Age of Antiquity: An Ancient World Setting for 5E.

Maps, Magic & Marduk
over 3 years ago – Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 02:42:55 AM

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving under the circumstances. 

I have a big update for you all today!

Firstly, magic items!

I have a pair of magic items from the book to share with you and a new artist, Ichigo, to introduce. Ichigo will be doing the majority of Magic Item art in the book, please check out her social media!

Secondly, Marduk! 

A number of you have been asking for more page previews in lieu of just artwork and we are happy to deliver! Meet Marduk, head of Parthia's primary pantheon. 

Thirdly, Maps! 

The incredibly talented Alyssa Faden will be joining the team as cartographer! She's created a trove of highly detailed city maps and will be working on a massive Roman City, Telesinia, for Age of Antiquity. Please check out her Facebook linked above!

Fourthly, Patreon!

While brainstorming magic items Marcus and I came up with far more than the 150 that will be included in the book, many from civilizations that aren't included in this first volume, as such we've created a Patreon to share our Magic Items (and occasional creatures!) that aren't to be included in the book proper. If you like the items we've shared so far please consider checking it out. This month we will be having a holiday theme. January will be Indian-Subcontinent themed!

 Aruzian Publishing Patreon 

Fifthly, Pontif Maximus!

Backers, I need your completed surveys!

So far only 6/20 of you have responded with details about your original character. We need this information as soon as possible to ensure time to have your artwork completed. I will send out another reminder email next week and one more in January but please have your survey complete by January 31st.

I also want to share a finished piece of backer art! Meet Legatus Astranacus, head of the 6th Legion and military governor of Telesinia.

That's all for today!

Best wishes to all of you this holiday season, I'll be back with another update for Christmas/New Years.

As always, thank you so much for your support!

- Steve

The Earthly Sovereign - Nüwa
over 3 years ago – Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 11:52:41 PM

Hello everyone! 

Hope you've all been well. I know I said this update would include items however we've pushed those back a few weeks to be included in a much larger update in December that will include a few new announcements as well! 

To hold you ever in the meantime I have another beautiful new piece of art to share with you, Nüwa! Though he was listed on the initial Kickstarter this is the first piece of Ren Tu's art that we've shared publicly, it's also the first of the included Chinese deities we've shared artwork for.

Also, we still have 6% of you outstanding on your Backerkit surveys, as stated previously we will be keeping the survey open for some time but please fill these out at your earliest convenience! 

Have a great weekend everyone, I'll be in touch soon.

- Steve

Art Update - Athena
over 3 years ago – Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 01:15:24 AM

Hello everyone!

I hope you've all been well. Just a quick update today. 

Things are still on track with the writing, Marcus is just putting the finishing touches on Parthia while I'm fleshing out the Illyrian section. 

I am also excited to announce we have another new artist working with us, Daniel Correia. Here's his first piece for Age of Antiquity: Athena, Goddess of Wisdom. 

In the next update we will showcase a pair of new magical items, one Egyptian and one Greek. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

- Steve

Shipping Address Updates
over 3 years ago – Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 11:27:41 PM

Hello everyone, 

We've had quite a few asking if it's possible to change the shipping address filled in on Backerkit and yes it is. Until the surveys are locked on our end, which won't be for a few more weeks, you should be able to use the original link to go back and make changes to your survey. After the surveys are locked any changes will need to be done manually on our end via email contact from you. 

Please send us a direct message or email if you have any trouble with this.

Next update I will have some more art to share with all of you!

Thanks everyone. 

Quick Update!
over 3 years ago – Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 12:48:29 AM

Hello everyone, 

A quick update this week. More than 90% of you have now completed the survey! Thank you! It will be kept open for several more weeks and we will be sending reminders before it closes. 

After the survey closes you should still be able to update your shipping address until launch, if you have any issue with this please send us an email at [email protected]

In addition I have some new artwork to share from Nikita Cherkosov, Queen Amanirenas of Kush!

Have a great week and stay safe everyone!

- Steve