Kingmaker - New Stretch Goal

Pathfinder: Kingmaker has reached its extra story chapter goal +mac/linux versions and now has a new stretch goal of Goblin companion at 900K.

Dear Pathfinders,

Extra story chapter is funded!

Thanks to your incredible support, we have just reached the stretch goal that will expand original Pathfinder Kingmaker AP story! O_o there was a dеmonic laughter just heard in the owlcats cave - narrative designers were celebrating the ability to weave new secrets into the game plot…

And what is more, those of you who pray Mac & Linux will not need to change your deity - Pathfinder: Kingmaker will be available on your sacred ground.

The result of the campaign so far exceeds our initial dreams, you can't imagine how excited we are that your help allows us to make our game so much bigger and better. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to each and every one of you!

With the extra story chapter funded we are happy to present our new stretch goal:

900K - Extra Companion

and here we have the special tale about our new companion from our Narrative Designer Chris Avellone.

The Goblin's Tale

The goblins of Golarion have a bad reputation, to be sure. Of course, that's usually the perspective of someone who hasn't spent much time around goblins and has never seen the positives goblins have to offer.

For example, goblins can be especially devoted. Whether to their four goblin hero-gods, or to you. Of course, their attempts to earn your favor can be much like the family cat leaving dead animals on your door step, except it might be someone's fingers. Such is the way with our goblin hero Nok-Nok, which is much like the sound his skull makes when his tribesmen beat it with clubs. (Which happened enough that he was mistaken for a drum at times.) He's not only eager to help, but he's incredibly effective in tormenting your enemies until they beg for mercy - or a swift death.

At the start of Kingmaker, however, Nok-Nok's fallen on difficult times - very difficult times, as his tribe intends to use him as a sacrifice. You're the only one who can save him… and as far as Nok-Nok is concerned, your arrival is divine proof that he's destined for greatness. He should know, because as he explains, he's the fifth goblin god, and you've earned his favor.

As it turns out, Nok-Nok aspires to be more than a warty, scabby head-drum - he is convinced that he is a deity-to-be. He's just having some difficulty making anyone else realize it. He can recite many tales of heroics and can expound at great length on how he's bravely fled from dogs, how he set fire to his own hair when he couldn't find firewood (he neglected to cut it from his head first), and how he's learned how to block kicks and punches by using his head as a shield. And that's just the beginning of his legendary journey to greatness.

Nok-Nok is a skilled thief. He excels in scuttling about, valiantly stabbing enemies in the back, and setting off every trap in the area (so much so, Nok-Nok's attempts to disarm a trap come very close to being literal - the trap usually threatens to dis-arm him). He does, however, have an incredible resistance to pain, attracts an unusual coterie of "pets," and embraces various junk and trinkets you find on your journey as if they were hard-won trophies of his heroics.

If you lend him a helping hand, Nok-Nok's quick to call you family - play your cards right, and he might even let you be among his worshippers of Nok-Nok (the Fifth, or in his words "the Fith" or sometimes, in other's words, "the Filth").

Hail to the kings!

Owlcats.

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It's a BS stretch goal however I'm more curious if they managed to raise 100k via PayPal. That would give us Archetypes.

I was sure they wouldnt make the last streth goal.

AWESOME. This is looking really good to me.

My 2p.
I'm glad they had realistic stretch goals.

Really get tired of :
100k and everyone gets mounts, and flying, and we port to gameboy, and linux, and VR, and npc schedules, and next gen graphics!

Originally Posted by Damian
I was sure they wouldnt make the last streth goal.

They might reach it post-campaign via PayPal. This companion will be written by MCA I think.

Sounds like Deekin a bit. Loved the little bugger in SoU, but man was he annoying in second exp.

Ah no…not a Deekin-like character. Despicable little troglodyte! Erm..kobold. I don't like "add a new character" stretch goals….add more spells, or mechanics instead. Core stuff.
On the plus side, I'm glad they make it through 700K..

I wouldn't mind a pet. No owlcat but gobline pet, fine with me.
Ah well, at least the crewmember won't be some DA bear.

What an underwhelming stretch goal.

I wonder how much money US$700K in Russia…

Originally Posted by screeg
I wonder how much money US$700K in Russia…

Well you can try and figure it out, programmer salary in Russia is in range [10k - 20k] Euros per year. But since most of the guys seems like they have a lot of experience I would imagine they earn quite a bit. Also if they are based in Moscow you can be sure they get paid even more.
It's not a lot of money, but it also isn't small amount like it would be in USA.

Also they need to pay Kickstarter fees.

That goblin companion seems just a tad over the top. How about something more realistic?

Originally Posted by Morrandir
There have been Kickstarters that in the final 2 days collected as much as in the first 2 days. That would be >$200k in this case.
So it's still possible I think.

Seems I was kind of right. Now I'm sure they'll reach 800k with Kickstarter alone and give us archetypes. Yay!

Originally Posted by NewDArt
What an underwhelming stretch goal.

Are you talking about the companion stretch goal or the new chapter? If you are talking about the companion, i would agree. I think the companion should have been the first stretch goal, with the new chapter and the archetypes next.

Yea, lol, this is a pattern, seen it on other kick-starters. I guess Avellone has to be paid 100k or so every time he writes some crappy companion. NOT WORTH IT.

Originally Posted by rjshae
That goblin companion seems just a tad over the top. How about something more realistic?

Originally Posted by DarNoor
Are you talking about the companion stretch goal or the new chapter? If you are talking about the companion, i would agree. I think the companion should have been the first stretch goal, with the new chapter and the archetypes next.

The companion stretch goal.

I think they added a weak stretch goal (companion) because they don't want to over-commit. Anyway you know things will be adjusted up and down once they get into production based on real effort and not estimated effort.