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Monstrous Beasts: A Guide to Friend Them

Created by Eldritch Osiris Games

Please email [email protected] or join our discord bit.ly/DiscordEOG to receive playtests! We are working with backerkit to make this process easier

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Monstrous Playtest #2!
about 3 years ago – Tue, May 09, 2023 at 10:47:39 AM

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50% completed! Also Monstrous Beasts leaks!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 12:32:01 PM

Hello, it's James Beck from Eldritch Osiris Games again! We wanted to announce that Monstrous Beasts is 50% completed. It's all been written so our developers are working on a secret project or tweaking material based on our editor reports. Our next big step is getting art. We've put in art orders with our artist lead Pepe and are currently ordering art from other artists such as Victoria Sullivan and Quinn Stone from EOG. Our freelancers have also finished up their portions as Pete from Rise of the Rulelords has sent us the Nautilus Subsystem! Our backers will get updates of the project as we go along as they have received their first playtest document which included a lot.  We're super excited as our editors are pouring over the class expansion and spell expansion parts right now so we will hopefully see a playtest go to backers soon!!

Not to reveal our hand too much, we are working on a secret project in the background so keep your eyes open!

If you backed Monstrous Beasts and have not recieved your add-ons, please email [email protected] with your drivethru email and your kickstarter email. That'll make it easier for me to get you your add-ons ASAP. 

As a little treat, here is a sketch of the Arial Ace archetype that was written by Braden Menke! As new art comes in, we'll share it with backers with other updates! Stay tuned!

Shapeshifting and Companions!
about 3 years ago – Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 11:19:24 AM

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Metamorph and other Monstrous Creatures
about 3 years ago – Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 08:05:33 AM

Hello, this is James Beck from Eldritch Osiris Games here with another awesome update. We have finished the chasis of metamorph and are going to be sent out soon to all backers. In addition, we're going to throw in everything that our editor has deemed good to go for playtesting! Backers, expect to see something within the next week or so! We're really excited as we've passed the 50% mark for the project! Art orders have started to go out and will keep you updated as time goes on as new art comes in! That's it for now, we have a lot to show you coming soon! 

A Fun Monstrous Update
about 3 years ago – Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 02:40:03 PM

Hello everyone! I'm James Beck, one of the project leads, here to give y'all some updates and what to expect coming soon.

Freelancers

Our freelancers have been hard at work and I'm so proud of what they wrote! Here's a list of a few creatures that our freelancers have written!

  • Aberrant Hydra (PJ, Nat20Productions)
  • Land Shiver (Waffles, WafflesMaypleSyrup) (lots of bulets)
  • Terror Goose (Syrup, WafflesMaypleSyrup)
  • Corpse Moth (Aubrey, Goblets and Gays)
  • Menhir Guardian (Tommy, Black Dragon Games)
  • Hoop Snake (Dustin Knight, Paizo)
  • Siren Fish (Michelle Jones, Paizo Freelancer)
  • Cronosloth (Grady Wang, Paizo Freelancer)
  • Glimmer (Anto, Icarus Games)

And here's some companions that have been written by the freelancers!

  • Ugly Duckling (Syrup)
  • Land Shark (Waffles)
  • Raven Swarm (Dustin)
  • Fey Goat (PJ)
  • Schism (Aubrey)
  • Ooze (Grady)
  • Highland Cow (Anto)

Metamorph Class and Playtesting

We have been hard at work for the metamorph and feel like we have a good class chasis but it does mean we need to do playtesting before we release anything public. As one of the writers for the class, I want to say this is probably one of the most customizable classes in pathfinder 2e in terms of options available for you to create a truly unique character! I think the best comparison would be Inventor in terms of options for you to benefit from. I can also confirm that we have a Reactive Form class archetype for metamorph. This class archetype is for characters who don't want to be bound to 1 or multiple types of creatures but rather shift depending on the environment and situation. 

I can also confirm that the Nautlis system is near completion which is written by Pete from Rise of the Ruleslord and will go into playtesting when metamorph does! Backers will get a special access to this subsystem early as well as metamorph.

First Adventure

I also want to let you know that our first adventure for Monstrous Beasts, gained through a stretch goal, has been written and is in editing! It's about an ether spider which has made a new home and is causing the local environment to act strange! Backers will get this early as well, perfect for your one shots!

What is the plans going forward?

We are first going to start ordering art from our art lead on this project for parts that are 100% confirmed and done for the book in addition to reaching out to our highest tier backers for their ideas and freelancing work for the project. We are also going to be having our layout specialist Shawn Pommier start working on making a proper border for the pages so we can start showing off some of our work! In addition to our normal projects we have in the background, Matthew (one of the other project leads) is currently digging through our master document which houses all of our work for this project to make sure all of the themes and such are perfect for the book. Thank you so much for backing and supporting EOG and this project and I can't wait to tell y'all more when we get more things confirmed!