Kristin Saint-Clair's Little Book of Beasts
A downloadable bestiary
Welcome to the Little Book Of Beasts!
A collection of beasties, written by me and wonderfully illustrated by the wonderful work of Fernando Salvaterra ~! :D
Between the covers of this zine are two-score-and-ten monsters, critters, and constructs waiting to be dropped into your game. Some of them are ornery and ready for a scrap, but far from all of them— and even the ornery ones don’t necessarily need that scrap.
The beasts have been presented in a generic “rules-light” old school format, light on defining the parameters of broader abilities such as invisibility (sound, or no sound?) or snatching away dreams. If your chosen system allows for saves or tests against invasive or hostile effects, definitely apply them to beastly tricks unless there’s a specific note otherwise; nothing in this zine is meant to be a streamroller against players and their characters.
The PCs may even have the chance to again a strange new ally or two, though~
Enjoy!
Update!
The critters of the Little Book Of Beasts are now officially released as CC-BY 4.0 and have a fresh new textfile for them uploaded!
Here's an official notice block and everything:
Kristin Saint-Clair's Little Book Of Beasts [critter stats] by E. A. "taichara" Bisson is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Note: This does Not include any of the art in the pdf, nor the letter from 'Kristin Saint-Clair'. Only the critter stats portion of the Bestiary is released CC.
Updated | 21 days ago |
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (8 total ratings) |
Author | taichara |
Tags | bestiary, oldschool, rules-light, Tabletop role-playing game, zine |
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Development log
- The Little Book Of Beasts goes Creative Commons!Mar 21, 2023
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I love these! Both the artwork and creativity of the beasts themselves. Also highly appreciate that you added a .txt file for easy adaptation to my games. Thank you!
You're very welcome! I'm glad you like them and Salvaterra's awesome art :3
I love a little bestiary and I adore Salvaterra's art, so I had to check this out, but I was seriously not prepared for what I found inside.
This truly is a gorgeous, genius, and simply phenomenal supplement absolutely packed with all manner of wonderful creatures and inspiring ideas!
Utter magic!
Thank you very kindly! I glad you like it :3