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Unnatural Selection: The Untamed and the Underworld

Created by Dungeon Damsel Creations

Welcome to the PRE-ORDER store for Unnatural Selection: The Untamed and The Underworld a supplement for use with the Shadowdark RPG. Here you will find all sorts of goodies that are sure to fit in with your TTRPG collection, and go handsomely alongside your Shadowdark core rulebook. -Bunni & Xane The Dungeon Damsel Team

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Happy Halloween from Dungeon Damsel
about 1 year ago – Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 01:20:02 PM

As it nears Halloween, we are tickled orange to present an Unnatural Selection original Monster--the GOURDGON, created by Bunni Daniel and is exclusively reserved for YOU, the backers!

As the GM, become the Pumpkin King or Queen, plunging your players into a harrowing night of dread by unleashing this scary squash on their party.

As an update on our progress, we have completed the layout of Unnatural Selection, including the additional classes and ancestries as a result of Stretch Goals, PLUS supporting materials (like animal stat blocks and lists for the Ovate, spells, and like). We have received or completed 80% of the required artwork with more coming in every day.  Our total page count has exceeded our expectations, landing at 155 (thanks to those stretch goals!) 

Happy dark delving, friends, and may the wicked wraiths of the season guide your torchlight. (Find the attachment below -- but only if you are a backer!)

The Dungeon Damsel Team


Surveys Being Rolled out to 5% of you!
about 1 year ago – Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 08:59:46 AM

Hello Backers!


We have sent out the survey to 5% of you do a Smoke Test to make sure we have everything set up correctly. 


For the rest of the 95%, you’ll receive an email from us with a special link to your BackerKit survey. It’s essential to respond to your survey as quickly as possible since we need this information to fulfill your rewards.

You do not need to create a BackerKit account to fill out your survey. When you receive the survey invite email, click the survey link to respond. Answer the questions about your reward preferences, provide shipping information, and purchase add-on items if you like. 

After you respond to your survey, you can go back later and change your responses at any time before we close the surveys and get our final counts.

Due to the volatility of shipping prices, shipping fees for this project will be calculated at a later date once we have the best estimates for everyone. We plan to enter & charge backers for shipping a month or two before fulfillment when we have better estimates of what it will cost to ship backers rewards. We will alert backers when shipping costs are finalized & before we charge your cards in your BackerKit survey. We will keep you informed all along the way!

If you need to review your information or pledge status, you can return to your survey by clicking the link in your survey email or requesting your survey link under "Lost your survey?" on our BackerKit project page at https://unnaturalselection.backerkit.com.

If you used your Facebook credentials to log in to your crowdfunding account, the BackerKit survey is sent to the email address associated with your Facebook account. If you have another email address that you prefer to use, please contact support at https://unnaturalselection.backerkit.com/faq.

After surveys are sent, if you did not receive the email, and you Signed in with Apple ID, your email address might be a private relay email address. We can help locate your survey and update your email address, please message us or post a comment with your Backer ID or Pledge # found on your confirmation. You can learn more about your email hiding for your Apple ID here.

Thank you for your patience! We are learning the best practices on the fly WHILE we ensure that everything runs as smoothly as possible. If you find any hiccups along the way, please reach out to us or Backerkit support! 


We are fast-approaching that Halloween deadline and we're still on-target for releasing the PDF to our editors on that date! So stay tuned! (And if you are a backer, you can see a glorious piece of artwork from our very own Ian MacLean below!) 


Also, after we get responses to our SMOKE TEST, the rest of the surveys will soon follow! 


See you then! 

The Dungeon Damsel Team


Surveys Still to Come!
about 1 year ago – Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 02:18:13 PM

Greetings Backers!

We were really hoping to get the surveys out to you today, but we've been working hard to make sure that the shipping fees are as accurate as possible. We don't want to overcharge or undercharge, and we are also new to this process, so the combination has slowed us down more than we anticipated. 

We thank you for your patience. We guarantee we'll have the surveys ready for you next week -- even if we have to delay the shipping charges until later. 

Despite this delay, we're working hard on finishing up the layout of the final book. We are dedicating ourselves to getting the first draft assembled by Halloween so our editors can get their hands on it!

Backers can check out the amazing art and page sampling below... We're beyond pumped!

Thanks again for your patience!!
The Dungeon Damsel Team

DICE will be available through the survey!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 12:43:01 PM

Whoops! We got it wrong. But don't worry, it's all been handled. 

1. Buying things through the Pre-Order store DOES create a new shipping order and charge. BUT...
2. If you made your order already AND you were a backer, your order has been (or will be) merged into your pledge! Yay. So nothing you have to do. Double yay!
3. Moving forward, if you'd like to update your order with dice, then please wait for the survey, which will be sent to you soon.

Sorry for the confusion. This is our first time using Backerkit so we're learning on the fly.

Thank you for your patience! 

Please let us know if you have any trouble whatsoever!

The Dungeon Damsel Team

Free Dice SAGA!
about 1 year ago – Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 10:02:42 AM

Greetings Backers!

After what feels like months of talking to manufacturers, designing dice faces, seeing samples, getting quotes, debating profusely about what represents Unnatural Selection, and trying to represent you – the 1307 of you who will be receiving these free dice -- we’ve finally arrived at a design!

(By the way, it hasn’t been months – that’s part of the problem. We’ve had to ask everyone to HURRY UP and get us quotes and answer our questions since the idea of the free dice came about when we moved past our $75k stretch goal and $100k seemed actually possible!)

As those of you know who watched our live streams, we were striving to create something intricate and complicated. We hired an artist to create designs that turned out not to even be possible. 

So, after many attempts to bring you something special, we arrived at a design that we are head-over-heels with! In order to properly represent the feeling of Unnatural Selection and the grim reality of crawling through the DARKNESS, we’re proud to reveal to you the complete set of 7 UNNATURAL SELECTION dice:

 
 
(This is still a 3D render, so the actual dice may differ.)
 
And we also created a matching dice bag for your Unnatural Selection black dice! 

 
By popular request, you will also be able to make an add-on purchase for more d6s so you can have 3d6 Unnatural Selection dice!


You will be able to add these dice to your pledge through the BackerKit survey. Survey invites have not been sent out yet, but we will make an announcement once those start going out. Thanks for your patience, and excited to be able to offer these to everyone!

See you in the store!
The Dungeon Damsel Team