The Bestiary Will Live
about 1 year ago
– Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 11:12:57 AM
We've done it! Now that we're past $95,000 (!!!), we're going to be able to add the bestiary to Glumdark. This is something that I've been tinkering on for the past few weeks and I'm unreasonably excited that we're going to be able to produce it.
This section of the book will contain full page descriptions of 10 different creatures or characters. Each one will come with a background, hints for what they might be like to tackle in combat, as well as a brief account of a first person encounter. In typical Glumdark fashion, the encounter-er is probably gonna die in the process.
Two of these creatures that I'm particularly excited to add to the book are the Dicky Docky Boku Lacha and the Horseless Headman. The first of which is a creature whose backstory is intertwined with their presence on the Glumdark soundtrack--a tie-in which I can't wait for everyone to experience. And the latter of which is just so dumb that I couldn't help but laugh as we talked through his backstory and appearance.
We're getting close to hitting six figures, and we might even get there today. Which is mind boggling. The only further stretch goal is to get these 10 creatures illustrated. This would really be the icing on the cake, as each creature would get a full page A5 illustration by Vil. I really do want this more than anything. I love browsing illustrations in fantasy books for inspiration for characters and combatants in the campaigns I run and I really want to be able to provide that experience to readers of Glumdark.
V gratefully,
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