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Monsters of the Wilderness for 5th Edition

Created by Cawood Publishing

A wizard can change the world for better...or worse. 120 new monsters affected by a strange curse for your 5th Edition game.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

80% funded at the halfway point!
about 3 years ago – Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 09:01:05 PM

Thank you backers! We've just passed the 80% funded mark at the halfway point of the campaign! Those Stretch Goals are still in range! This will already be the biggest book in the series, we'd love to add more monsters. 

Monster of the Day

Meet the Crystal Spider from the Arctic Region! This massive arachnid is a handful! We've also included a variant for a swarm of young spiders. 

Illustration by Travis Hanson

We have three Monster Battles coming up now! 

  • Two online battles with backers from the Kickstarter using Zoom and a VTT. Tournament style fight with monsters from all four of our Monster Series books. Scheduled for next Tuesday and early in March. The battles will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube. We're running polls on our Twitter page advertising the fights  Crystal Spider vs Elf Ambassador 
  • An epic level fight with the gang from the The Blue Dragon Guild  The Blue Dragon Guild on Twitter Our high level monsters will face off against their 20th level party live on their YouTube channel! 

Please Continue to Share the Campaign

We appreciate all the help with sharing the Kickstarter. Let's keep it up! We have a pinned post on Twitter you can share:

 Monsters of the Wilderness for 5E 


Thanks,

Andrew and the team

Meet today's monster, the Yarr Beak!
about 3 years ago – Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 09:00:13 PM

Getting Closer!

Happy Monday everyone. We're almost 80% funded now and Wednesday is the midpoint of the campaign. Thanks for coming on this journey. 


Monster of the Day

Here's one of the many monsters from the Arctic Region, the Yarr Beak. There is a free downloadable 27-page booklet for this region on the main page! This creature is named after the Sea of Yarr in our World of Myrr. 

Illustration by Travis Hanson

Our two online Monster Battles are scheduled for the last week of this month and the first week of March. Backers will duel with monsters from all four of our Monster Series' books. We'll upload the battles to YouTube and post the link. 


Please Continue to Share the Campaign

We appreciate all the help with sharing the Kickstarter. Let's keep it up and get to those Stretch Goals! We have a pinned post on Twitter you can share:

 Monsters of the Wilderness on Kickstarter 


Thanks, 

Andrew and the team


Meet today's monster, the Voth!
about 3 years ago – Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:02:25 AM

Happy Friday everyone. We're 70% funded now with about three weeks to go!


Living in the frozen lands of the North is a race of evil snow elves, known as the Voth! A number of Voth are included in the Arctic Region chapter of the book.

The Voth from the Arctic Region. Illustration by Travis Hanson

Our friends over at Tribality are running a Kickstarter that would work well with our Wilderness book, especially the Ocean Region!


Under the Seas of Vodari is Tribality Publishing's follow-up to  Seas of Vodari  Under the Seas of Vodari is a full-color book for Fifth Edition that is being offering in hardcover and PDF. This 200+ page book dives under the waves where the familiar becomes surprising, alien, and even terrifying. Gamemasters will find support to run a single adventure or entire campaign in an underwater world full of interesting people, locations, monsters, and more. Players will find tons of options for creating undersea characters or equipping their surface-dwelling adventurer.


Visit their Kickstarter page to learn more.  Under the Seas of Vodari  

It's time to enter the Wild!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 11:31:24 AM

Our friends at Loke Battle Mats have joined us in the Wilderness. Two Kickstarters made for each other! Need a setting for your monsters?! Done and done!

 Loke Battle Mats Kickstarter 

Meet today's monster, the People of the Sky!
about 3 years ago – Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 07:03:17 PM

Hey everyone, thanks for coming on the journey. Three weeks to go!


Today we look at one of the many fey in the book, the People of the Sky. They are inspired by the Northern Lights. If you've never seen them before, we highly recommend you find a way to experience them!

Illustration by Travis Hanson

We enjoyed chatting about the project and other RPG topics today on Nerdarchy's YouTube channel. Check out our interview here:  Cawood Publishing on Nerdarchy 


 Next Tuesday we'll have our first online Monster Battle. A few backers will duel with monsters from the Monster Series, including some creatures from the Wilderness book. We'll use a VTT and Zoom, so the players can be from anywhere. It will be a tournament format with prizes for everyone involved! Email [email protected] if you're interested.