Project Timeline

may 2024

Project start

  • This is when I finaly decided to put the ideas for project “drift “down to paper. It consisted mainly of my ideas for a magic system and some basic world concepts such as the Sliverstorms and Magitech.

november 2024

Rules system

  • The V5 Fantasy Roleplaying rules are selected.
  • First concept art is made by a close friend.
  • Chapter: “The Reclamation Codex” started 

april 2025

Panic!

  • After some experimentation with “textboxes” in the layout, my word processor crashes and the file can no longer be opened… After a small heart-attack I manage to to recover the raw text and decide not to use the malicious “text boxes”
  • Chapter: “How to use this book” started
  • Prologue: “The price of safety” completed

november 2025

Driftborn

  • The project is renamed “Driftborn” 
  • The themes for the setting are defined
  • First outline for Calderan society
  • Chapter: “The Adventure” started
  • Copyright and Licencing

january 2026

Before the Slivers fall

  • Outline for the adventure “Before the Slivers Fall” completed 
  • New prologue: “Last Shift at Blackcliff Mine” completed
  • Art: scetches of the shards
  • Art: marginalia, fleuron and vignette
  • Setting specific classes: 2/6 completed
  • Domain “Driftborn.be” Registered 

march 2026

The reclamation codex

  • Setting specfic classes: 6/6 completed
  • Character Backgrounds 3/6 completed
  • Chapter: “The Reclamation Codex” complete
  • Chapter: “How to use this book” complete
  • Art: 3/12 Sketches for the codex
  • Art: Hero banner, logo and Favicon
  • First closed reveal & review of 2 chapters + prologue

Spring 2026

Currently in progress

  • Chapter: “ISC operational profiles” 
  • Chapter: “The Adventure” 
  • First edit round after reveal 2 chapters + prologue
  • Art: Full colour front page
  • Art: 6/12 Sketches for the codex
  • First Closed Reveal Characters and classes
  • Launch website
  • launch social media pages
  • Launch Dev logs 

Summer 2026

Short term

  • Chapter: “ISC operational profiles” completed
  • Second edit round after closed reveals
  • Art: 12/12 Sketches for the codex
  • Art: 0/12 character sketches

winter 2026

Medium Term

  • Chapter: “The Adventure” completed
  • Chapter: “Classes, feats and equipment” completed
  • Final closed reveal and review
  • Art: Sketches of the NPC’s
  • Art: Maps for The Adventure
  • Art: Sketches for the adventure
  • Art: Sketches for classes, feats and equipment

Start 2027

Long term

  • Complete Graphical PDF
  • Playtesting 
  • Editing and correcting after playtests