🔥New Version + Cooking Time!🔥
about 2 months ago
– Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 12:31:05 PM
Hey, fate weavers!
We said we wouldn't make more updates, but certain updates are still needed for this project, so here we are! Let's get into it!
✨ Fulfillment is Completed
We are happy to report that fulfillment for Starlight Arcana is now fully completed. Our fulfillment partner has confirmed that the final wave of packages moved smoothly, and we are hearing from the remaining backers that their rewards are arriving safely.
If you have not received your pledge yet, please contact us right away. We have tracking codes for every single package, and we can look into the status of your shipment immediately.
Your books, cards, and extras should now be in your hands or on their way. Thank you once again for your patience throughout this process. We KNOW it was difficult, but thankfully, now it is done.
A few people have reached out asking about the bonus content and where to find it.
We shared a large bundle of extras for all backers, so please make sure to check your BackerKit downloads for everything that was included.
You will find:
• Print-ready files for all Minor Arcana cards
• A full collection of bonus content, including extra adventures and material set in the Starlight Chronicles universe
If you are missing anything from the list or are having trouble locating your files, feel free to message us and we will help right away.
EDIT: Keep in mind that some of these rewards are available only to specific backers. The extra Minor Arcana cards were given out only to backers that had a tarot deck in their pledge, whereas the collection of bonus content was given out only to backers in the US that had to wait a lot of extra time for their pledges to arrive.
📘New Version of Starlight Arcana
We also want to share something important regarding the future of the Starlight Arcana book. We are planning to create a new and fully updated version of the book.
While we were very happy to have Ori as our map maker for the project, she was understandably too busy at the time to give the PDF layout the attention it needed. Because of that, we ended up with a version of the book that we now believe can be improved significantly. The current layout has far too many empty spaces, not visible enough artwork and very awkward placement of text.
With the experience we have gained since then, and with the fact that we now handle all layout, presentation, and design work ourselves (myself and Dusky Cat doing all of that as usual), we are ready to give Starlight Arcana the polish and clarity it deserves. The new version will feature a complete layout redesign, along with improvements that make the book easier to navigate, read, and use at the table. That means, a lot of new text and a few new sections that will help with navigation and ease-of-use.
We already mentioned this during the Sailing the Stars campaign, but we wanted to restate it here for those who may have missed it.
One of the biggest changes will be dividing the content into two separate books. One will be player facing, and the other GM facing. This will make it far easier to share content with your players without revealing secrets or overwhelming them with a massive tome.
Once the new edition is ready, we will honor our promise and ensure every qualifying backer receives the updated PDF. You will get a redemption link through DTRPG, which will place the book in your library and allow you to always stay up to date if we update it again in the future.
🏋Practice Makes Perfect
This project was our first attempt at a full scale publication, and we learned a lot from the hardships and shenanigans that came with it. Starlight Arcana taught us more about publishing, logistics, communication, and production than any guide or tutorial ever could.
Since then we have taken everything we learned and used it to build a workflow that is reliable, organized, and consistently on track. We now update older PDFs regularly, deliver Print on Demand rewards as soon as they are ready, and produce new content at a level of quality usually associated with studios that release one major campaign every two or three years. We release three or four in that same timeframe, and we do it while maintaining the care, polish, and presentation that our work has become known for.
We have no plans of slowing down. Now that we have found a rhythm that keeps backers informed, happy, and steadily adding new books to their shelves, we are more excited than ever to keep creating and bring even more innovative and beautiful projects into the Starlight Chronicles setting and universe.
Our next Zine project is now live on Kickstarter!
Rordon Gamsay’s Extraordinary Cookbook is a full 5E tower crawl zine filled with arcane culinary chaos, unstable recipes, dangerous ingredients, and a lot of explosive kitchen magic.
We are already funded! but there is still time to grab the Early Bird bonus reward before it disappears in the next 24 hours!
Pledge and join the cooking chaos!
Also, don't miss out on downloading the FREE (for a limited time) preview content!
We are still getting so many lovely messages from people that are playing through Starlight Arcana or are gearing up to start a campaign now (especially with Sailing the Stars being in people's hands too!), and we just want to say, yet again, a huge thank you to everyone who helped make this project a reality!
Crowdfunding has become an extremely difficult thing to tackle, especially since the only way to be seen now is by spending money on ads. We hold this project close to our hearts and constantly remember everything we've learned from it in order to do better in the future!
If you are interested in joining our awesome little community, then make sure you:
Till next time...
May Starlight guide your way!
~Kelf & Dusky
✧We are going back to the stars!✧
6 months ago
– Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 10:22:54 AM
Hey, star explorers!
This will be the last update ever on this project!
There are a few key reasons why I wanted to make this update:
- Talk about the status of the Starlight Arcana Tarot reward
- Share more details the about special surprise for Astral Maiden supporters
- Mention our next Starlight project which is now live!
- Some other stuff!
Status of All Projects
If you are ever curious about what the status of our crowdfunding projects is exactly, you can find all of that information in this very simple page that we've prepared for exactly that purpose:
Project Status Page
For Starlight Arcana, we are good and done. There are only a couple of people who have reached out to us and we are handling the shipping of their pledges personally, so other than those few, Starlight Arcana is officially "closed" as a project!
We really cannot say it enough; thank you to everyone that supported us with making this book. We went through very difficult situations with it and learned A LOT from it. All of the lessons we took from this project have helped us make all of our next ones in a much more consistent and reliable manner with barely any hiccups.
Other than Soulfrost Reliquary which has taken us a while to print, we had barely any delays (no more than a month for most of the projects) and have been consistently providing rewards to all of our backers.
Dusky Cat and I are constantly working on more and more awesome projects and we cannot wait to show you all of the amazing things we have planned!
Tarot Bonus Reward
We promised that we would reward all backers who ordered the Tarot deck with a digital file that will have ALL of the Major & Minor Arcana cards.
This is currently in the making as Dusky Cat is working real hard to get them all done as soon as possible.
You can expect this to arrive as a bonus reward before the end of November (the latest)!
This is the Starlight Arcana tarot deck, not the Sirensong tarot deck. They are different decks.
Astral Maiden Support Bonus
If you are one of the amazing people that supported us by purchasing the Astral Maiden adventure, then there are two things we need to tell you:
- Our sincerest apologies for taking so long to update you on this. It is all for a good reason though, because...
- We will be making it a full ZINE!
Yes, you read it right! We decided to make Astral Maiden a full zine adventure & supplement (much like Crystal Chaos). This means that it will come with a brand new subclass, a short adventure, and some other cool things for you to mix in your own games!
All early supporters of Astral Maiden (the ones who purchased the item while it was available on our pre-order store) will be getting:
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A VERY early sneak peek into Astral Maiden with the 1st Act of the adventure and also the subclass that we designed for it.
- The full Zine completely for free once it is completed.
We plan on launching this Zine project around February of 2027, which although it is a long time from now, we already have a lot of the content already good and ready.
We hope the early content sneak peek will keep you excited for when we launch the full project on Kickstarter!
Chart a Course Beyond the Known!
Our 200+ page 5E expansion launches your campaign into the Sea of Stars with modular starfarer rules, cosmic encounters, and tarot-driven fate mechanics!
- ✨x3 New Subclasses for Druids, Barbarians and Clerics
- ⛵x10 Starfarer Ships with full stat blocks & upgrades
- 🗿x10 Treasure Hunts across haunted moons & strange planets
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🧙x10 Shipboard Specialties like the Emberchef & Signal Whisperer
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🎥Cinematic Starship Combat with tactical, easy-to-use rules
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🃏Tarot Mechanics for fate-driven play & cosmic GM prompts
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🎲xd100 Astral Encounter Generator to spark instant starlit adventures
...and more!
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🏛️ New Faction Reputation System to track alliances, rivalries, and infamy
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💫 New Starlight Feats allowing you to customize characters with astral-themed abilities
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📜 New Starbound Backgrounds to tie your heroes to the culture of the Sea of Stars
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⚓ New Shipboard Downtime Activities for training, gambling, repairing, and bonding
If you are interested in joining our awesome little community, then make sure you:
Till next time...
May Starlight guide your way my friends!
~Kelf
Sirensong is LIVE!
11 months ago
– Tue, May 06, 2025 at 10:36:39 AM
Hey, star seekers!
With Starlight Arcana fulfilled, Soulfrost Reliquary hot in the presses and Crystal Chaos digital files going out (PDF is already in the hands of backers!)... we are ready for our next project!
Before I go into talking about Sirensong and the fact that it just launched, I just want to take a moment and say THANK YOU.
Thank you for your support with Starlight Arcana and thank you for all of your FEEDBACK on everything that we have been doing. We had so many ups and so many downs throughout this starlit journey and we are happy to have finally reached a point where we are sure of what we are doing.
We learned a lot from Starlight Arcana and we are glad we were able to bring those lessons forward to our next projects.
If you are on the fence about backing future projects of ours then you will be happy to know that:
- We only do Print-on-Demand for physical items now.
- We deliver digital rewards fast (in 2 to 3 months max after a live campaign).
- Our quality of work remains as high as it always was (and only gets better with each project).
- Our prices for the amount of content we deliver are still unmatched. Crystal Chaos and Soulfrost Reliquary are proof of that.
📦 Fulfillment Support
For anyone who is having any kind of issues with the fulfillment of their pledge, we have been instructed by our fulfillment partner (GamesQuest) to tell you to use the following links:
Submit a ticket : BACKER SUPPORT
[email protected]
We are working on getting everything handled as fast as we can with these (those of you who sent an e-mail may have noticed how fast we're replying during our work times!)
We will make sure you get your pledge!
You are more than welcome to message me directly as well, but please know that I do not have faster or easier access to the whole help & support of GamesQuest. They gave us those links because it will be faster if you reach out directly to them.
🌊SIRENSONG IS LIVE ON GAMEFOUND!
Sirensong is a stunning new supplement for 5th Edition that brings you deep into a world of cursed waters, psychic magic, and ancient melodies that shape fate itself.
The Sirens weave you a song
Will you fight, or sing along?
The supplement is filled with the ocean's finest treasures, such as...
⚔️ For Players:
- 7 brand-new Player Ancestries
- 13 unique Subclasses
- 30+ powerful and flavorful Psychic Spells
- 6 immersive Backgrounds
- 5 new Feats
- 11+ story-driven Magic Items
📖 For Game Masters:
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A full campaign and setting ready to run
- 35+ original Monsters, from sirens to sea gods
- Epic, cinematic Boss Battles
- Regional lore, rumors, and side quests
- A massive map of The Glowing Trench
- Dozens of battle maps and vivid locations
🔮 For Everyone:
- A fully illustrated Tarot Deck that enhances storytelling, prophecy, and player decisions
- Beautiful art, custom cards, Foundry VTT support, and stretch goals still waiting to be unlocked
🎁 BONUS FOR FOLLOWERS:
- Everyone who follows the campaign before launch will receive the Exclusive Adventure PDF: Promises of the Drowned. This is a standalone adventure that takes place in the Glowing Trench and you can drop it into any campaign.
Explore the secrets of the Glowing Trench and grab a whole bunch of FREE Preview Adventures now!
This is going to be one of the last few updates we make for this campaign. There will definitely be one more to announce that the remaining bonus rewards have gone out, but beyond that, we are basically done with this campaign and we are moving on!
(If you are of course still having issues with your pledge, don't worry, we are still here and can easily be reached out to!)
✨ For Astral Maiden Supporters
I would like to also mention that the supporters who bought the Astral Maiden adventure will be getting their rewards next week, together with a very exclusive and special surprise...
This "surprise" content will not become available to anyone else, ever. It's only for you. Because you are absolutely awesome and we simply cannot thank you enough for your kindness and generosity.
If you are interested in joining our awesome little community, then make sure you:
Till next time...
May Starlight guide your way my friends!
~Kelf
US/CA Fulfillment - Starting Soon!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 12:16:28 PM
Hey everyone,
Just a quick news update on the US/CA fulfillment.
US/CA Fulfillment Status
Here's a quick overview of where we are with the fulfillment for the US/CA region:
- All new shipping charges have gone through. If you had a payment failure or some other issue, please contact us via e-mail or via backer support (on BackerKit).
- We have sent out all of the address information to our fulfillment partner (GamesQuest).
What happens now?
- GamesQuest will now work with the fulfillment centers in those regions to get us the final quote for finalizing fulfillment.
- We immediately pay the invoice and fulfillment starts in those regions.
The fulfillment centers need some time to prepare and that is expected to take a couple of weeks. After that, about a month or so later, fulfillment will immediately start in the US/CA regions.
Once again, if anyone has any issues with their pledge, please reach out to us via e-mail or backer support. We have been helping backers with all sorts of issues non-stop.
Status of Kelfecil's Tales Projects
It is amazing to finally be finishing this project that took way longer than it should have and we just want to say thank you for your patience once again.
Here is the status of all of our projects:
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Starlight Arcana - Final steps - fulfillment in US/CA regions
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Soulfrost Reliquary - Printing - fulfillment expected in late summer of 2025
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Crystal Chaos - All digital & POD files are ready to be distributed, waiting for KS funds to come in.
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Sirensong - All digital & POD files are ready to be distributed, launching the campaign on Gamefound in late April/May.
Friends in the Balkans!
It would be remiss of me if I did not give a shoutout to our friends over at Eren Chronicles who are running an amazing project right now.
Last time they reached out to us for a shoutout on their previous project (Exordium: Origins of Mythos) we were too busy trying to organize our projects and weren't able to give it the attention it needed. Better late than never and no time like the present as they say, since their current project is something that we deeply adore.
As someone who hails from the land of eternal sunshine (Greece) and has lived in multiple countries over the last two decades, with the latest being Poland (and by far my favorite so far!), I cannot stress enough how much I absolutely love the idea behind what Eren Chronicles have created with their latest campaign.
Zamanora is not only gorgeous but also unique in the way that it is approaching Balkan and Slavic folklore in TTRPGs in a unique manner. It is not secret that my favorite folklore RPG is Vaesen (and it is incomparable with how it does things), but to bring this kind of magic to the 5E system (and not only, since they are making it for two systems!) is no easy task.
The book is filled to the brim with all sorts of amazing stuff, like:
- 🧙20+ Character Options
- 🧌65+ New Monsters
- 🔮75+ New Magic Items
- ✨40+ Magic Options
- 🖤Unique Mechanics
- 📖Rich Slavic & Balkan Inspired Lore
It is paramount that we also mention the fact that all of this is made by humans with no use of AI. We are super happy to see more and more creators and teams show what amazing things humans can do without using AI in their works!
But... why read all of my fancy words when you can go check it out for yourself! Seeing is believing and in this case you'll be a believer in no time!
(Personal note: I have read a bit of their previous book, Exordium, and I can tell you firsthand that the team behind Zamanora is a passionate one with a love for writing in a novel, fluff-full and overly-dramatic manner that draws you into the book and its stories. I absolutely love that and I really believe we need a lot more of that in our hobby!)
That's all for today's update!
Until next time, stay safe everyone and... may Starlight guide your way!
~Kelf
Quick News Update for US & CA Fulfillment
about 1 year ago
– Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 04:30:10 PM
Hey everyone,
Just a super quick update to let everyone know about a few things in regards to the US & CA fulfillment status.
New Shipping Charges
A few important things to know about this:
- If your payment method was rejected (for whatever reason), the BackerKit team has informed us that they have made it possible for you to change your payment method.
- The Kelfecil's Tales team cannot initiate those charges, only the BackerKit team can. We are working closely with them to handle all of this properly.
- Another charge attempt will happen on March 3rd.
- If your card fails again, you will then receive another alert.
- We have also unlocked all addresses so that US & CA backers can change their address if they need to.
- If anyone is having trouble, they can click “Need Help” in their survey to contact Backer Support.
If you are still having issues with any of the above things, please do not hesitate to contact us so that we can help you out.
Bonus Content for US & CA backers
Just as a reminder, here's what all affected backers will be receiving as a bonus:
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For everyone; A Huge Digital Collection of Kelfecil's Tales content (ranging from adventure modules to some setting content like new ancestries)
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For everyone; A Souls Arcana lore preview PDF.
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If you had the Tarot Deck in your pledge; a print-ready digital file with all of the tarot cards (both Major and Minor) so that you can print them at home or at a local printer.
The Digital Collection was already distributed a couple of days ago, so make sure you check your Digital Downloads section on your BackerKit account to access it.
What happened?
A lot of people keep asking for the TL;DR (too long; didn't read) version of the whole story, but the thing is; there is no "TL;DR". If you try to "TL;DR" this, you lose a lot of context and a lot of important parts that really matter. Not all stories are as simple as that.
I'll keep this as short as I possibly can for your reading convenience. Keep in mind that "keeping it short" means that a lot of context does get lost, so it goes without saying that, there are details that matter and do help understand the full "picture."
We try to provide as much information as we possibly can and it is important to emphasize certain things because we've seen a lot of our writing be taken out of context lately.
So here is the best "summary" we could put together:
- This is our 1st crowdfunding project ever, so we communicated with all of our collaborators and partners that we need information on everything that we need to know in advance.
- We planned everything, projected timeline, finances, etc.
- We repeatedly poked our printing & fulfillment partners so that we can be up to date with everything that we might need to know. There's a paper trail to prove that, we are not just saying this. We straight up e-mailed them every other week (at least) to make sure we know about things we might be missing or things that may have changed.
- We planned finances in a way that we are able to pay all of our collaborators their percentages, pay for printing & fulfillment and then make a small amount of profit. On top of that, we planned for some extra money from those profits to be set aside so that we can pay for any unexpected costs.
- Our printing partner made some mistakes with the art prints (made them too thick by using the wrong kind of thickness) and then also with packing the books correctly (which ended up causing a dent on the back of the books). They took accountability for that (which we appreciate a lot) but there was no way to replace those books (since they had already been freighted.)
- Our fulfillment partner literally told us during a meeting that we "somehow managed to bypass the part where we are informed about the freight process and costs". We had financially planned for that (as much as we could with what research we did on our own), but we also couldn't have expected the increase in costs. If you are interested in knowing more about that, we suggest looking it up online (just the phrase "freight cost increase 2024" is enough to find multiple articles that explain it). To put it simply, ships had to go all the way around the continent of Africa instead of the faster route they usually take. Our fulfillment partner also never took accountability for that and we were left with having to figure out a solution to the issues on our own.
- Our fulfillment partner is still involved and they are doing what they have to in order to finalize fulfillment but we are well past the point of talking about the issues now. We are only moving forward and trying to make things work. We appreciate that they are still involved but we are most definitely making sure we have the full picture at all times by repeatedly asking questions about everything we need to know.
- With the ridiculously high delay we had between the time we planned to be fulfilling and the time we were actually able to finally fulfill pledges in the US & CA, a lot of things changed, including many of the fulfillment costs (shipping being part of it). On top of that, we also had handling, shipping and other fulfillment tariff cost increases.
- We explored multiple solutions to take care of the extra costs. We tried extremely hard (and for a long time) to find ways to avoid having to charge backers any more shipping (or any other kinds of costs for that matter). There was, unfortunately, no way we could do that for such a big amount of orders. For context on this; just because we ran one big project does not mean that this is common occurence for us, meaning that we do not have the capability to just raise big funding like that out of nowhere.
- We are now at the present where we have calculated all the new costs and came up with the most fair new shipping charge that we have to charge US & CA backers in order to finalize fulfillment in those regions. We know that using the word "fair" is difficult for anyone that just needs to pay a new charge, but there is no better way to phrase it since we really tried our best to do this right and just cross the finish line for the project so that we can make backers happy by delivering their long-awaited pledges.
We hope this helps summarize the situation a bit more.
We will say, once again, that this is a synopsis, so it's far from the full story and a lot of details do matter.
We would appreciate it if you do not just take this as the full "de facto" story because that would then mean not telling the full story, which in this case, really matters. As we explained in some past updates, as a company that is conducting business with various entities, we cannot reveal a lot of information that is sensitive or pertains to more business-related matters that simply cannot/should not be shared with backers.
What's the plan now?
Here is the timeline of things that still need to happen:
- Wait another 1 to 2 weeks for charges to go through.
- Send backer data (address & pledge information) to our fulfillment partner, who then sends it to the fulfillment center.
- Wait for a quote for shipping/fulfillment - pay the quote immediately.
- Fulfillment in US & CA begins immediately as soon as we pay and you start receiving your pledges.
Other Important Things
We would like to remind everyone of the following:
- We are way past the point of offering any refunds or cancellations on any order. A lot of the funds for the project have long now been allocated to producing and bringing the pledges to backers.
- If you have questions, you should most definitely ask us (through a comment, an e-mail, a PM on Kickstarter, etc.). We try our best to answer as soon as we possibly can.
- The bonus content does not stop here! We will be offering some other cool things in the future to all Starlight Arcana backers as soon as we get to the point of running some of our future projects that are directly connected to Starlight Arcana.
Thank you
For the millionth time, thank you. For your patience, your support and your understanding.
We are sorry that many of you were left frustrated after all of this and we are glad to see that many of you went from venting your frustrations in the comments section to actually asking questions and leaving suggestions that helped everyone move forward (including us, since we take this feedback very seriously).
We are mentally exhausted and honestly very sad to see that many people disregard the fact that there is a human being on the other side of this line, but... we are committed to seeing this through so that we can move on to more exciting things with all our other work and projects.
Thank you, and may Starlight guide your way.
~Kelf
