Monstrous Beasts March 2026 Update
3 months ago
– Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 07:34:03 PM
Hello everyone, it's James Beck from EOG with an update on where the project lies.
We are working on getting through some of the other backer's rewards right now. We're doing the layout for Monstrous Writers and ensureing the cut material is all compiled into layout for ya!
As for the printing process, the Trump administration has made it extremely difficult to figure out the printing process because once we figure something out, we immediately need to pivot the numbers due to tax reasons. We're still planning on printing and we know this isn't what any of us want. I will update you with more news as it's coming in.
On the foundry VTT side, we're looking at some ways of streamlining some of the effects of metamorph and some of the equipment. We're still keeping an eye out for when companions become more integrated into Foundry. We will also ensure that the module is compatible with Starfinder 2e Foundry as well so you can run around as a metamorph that can call upon your penguin!
As for personal updates for stuff, what's also been slowing down this process is that some of us have been very busy working on Paizo projects! You can find my writings in Starfinder Absolom Station: Center of the Universe and Starfinder Second Edition Tech Core! Co-author Marceline Miller also wrote on Absolom Station! Matthew Fu is on the cover for the Hellbreaker's Player Guide and wrote on Hellbreakers AP!! You can also find Matt's work in the upcoming Pathfinder Lost Omens Cheliax, Infernal Inheritance! Victoria Sullivan has worked on a Starfinder Second Edition Society Scenario, Starfinder Society Scenario #1-16: The Beasts of Bo: Part Two!! I'm sure there's a number of other books that everyone has worked on that aren't announced yet (we're under the NDA Curse from Starfinder lol) but I'm so proud of the team! Unfortunately life gets in the way of us working on Monstrous Beasts and Mechfinder full time (bills are the WOOORST) but I'm very happy of everyone at EOG who has shown to be working in the big leagues (paizo)!
I hope to have the next update come with more positive news! It's a rough time out there in the world but we're going to persevere! Until next time!
Monstrous Beasts Remastered 1.1
about 1 year ago
– Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 02:40:40 PM
Hello everyone, this is going to be a really fast update from me as I need to get back to studying for my upcoming exam. I have updated the PDF on backerkit and are going to be updating the file for drivethru and itch as well. This is Monstrous Beasts: Remastered v1.1 which has some nice quality of life updates (mostly getting rid of traits that are no longer in the game like divination or transmutation). You can go to backerkit to get your updated copy, it should already be there for you. I'll update you if I find out about any errors or people not being able to actually get the 1.1 file. Thank you and have a great day!
Feburary Update!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 05:01:00 PM
Hello all you lovely monstrous beasts, it's James Beck once again with some updates. This update is pretty short but I wanted to keep everyone as informed as I can with everything that's being developed.
Remaster Problems?
I love the remaster for Pathfinder Second Edition, it's amazing! That being said, when we remastered Monstrous Beasts, I thought I had caught everything I possibly could. It turns out, I did not. EOG's lovely new editor Dorji Sanjiev worked with me and created a multi-paged list of every little thing that I missed from school spell names to names of spells being wrong to the incorrect name for certain creatures and effects. There's some more major texts that need to be updated with their flavor text in multiple sections that we feel could be better written. A feat or two is getting a balance update here and there just to make sure we are giving you the highest quality content possible.
Where's my hardcover James?!
I hear you and I completely agree, I want my copy too. When we sent the copy of monstrous beasts to get printed, we had the sizing wrong and other first-time printing mistakes. We are working on fixing them as well as adding the new content that I mentioned above so Paizo or other ORC users won't sue us for minor technicalities. In addition, I took a month long break to work on my real life problems that I had been pushing aside and wanted to take care of. As the person who works on this project the most, this meant that we had to see a pause on not only this project but for every EOG project that we had on the books. School has started back up and I'm readjusted to the increased workload that I can go back and work on updating everything and sending it off to the printing team to make sure we get our copies out. Trust me, I really want to see this book on my shelf and I know everyone at EOG does as well. This has been a wild ride from having to wait for 4 books to get remastered, remastering the book, finding errors, fixing errors, talking with the printing team, and so on. I don't know what orders or the ordering process looks like for consumers, I can only speak as a publisher. Once I have more details, I'm going to rush back here and give you an update.
That's all the updates folks! I can't wait to see you in the next monstrous update!
Remastered Beasts?!
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Dec 09, 2024 at 02:28:49 PM
Hello everyone! It's James Beck! I have great news!!!
Monstrous Beasts is remastered!! We have streamlined a few sections and reworked Metamorph to allow more strength builds. We have found some more errors across the book (mostly small things like school traits that I missed upon remastering the book), but I will update them as soon as I can! You can get your remastered PDF on Backerkit, DriveThruRPG, or Itch. I can't wait to see what people think about our monstrous remaster.
Pathbuilder!
Pathbuilder is going through last bits of testing to get as much as we can in within the bounds of custom content for Pathbuilder BUT it is almost done. I hope to get it to you within the next few weeks. The Pathbuilder will also have the remastered content. Joshua White has been incredible to work with to get it finished!
Printing
We are working on getting printing fully operational now that we have a remastered PDF to go to print. To keep things transparent, we might have to re-do certain sections of the layout to adjust to printing as we order proofs and such. I'll keep you updated as time goes on BUT I PROMISE you we're working on getting it done!
That's it for the update! I hope you enjoy the remaster!
Another Update!
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 05:14:36 PM
Hello everyone! It's James Beck once again to share some quick news about Monstrous Beasts. I'll try to keep this brief as I'm preparing for Rosh Hashana tomorrow!
Where's Pathbuilder?!
Unfortunately, our freelancer that we had working on the project for it had to be replaced. This means we have to start from scratch to add pathbuilder support. We are so sorry. Getting Pathbuilder support was always a high priority for us and losing so much time and work genuinely hurts. Thankfully, we got a great new freelancer on the task! I'll update you as SOON as I get that JSON file to share with you!
I Want My Book James!
And I do too! I don't even have a physical copy of the book and I was one of the project leads! We are meeting with some friends this month to get printing off the ground because we're dying to get our copies too! Am I thrilled it's taken this long? Not really but unfortunately printing physical copies is extremely difficult, something we underestimated when we ran this project but we are still dedicated to finishing this project fully through and get you a physical copy. Especially since now we've had Player Core 2 for awhile and have remastered the book throughout! I did some of the remasters personally and Form Master just got a fun buff with some minor alterations to their feats, letting you transform more often, getting the most out of the archetype! Barbarian got a fun facelift in the remaster and we managed to consolidate some of the pages down by minor reconstructions of the archetype. Now that we have all of the remaster stuff in place, we can go in and create our "What got deleted" document which includes a hydra companion, group companions, and a few spells like Ankrahv's Spit.
Stock Art! Tokens! Oh My!
We made a promise at the start of our year to give back to the community by releasing art of our Kickstarter books 1 year after release and we plan on holding strong to that pledge. All of the art available in the book will be available for purchase for personal or commercial use. That means you can use all of the art from our wild creatures, to our nautilus machine, to our dynamic figures! This is perfect if you are a third party publisher looking to fill your book with some awesome art! We are also working on turning all of the art into tokens and updating our foundry module with the art from the book so you can use our module. We are still planning on updating our foundry module the second we get animal companions in foundry vtt.
That's it for now! Sorry there's not more to share, just a lot of talking with people for now. Have a great day and happy new year if anyone is celebrating!
