A massive book of martial might and magical mayhem for D&D 5e - 4 epic new classes, 30+ new subclasses, 30+ feats, and over 240 spells!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
The next book! Kibbles' Compendium of Airships and Artifacts is live (and fully funded!)
21 days ago
– Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 10:03:24 AM
Hey Folks-
I wanted to share my newest book here: Kibbles Compendium of Artifacts and Airships! It's the 3rd book in the series of Kibbles' Compendiums, and builds off some of the things in this book and the last (its got Spellblade, Warlord, Warden, and Occultist subclasses!
For Spellblade it brings the rune-wielding aegis-specialist Glyph Knight and the death-dealing necromantic Doombringer.
For Warlord it has the long awaited Spellweaver, who is to casters what most Warlords are to Martials!
For Occultist it has the relic-collecting Antiquarian and the spirit-hosting Possessed!
For Warden is has the heavy-weapon using Gravity Binder and the wind-twisting Stormbender!
The new book is already fully funded and off to the races, but since it builds on KCLL content I wanted to put this update there for folks to check out. Of course, there's tons of new content, with two classes—the Paragon and Summoner! Playtesters who enjoyed KCLL classes have been loving them so far, so I can (who am not biased at all!) can highly recommend checking them out. Like with KCLL there's a ton of stuff in a free sample (140 pages of it!)
Hopefully this book will have a bit of a faster turn around than KCLL did (the circumstances are more in my favor so far!), but equally hopefully those that survived the process of KCLL's delivery schedule will know I'm good for eventually getting you your book, come hell or high tariffs!
Here's a list of everything that's available in the new Kickstarter:
Thank you for checking it out! I appreciate your support on KCLL, and I hope that you've enjoyed the book, and I cannot wait to bring some of you another book in the series!
All the best,
-Kibbles
Prelaunch Page for Kibbles' Compendium of Airships and Artifacts
2 months ago
– Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 09:41:08 AM
Hey Folks-
With KCLL wrapped up in all products and all regions for a few months now (if you don't gotten something, reach out!), I've turned my attention to my next project—Kibbles' Compendium of Airships and Artifacts. I've put up the pre-launch page for it, so give it a follow to catch it when it goes live. It is currently expected to launch in early March, but that date is subject to change.
The pre-launch page has the information about what is in it, but you can expect more of what KCCC and KCLL brought—2 new classes (the minion controlling Summoner and the 'active' martial Paragon), over 30 new subclasses, plenty of spells and feats, and some new subsystems (the titular airships and artifacts!), as well as an standalone expansion to my crafting system (modular crafting!)
I'm happy to answer any questions (either about any lingering KCLL questions, or about the upcoming Kickstarter) either here or on Discord.
As we get closer to launch, I'll update that prelaunch page with more details and share more information. A lot of the content for the next book is already available in playtest form, and every month new subclasses are being voted on over on Patreon... so if you want to get an early word in on what should be in it head over there and look for the monthly polls.
Thank you for your support with this Kickstarter, and it's been great to see that folks have been so happy with the books. I hope to see you again with the next Kickstarter to bring another book to life.
-Kibbles
September Update (2025) - Reshipments, Wrapping Up, and What's Next
7 months ago
– Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 09:32:42 AM
Hey Folks-
Status Updates
The vast majority of the shipments have gone out, and I'm relieved that most of you have books in hands.
There's a small group of folks that have gotten damaged copies (either from printing damage or shipping damage) or suffered from lost packages. Replacement copies should be shipping out this week; I just the last of those over to the warehouse this morning, only to realize today is a holiday.
I think all the 1st wave orders have shipped, so you should either have your order, or should have gotten at least a shipping notification. If you haven't gotten either by the end of this week, reach out to me.
If there was any damaged items you want replaced and you haven't reached out, please reach out for that as well. If you want any additional items, you can still order items on the Backerkit for people that have decided they want another of the books or something. There is remaining stock of most items, though I do expect some of them to sell out in the relatively near future at the current rate.
There's been some confusion around the Battle Cards, as they were condensed down to one deck, and for some folks they didn't get the Crafting Material Cards. I'm still working on solutions for the Material Cards (since I'm out of copies of them), but currently my plans are to (a) make a PDF version available for free (not a replacement, but will help some folks), and (b) anyone that didn't get them and wants a refund for that item, just let me know. I'm working on a print-on-demand solution for the cards, but it'll take a bit as I've been focused on the main delivery.
What Now?
Well, at long last, things are basically done. The VTT versions are all done, the shipments are all sent out, it's just a matter of reshipping a few orders.
The show must go on and I've started working on new content. There is currently a poll over on my patreon for the next subclasses (I do a poll like almost every month, it includes last month's winners, the Possessed Occultist and the Glyph Knight Spellblade), and I've just posted a preview for my next class, the Paragon (a more 'active' martial class). Paragon and Summoner will be what I'm working on for a bit, as well as the usual progress of new subclasses and 5e++.
I was originally planning to do the next Kickstarter this fall (...which is coming right up), but with all the challenges this one faced, I've opted to delay it. I will probably do a Kickstarter early next year, assuming I manage to forget the massive headaches involved in this Kickstarter by then. I have a lot of thoughts on how the Kickstarter ended up getting so delayed (the OGL situation leading it being rushed and having too much content, the editing and production delays, the EU regulations, the US tariffs, and, of course, the US Customs with the final and greatest hurdle at the end...), but ultimately its all done now.
I have a lot of ways to be more prepared for some of those, and the next book will definitely be a somewhat smaller book (without 4 new classes), but I'll keep folks posted. I may do an interim project for 5e++, but I haven't decided yet as that's a bit more of a niche product (by my expectations, anyway).
For folks that want to stay abreast of what I'm working on, Patreon or Discord are the best ways to do that.
The overwhelming majority of you have been extremely positive about the book and seem to be quite happy with it, which I'm intensely happy to hear. There's been a long road to getting the book to folks, so I'm thrilled that at the end folks are getting a book they love. It's been a huge relief to finally see this project through to the end.
Thank you for your support and making this all possible. I've got a lot more content to make, so I'll get back to that.
-Kibbles
Second August Update (2025) - At long last, the US books are shipping
7 months ago
– Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 12:31:48 PM
Hey Folks-
I've finally brought you some good news. This week (as in, right now), the US books are finally shipping. If you've previously updated your address with me, I've passed that along to the warehouse and things should be heading in the correct direction.
It's been a real hurdle to get through US Customs and the tariffs to get here. I'm going to spare you all the details, but suffice to say that final additional bill for US Customs (Tariffs and Bonus Fees) is going to be ~$25,447 of additional cost. I've already paid this, and you don't need to pay anything else to get your book.
For people that want to chip in (or want to pay their tariff), I've put up GoFundMe here now that I have all (mostly) the costs in hand. I don't really expect anything here, so don't feel pressured to put money. This is entirely optional - you will get your book the same either way. I've broken down the approximate cost per item there.
The 'goal' of the fundraiser is half the cost of tariffs & fees, but I very much don't expect it to raise that. But some people have asked for a place to chip in or pay their tariff, and there's no reason for me not offer that, so there it is.
Ultimately, we got fairly 'lucky' with the tariff being in the 'paused' window (...which really just means temporarily reduced rate, not at all paused). I don't consider the tariff rate I paid a 'disaster' scenario, but it obviously just eats a lot of what was otherwise the profit of the Kickstarter. That 'luck' was mitigated by the US Customs fiasco discussed in the last update, which is ultimately closely related, since the reason for the shifting enforcement standards and fairly ridiculous fees has the same root cause.
I appreciate folks that help out with the funding, but I appreciate any and all folks that have stuck this out with lots of patience. This has been a rough journey to getting this book together and shipped out, and while some of those delays are squarely on me, many of them were ultimately just out of my control. The vast majority of you have been extremely patient and understanding waiting to get your books, and I really appreciate that.
At the moment, I don't know what future will hold. For now, just getting these books out the door, processing any issues with shipping, and wrapping this Kickstarter up with a bow at long last is the next step.
Thank you,
-KibblesTasty
August Update (2025) - US/CA Books Delayed by Customs
8 months ago
– Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 12:30:08 PM
Hey Folks-
The following is all concerning US/CA books. For international customers, you can skip this one.
Unfortunately I come with yet more bad news. I understand that at this point the process of getting the books into the US has been ridiculous, but there's just not much I can do about that.
The books arrived in port on July 11th. This was over a week late due to boat schedule delays (it decided to spin around in the ocean for a week, as boats sometimes do).
Unfortunately, customs decided to put the books in book jail. It took several weeks for them to even process why they were on hold. I've been going over the play-by-play on Discord, but it mostly boils down to nonsense and bureaucratic confusion.
The books have finally been bailed out of book jail and are in 'my' possession (at a warehouse in Baltimore), but unfortunately the bail metaphor is somewhat too literal and CBP (Customs and Border Protection) has required they cannot be shipped anywhere yet.
Most of the requests they had just involved paperwork (...hundreds of pages of it that amounted to nothing in the end), but one of the requests is particularly problematic. They are requiring that every individual product (and not just the cartons) has an external 'country of origin' mark on it (as in one that you can see without opening/removing the shrink wrap. This includes every shrink wrapped pack of cards.
This requirement is certainly unusual. A quick glance at my book shelf shows that more than half of the books have no such marking (...I was surprised to find that any do, to be honest), and talking to other publishers no one I talked to has encountered this problem before. Certainly marking every individually shrink wrapped pack of cards is somewhat ridiculous. I think it's a combination of bad luck and shifting enforcement standards due to the international trade situation, but there's ultimately just not much I can do about it.
This requirement is further complicated because CBP requires it not be done as part of shipping the book, but by unpacking the goods, marking them one-by-one and repacking the goods for CBP inspection. This isn't something the fulfillment company can do, so this has been a problem.
Ultimately I've found a warehouse that can hold the books and cards and process them as CBP requests. But that took time, and now processing them is going to make more time. The warehouse currently estimates it'll take 2-3 weeks, working overtime and weekends (there are >10,000 products all of which need to be marked before any of them can be shipped, as per CBP requirements). This is in addition to the paperwork issues the CBP has (...of which I should note that, so far, it seems that nothing has actually been wrong), but I assume that will clear up before the processing step does.
So... what does all of this mean? It means that the book will be even later. To be honest, I don't even know if it will ship out in August at this point. If it takes two weeks to label and CBP promptly verifies it, it will still go out in August. If it takes long or CBP takes weeks to verify it, there's simply nothing I can do.
Some of you will have noticed that the books were marked as shipped in Backerkit. That's ultimately my bad, because I pulled out the shipping manifest to send to the warehouse. In normal circumstances, this would have been roughly when they started shipping, but unfortunately the above happened. You should get a shipping notification from the actual warehouse once they start to ship - Backerkit isn't directly synced to the warehouse, so its a manual step to take the addresses from Backerkit, mark which was ones have been taken, and send them to the warehouse, which is what happened as the warehouse needs that list prior to starting to ship the books.
I get that some people will be beyond impatient and annoyed at this point. That makes sense, but ultimately there's just nothing I can really do. I assure you I am more unhappy about it than you, since dealing with this is not only taking weeks of my time, it's also costing tens of thousands of dollars, adding to the pile that was already applied for the tariffs.
Realistically speaking, I wrapped up any part of this process I could influence fall of last year. I was certainly behind schedule, but we are going on 10+ months just to print and ship the books at this point, which is truly absurd. This project has hit more or less every problem it could hit short of the ship sinking, and while I apologize for that, all I can really say is that eventually you will get the books.
