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:
Preview of the Encyclopedia KS page + Actual Play: The Butterfly's Dirge
over 3 years ago
â Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 01:00:36 AM
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Bonsoir tout le monde :D
We hope you are fine! We have some nice news today as the Kickstarter for the Encyclopedia starts in 4 days 0_0
First of all here is an early access to the Kickstarter page. You will be able to see what it looks like and get more information about the Encyclopedia. You will also receive a new 40-page excerpt by email very soon ^^Â
It's also the occasion to present you the Early bird bonus for this new campaign! He's becoming a mascot... the Pickpocat!
Here is also something we are very happy to share with you! This is the first episode of an Actual play played on Let's Role, featuring Amelia Rose Blair as the GM. Players are Erika Ishii, Alexander Ward and Bryan Dechart. It is based on the story of Benjamin Diebling The Butterfly's Dirge. Enjoy!
Finally, we want to put the spotlight on the project of an independent creator: Tournament of Pigs from Weird Works. They have 4 days left to reach their goal, send them some love ^^
Tournament of Pigs is a Zero-Level boxed set adventure. It includes a 100 page campaign book, standees, an arena battle board, and player aids. Â Players will compete in the adventure for silver prizes and to ultimately be declared the winner of the tournament. But survival will mean making alliances with other players and working as a team to solve puzzles and defeat deadly scenarios.
Updated PDF for Drakenbergen + Infos about Encyclopedia Kickstarter
over 3 years ago
â Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 10:23:32 PM
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Bonjour:)
There was a bug when we sent out the PDF of the Drakenbergen and 1500 of you received a french version instead of an english one... well, it's a good way for you to learn french but... not very handy to use all this material in your games XD Anyway! It's fixed and a new link should arrive in your mailbox very soon... sorry again for the inconvenience!
We received questions about the next Kickstarter to come on March 8th: Encyclopedia! We're preparing an email dedicated to our entire community with early access to the Kickstarter page. Stay tuned:)
A quick word about the $15 credit. If you are a Creatures backer and you back to the Kickstarter Encyclopedia, you will get a $15 credit automatically, which will be added after the Encyclopedia campaign to your Backerkit account. You don't have to do anything to get it, it will be automatic as long as you use the same account to back the new campaign. Your Creatures and Encyclopedia rewards will be shipped at the same time, hopefully around June. We are still waiting for a precise delivery schedule, as soon as we have it, we will let you know. This credit will only be given to backers taking a printed version, not digital backers.
This new Kickstarter will be an opportunity to introduce several new nice items! They are ready and won't delay the final delivery ^^Today, we take advantage of this update to present you the Condition Cards! They will be included with the Red Dragon edition or as an option per unit. Here are the first visuals :
This deck of 26 cards in tarot size will provide you with handy rules reminders. Whenever a PC is under the effect of a condition, they can place the corresponding card in front of them. 16 of the cards cover the base conditions (blinded, charmed, deafened, dying, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, incapacitated, invisible, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, stunned, unconscious), while 9 describe original conditions suited to a dark, gritty play style (numb, possessed, wound (general rules), back wound, face wound, head wound, lower limb wound, torso wound, upper limb wound). Finally, the 26th card is a general reminder of the rules associated with conditions.
New PDF Ready: Drakenbergen + Encyclopedia Will Launch Soon!
over 3 years ago
â Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 06:53:12 PM
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Good evening everyone!
We hope you are well ^^
Tonight, an update on the theme of the Encyclopedia. First of all, we are delighted to announce that the second part, unlocked via the stretch goal, will arrive very soon on your Backerkit account. It weighs 70 pages and focuses on the Drakenbergen region. In short, it's a mix between dwarf foklore ... and misty mountains, vampire territory! Enough to liven up your campaigns with lots of new ideas and game options :)
The Kickstarter dedicated to the Encyclopedia will start on March 8th, we have postponed its start a bit. The campaign will last a fortnight. The Encyclopedia is a kind of toolbox for your homebrew campaigns, with lots of ready-to-play material for your next stories. We really hope you will enjoy this Lore book, which will be 360 pages in total.
To be notified, cick notify me on launchon this prelaunch KS page. We have a nice bonus for early birds, don't miss the first day ^^
See you soon for a new update! We leave you with some nice pictures ...;
Enjoy !
This Kickstarter campaign will also be an opportunity to offer the Fateforge boxes as add-ons, designed to hold the first 4 books in the series: Adventurers, Grimoire, Creatures and Encyclopedia. There are two versions of which you can see the renderings below. The boxes are currently being manufactured. The Kickstarter campaign in March will allow us to add the number ordered by backers :)
There will also be a few other cool options that we will introduce in a future update ^^
New Kickstarter for Encyclopdia + New Schedule for Add ons and Shipping Payment + Draconis PDF
over 3 years ago
â Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 05:45:28 AM
Hello everyone,
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Here is an important update! We're going to cover three topics today: hereâs a summary if you don't really have time to read everything...
1/ Payment for Creaturesâ shipping and options on Backerkit is postponed to May.
2/ The new Kickstarter for the Encyclopedia campaign has been approved: it will start on March 1st and all Creatures backers will be offered a $15 credit to cover additional shipping cost.
3/ The PDF of the Draconis artbook will be uploaded shortly on your Backerkit accounts :)
Now weâll go into detail concerning these three points, let's go!
1/ Payment of shipping costs and your options on Backerkit
Initially, we had planned to charge credit cards in February for the payment of your shipping costs and options on Backerkit. Since production delays have lengthened and that money will mainly be used to pay for the shipping costs, we have decided to postpone the charging of cards until May. By then, we will have an update for production and see if the time is right.
At this time, you can no longer add options to your account. However, with the new Kickstarter campaign coming next month for the Encyclopedia, a new Backerkit phase will open: then, you will be able to add items to your order.
If you have any problems with your Backerkit account or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us, we will do our best to answer you as soon as possible.
Remember that we don't really use the Kickstarter private messages anymore, so please use the link above to contact us instead. Thank you all. :)
2/ New Kickstarter campaign in March for the Encyclopedia
There, it is confirmed! It took us a while to reach a decision, seeing as we needed to go over several aspects. First of all, we wanted your opinion, you, our backers. Over 1,000 of you voted! Thank you very much for taking the time to do so. Below are the results of the vote.
But that's not all, we also wanted to get approval from the Kickstarter team. We contacted them and explained the situation (our other project, Shadows of Esteren, is also impacted by this production delay); after our project was reviewed by Kickstarter's Trust & Safety team, they came back to us to approve it.
Finally, a third, important point: we have been in talks with our logistics coordinators in France and in the United States, with the aim being to implement a grouped delivery for backers who would back both Kickstarters (Creatures and Encyclopedia). The reason for this is very simple: your Creatures package would be grouped with the Encyclopediaâs, thus bringing together all bonuses and rewards from both campaigns, which will save on shipping costs but also reduce energy costs and thus trying to have a more sustainable project. Again, we received a positive response!
Now that this Kickstarter campaign has been validated, here are the key facts to remember:
 Encyclopedia will be a complete Lore Book for all 5e game masters. It will help you forge your campaign with dozens of ready to use colorful cities, locations, NPCs and magical items. If you play in the world of Eana, you will find a lot of informations about 4 main civilisations. You will receive soon the second part of the Encyclopedia, as part of your stretch goals: the Drakenbergen.
The new Encyclopedia Kickstarter campaign will begin on March 1st and will last only about 10 to 15 days, at the most. Early birds will receive a nice and cute bonus, so don't miss the launch! Don't worry: we'll post an update here on the day of the launch.
 As a Creatures backer, you'll be offered a $15 credit to cover most of the shipping costs of the new Encyclopedia campaign. Please note that to benefit from this credit, you will need to use the same email address as the one you used for Creatures (that is to say, use the same Kickstarter account).
 The new Encyclopedia Kickstarter wonât impact thedelivery ofCreatures. This was also important to us. We are currently finishing the Encyclopedia book and its final version should be ready by the end of the Kickstarter campaign, around mid-March. Like the other books, it will be printed in Europe. All the bonuses we have planned have already been created in the last few months. They will be produced in China along with the other accessories currently on the waiting list. In short, the Stretch Goals of this new Kickstarter (check below some of the maps we have done ^^) will pay for the production of these bonuses, which will be offered to all backers, some of which will be available in retail by the end of 2021 or some time in 2022.
3/ Draconis, Chane's art book in PDF format
We used the production delays to give one last, quick look at Chane's artbook, Draconis... It is now finished, and it will be uploaded to your Backerkit accounts very soon after this update. As a reminder, the first Draconis artbook has been unlocked as a bonus and the PDF version will be sent to all backers. For those of you who chose the printed version of the artbook during the Backerkit phase, you will also receive a PDF including the second part, Sparks!
Thatâs it for this update; we will post another one very soon with more info. In the meantime, take care and see you soon,