2026 - New Loremaster Feature + Upcoming $2 Price Increase

Hi all,

First off, I wanted to share a new feature coming for Loremasters in 2026!

We have created a TON of content over the years (we are nearing 3,000 pages of backlogged content for all of you + maps, tokens, printable cards, music, and more!)

And we realized that it can sometimes be hard to find what you are looking for. Maybe you want a CR 6 Undead monster for your session, or are looking for Blank subclasses or classes, or perhaps items of a certain rarity, but where to find them in that vast catalog of Critical Crafting stuff?

A few brave members of our community volunteered to work with us to develop the Weaver's Web, a wondrous, searchable platform where you can sort through all of our content with ease!

The Weaver's Web is still in its alpha phase, but will be rolling out for use to Loremasters in 2026.

(Quick preview above of a small section of the hundreds of entries, now allowing for easy sorting and searching through our vast library)

More info on the Weaver's Web to come soon!

$2 Price Increase

We are rolling out a price increase effective 12/31/2025. While this isn't something that anyone likes, it is something that we need to do to continue creating.

All tiers, apart from the Early Bird Loremaster and the Apprentice STL-Only tier, are increasing in price by $2.

This is our first price increase since our inception in 2021 (wow, it's been over 4 years of making content!!)

When Will I Be Charged?

After changing a tier’s price on 12/31/25, it will be locked for 31 days at the old price for current patrons.

During this period:

• Renewals are billed at the old price

• New members pay the updated price (this means for new members, the price increase takes effect today).

• Once this 31-day period is over, renewals will be billed at the new tier price

• Patreon will also send you an email notification about the price change.

Monthly Members: Price updates take effect one renewal cycle after the change.

When the price is changed on 12/31/25 if you are an existing member with a renewal on 12/31/25, you will still pay the old price on 1/31/26, as it falls within the 31-day Price Lock Period. Your next renewal on 2/31/2026 will reflect the updated price

Annual memberships: Updates depend on your renewal date relative to the price lock period.

When the price is changed on 12/31/25 if you are an annual member with a renewal date of 12/31/25, your renewal will remain at the old price because it falls within the 31-day Price Lock Period.

If you are an annual member and your renewal date is not within 31 days of 12/31/25, the new price will be in effect when you renew.

Why the Increase?

As many of you likely know, the cost of just about everything has gone up quite a bit since 2021. In addition, platform fees for supporting our content, cost of art, website hosting, InDesign and Photoshop licensure, and essentially all other aspects of creating our work have increased in cost, meaning that we do need to raise our tier pricing in order to keep up with rising costs.

In addition, when we started back in 2021, we didn't have anywhere near the backlog available to patrons that we do now, and we hope the vast backlog of content justifies the small cost increase. This backlog grows every month, continually increasing the value of membership on Patreon.

We now have nearly 3,000 pages of 5e content spread out over 51 total releases, hundreds of maps, VTT-tokens, spell and item cards, and more!

We added monthly STLs for Loremasters without any sort of increase in price back in 2023, and also included VTT tokens free of charge as well (backfilling all of our releases).

We didn't have this vast backlog or nearly as much monthly content when we originally started our Patreon and created our tier pricing in 2021.

What Tiers Will be Affected?

All tiers (apart from the Early Bird Loremaster tier and the Apprentice STL-Only tier) will increase by $2 per month.

Annual tier members will also receive a price increase, but will retain their 15% discount (thus, the annual price increase is $20.40 more rather than $24 per year).

Why aren't some Tiers Affected?: The Early Bird Loremaster tier is not increasing in price, as we wanted to give a special thank you to the people who originally backed us when we had very little content and nothing but a dream. These supporters have been around since the very beginning, and we felt we needed to do something special as a thank you to those who have supported us since day one.

The Apprentice tier is not getting a price increase as it is our entry-level tier, does not have a backlog, and also exists primarily for .STL's (an industry that essentially requires the pricing to remain unchanged for this tier).

Thank You

If you have questions, we are happy to help in whatever way we can.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support of all of our creative efforts. We have built this wonderful world of fantasy thanks to you.

-Dillon, Cameron, Connor, Sarah, and the rest of the Critical Crafting Crew