Mediterranean Monsters & Mythology for D&D 5E

24 hours left and ANOTHER stretch goal!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 03:28:27 PM

We are racing to the finish line and must give our thanks to each of you, especially Rose, whose pledge pushed us over the $60,000 mark and unlocked ANOTHER new creature, this time from the land of Libya! Please continue to share this project with your family, friends, and fellow 5E fans and help us have a truly fantastic finish! 

Afudius

This long, muscular snake rears revealing its devilish horns and fangs when threatened. Sometimes also called a haemorrhois, it is small, just over a foot long, with tiny almost demoniacal horns. Males tend to have bristling horns, but females have a single off-center horn. It is pitch black or fiery red in color, with bright eyes. The head is broad, tapering to a short, pointed tail. The scales of an afudius are rough and make a rustling sound as the snake moves. They are slow and sluggish animals and make winding nests in rocky areas.

Bleeder. Envenomation by an afudius is particularly gruesome. As the venom spreads, blood begins to leave by every opening possible, draining out through the eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, even the very pores. Scars reopen. Teeth and nails fall out. The entire body becomes one bleeding wound, and death comes through catastrophic blood loss.

1000 Backers with 2 days to go!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 06:07:22 PM

The final days of any Kickstarter are an exciting time, and we offer you our fondest thanks and appreciation for bringing us this far, with a special shout-out to Alec D. for pushing us over $55,000 and unlocking our latest stretch goal, plus Tibério R. as amazing backer #1000! For your reading pleasure, the smiling gadajdu from Malta...

These subterranean humanoids evoke thoughts of spiders and insects more than people. Their limbs are exceedingly flexible, their toes and fingers are long and possess an extra joint more than most other humanoids. They rarely stand upright, preferring to go about on all fours in a skittering crawl. Gadajdu live in caves and tunnels underground, both natural and those they excavate themselves. An area inhabited with gadajdu often has miles of tunnels crisscrossing the area, with hidden openings to the surface.

This skin of this humanoid is maggot white, blotched with bruise-colored patterns. Its tiny, deep-set eyes sit over two flared, bat-like nostrils, and a wide mouth filled with narrow fangs. Gadajdu are omnivores, subsisting on fungi, lichens, and underground insects when larger prey are unavailable. They stalk and hunt any prey, including other humanoids, attacking by stealth and surprise, sometimes overwhelming prey with superior numbers, or ambushing a solitary target when hunting alone.

Corrupt Humanoids. The origins of the gadajdu are shrouded in mystery. Some say they are the cursed (or blessed) followers of some chthonic god of darkness. Others say they are a cruel race from the surface, driven underground, that adapted to their new environs. Their hostility and view of other humanoids as prey has made it impossible to learn what the gadajdu themselves know of their history.

Tunnel Crawlers. Gadajdu hate the light, and avoid wide open areas, traveling almost exclusively underground. They use existing subterranean passages when available, but can burrow and create their own up to the surface to hunt. They conceal the entrances to these tunnels, often lying in wait beneath them like a trap door spider to grab prey and pull them down into the tight confines of the tunnel to finish them off.

69 Hours to Go, and Faerie Bestiary Add-Ons! Plus Spectacular Settlements!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 05:55:50 PM

Hi all,

Thanks so much for your awesome support heading into our final days! We are just inches away from adding the gadjadu from Malta as our latest bonus monster, and we're excited to see how much farther we can go in these last 3 days! 

Our eagle-eyed backers noticed that we were missing the Faerie Bestiary as an available add-on, so that has now been added to your options as a standalone in PDF, Print, and in the amazing Deluxe Print Edition as well! 

We also wanted to send out a special shout-out to Anthony Woods and our friends at Giants of the North, who are also running a terrific Kickstarter campaign right now with Phaylen Presents: Spectacular Shops & Services presents 20 fully fleshed-out businesses that offer players more than a transactional experience, as well as random tables to help you create your own. With easy-to-read descriptions, interesting NPCs, unique items and quests, these businesses add some life to a town and offer a new experience – shops that further the plot!

We love to shout out other awesome companies making cool stuff, because when we all work together we all get more amazing things for our games. Check out the campaign now and download a free preview pdf!

NEW PLEDGE LEVELS for A Threatened Democracy
over 1 year ago – Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 02:49:04 PM

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce that we've added several new pledge levels to reflect the addition of A Threatened Democracy, the third adventure in the Mother of Monsters Adventure Path! Just to make it easy for you, you can choose to add the adventure as an add-on to your current pledge by editing your pledge and using Kickstarter's Add-Ons feature, or you can just switch your pledge to one of the new pledge levels that include it, like NEW Mother of Monsters+ PDF! We also would be remiss if we did not let you know that things got a LOT bigger with Mother of Monsters already, given that adventure #2, False Prophecies, was originally estimated to be only 54 pages long. In the end, the final adventure is a whopping *122 PAGES*, so everyone who pledged for that item is getting a truly amazing value that's more than doubled in size! The original Mother of Monsters project was just over 200 pages of content between the Player's Guide, GM's Guide, and Stone Mother's Assault, and the additional content from this campaign will be adding around 200 pages more! 

We appreciate all that you've done to help make this project amazing and we hope you'll switch up to these new pledge levels or add-ons and check out this fantastic adventure path in an amazing archipelago of adventure! 

Under a week to go and A THREATENED DEMOCRACY is here!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 12:39:11 PM

Thanks to all of you for continuing to help this project blossom and grow, with a special shout-out to the tastefully named Jason R. for pushing us past the $50,000 mark and to agrayday, our 900th backer! We have unlocked our 1000% funding stretch goal of adding ANOTHER adventure to the Mother of Monsters Adventure Path with the third installment, A Threatened Democracy, and here's what you'll find inside!

The party’s continued search for the leaders of the sinister Cult of Naegara first leads them to the beautiful city of Tarasaeki where they must root out the source of a terrible curse that is affecting the city. Afterward, they must travel to the center of democracy and the largest city in the Kagari Islands, Lukatoi, to prevent the corruption of an important senatorial election.  Urban encounters and political intrigue await as deadly danger stalks the city streets and your heroes must ensure that freedom does not fall!

We'll be adding A Threatened Democracy to the Add-Ons section this weekend so you can add it to your Kickstarter pledge and keep the adventure going! Just go to your pledge and edit it and you can select it in PDF or print! 

We still have 6 days to go and we are back on track with More Monsters for our upcoming stretch goals, featuring terrors from Malta, Libya, and back to the lore of ancient Greece! Thanks for coming with us on this epic journey, now let's head for a fantastic finish!