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ARCADIA 4!
🕑 Added 2021-05-28 18:00:05 +0000 UTCHello, incredible patrons!
James Introcaso here to hand you a heaping helping of ARCADIA 4. Its beautiful fallen angel cover was created by MCDM’s own in-house artist, Grace Cheung. I’m beyond lucky to work with the art team here at MCDM, which includes Grace’s amazing talents. You may remember her work from last month’s release, The Illrigger.
Here’s what else is inside ARCADIA 4:
Willy Abeel returns with Swimming through Sand to Sea: More Mounted Adventuring. You probably remember Willy’s work from “Jumping on Mounted Combat” in ARCADIA 1. This article brings forth four new mounts known for their burrowing and swimming prowess: the axolottle,* the chuul, the bulette, and the juvenile purple worm. Plus Willy made eight new magic items so you can take any mount out of its natural habitat and into a dank dungeon. MCDM’s staff artist and art outsource manager, Nick De Spain, makes these mounts leap off the page.
The Chained Library from Cat Evans gives you a new adventure location and organization that any GM can drop into their campaigns. Far from civilization, a cabal of mage librarians guards and studies tomes too dangerous for most mortal eyes. This article includes new magic items, creatures, NPCs, and story hooks to help you bring the Chained Library into your world. It includes art from Allie Briggs, Faizal Fikri, and Nick De Spain and maps by Miska Fredman.
In On-the-Road Encounters, game designer and cartographer Derek Ruiz brings you five encounters that you can drop into your game as the characters travel from one place to another. Combat, intrigue, and more can all happen on the road and bring your world to life. Art in this article comes from Kent Davis, Bruno Machado, and Elisa Serio.
This is our first issue back from our ARCADIA break, so please let us know what you think about it on Discord and Reddit.
What are we cooking up for ARCADIA 5? I can’t say too much yet. Someone might hex me if I give away spoilers…
— James and the ARCADIA crew
*A giant axolotl. A regular axolotl is too little. You can’t ride a little axolotl, you need a lotta axolotl.
FAQs
Q: Which tiers get access to all the back issues of ARCADIA?
A: Master of Ravens and Master of Locusts, currently. Download the previously released issues of ARCADIA here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50839035
Q: How many future issues of ARCADIA are planned?
A: We're currently working on issues 5-11.
Q: How often will issues of ARCADIA come out?
A: Good question! We're pretty ambitious so our goal is to release an issue every month. We can't definitively say we're there yet (we did really good with issues 1-3, but we also started development on those waaaaay back in September/October of 2020). We're still working out the snaggly bits in our production pipeline and the team needs to finish discussing the patron survey results about what content you all liked and what wasn't as popular. We also have our own ideas about new stuff we'd like to introduce, but adding more stuff in means it'll take additional development time.
So this is a long way of saying: We're working towards a monthly cadence, but we have a tendency to bite off more than we can chew (the results usually speak for themselves though)! :D
Q: I need to cancel my pledge; how do I keep my ARCADIA PDFs? What if I need to redownload them?
A: Our recommendation is that when you download your issues, you save them to both your computer's hard drive AND a cloud storage service like Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. so you can redownload them later if something happens to your PC or you just can't locate where you saved it locally. If you're not an active patron, the posts that the files are attached to will become locked, so if you don't have the files backed up you'll need to re-pledge as either a Master of Ravens or Master of Locusts to regain access to those posts.
If you save the files to the cloud, please make sure that they're not publicly accessible or being shared with others! We've tried to make ARCADIA as accessible as possible, and piracy does significant damage to a small team like ours.
Q: I want to get ARCADIA, but I'm not interested in a monthly subscription model. Is there somewhere else I can get it?
A: Definitely, and we understand! When we release a new issue of ARCADIA to Patreon, we add it to the MCDM Shop at the same time. Issues 1, 2, and 3 are $7 each, or you can purchase the ARCADIA 1-3 bundle with the first 3 issues for $18. Make sure to look over the product page to see a description of what's inside each issue, and check out the preview pages too (if you hover over them, it's easier to read the text).
Q: I have a question and it's not one of the ones listed here. Where do I get in contact with you?
A: We don't regularly check our Patreon creator inbox, so if you need help please email our support inbox and we'll respond as soon as we can: 💌 hello@mcdmproductions.com
We've brought on some help to tackle our gnarly backlog of support tickets and are whittling our way through them in the order they've been received and really appreciate everyone's patience. Rest assured that when you hear back from us we will do everything we can to make sure you're taken care of! :)
Comments
Evil GM
Holy cow! Another amazing cover. The art department is really smashing it out in these Arcadia's. Even the table of contents and overall layout are appealing to the eye.
MCDM Productions
I ONLY WANT TO SEE YOU EATEN BY A PURPLE WORM! -mc
Raimondo Mancinelli
Love all the work that Matt and you MCDM guys do! I was very sorry to hear in the last livestream on youtube that Matt wasn't feeling well. Really hope that things are going better now! All the best guys and thanks for the hard work.
Aidan Kruse
Prince: Purple Wooooooooorm...Purple Woooooooooooorm
Rakbel316
Incredible!
Richard Carey-Knight
I love the On the Road Encounters; this is the kind of content I can easily throw at my players to perk them up if a session begins to drag.
Tim Williams
The Chained Library is awesome and definitely going to find use in my campaign. This drop-in location format works great. Nail on head, this is precisely the kind of content that really works.
Mike Plunkett
So much great stuff in here! The Chained Library is definitely getting used in my next campaign!
Tim Williams
I think that this might be my favorite cover so far
Iain
Best so far or should I say most relevant to me. Keep it up
Tintenteufel
Can‘t wait for the livestream to learn more about the cover!
Philip Hodge
Love the topics, but like all MCDM publications, the art is what does it for me!
Cooper
I am so so glad Arcadia is back in production, these are great!
David Stanley
looking forward to reading this issue
Thea Emilia Ágústsdóttir
The cover art isnt related to the content of any one issue, but just to the overall theme of Arcadia as a place.
Shawn Douglas
This issue is amazing. Thank you!
Diego Francisco
The cover art is Awesome! But I don't see how it is related to the content of this issue. Is it a reference to the master of ravens Patreon level?
This art is metal as hell! And I love the Chained Library. While this isn't the highest-utility content, it is definitely value for money!!! You all are doing SO great!!!!
Keith Jones
I was LITERALLY saying to my wife this week I want to make a library for my world, something that wouldn't be out of place in Ankh-Morpork, but no ape librarian... don't want to make it too obvious. Then you guys do all the work for me. THIS is why I'm here and continue to be here, two enthusiastic thumbs up!
Ivan
so much content <3
Conor
This might be my favourite issue yet! Love basically everything about it. The magic items are cool and im already thinking about using some for my player with a mount, the library adventure is really cool and scary, and the drop in encounters might be the most useful, practical, and actionable stuff so far!! The next time i run a low level game, i'll definitely be using them. Keep it up, looking forward to the next issue.
Worgmaster 2
Elven Tower's encounters are awesome! Can't wait to try them out!
Ben Gorman
Bless the comings and goings of Phlox. May his passage cleanse the world.
Pesto Enthusiast
Hi. Thanks for pointing that out. Clicking on the link should now lead to to the file.
Ry Guy
This cover might be my favorite yet. It certainly had a visceral "oooh" when I scrolled down and saw it.
Nomaris
I actually thought about printing it out and binding it just to be able to put it into my shelf :D
Isaac Remnant
The on the road encounters are lovely, especially the one with the wayward cartographer! Made me add Elven Tower to my patreon
Zreyon
This magazine is priceless to me. If you ever publish a physical compilation count me in.
BasCB
Exactly! One of the PCs in my current campaign is a sage now turned Noble who is looking for knowledge, that Library is MADE for them. And i just told the PC's their patron was sending them to help out another noble and then realised the 2-3 day trip needs some stuff to encounter along the way ... enter these encounters - 2 are perfect for that trip! Also love the next step in the mounts, already ideas to use those are bubbling up. Great issue!
Jakob Joelsson
HOLY HELL! This has got to be the best one yet!! Can't wait to throw a sentient library at my pcs!!! THANK you Cat!
Goudawgs
I absolutely love the new additions that Willy gave us for more mounted combat goodness, and the word play was fantastic
Andrés Carmelo Micalizzi Casali
Awesome cover Art! gonna read it after when i get home in a couple of hours
Paul L.
Good god, Grace! That cover art is stunning!
BasCB
Love that cover art, now going to dig in :-)
BasCB
I think there were quite a few of us saying so in the survey Jacob Montague!
Jacob Montague
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who prefers encounters and monsters to full adventure modules. Here's to all the Arcadia to come!
Natalia Angel Menking
Just skimmed through this. It is beautiful and I can hardly wait until I can sit and go through this. Thank you.
james canniffe
This issue seemed like someone had read my mind and created exactly what I wanted from a D&D magazine. Then I remembered the survey I filled out! I'm very excited.
Nelson Waters
Arcadia for the win. love this publication, I am so using the Chained Library in my world, it fits so well. And wanted to say thanks for all the awesome work.
David Wallace
What a delightfully unexpected surprise for the weekend. Appreciate the whole team so much!
Dylan Hillebrand
I was literally just realizing I need more on the road encounters for my group about to travel.
pepper-jk
The link to ChainedLibrary-v1-Level3-grid.jpg does not work if you click on it. It leads back to the main page. Copying the link works however.
I Like the Cut of Your Gibbering
YESSSSSSSS I'm so glad you all are continuing this wonderful magazine!
Otto
Hell Yes!!
Brian Diehl
AWESOME!!!! Can't wait to get into it!
frazninja
Incredible! These all feel so useful, especially the on the road encounters! That’s something that is so common in dnd but has never been given any official love. I’m excited to dig in to this issue!!
Landon Jamieson
Excited for this!
