The Monster Overhaul: A Practical Bestiary is Out in PDF

Feb 22, 2023

The old school themed bestiary The Monster Overhaul: A Practical Bestiary has arrived in PDF from Skerples. The book features over 200 monsters plus maps, encounters, and more aimed at ease of use at your game table. The 336 page PDF is available right now at DriveThruRPG for $30.00.

About the bestiary:

What’s a Sphinx without a riddle, or a Minotaur without a labyrinth? What’s a Dragon without a hoard, or a Peasant without a grievance?

The Monster Overhaul is a massive Role Playing Game bestiary designed for at-table utility. Monsters are presented alongside useful tools, ready for immediate use in any scenario.

This book aims to provide a GM with the tools they need, as they need them, without slowing down a session. In the middle of a game, a GM doesn’t need to be told that Bears live in caves or that Ghosts haunt graveyards. They know that. What they need are interesting prompts that are difficult to invent under pressure; names, details, motivations, secrets, riddles, maps, twists, etc.

Numbers are calibrated around old-school fantasy adventure game principles. This book should be compatible with, and has been tested against, the most popular and enduring old-school systems.

This 336 page book contains:

200+ Monsters.
160+ Pieces of original art.
20+ Maps.
Random encounter tables, indexes, and a host of other useful tools.

By Skerples, the author of the CoinsandScrolls blog, Tomb of the Serpent Kings, Kidnap the Archpriest, Epochrypha, Magical Murder Mansion, and Magical Industrial Revolution.

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