The new Utanakh drawing is now on DeviantArt: http://fav.me/d7shssr

Next up is the Zo'ora - the last of the new illustrations!

-Jeff

And here we are in August!

Its been a few days since the last update. I'm not quite as far along as I'd like, but close - and making steady progress. The preliminary pencils for the Zo'ora illustration (the LAST illustration for the book!) are done. That was delayed a bit by slow feedback from the Tekumel Foundation; this is another creature for which no previous illustration was ever published (afaik), and the text description in the Gardasiyal Bestiary was a bit vague. I'm still working my way through the Skill section. After that:

Contacts: light editing for clarity
Foreign & Nonhuman Character Generation: editing, possibly heavy
Equipment: small, scattered edits
Combat: editing for organization & clarity
Sorcery: I'll re-read it one last time, but I think it's done
Bestiary: I have to add a handful of creatures whose illos got unlocked as stretch goals during the Kickstarter
Treasure & Magic Items: final read-through, I have some concerns about the selling prices of magic items but otherwise finished
Rank & Promotion: final review
Income & Expenditure: final review
Appendix: waiting for final approval of Alyssa Faden's Katalal map from the Foundation
Random Encounter Table: re-do to add the new creatures
Table of Contents & Chapter Headings
See References
Insert Illustrations

... and then it'll be done. I think this will all take a week or two.

My plan is to immediately make the PDF available to all qualifying backers the moment it's done. At the same time, it will be submitted to the Tekumel Foundation for approval. Printing will begin as soon as approval is received, and shipping will occur once the books are delivered.

Whew! Its been a long, hard, and wonderfully rewarding challenge so far. The finish line is in sight... get ready!

-Jeff

Last night I completed the editing on the skills section. Today, I'm reviewing the list of random Tsolyani names for accuracy and accent marks.

-Jeff

Yesterday I did a complete overhaul of the random name lists. At first I thought I only needed to fix a few missing accent marks, but on closer examination I began to doubt the accuracy of the source I'd used to compile the names in the first place. So I threw it all out, and went with an official published source - which incidentally provided all the necessary accent marks too 🙂 The new lists are finished, and have been added to the document, along with a very basic pronunciation guide (accent marks and vowel sounds).

Next task: Contacts. The Pocket Universe system for purchasing contacts is complete and has been heavily tested, but I need to make one final pass to make sure that its been properly re-tooled to work with Tsolyani clan status and family structures.

-Jeff

Tonight I had a Skype conference with the Tekumel Foundation, regarding the Katalal map. It went great; I'm going to add a small number of additional locations to the map.

On the editing front, I'm working on the table of contents and integrating the foreign & nonhuman character generation rules a bit more. Also, I've begun processing all of the artwork (well over 120 illustrations now!) for inclusion into the book.

-Jeff