Category: Best of the Bestiary

Lore: Souls of the Malevolent Haunting battlefields and lonely places, will-o’-wisps are evil balls of light that feed off of fear and despair. They’ll use their glow to lure people astray with the lure of hope only to lead them to a monster’s lair or a deadly trap. All simply because they enjoy listening to…

Lore: Soldiers of the Underworld In days long past, the word ‘wight’ meant ‘person.’ Nowadays, it means just the opposite; it now refers to an undead soul driven by dark desires and vanity. When death comes to claim them, those that cry out to the demon lord Orcus, or some other evil god of the…

Before you drink from a fountain or pool, toss a copper coin into it. It’s a small price to pay for your life. X the Mystic’s 2nd Rule of Dungeon Survival Lore: The Shade of Water This serpentine creature is a guardian elemental, bound to a body of water to protect its summoner. It strikes…

Stats: Blood and Shadow Even before reaching the vampire, its a challenge. See, everything around its stronghold is affected by the monster’s presence. These effects are: Once the vampire is slain, those effects will end within 2d6 days. But, uh… good luck with that. Vampires are not enemies to be fucked with lightly. Their AC…

I am the Ancient, I am the Land. My beginnings are lost in the darkness of the past. I was the Warrior, I was good and just. I thundered across the land like the wrath of a just god, but the war years and the killing years wore down my soul as the wind wears…