SINK! The 5e Guide to Pirates & Tattoos

November Update
8 months ago – Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 11:58:17 AM

A Legendary Playtest!

Ahoy backers! Let's get legendary!
We are thrilled to share three of the most powerful magic tattoos in SINK! Adventures on the Caldereach Sea. These Legendary Magic Items level up and evolve as your character empowers them over time, granting abilities worthy of the greatest heroes in the Caldereach.

We had so much fun designing these and have been chomping at the bit to get them into your hands. Check your Digital Downloads folder on Backerkit for the Playtest Material 1.5 document. Inside, you'll find all four subclasses and 40 magic item tattoos.

As always, we can't wait to hear about how you use them in your games.
Please leave us your feedback at sinkrpg.com/playtest.

October Update
9 months ago – Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 03:47:06 PM

Playtest Material 1.4 is live!

Ahoy, backers! Ten more magic item tattoos are ready for playtesting!

Check your Digital Downloads folder on Backerkit for the Playtest Material 1.4 document. Inside, you'll find all four subclasses and 30 magic item tattoos. That's over half of the magic item tattoos that will be in SINK! Adventures on the Caldereach Sea.

As always, we can't wait to hear about how you use them in your games. Please leave us your feedback at sinkrpg.com/playtest.

What's next?

Internal playtesting of the adventure is going well, and the public playtest for the subclasses and magic items has been super helpful, so please keep that feedback coming! We're getting closer to moving into the editing and revision phase, and we'll keep you posted as we hit those milestones. In the meantime, we genuinely love hearing about your adventures in the Caldereach Sea.

Thanks for your feedback and support!

September Update
10 months ago – Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 04:20:05 PM

Playtest Material 1.3 is live!

Ahoy, backers! As promised, ten more magic item tattoos are ready for playtesting!

Check your Digital Downloads folder on Backerkit for the Playtest Material 1.3 document, which includes all four subclasses and 20 magic item tattoos ranging from uncommon to very rare.

We can’t wait to hear about how you use them, and the subclasses. Don’t forget to leave us your feedback at sinkrpg.com/playtest.

We love hearing about how you're using tattoos, subclasses, and warlocks like the fearsome Captain Grimscar and the legendary Fogweaver in your games. Speaking of warlocks..

The Dark Armada

As Y'gathul's influence grows, so too does the power of his warlocks. In SINK! Adventures on the Caldereach Sea, you'll have the opportunity to face these formidable foes.

If you haven’t already, please join our Discord server, where we are happy to answer any questions you have.

Thank you!

August Update
11 months ago – Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 12:43:46 PM

Hello backers! We want to thank you for your continued support. We are grateful for this community, the response to our last update, and feedback from the playtest material.

As some of you may have noticed through social media, my wife and I had our first child, a beautiful and healthy baby boy, John Stanton V (or “Baby J”) on July 10, 2025. I cannot get over how much I love him and how much I enjoy being part of his discovery of each new day.

Through this wonderful milestone and many other life changes, I found myself at a crossroads at which I had to make a decision. In order to prioritize my family, I have made the decision to step away from SINK! Adventures on the Caldereach Sea.

I wish there was a way for me to continue alongside this project, but at this point, the most responsible decision for me is to leave it in the capable hands of Sam and Rick. It was an honor to be part of the inception, creation, and development of SINK! and I have every bit of confidence that the finished book will make each of you pirates proud.

Thank you for believing in this project from the beginning. I can’t wait to see SINK! come to life in your games.

Here’s to our next journey together,
Johnny Stanton

Playtest Material 1.2

As promised, ten of our magic item tattoos are ready for playtesting!

Check your Digital Downloads folder on Backerkit for the Playtest Material 1.2 document, which includes all four subclasses and 10 magic item tattoos ranging from uncommon to very rare.

We can’t wait to hear about how you use them, and the subclasses. Don’t forget to leave us your feedback at sinkrpg.com/playtest.

If you haven’t already, please join our Discord server, where we are happy to answer any questions you have.

Thank you!

SINK! Summer Update + Subclass Playtest!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Jul 07, 2025 at 09:31:56 AM

Hello backers! We’re overdue for an update!

SINK! is our first project, and there have been a lot of complications and unforeseen circumstances, both related to this project and in our personal lives. Tariffs and the general state of the world have created challenges for us as new creators.

We are incredibly passionate, motivated, and excited to bring you into the Caldereach Sea, and we want to give you the best possible version of the products we can. We estimate with the current project completion that fulfillment is going to be delayed approximately six months, pushing from Q2 of 2026 to Q4 of 2026. We trust all of our incredible backers will understand as we take this time to make sure SINK! absolutely shines. 

In the meantime, we want to give you stuff you can use in your games right now,so we’ve sent out a full subclass playtest for you to download from BackerKit! Check your Digital Downloads folder in Backerkit right now to download it and make sure to share your playtest feedback at https://sinkrpg.com/playtest.

Additionally, we plan to release our extensive library of magic item tattoos to you for review every month for the next 5 months.  Backers will receive a PDF of 10 tattoos for you to use in your games and we would love your honest feedback!

If you haven’t already, please join our Discord server (https://discord.gg/W2Ybn8MbcZ), where we are happy to answer any questions you have. Thank you for your understanding.