Did quite a bit of work on my Basic Bestiaries last week. Mostly edits and some large-scale moving around of content. I am close to publishing yet, though I have more art for BB1.
Here is where I am on content.
So, nearly 600 monsters are complete, and nearly 1,000 total started in one form or another.
A couple of things.
Basic Bestiary I has shrunk while Basic Bestiary III has grown. I moved over about 20-25 creatures from I to III since they fit better.
Also, you might notice Basic Bestiary IV, aka Dragons. I have talked about it, but not much. Mostly because I kept it closer to my chest, but really because so little of it was done.
This project grew out of something my oldest had been working on for a while, a book about dragons we were calling "Here There Be Dragons." It has been an on-again, off-again project for a while (ok 11 years) but I was leaving it in the hands of a then 11-year-old to work on. We resurrected it a while back and I have been slowly converting material from it to my Basic Bestiary format. But that is not all, I also want to come up with a good monster stat block that will really take advantage of how awesome (in all senses of the word) dragons are. I experimented with this one, but it is not 100% where I want it to be yet.
I love the idea of Dragons getting their own book. I mean if I am going to do a book of Undead and Demons then Dragons really should get their own too.
In addition to the stat block, I have other issues to work out. Should Tiamat be in the Demon book or the Dragon book? Right now she is in both. What about one of my favorites, the Piasa Bird? Is it a dragon?
Next year, 2024, is not just the 50th Anniversary of D&D but it is also the Chinese year of the Dragon. Feels like to me that an Old School monster book about dragons would be perfect.
I just need to get my ass moving on these.
I am also ditching the current covers I have for them and looking for something new. Still figuring out what to use. I want the same artist for all four and they must feature the creature types covered. Still searching.
BTW if you want some cool dragon content now, Bruce Heard has a bunch up on his blog.
- D&D Class: The Dragon Cultist
- D&D Class: Dragon Slayer
- Dragon Steeds Pt. 1
- Dragon Steeds Pt. 2
- Dragon Steeds Pt. 3
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