Zaman's Guide to the End of Time (And How to Fix It)

Zaman’s Guide Samples, STL Files, and Bonus Stat Block!
about 2 months ago – Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 12:20:04 PM

This update covers previews of the physical products for Zaman’s Guide, the release of the STL files for the Paradox Dragon and the Tomb Tyrant, and a bonus stat block for the enigmatic Mister Happens-Again.

Zaman’s Samples Preview

Work on Zaman’s Guide is well underway, including the production of the first samples of our physical goods. By ripping the fabric of spacetime apart and forcefully reaching through to future timelines, we can give you a little glimpse at how they’re coming along—worth it!
 

Chronowyrm and Tomb Tyrant STL Files!

With the recent release of Beta 2 of Cradle of the Chronowyrm, we figured that your world-saving, time-breaking, dragon-slaying experience can only be enhanced by some awesome STL files of some of the most iconic boss monsters. The Paradox Dragon and Tomb Tyrant minis have arrived to terrorise your party!

These STL files will be located in your digital downloads once this kickstarter update is live! You can find them by following these instructions:

Visit the BackerKit website here, and log in OR make an account with THE SAME EMAIL as your Kickstarter account. Then go to Your Pledges & Surveys > Your Surveys > Zaman's Guide > Get My Digital Downloads.

Bonus Stat Block: Mister Happens-Again

Beta 2 of Zaman’s Guide is still in progress, but that doesn’t mean you have to go without content any longer. Introducing Mister Happens-Again, a new reality-bending, eldritch abomination in the inconspicuous guise of a well-dressed gentleman! Why does a human in formalwear appear in faded hieroglyphs and ancient ruins all over the world? Why do chronosphinxes forbid any research on this enigmatic individual? And if it was once defeated by the legendary Gunner Cole O’Ptera… how is it back?

At a hefty CR 16, Mister Happens-Again makes for an excellent secondary antagonist for the Cradle of the Chronowyrm storyline, or a robust villain for your own campaigns. Your party will love to hate him, again and again and again…

Mister Happens-Again is a bonus monster that will NOT be in the final version of Zaman’s Guide. Consider it a token of our appreciation for all of your feedback and support! You can read and download the PDF by following this link.

Solving Time Anomalies For You

If you need any assistance, we’re here to provide it. The best and most reliable way to get a hold of us is by creating a support ticket the #support-requests channel of The Loot Tavern Discord, where any questions or concerns are usually answered in less than a day. The other way to reach out to us is through our email at [email protected], where your questions will be arrived in less than 2 business days! Remember we can handle upgrades to your pledges—still plenty of time to get those in!

Happy STL Printing!

The Loot Tavern Team

Cradle of the Chronowyrm Beta 2 and Alchemy Enhanced
3 months ago – Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 11:41:32 AM

This update covers the release of the second half of the Cradle of the Chronowyrm Beta, as well as the addition of Alchemy Enhanced to our VTT options!

Cradle of the Chronowyrm, Part 2

One way or another, it’s time to end it all. With the release of the second half of Cradle of the Chronowyrm, the story of the paradox dragon and its time-shattering apocalypse is complete. This doesn’t mean that the book is in its final form (it’s a Beta, after all!), as we still need to go through feedback both internal and from our backers, but we expect those updates to consist largely of balance tweaks and corrected mistakes. The contents of the final version are all in the Beta now!

So what can you expect from this Beta? In addition to the content included in the previous one, this brings:

• The last 4 adventures in the storyline, containing some of the largest and most dangerous battles we’ve ever released!
• 23 magic items, including even more magic bullets.
• 15 boss monster stat blocks, plus 20 assorted minions and local fauna.
• Over 20 spells.
• 1 new familiar crafted from the paradox dragon: the Conundrum.
• The new Factions & NPCs chapter, describing in detail some of the most important figures in the Cradle of the Chronowyrm campaign, as well as their motivations and relationships with one another.

Feedback. We’re immensely grateful for all the feedback we’ve already gotten. The time has not yet come to implement it, so don’t be alarmed if a mistake you pointed out hasn’t been corrected. Rest assured that we’re paying attention and will get to it soon! In the meantime, you can continue to share your thoughts by filling in this form!

Year’s End and Next Steps

This has been a crazy year for Loot Tavern and Zaman’s Guide. On the back of a successful Kickstarter, we’ve released the Betas for the first portion of the core book and the entirety of the Cradle of the Chronowyrm. In the background, the production of our physical products has been progressing well, and we’re set to receive the first print samples soon, on schedule.

Cradle in particular has been a huge undertaking—not only does it have the most hunts in an adventure book yet, it’s also our first attempt at tying them all up into one unified campaign! And to add to that, we’ve been experimenting more and more with our format to provide you with greater variety. The adventures in Cradle of the Chronowyrm include murder investigations, training montages, sphinx riddles, ancient puzzles, and quite possibly our craziest boss battle, against none other than the paradox dragon itself.

So what’s next? The next items on our agenda are the release of the rest of Zaman’s Guide. We still have a lot of content to show off, including some Gunner and Bender subclasses, a revamped riding system, and a whole bestiary, among others! Naturally, we’ll be keeping the nature of these releases a closely guarded secret. Nothing short of a catastrophic overlap of alternate timelines would ever cause us to prematurely reveal… 

Wait, what’s that image below?

Alchemy Enhanced

The option for Alchemy Enhanced was always here in a different timeline, and Zaman was finally gracious enough to merge that timeline with ours so you can now choose it as your VTT for Zaman’s Guide. If you’ve already made a selection and can’t change it yourself, see the Solving Time Anomalies section and we can make sure you get the help you need!

Solving Time Anomalies For You

If you need any assistance, we’re here to provide it. The best and most reliable way to get a hold of us is by creating a support ticket the #support-requests channel of The Loot Tavern Discord, where any questions or concerns are usually answered in less than a day. The other way to reach out to us is through our email at [email protected], where your questions will be arrived in less than 2 business days!

Happy Holidays,

The Loot Tavern Team

Cradle of the Chronowyrm Beta and Gunner Foundry Module!
6 months ago – Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 10:56:53 AM

This update covers the release of the first Beta of Cradle of the Chronowyrm, the end of the reimbursement period for the End Times adventures, and a free Foundry module for the new Gunner class!

Cradle of the Chronowyrm, Part 1

Ready to take on a world-eating timestorm created by a nigh-immortal paradox dragon? You better be, because the first portion of the Cradle of the Chronowyrm Beta Version 1 is out! It’s a chronomess for the ages just waiting to be sorted out, but no pressure—failure simply means the end of reality as we know it.

So, what can you expect from this Beta? Here’s what’s included within:

• The first 4 adventures in the book—reworked, rebalanced, and revamped from their Patreon releases! These updates include compatibility tweaks for the 2024 ruleset, balance adjustments, streamlined narratives, and additional art.
• 31 magic items, including new magic bullets that can be crafted from the bosses.
• 18 boss monster stat blocks, plus 18 assorted minions and local fauna.
• 13 spells.
• 7 familiars.

Notably, this version does not include:

• The last 4 adventures in the series.
• Changes resulting from pre-campaign playtesting feedback. Worry not, we’re not ignoring your comments! It’ll just be a little longer before we can give them the attention they deserve.

Feedback. We can’t wait to know what you think, so if you want to share your opinions on what we’ve released so far, just fill in this form!

Once the second half of the Beta is released, we’ll process and implement this feedback (alongside feedback from the pre-campaign playtests) to create Beta Version 2 of Cradle of the Chronowyrm. This is your chance to change the future (of this book), so don’t hesitate to leave some comments!

End Times Reimbursement

If you bought any of the adventures in the End Times series on our webshop and then backed Zaman’s Guide at a tier containing the adventure book, Cradle of the Chronowyrm, your time to receive a coupon is running out.

We’ve been checking on all of your responses and sending the coupons out in waves. The last wave will go out on the 3rd of October, so you have until then to request a coupon if you haven’t done so yet. To learn whether you’re eligible for one and how to receive it, simply check out our last update here.

Foundry Freebie!

Good news to all VTT users looking for an extra dash of gunslinging action in their games! We’ve put together a little Foundry module containing the Gunner class and 2 of its subclasses: the Deadeye’s Creed and the Slugger’s Creed. You can get this module for free here! If you have any questions on how to install or use this module please see the help section below on how to get help!

This module was built using the free playtest PDF, so as the Betas progress, it may not contain the most recent version of the Gunner class. Still, it should give you a solid preview of what the class is about and how it plays. We hope you have a fun time trying it out—now go forth and do some rootin’, some tootin’, and most importantly, some shootin’!
 

We’re Here to Help!

If you need any assistance, we’re here to provide it. The best and most reliable way to get a hold of us is by creating a support ticket the #support-requests channel of The Loot Tavern Discord, where any questions or concerns are usually answered in less than a day. The other way to reach out to us is through our email at [email protected], where your questions will be arrived in less than 2 business days!

— Maru and The Loot Tavern team

Zaman's Reimbursements and First Beta Test!
9 months ago – Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 03:08:47 PM

This update covers reimbursement coupons for End Times adventures, the release of the first Beta of Zaman’s Guide, and an upcoming project: Voidsea!

Zaman's Guide to Coupons (And How to Get Them)

Zaman’s Guide has been a crazy journey so far, and we want to once again thank all of our backers for making this project a reality. So if you purchased any of the adventures in the End Times series from the Loot Tavern webstore and later backed Zaman’s Guide on Kickstarter at a tier that includes the Cradle of the Chronowyrm adventure book (or included the adventure book as an add-on), we’re giving you a coupon for our webstore! Here’s how you can get it:

If you backed Zaman’s Guide with the same email address as your https://loottavern.com/ account, you don’t need to do anything—you’ll receive an email containing your coupon. If you used a different email address than your https://loottavern.com/ account, however, you need to fill out this form before you can receive your email.

The value of the coupon will be the sum of the prices of any PDFs or DABs from the End Times series you’ve purchased (minus any applicable taxes), up to the cost of the Cradle of the Chronowyrm Adventure Book PDF ($30). The coupons can be used only for digital items from our store. We will be sending these out in waves, so don’t worry if you don’t get it right away! 

Also, note that to avoid disrupting the fabric of reality, each coupon can only be used once across all time and space. We apologise profusely to all chronomancers out there.

The Beta PDF Is Here!

The time has finally come! We’re excited to present all of you with the first portion of Zaman’s Guide Beta Version 1—the product of eons of carefully studying the nature of time and recording its secrets, all chronomantically condensed into the span of a few months.

We know you’ve been waiting for a while, so what can you expect from this Beta? This initial segment focuses heavily on player options, and includes:

• The full version of the Gunner class, with the Bulletsmith, Chronotrigger, Deadeye, and Slugger subclasses.
• A total of 12 new subclasses: one for each of DnD 5e’s base classes.
• 7 new player species and 2 new subspecies, one for the Dwarf and one for the Rakin.
• 6 new backgrounds and 22 new feats, involving deserts, jinn, and time travel.
• Harvesting & Crafting Lite rules.
• A sample of some of the new spells that will be included in the full version.

Notably, this version does not include:

• Stretch goal content (such as the Outrider Tamer, the Disciple of Celerity Bender, and the Spellslinger and Dragoon Gunner Creeds).
• Changes resulting from pre-campaign playtesting feedback. Worry not, we’re not ignoring your comments! It’ll just be a little longer before we can give them the attention they deserve.

Feedback. We’re dying to know what you think, so if you want to share your opinions on what we’ve released so far, just fill in this form!

Once the remaining parts of Beta Version 1 are released (over the next few months), we’ll process and implement this feedback (alongside feedback from the pre-campaign playtests) to create Beta Version 2 of Zaman’s Guide. Don’t miss this chance to let your voice be heard! Future you would be upset.

What Lurks Beneath the Waves?

Voidsea—a brand new collaborative project between Archvillain Games, Loot Tavern, and Titan Forge, that’s what! Dive into a vast oceanic expanse full of slumbering pelagic titans, bloodthirsty pirate crews, and… your very own mimic ship? Voidsea brings you a new system for naval combat, fully customisable vessels with harvestable and craftable ship components, naval perks to build your crew, horrifying eldritch mutations, and so much more.

The project officially launches on September 30th, but you can follow the Kickstarter page right now to help us unlock FREE miniatures as community stretch goals! We’re only about 300 followers away from the next goal!

In Need of Assistance?

As usual, if you have any questions, you can reach us through our email, where ChefTinyT will try to get back to you in no later than two business days. An even better way you can reach us is the #zamans-questions-answered channel of the Loot Tavern Discord Server, where answers are usually less than a day away.

— Maru and the Loot Tavern Team
 

Surveys are Live!
10 months ago – Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 01:05:39 PM

The Backerkit Surveys are already live!

We’ve run the smoke tests and confirmed everything was working last week, so we sent out surveys Monday, May 26th. If you haven’t received your survey yet please reach out to Backerkit Support or to us directly (See below section about needing assistance).

NOTE! If you paid using Apple Pay and you have the feature turned on that hides your email, you will not get a survey and will have to reach out to Backerkit directly, giving them your details so they can find your pledge and manually change the email.

Locking Orders and Payment Information

Currently we are giving people time to finish their surveys and make any changes to their order that they want. Starting on June 23rd 2025 we will begin locking orders. We need to do this so y’all can access the downloadable material (Beta tests, and the Heliana PDF if you purchased that there!)

If you haven't filled out your survey, or don't have sufficient funds in your account, you have until shipping begins (Estimated for October of 2026) to resolve it, but you won't be able to access your digital downloads until your survey is filled out and the balance is paid. If you still need to fill out the survey, now is the time (it takes about 5 minutes). Here’s the link if you still need to do it!

Moving forward, we'll lock in orders every Monday. So, if you complete your survey on a Wednesday, your card will be charged the following Monday, and you'll receive any digital assets at that time too!

We had to reset some surveys to allow for the freedom of choice!

Zaman ended up getting the wrong timeline on his first pass when sending out surveys. He chose the timeline where we just gave everyone the free dice without the choice to not receive them. Turns out that wasn’t the right timeline for us! 

Reset Surveys. We have gone back and now added in the choice for the free dice. What this means is that even though you may have already filled out a survey, if you had the free dice option your survey was reset. Even though your past self already filled the survey out, we need your present self to go and double check to make sure that your survey is completed. All you should have to do is accept or deny your free dice. The changes you’ve already made to your survey should still be there! If you upgraded your order or changed tiers those will still be preserved! Until you make the choice on the free dice you will continue to receive weekly reminders about filling out your survey.

Free Dice. No system is perfect and a few of you may have been missed. Before reaching out to us please check the following as we may have already caught the missing dice ahead of time. (Time Travel is a useful tool for this kinda stuff!)

If you were a First 72 Hour Backer OR you used the DnD Shorts link you’ll want to look on your Review page in backerkit. To get there you will need to log into backerkit and go to Your Surveys, from there you will click on Zaman’s Guide and be taken to your order.

What you will be looking for is the following:

If you see this then you’ve already gotten the dice and the timestreams are aligned properly. If you are missing the free dice at this point please reach out to us!

In need of assistance?

If you have any questions you can reach us through our email, where I, ChefTinyT, will get back to you in no later than two business days. An even better way you can reach us is the #zamans-questions-answered channel of the Loot Tavern Discord Server, where answers are usually less than a day away.

—ChefTinyT and the Loot Tavern Team