Designed by the creators of Shadows of Esteren and Fateforge, Creatures is a love letter to fantasy bestiaries. Its 400 pages detail more than 200 illustrated creatures using the 5th Edition ruleset of the most famous of roleplaying games. Its contents include 6 playable species, NPCs with related adventure hooks for all levels, reimagined classic creatures and brand new ones, as well as 15 archetypes, providing you with material to design new monsters for your games!
đŹđ§ đ«đ· This project is available in French and English.
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đŠ Delivery First quarter 2021 at the same time as all backers. Tracked parcels. Delivery all over the world. US and EU-friendly. Physical rewards will be sent from the USA (USPS) and France (Colissimo for France, DHL for Europe). Backers from these countries will not pay import taxes.
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Latest Updates from Our Project:
New chapter from Creatures: Netherworld + Incredible Launch of the New Kickstarter
over 2 years ago
â Tue, May 03, 2022 at 09:30:45 PM
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Dear all!
Some news for this project - and for the new one, which started with a bang last night!
The crowdfunding of Creatures: Netherworld had a record launch for our studio: the book was funded in 1 hour on Ulule, 15 minutes for KS. The two communities have already reached three stretch goals and the others are shaking! Thank you for this wave of support đ
Fateforge exists only thanks to you and it is you who allow this universe to develop.
Tonight, we're giving all backers a second excerpt from Creatures: Netherworld! On your Backerkit accounts, you'll find the first part of the chapter on the Dislocating Sublime, a new form of the Canker that seeks to corrupt Eana in more beautiful but also insidious and subtle ways. The Dislocating Sublime? But what is it? How to recognize it? Vast and terrible question...
"Discovering a territory pervaded by the energy of sublimation, where time seems both moving and at a standstill, is an overwhelming experience. Amidst such abundance, one can make out shapes coming from forgotten, fossil eras. Death does not exist and yet the existential threat is omnipresent. Creatures that succumb take a few days to decompose and their remains are transformed into surreal plant sculptures. Skulls and bones, blooming with flowers, turn into roots or branches. The very air appears thicker, irregular, veined with ephemeral opalescence forming pale, evanescent shadows. The unsettling sounds echo and diffractâuntil they are suddenly stifled.The creatures of the dislocating Sublime embody a world that is both possible and impossible, where past, present, and future meet together. They offer a glimpse into Eanaâs future if Canker were to prevail. The world would become a new plane of existence: shimmering, prismatic, wondrousâand cruel. Really, would it be worse than it is now, with its lands plagued by wars and mass extinctions? In any case, the change would be absolute, radical, and definitive. Sublime ravagers vastly differ from their devastation kindred. Splendor and horror stand at opposite ends of one same reality, of which they are simply the two material aspects. For adven-turers, encountering these creatures can lead to many mistakes. Are they tropical beasts? Fairies? Celestials? Radiant elementals? Magic-made monstrosities? Indeed, their protean and composite aspect can be quite puzzling."
Want to know more? Find out more on your Backerkit account! And for our dear backers who supported shipping with $50, the two chapters about the Sublime are already available on this very platform. We hope you will like this. In addition, you will receive the Appendices and Perils of the Netherworld, the last part of the book.
The crowdfunding for Creatures: Inframonde is currently running on Kickstarter. If you have participated in the $30 and $50 shipping support campaign, we remind you that the printed version of the Ventures scenarios book will automatically be added to your rewards. Just remember to use the same email address to subscribe to Creatures: Netherworld that you used to support us.
"DeÌcouvrir un territoire impreÌgneÌ par lâeÌnergie de la sublimation est une expeÌrience bouleversante. Ici, le temps paraiÌt aÌ la fois immobile et mouvant. On devine, parmi le foisonnement, des formes qui viennent dâeÌpoques oublieÌes, fossiles. La mort nâexiste pas et pourtant la menace existentielle est omnipreÌsente. Les creÌatures qui succombent se deÌcomposent quelques jours, leurs restes sont transfigureÌs en sculptures veÌgeÌtales surreÌalistes. Des fleurs sâeÌpanouissent dans les craÌnes, au milieu des ossements, tandis que ceux-ci deviennent des racines ou des branches. Lâair lui-meÌme paraiÌt plus eÌpais et irreÌgulier, parcouru de veines opalescentes eÌpheÌmeÌres qui geÌneÌrent des ombres paÌles et eÌvanescentes. Les sons, perturbants, se reÌpandent en eÌchos et diffractions, quand ils ne sont pas soudainement eÌtouffeÌs.
Les creÌatures du Sublime disloquant repreÌsentent un monde possible et impossible aÌ la fois, conjonction du passeÌ, du preÌsent et du futur. Elles sont lâavant-gouÌt de ce qui adviendrait si le Chancre lâemportait sur Eana. Le monde deviendrait un nouveau plan dâexistence chatoyant, prismatique, merveilleux â et cruel. Serait-ce vraiment pire quâune terre deÌchireÌe par les guerres et teÌmoin dâextinctions de masse ? Il est en tout cas certain que ce serait un changement absolu, radical et deÌfinitif.
Rencontrer des ravageurs sublimes nâa que peu aÌ voir avec la confrontation avec leurs semblables de la deÌvastation. La splendeur et lâhorreur se placent aux horizons opposeÌs dâune meÌme reÌaliteÌ, dont ils sont simplement les deux aspects mateÌriels. Pour les aventuriers, la deÌcouverte de ces creÌatures peut donner lieu aÌ de nombreuses erreurs. Sont-ce des beÌtes tropicales ? Des feÌes ? Des ceÌlestes ? Des eÌleÌmentaires radiants ? Des monstruositeÌs creÌeÌes par magie ? Lâaspect proteÌiforme et composite de ces creÌatures a de quoi deÌrouter lâobservateur."
Our next project will be friendly-shipping for the US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and EU! And the VENTURES scenarios are here!
over 2 years ago
â Tue, May 03, 2022 at 10:59:37 AM
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Dear all!
That's it, we can say that the project delivery is complete and we are currently processing the very last requests sent to our support. One more time, we would like to thank you SO MUCH for your patience, support, kind word. In this uncertain world, delivering your rewards to you has been a complex and stressful process, taking up the majority of our 2021 and early 2022. We are so relieved that this stage is over and you can enjoy your rewards <3
Our new campaign will be launched in two days. Under pressure! You can follow the prelaunch page for Creatures: Netherworld to unlock a first bonus for everyone: one scenario in print and PDF, for every 1000 followers. Still 2 days to unlock more :)
This campaign will take place at the same time on Kickstarter and Ulule. No difference between the two campaigns except that KS will be in dollars and Ulule in Euros. The Kickstarter page will be in English and the other in French. Apart from that, it's the same and you will even be able to choose your language between English and French, whether you participate on the Ulule or Kickstarter campaign. For the stretch goals, the total number of both campaigns will be added together and so both communities will support each other to unlock even more bonuses! We know that some backers prefer one or the other platform and we wanted to please as much as possible :)
Our next book will be friendly-shipping for the US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and EU
We have a great news to share with you today because our next book will be US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and EU friendly shipping.
Physical rewards will be sent from our US, UK, Canadian, Australian  and French hubs. We will take care of customs for these countries. If you live in these countries, you wonât have to pay  additional customs fees or duties upon the arrival of your pledge and you will pay a much lower shipping cost. Hope you will like it :)
Ventures Scenarios Collection
All together, you gave us a little over 100K to help us ship the rewards. Without this money, it is possible that our studio would be in serious trouble and we would have had to lay off people, maybe even worse. THANK YOU for your support, we will never forget your generosity.
We promised you free scenarios to thank you, they are ready and will be sent to your Backerkit account right after this update.
If you gave $10, we promised you 1 scenario in PDF : we offer you two :) For those who donated $20 or more, you will not receive 4 scenarios as announced, but 5. If you donated $30 or $50 and participate in the next campaign, you will also receive a printed version of this book. It will be a collector's edition to commemorate your valuable help!
Rendez-vous pour le lancement de Creatures : Inframonde Ă 19H ce lundi 2 !
Update on Support Requests, Preview from Creatures: Netherworld and New Kickstarter on May 2nd
over 2 years ago
â Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 02:37:56 AM
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Dear all!
Your messages these past weeks, each more supportive than the last, were truly balms for the soul! The late 2021 and early 2022 were trying times for our little studio, and each of your thanks helped us keep heart.
It is now time to take stock and look at what 2022 has in store for usâand for you!
This is a very important update! Here is its summary:
1. Â Update on support requests
2. Â Kickstarter for Creatures: Netherworld on May 2nd!
3. Â An exclusive preview from Creatures: Netherworld has been made available to everyone. What of those who supported the Studio with contributions to the shipping fees? Dear patrons, keep an eye on your mailboxes
4. Â List of the last pending digital rewards
5. Â Two projects we love!
For more information, strap in and read on!
1/ Support Requests
We are going through the backlog of support requests at a good pace!
First off, many thanks for your patience. Despite how carefully the 15,000 parcels we sent worldwide were packaged, we have received reports of damaged or missing items. The percent of deliveries with issues is very low (between 2 and 3%) and is even lower than our previous campaignsâ, but in proportion to such a big amount of deliveries, it still means a lot of cases to handle.
Our small support team is diligently going over each message, and every day our response time grows shorter.
As of the evening of Sunday, April 10th, we have reviewed 75% of the contact forms we got from the USA, and sent 70 packages in response this week. As for the rest of the world, these past weeks, we reviewed 90% of the contact forms we got and sent 340 packages in response.
All the contact forms we got up to April 3rd have been or are being reviewed. If you sent us a message before then and are still without an answer, check your spam folder, or send us a follow-up message; it may be that our answer got lost somehow.
The next Creatures release, Creatures: Netherworld is approaching! A big thank you to each of you; without your initial support, none of this would have been possible.
The date is set. Creatures: Netherworld will launch on May 2nd 2022. This new volume will be a foray into Eanaâs Netherworld, with its unique civilizations and creatures.
This Kickstarter campaign was originally scheduled for February, but was pushed back for the sake of completing deliveriesâwhich took much longer than expectedâand fulfilling as many of the support requests as possible.
We also wished to get the most reliable estimates possible for the manufacturing of the books, given the current troubled state of the paper industry. We are currently receiving and reviewing these estimates, and a manufacturing schedule is being drafted. Come May 2nd, we will be ready.
We have a special prelaunch goal: each early bird backer will get a free scenario set in the Netherworld, either in PDF or in Print depending on the reward you will choose, for every 1000 followers. Follow the project and help unlock a collection of 5 scenarios in the Netherworld! Also, early birds of this project will be delivered first. Do not miss the launch :)
More than ever, after a challenging 2021 year, your support will be so important. Thank you!
3/ Creatures: Netherworld â Exclusive Preview!
We are glad to send you an updated 40 page preview from this incoming volume! It covers the bookâs first chapter including the 5 Playable species: âPeoples of the Netherworldâ. You will find the PDF in your backerkit account and to make sure, we will also send a direct link by private message.
As for those of you who supported the Studio by providing additional backing in reaction to the rise of shipping fees, weâll only say one thing: dear patrons, keep an eye on your mailboxes; you will begin receiving your exclusive excerpts this week. By the end of the month, you will receive the full book.
Thank you again all for your support <3
4/Last Pending Rewards
Two digital rewards are still pending.
The Grotesque Feast module has grown beyond our initial plans. It prove to be such a stimulating and engrossing adventure that it is turning into a mini-campaign, with many accompanying resources. Still, we must eventually stop somewhere, for the sake of sharing with you the enjoyment weâve had writing this scenario. Delivery should happen in early summer, but we will get back to you on that.
The Ventures collection of mini-scenarios, which we promised you last September as a reward for your generous contributions to the shipping fees, will reach you very soon! By the end of the month, these adventures should be uploaded on your Backerkit accounts!
What is the common point between our upcoming post apo project Vermin 2047, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Endgame, the Magic: The Gathering TCG, and studio DONTNOD, of which he is one of the founders? Aleksi Briclot, of course!
An iconic artist for a whole generation of role-players, Aleksi did us the friendship of working with us on the design of Vermin 2047âs collectorâs box. And what a design!
15 years ago, Aleksi did art for the very first Magic: The Gathering planeswalker cards. Today, he is launching a Kickstarter project of his own, featuring those iconic artworks as exclusive playmats starring Jace, Ajani, Chandra, Liliana, and Garruk. In addition, booster packs of exclusive tokens will be available via this crowdfunding, providing beautiful designs for your angels, demons, soldiers, goblins, zombies, and more on the battlefield.
The crowdfunding for Volume 2 of Griffin Macaulayâs Griffon's Saddlebag is about to end!
Griffin contributed to the first volume of Creatures, designing several magic items. In return, we provided him with several monsters that became part of his releases. His two volumes span about 900 magic items, 24 class archetypes, 3 playable species, more than 15 campaign settings offering new lands to explore, and a hundred of creature profiles to populate them. Enough material for hours upon hours of play. This campaign ends on April 14th. Donât delay!
Thank you for reading this newsletter to the end :) And most of all, thank you very much for your patience and for your enthusiasm upon receiving your rewards. This project is reaching its conclusion, and it wouldnât have been possible without you. We hope to see many of you again for Creatures: Netherworld, as we unveil this underground universe and its denizens.
Quel rapport entre Vermine 2047, Thor : Ragnarok, Avengers : Endgame, le jeu de cartes Magic : The Gathering et le studio DONTNOD, dont il est lâun des fondateurs ? Aleksi Briclot, bien sĂ»r !
End of shipments, start of support requests processing
over 2 years ago
â Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 07:18:01 PM
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Hi everyone! Â Â It was a long way, but here we are, the shipments of your rewards are over! If you haven't received your package yet, be patient, you are probably among the last ones. it may still take some time to arrive at your door. If at the end of the month, you still don't have anything, send us a message.Â
Now we start to deal with all the issues, the packages that never arrived, etc.. In total, we estimate the incident rate at about 3%. That may not sound like much, but out of more than 15,000 packages processed on all our projects since December, that still represents almost 500 issues. Sometimes it is very easy to solve the problem, sometimes it takes longer. We have already started this work and if you haven't heard from support, it should be coming soon. We hope that all the after sales service will be processed during the month of April. We will not forget anyone and we thank you very much for your patience! Â Â
Meanwhile, we are preparing the next Kickstarter campaign....Â
CREATURES: NETHERWORLD will be launched in April on Kickstarter. After a challenging year in 2021, your support will be all the more  decisive for this RPG and our entire studio! We offer you a special  early bird: a booklet of exclusive scenarios to discover the  Netherworld. Each time the pre-launch page accumulates 1000 subscribers,  we will add a new scenario and up to 5 in total. Here is the link https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1176616619/creatures-netherworld-monster-compendium-and-toolbox-for-5e
CREATURES : INFRAMONDE arrive en financement participatif en avril. Pour la version française, il y aura aussi une campagne Ulule en mĂȘme temps, ce qui vous permettra de participer en Euros (la campagne Kickstarter sera en Dollars).
March Shipping Update
over 2 years ago
â Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 09:59:01 PM
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Dear all,
Here we are in March and it's time for a full update on deliveries. First of all, we thank you for your patience. We have been waiting for an accurate status update from our partners.Â
Here is the schedule for this update:
Shipments France, Europe and International
Shipments USA
Issues on customs with DHL and how to request a refund
Shipping France, Europe and International
That's it! It was so long and so frustrating, but our partner in France has finally announced the end of all shipments to France, Europe and International. Phew! Depending on where you live, your package could still take several days or even weeks to arrive. The processing of after sales cases is starting and should be finished by the end of the month according to our partner.
Shipments USA
Shipments continue and over 80% of the packages are sent. The last packages should leave before the end of the month. There are few after sales cases to process for the USA, so we hope that all backers will have received their packages before the end of the month.
Contact Agate Support
We are on deck to help and answer all our backers' requests. There are  thousands of you and only two people managing this aspect, we ask for  your patience :) We will do our best to solve your problem. It can take up to two weeks to get a response at this time. But we will not forget anyone. Please do  not send private messages via Kickstarter messaging. It is easier for us  to track and centralize everything via our support form: https://www.studio-agate.com/en/contactÂ
Issues on customs with DHL and how to request a refund
We are coming back to you with some information following our investigation on the customs fees charged on the packages of our Canadian and British subscribers.
We contacted DHL several times, the carrier who took care of the deliveries, sending mail to their headquarters, etc. We also contacted the English and Canadian customs. These customs taxes are completely out of our control, because we have no power over customs actions, but we want to help you in your claims.
Indeed, some of you seem to have had to pay fees well above the rate for books and goodies offered. We donât know the exact reason for this, as the DHL company that was in charge of claiming the customs tax remains rather opaque on this subject.
However, it is possible to make a claim to re-evaluate the tax you paid.
For CANADA
Customs Services
According to Canadian legislation, âa person who has paid duties on imported goods may apply for a refund of all or part of those duties and the Minister may grant a full or partial refund of those duties and taxes levied on non-commercial (casual) imports.â To do so, here are the steps to follow:
3/ Enclose also the customs tax invoice sent by DHL.
4/ Mail your rebate application to the CBSA Casual Import Rebate Centre that matches the first letter of your postal code (addresses can be found at the bottom of the online form).
DHL Services
Here you will find information about the customs tax via the Canadian DHL service provider:
Explain the situation to them, providing them with the same documents as for the customs services.
For the UNITED KINGDOM
Customs Services
On this side, the research was more complicated, because since the Brexit, there was not really very precise information on the conditions and procedures of customs claims, but we know that since January 1, 2021, all shipments of goods between France and the United Kingdom are now subject to customs duties, with a surcharge set at 0.25⏠per kg with a minimum of 5⏠per shipment, as well as other taxes that are added depending on the type of goods declared and other parameters.
To contact the HMRC we found the following email address: [email protected]. For your claim you will need to include an explanation of the situation, as well as the DHL customs invoice, the delivery slip and a detailed invoice of your initial order, which you can request from our customer service department: https://www.studio-agate.com/fr/contact
DHL Services
Same problem on this side, where it is quite complicated to find a specific form for customs claims, but we were able to recover an email address to which you can send your request, always accompanied by the same documents as for the customs services: [email protected]
To conclude
Whether in Canada or in the United Kingdom, you should know that the customs tax, in addition to having a variable tax on the products according to the goods shipped, the country of manufacture and import, includes several other taxes such as processing fees, transport fees by weight and service fees for the broker who claims the tax, i.e. the DHL company.
Our studio receives absolutely nothing from this tax and it is not in our interest that our backers face these difficulties. We are very sorry about this situation, and we are working on future solutions to avoid this problem, but it may take some time to implement, so we thank you for your understanding, and we hope your customs claims will be successful.
That's it for now! In a future news, we will present you with new excerpts from the book Creatures: Netherworld which is coming in April. Below you can see a preview of the Agate Dragon mini in digital version. We will soon launch a 3D printing test! Look at the scale, it will be huge. We are so happy with the results, we will share more images in the next update ^^
4/ Envoyez votre demande de remboursement par la poste au centre de remboursement pour les importations occasionnelles de lâASFC qui concorde avec la premiĂšre lettre de votre code postal(les adresses se trouvent en bas du formulaire en ligne)
Services DHL
Ici vous trouverez des informations sur la taxe douaniĂšre via le prestataire DHL canadien :