Though this wasn’t the case at launch, our policy has changed. All issues of ARCADIA remain attached to their launch posts. You can read more about it here.
Q: There's a lightning bolt icon that says a special offer is currently running for the MCDM Patreon—what's that about? Do I need to do anything if I want to get the special offer?
A: If you're already an active Patron in the $5 or $10 tier, then you're all set, you don't need to change anything!
The "special offer" is a new Patreon feature we're testing to help communicate that this sign-up period includes something special: ARCADIA! The special offer informs non-Patrons viewing the page that if they want to download the current issue of ARCADIA directly from Patreon without having to go through the MCDM Shop, they'll need to subscribe before the special offer expires.
We'll see if using this kind of feature is actually helpful; if it is we'll keep updating it to relay that important information to make it clear what's available right now :)
Q: I know someone who wants to get a copy of ARCADIA, but they don't want to use Patreon. Is there somewhere else they can get it?
A: Definitely, and we understand! That's why, when we post the current issue of ARCADIA to Patreon, we add it to the MCDM Shop at the same time :D. On the MCDM Shop an issue of ARCADIA is $7.
While we're on the topic of alternative ways to get your hands on ARCADIA… Piracy sucks extra hard for very, very small teams like us. We're only a handful of people, and most of us jumped from something familiar and stable into the wild world of tabletop game development and media! We've been so fortunate to be able to make dope shit like ARCADIA and we wanna keep making dope shit for the foreseeable future, and pay people we work with well enough that they can keep making dope shit, too! Products like ARCADIA are what keep the lights on and families fed, and this year that's extra important to everyone we think. Thanks to those who have shared their warmth by supporting our team, and we hope others who have gone down the path of darkness enjoy our work enough to reconsider.
Q: I want to submit an article for ARCADIA. How do I do that?
A: Thanks for your interest. We currently don’t accept open submissions. You can read more about how we source articles for ARCADIA here.
Q: What is this... an FAQ for ANTS? I have a question and it's not one of the ones listed here!
A: Oh no! D: If you need help with anything MCDM-related, email our support inbox and we'll respond as soon as we can. We're looking forward to reaching the point where we can bring on a dedicated support team member to help everyone lickety-split, but until we get there we try to check for new messages every week or two. We've got many tools at our disposal, so rest assured that when you hear back from us we will do everything we can to make sure you're taken care of! :)
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Comments
JACK HILL
That would be awesome!
Clay - Kenku Court
Love the content from arcadia; inspiring even when it typically doesn’t fit the style or tone of my games! But I wanted to shoutout the time y’all took to write an explanation in the FAQ for aspiring designers. Not only why you dont accept submissions, but a lovingly written suggestion guide on how to get started and make some headway to become a known designer! Stuff like that proves how much yall care for the community and for inspiring young designers to carry on the torch :)
Jacob
The cover art is mind blowing
Lucas Chiesa
Amazing as always! Already sprinkled in the grim accord in the secrets of our last session.
Ryan Hudson
Thank you!! I'm loving these. it's always exciting when a new arcadia drops and I can read it on my phone during my break
Justin Hudechek
On a real note can you ask someone to make a Nephelomancer class haha I want to be able to summon Nephilim to my side to destroy my enemies >:)
Michael Shea
=)
Landon Jamieson
Very awesome stuff! :) Still suggest doing some sort of "back cover" so it looks like a magazine when printed out double-sided
Cosmonaught
Thank god for you guys providing this much content on a regular schedule - can't wait to drop in the Grim Accord, sprinkle some cursed armour throughout my campaign and run the spooky crystal adventure!
Ryan Treanor
Don't say that. They might decide to slow it down 😆
The_Duke_of_Pants
The Grim Accord article is just *chef's kiss*, I can't wait to infuriate my players with this team of ne'er-do-wells.
Keith Jones
Good lord MCDM, at least pull my hair if you're going to go this hard.
Kantis
Love the grim accord content! Please more from Mike!
Michael Shea
I'm so excited to see this in the wild!
Daniel Robino
Arcadia is worth the few bucks for the art alone
Brian Diehl
Arcadia, a vintage that gets better with time! Keep this up MCDM!
Zergaholic95
This Cover is just incredible. I love Zevellons Armor and try to bring it into my next campaign.
Yannick Yoran
The cover art makes me speechless!! The best so far. I can't believe how awesome this magazine is.
MCDM Productions
And also you! -James
MCDM Productions
Thanks you! -James
Starrmont
Frick yeah
Landon Holley
love the cover!!
Jeff LaValley
Love you guys. James you are da bomb
You're at the halfway point. Keep going, you can do it!
Like it! Love it! Gotta have it!
SentientAnts
You guys are amazing with the pace these come out!
Jason Maciolek
Damn the cover art is amazing
Kyle Jameson
Fantastic cover! Worth the price of admission on its own
seth prewitt
This cover is my favorite so far!
Barrett Froc
So good! That cover art is stellar, as usual. Keep up the great work James and team!
