Happy Holidays! $40k Stretch Goal Broken! New Demon Lord or Arch Devil! More Samples! Playable Races! Saint Orcus!
over 8 years ago – Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 03:23:35 AM

 More Example Pages

Playable Races!

As I posted in the comments, hitting $40k would trigger the inclusion of 5 playable races. For every $2k over that I will add another race to the book. The first 5 playable races are: boarfolk, leprechaun, ophidian, stormwarden, and tsathar.

boarfolk, leprechaun, ophidian, stormwarden, and tsatharSeveral of you have asked for a preview of the stormwarden so here it is, in all of of its very rough, unrefined, first pass, and untested glory. Keep in mind these will very likely change for the final book, just as the sample creatures we've posted very likely will change. 

Stormwarden Traits (WIP WIP WIP WIP WIP - NOT FINAL)

Your stormwarden character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Age. Stormwardens mature at the same rate as humans and reach the age of majority around the age of 20. They often live to be more than 150 years of age.
Alignment. Reclusive, passive, and attuned to nature, stormwardens tend to neutral alignment. It is not unusual to find a stormwarden that has been touched by the storm (or lightning), and is unpredictable and given to chaotic actions and choices.
Darkvision. You have acute vision that can pierce the darkest storm. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You cannot discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.  
Size. Stormwarden, much like humans, vary widely in height and build, from just over 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Blessing of the Storm. You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast fog cloud as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast call lightning as a 3rd-level spell with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Discharge. You have advantage on saving throws made against effects that deal lightning damage.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and your choice of either Draconic or Giant.

I hope everyone had a fantastic Festivus and was able to air all of their grievances yesterday. But in all seriousness, all of us in the Frog Pond hope you all have a happy holiday if you celebrate or a good day if not. We're looking forward to bringing you loads of exciting content in 2018. Be safe! And remember...St. Orcus is watching you!

(I might have used too many exclamation points in the title of this update...!)

Patrick
Frog V

New page examples with stats!!
over 8 years ago – Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 03:16:10 AM

Hey all,

We are close to another stretch goal so let your friends know so we can blow past it before we head into the final and busy part of the project.

Page Examples

Here are two creature examples for all of you so you can see a more accurate depiction of of what to expect. Thanks to Patrick Pilgrim for getting the conversions done. We have some other examples that I will post when we hit the  next stretch goal.

Thanks for the support,

Zach Glazar, Frog God Games

Funded!! A Partial Monster List and New Art!!
over 8 years ago – Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 12:13:03 PM

Hooray!

We funded!! Thank you everybody!! 

This quick update includes an internal list and some new art to help get you excited for the stretch goals.

But first...

I want to make a clarification regarding WHAT you are funding. This is not (and cannot be physically and legally) a Tome of Horrors Complete for Fifth Edition. You are funding a book that is launches a Tome of Horrors series for Fifth Edition which will include selections from the earlier book (especially those that relate to Rappan Athuk, new additions to Tome of Horrors from published Frog God Games material (Like Quests of Doom 4 books and The Blight) as well as about 15-20% never before seen material that is finished or in process of being written. Our earlier book, 5th Edition Foes, will have around 10% of the creatures in this book because we like the art so much!

So what is in it....

Preview list here. 

As it stands we have over 100 pieces of art finished or near finished from a fistful of artists including-

Terry Pavlet (Efreet)  

Joshua Stewart (Brine Zombie)  

Michael Syrigos (Assigned but unwritten new creature)  

Artem Shukaev (Pazuzu)  

 and Chris McFann (Crypt Thing)

Please tell all your friends and enjoy the Thanksgiving Holiday!

Zach Glazar, The Mouth of Frog God Games

Passed Stretch Goal! New Art!!
over 8 years ago – Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:50:21 AM

Hey all!

35k Stretch goal passed, the file with the complete list indicates the new creatures for the $35k stretch goal. 

At 40K we will be adding an extra Demon Lord that backers will be able to vote on from a list provided in BackerKit. None of the potentials are already mentioned so feel free to offer us your nominations in the comments.

New Art

All pieces by Josh Stewart, enjoy!

 The more goals we reach the more we can add, so please share with other like-minded nerds you know!

Zach Glazar, Frog God Games

Stretch Goal Close, Creature Submissions and Huge Creature List
over 8 years ago – Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 07:08:29 PM

Humble Bundle

 

Before I start the update I want to remind you of the big charity promotion through Frog God Games. There is a great deal going on with Frog God Games and Kobold Press that has over $375 of Fifth Edition PDFs for $17 or less. A huge chunk of that goes to charity. You can check out the deal at-

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dungeons-monsters-dragons-books

Tome Stretch Goal Approaches

This is so close that we went ahead and added the 30k stretch goal to the list below.

New Creature List

The Newest draft of the creature list is here. It includes over 300 creatures with a good guess of their CR (when known) spread. It includes the added creatures from the last stretch goal (and the 30,000 stretch goal as well).

List is here.

Some basic information on the CR spread-

This list includes the placeholders for the new creatures from Anthony Pryor, Lance Hawvermale, Jim Wampler, and the backer submitted creatures (for obvious reasons). It also does not include those that will be in the high-level backer PDF ($95 and Up).

This list is subject to some changes but this is as accurate as we could make it as of today. Big thanks go to Patrick Pilgrim, the 5e Frog, for spending a long couple of days working with me to finalize this list.

Backer Submitted Creatures

During the BackerKit phase, all backers at the $50 and above level will have the option to submit a brief description and concept for a custom creature to be designed, developed, illustrated in full color by one of our amazing artists, playtested on the bi-weekly Frog God Games live stream, and included in Tome of Horrors. Additionally, those backers who have a submission selected will have the opportunity to purchase (at cost) the original art for that creature. 

 The Process in Backerkit will be

• Choose a 5E creature type (available options will be provided). 
• In 3-5 sentences, describe your creature idea, including some possible abilities. 
• Select an estimated CR (must be 10 or below). 
• Describe in 2 sentences how you would use this creature in your game. 

NOTE: We reserve the right to reject any creature submission. If the creature cannot be used in a public convention game, where the audience could be children up through older gamers, then it isn't an appropriate submission for this endeavor. The submission cannot violate copyright belonging to anyone else, contain explicit sexual content, or be otherwise potentially controversial. All creatures become the property of Frog Gog Games (Author credit for the creatures will be given in the book using full legal author name).

Some New Art to Enjoy

Tunnel Worm

Wight Variant

 Bone Crawler

 Spitting Sea Serpent

 Thank you everyone!

Zach Glazar, The Hand of the Frog God

PS- Holiday Cheer is coming!