ARCADIA 6!

Hello patrons!

It is I, James Introcaso, here to present ARCADIA 6. Check out that mind-bending cover by Nephelomancer. It is the stuff dreams (and some nightmares) are made of. Definitely Grade A ARCADIA awesome.

Inside ARCADIA 6:

The Grim Accord by Michael E. Shea

This article gives you four evil adventurer NPCs you can drop right into your game. These mercenaries make perfect rivals for your heroes and fight for gold and each other. Heavens help the party that crosses the Accord. Zuzanna Wuzyk illustrated each of these merciless mercenaries.

The Armor of Zevellon by Gabe Hicks

Gabe, who wrote “Titan Heart” in ARCADIA 1, returns with fantastic magic items! Each piece of this suit of magic plate armor gives the wearer incredible power. Collect them all to unleash the armor’s full power … and a fiendish surprise. Plus a short adventure for 6th-level characters is included in the article. MCDM staff artist Grace Cheung drew the art in this article.

Spelunking! by H.H. Carlan

This adventure sends 4th-level characters cave-diving to find a group of missing teens and face dangers unleashed by an ancient crystal monster. Art in this article comes from Miska Fredman, Faizal Fikiri, and Elisa Serio.

Say Hi!

We hope that you’re having a blast reading ARCADIA. Come chat about the latest issue (and previous ones) on Discord and Reddit.

If you like ARCADIA, you may also enjoy our recently-released PDF of Kingdoms & Warfare. Many of our ARCADIA authors (including Gabe from this issue) helped us create a 320-page book about managing organizations and fighting large-scale battles in fifth edition. The book also includes action oriented monsters, new magic items, and a big, ol’ adventure that teaches you how to use the rules in the book.

In the meantime, ARCADIA 7 needs a few finishing touches…

—James and the ARCADIA crew

FAQs

Q: How long will I be able to download the ARCADIA PDF attached to this post?

A: Indefinitely. Though this wasn’t the case at launch, our policy has changed. All issues of ARCADIA remain attached to their launch posts. You can read more about it here.

Q: There's a lightning bolt icon that says a special offer is currently running for the MCDM Patreon—what's that about? Do I need to do anything if I want to get the special offer?

A: If you're already an active Patron in the $5 or $10 tier, then you're all set, you don't need to change anything!

The "special offer" is a new Patreon feature we're testing to help communicate that this sign-up period includes something special: ARCADIA! The special offer informs non-Patrons viewing the page that if they want to download the current issue of ARCADIA directly from Patreon without having to go through the MCDM Shop, they'll need to subscribe before the special offer expires.

We'll see if using this kind of feature is actually helpful; if it is we'll keep updating it to relay that important information to make it clear what's available right now :)

Q: I know someone who wants to get a copy of ARCADIA, but they don't want to use Patreon. Is there somewhere else they can get it?

A: Definitely, and we understand! That's why, when we post the current issue of ARCADIA to Patreon, we add it to the MCDM Shop at the same time :D. On the MCDM Shop an issue of ARCADIA is $7.

While we're on the topic of alternative ways to get your hands on ARCADIA… Piracy sucks extra hard for very, very small teams like us. We're only a handful of people, and most of us jumped from something familiar and stable into the wild world of tabletop game development and media! We've been so fortunate to be able to make dope shit like ARCADIA and we wanna keep making dope shit for the foreseeable future, and pay people we work with well enough that they can keep making dope shit, too! Products like ARCADIA are what keep the lights on and families fed, and this year that's extra important to everyone we think. Thanks to those who have shared their warmth by supporting our team, and we hope others who have gone down the path of darkness enjoy our work enough to reconsider.

Q: I want to submit an article for ARCADIA. How do I do that?

A: Thanks for your interest. We currently don’t accept open submissions. You can read more about how we source articles for ARCADIA here.

Q: What is this... an FAQ for ANTS? I have a question and it's not one of the ones listed here!

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