ARCADIA 5!

Hey, hey, amazing patrons!

It’s James Introcaso, here to bring you the bold and beautiful ARCADIA 5. Check out that cover by Sean Andrew Murray. The level of detail blows my mind! All of Sean’s work is incredibly evocative, and you should peruse this artist’s portfolio to get a lot of inspiration for your games.

Here’s what you can find inside ARCADIA 5!

Long-Term Curses by Leon Barillaro 

Leon, who wrote ARCADIA 1’s “Workshop Watches,” is back with a new devious article! These magical torments can’t be undone by a simple remove curse spell. Your character must break a curse by adventuring if they find themselves predicting a future no one believes, constantly followed by ravens, or turning into a puddle of slime. 

Gustavo Pelissari created the unique art for this article. Behold!

Goldmonger Subclasses by Carlos Cisco 

Unleash your greed with the Avarice Domain cleric, the Circle of the Gilded druid, and the Oath of Acquisitions paladin. Each subclass allows players to embrace their love of treasure without shame (not that they had any to begin with). These adventurers aren’t evil! They make magnificent party members because they always find, and almost always share, the wealth. Plus this article includes an NPC and three retainers based on the subclasses. 

MCDM’s art outsource manager and in-house artist, Nick De Spain, drew these greedy heroes. Here’s one:

Alabaster's Almanac by Sam Mannell 

Finally, Sam Mannell (author of ARCADIA 3’s “Ace’s High”) brings you nine new spells from across the Timescape in “Alabaster’s Almanac”. These spells vary from low-level and functional, like Alabaster’s adjacent acquisition, to supremely powerful and reality bending, like realize image. Plus Alabaster’s adaptation for the World Below lets you sweat acid! 

Linda Lithén and MCDM’s in-house artist Grace Cheung (ARCADIA 4's cover artist) lent their illustrative powers to make this article extra magical!

What's Next?

We’re internally exploring ideas for expanding future issues of ARCADIA with content that doesn’t need to be playtested. If you have ideas please share them on the MCDM Discord and subreddit.

In the meantime, I need to keep working on ARCADIA 6…

— 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: 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.

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

A: Thanks for your interest, but we currently don’t accept open submissions — you can check out this post to learn more about how we source articles for ARCADIA.

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

A: Oh no! D: If you need help with anything MCDM-related, email our support inbox (hello@mcdmproductions.com) and we'll respond as soon as we can. We're looking forward to reaching the point where we can bring on a dedicated support team member to help everyone lickety-split, but until we get there we try to check for new messages every week or two. We've got many tools at our disposal, so rest assured that when you hear back from us we will do everything we can to make sure you're taken care of! :)