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Ultramodern5, A 5E Universal Sci-Fi Sourcebook + Campaigns & Adventures

Created by Dias Ex Machina

The most successful 3rd-party non-fantasy book for 5E Dungeons & Dragons, Ultramodern5 is back with a new exclusive leather edition and SIX campaign guides/adventures.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Clarification About Rewards
over 2 years ago – Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 09:02:02 PM

HEY EVERYONE


I wanted to clear up some confusion regarding rewards.

PRINT-ON-DEMAND
All books will be offered in PDF but many of them ALSO include a print-on-demand (POD).

These are NOT your physical rewards if you pledged for physical rewards. These are for people who backed digital only and plan on ordering POD later. Print-on-demand books will be much more expensive and may likely be of lower quality.

SRD PAY WHAT YOU WANT

One of the rewards is the Ultramodern5 SRD, which DTRPG lists as $3.99. This is a pay-what-you-want offering. For those wanting the SRD for less, just enter a lower value (or honestly, just zero).

I am always available for questions or concerns.

I'm not one of those guys that ghosts backers or leaves them high and dry.

CHRIS

Good News About VAT
over 2 years ago – Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 09:15:55 AM


A few of you have inquired about VAT in Europe. 

So here's the story as I have JUST discovered.

In April, the EU established reduced rates for Value Added Tax to certain items. 

Books are included in this revised rate.

I assumed the rates auto-filled by Backerkit would be up-to-date and accurate.

But then I also realized that Backerkit is almost entirely supported by products that these reduced rates don't apply to.

Soooo, I had to go find these reduced rates and enter them. It should be noted this applies ONLY to EU backers. However, in many cases, these rates are cut by 50% or more! There appears only one exception. 

Denmark.

I mean I looked everywhere; Denmark doesn't appear to have a reduced VAT rate. If I am wrong and you are a backer from Denmark, please message me on where to find this information.  

Thankfully, the tax rates auto-adjusted and since no pledges were locked, no one has been incorrectly charged yet. 

For those of you skittish about upgrading your pledges due to the high VAT, look again; the new rates may just change your mind. 

THAT BEING SAID

This system isn't perfect. I'm not perfect. This is why I married a bookkeeper. I've already discovered errors with shipping rates which have been fixed.  If you find your shipping rates or VAT erroneous or suspect, reach out. There's no harm in asking. 

Anyways, thanks to those that spotted the issue and came to me about it. 

CHRIS


Pledge Manager Launched
over 2 years ago – Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 01:07:04 PM

HEY EVERYONE!

The pledge manager has launched.

We will be charging the additional funds on a weekly basis for the next few weeks. This is necessary because there are digital rewards available now you'll have access to the moment a pledge is closed. It's just an aspect of BackerKit. Unlike CrowdOx, which charged you immediately after closing your pledge, BackerKit doesn't. I could wait until we are close to shipping but we have a bunch of digital rewards available now which you can only receive after your pledge is closed.

On that topic, digital rewards should be available if not right away, then they will be by the end of the week.

Don't worry, if you want to edit your pledge later, just ask me directly, and I can unlock it.

PRE-ORDER

There are a bunch of people who missed the campaign and would like to jump into it as a late pledge.
Late pledges are treated the same as regular pledges, so don't feel that you missed anything.

https://ultramodern5-campaigns-adventures.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Thanks, everyone!

Pledge Manager to Launch Soon
over 2 years ago – Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 05:30:12 PM

HEY EVERYONE!

Sorry for the delays with the pledge manager. 

As many of you know, we've gotten the pledges from the vast majority of you.

We're just waiting to get approved to launch and will do so the moment we can. 

Thank you to everyone for your support.

Chris,

THE PROCESS HAS BEGUN
over 2 years ago – Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 02:10:27 PM

HEY EVERYONE

Sorry for the delay.  We had a bit of a banking issue. It all got sorted out.

Pledges are being collected. A few came back as failed, which happens. 

According to the site, "Backers have 14 days to update their payment method on BackerKit crowdfunding. After that, they'll be marked as "failed," however, they'll still be imported into the BackerKit pledge manager (just with $0 in credit), so they can reinstate their pledge via the pledge management survey should they choose to." 

So that's easy enough. As for the Pledge Manager itself, we imagine it will go up around the same time. 

As always, we'll keep everyone updated.

CHRIS