What is The Gunslinger's Guide to Rexfald?
The Gunslinger’s Guide to Rexfald is a Western-themed supplement designed for D&D 5e (2014 & 2024) packed full of content inspired by the countless movies, books, and games of the Western genre. Containing new thematic subclasses, origins, species, firearms et cetera, along with the endless frontier of Rexfald, a territory covered with guns, grit, and glory pulled straight from Wild-Western myth and legend.
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Is Rexfald a Campaign Setting?
Rexfald is both a full campaign setting and a collection of creatures and locations to include in your own homebrew games. Every part of the setting integrates seamlessly with any world that allows for high-western grit and adventure, whether that be a world like Eberron, the Forgotten Realms, the Deadlands, or your own homebrew world, as a glorious legend-laden frontier to explore. Whether experienced as its own universe or as a part of another, Rexfald has enough depth with its unique territories, environments, towns, creatures, and stories to provide a Wild-Western adventure wherever and whenever you choose to place it.
Rexfald, much like the West, adapts to how you run it. The setting has a fully-integrated cosmology and set map, but the Endless Frontier has enough space that entire worlds can be placed within its borders or uncovered just beyond the horizon. As for the “Western” themed character options included, they are all designed to be played in any setting, and special lengths have been taken to allow all of them to work in worlds that do not contain firearms.
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What system is The Gunslinger's Guide to Rexfald written for?
Both The Gunslinger’s Guide to Rexfald and Bounties of The Highwayman are written and designed for D&D 5e. The system has been balanced for the 2024 version of D&D, but special effort has been given to include options for players who prefer the 2014 ruleset. The books will be dual-compatible with both versions upon release, and both GMs and Players will be able to use either book with whatever version they prefer.
As lovers of both the 2014 and 2024 versions of D&D, we built Rexfald to resonate with players that prefer either system, or a mixture of both. The integration is organic, and no additional work is needed by either the GM or the Player to work within either ruleset while using content from Rexfald.
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What is in each book?
The Gunslinger’s Guide to Rexfald contains everything you need to explore the Endless Frontier, or add a part of it into your own homebrew world! You will get all of the character options, new species, firearms, new mechanics and a bunch more stuff to add into your saddlebag (depending on what Stretch Goals we manage to unlock!)
Bounties of The Highwayman is a high-stakes Campaign Adventure that sees a group of adventurers ride to redeem or eliminate 12 unique bounties across every corner of the Endless Frontier. Special new rules for forming a gang or posse, tracking bounties, and leaving unique calling cards are included with the adventure.
While The Gunslinger’s Guide to Rexfald provides an Endless Frontier of fun, Bounties of The Highwayman provides a detailed adventure to tell the dramatic high-Western stories you always dreamed of enthralling your players with!
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What will be on the GM Screen?
In addition to basic rules for D&D 5e the GM Screen will contain two unique pieces of information.
A portion of the screen include rules for using Duel Action with the Showdown System, including charts and special tables for duel environments, events leading up to the duel, and duel complications.
Another portion of the screen will include information for using mounts and Mount Companions, including level-up charts and stat-trackers for those mounts.
The rest of the screen will contain rulesets for the new firearm types, mobile bastions, and other Rexfald-exclusive items.
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Does the book contain AI images?
No. From the very beginning we have always been staunchly against AI art. We have never and will never include it on any project, including this one. Feel secure in the fact that we will always support real artists using their talents to make our passion a reality.
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How do I get the Early Bird Bullet Dice Reward?
Back any Physical Tier and you’ll get a free set of our Brass Bullet Dice added in to your purchase for free.
This includes the following tiers: - Core Book - The Slipcase - Core Box - Deluxe Box - Collector’s Edition
Any edition that already includes a set of Brass Bullet Dice (such as the Deluxe Box) will receive an additional set for free! Gift it to a friend in your posse or roll your crits in style!
NOTE: While you can edit your pledge through the whole campaign without worry of missing your Early Bird reward, if you cancel your pledge and back again AFTER the first 72 hours, you may no longer be eligible for your Early Bird reward! If you have an issue, feel free to email us and we’ll get it sorted!
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Are there monsters in both the Core Book and Bounties of the Highwayman?
Yes, both books contain monsters for you to use in your own campaigns. The Gunslinger’s Guide to Rexfald has 50 Wild-West themed monsters included within its pages hailing from all sorts of frontier tales.
Bounties of the Highwayman adds 30 ADDITIONAL monsters to the Core Book, with a special emphasis on adding bounty-themed monsters like Living Wanted Posters that track down criminals in vengeful swarms of paper or the many-armed gelatinous Stick-up that jams the wheels of trains before robbing the passengers of their biomass.
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I have never backed a Kickstarter before, how does it work?
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Using Backerkit we will gather the necessary information we will need to ship the products to you - which is usually just your shipping address. You will also get the chance to change your pledge to a higher pledge tier if you would like to, or to include add-ons to your order. Afterwards, you proceed to pay for shipping and VAT (if applicable), the amount depending on which country the physical rewards are shipped to.
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How do I include add-ons like the Brass Bullet Dice for example?
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What is a Pledge Manager?
In essence a pledge manager is a platform allowing us to better handle the pledges made on Kickstarter. We are partnering with BackerKit for our pledge manager, which should go live about a month after the Kickstarter concludes.
On that platform we will be able to securely collect shipping information, charge shipping and VAT expenses as well as ensure a seamless fulfillment.
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How do I pay for Shipping?
Shipping costs will be charged separately after the Kickstarter ends through BackerKit, our pledge manager. Please keep in mind that the estimated costs presented on the campaign page are subject to change based on your add-ons and pledge tier. Though we strive for accurate predictions, the ongoing global shipping situation is quite volatile. Once we have the finalized package weights, sizes, and any unlocked stretch goals, final shipping will be charged on BackerKit
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Will new tariffs increase the price that I pay?
We here at Gneiss Games have elected to take-on the cost of any and all new tariffs personally when we fulfill our physical rewards. Your backing of us was a vote of confidence and we will not be adjusting prices after you pay for shipping. We hope you appreciate our efforts, and look forward to you getting your hands on Rexfald no matter what!
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When will I be charged?
After the Kickstarter campaign ends on May 8th, Kickstarter will automatically charge your chosen payment method for the amount you pledged. If you’ve picked a physical reward, remember that you’ll still need to cover shipping (check our estimated prices sheet) and any applicable sales tax. The exact amount depends on your order, location, and local tax rates. BackerKit will calculate this for you when it’s time to fulfill orders.
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What if my order arrives damage or missing?
If anything at all is wrong with your order, please do not hesitate to contact us. We here at Gneiss Games promise to rectify the situation and get you to experience Rexfald at the highest possible quality.
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Is Rexfald licensed by Wizards of The Coast?
All our content is developed in accordance with the guidelines specified in the Open Gaming License, Version 1.0a, and is subject to the terms and conditions outlined in System Reference Document 5.1, which is provided by Wizards of the Coast.
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Will either book be translated into X/Y/Z Languages?
There are currently plans in place to have Spanish and Italian translations of the books. If there is enough interest for another language we are happy to consider it!
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Is there a retailer pledge available?
If you are a retailer, please reach out to us at [[email protected]] and we will be more than happy to begin the ordering process with you!
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Is the Rawhide Map really Rawhide?
Yes. The Rawhide Map will be made out of high-quality tanned sheepskin. The leather will be laser-engraved with a map of the frontier and then lacquered.
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I don't see my question here, how can I get an answer?
These are general FAQs that aim to answer the most common questions have received, however we are more than happy to still answer your question! If you have any questions beyond this FAQ, please send us a message via the Kickstarter inbox or feel free to send an email to [[email protected]].
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