Best Monster Manual For ShadowDark! ~ [or ANY TTRPG]

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Many games [like ShadowDark] come with a limited monster section, but what if I told you the best book for any fantasy game works for just about any TTRPG!
Don't get me wrong. Many of these all inclusive games have a decent bestiary of classic monsters, but this book improves on even those!
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@brown1971 4 дня назад

Compelling review! Thank you! I really appreciate the universalist TTRPG angle you take with your channel. On the mark for my tastes.

@ElderGoblinGames 4 дня назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching 🧌

@swordsnstones 5 дней назад

awesome monster tome...i have the pdf and cant wait to get the hardcover......and yes the more bestiaries the better :)

@red_wullf 5 дней назад

I can only second this review. I love this monster book.

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

Thanks! It's a great book. It has made my standards go way up for monster books.

@FrugzillA 4 дня назад

Great video, did not know the channel before

@ElderGoblinGames 4 дня назад

Welcome to the Goblin Gang! 🧌

@michaelmullenfiddler 4 дня назад

Both redmage and wasabi are awesome

@ElderGoblinGames 4 дня назад

Their channels have been instrumental in helping me find great adventures to run.

@paulhepworth3659 5 дней назад

👍 Rad! Subscribed!

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

Welcome to the Goblin Gang!

@dadapotok 5 дней назад

got pdf after seeing a single page with Druid at Jorphdan or Thaumavore. Skerples' manual is perfect, but you know what else is? Poetry book masking as monster manual. Please let me to introduce you to "Volume 2 Monsters &" by the one and only Luke Gearing.

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

I'll have to check that one out!

@dadapotok 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames HD 6† AC AS PLATE DAMAGE 2D6 3d6 Fire Breath cone every other Round. Unharmed by normal missiles. Gather the wealth of a nation, tribe or kingdom. Ensure you are the last of the line. Build a mound. Squat upon your hoard and slumber. This is but one of the paths a man may walk to leave mortality behind.

@LibrariesandLattes 5 дней назад

Love the shoutouts, it’s always nice to see someone supporting other channels like their own (or not like their own)! Nice book too, even if it doesn’t fit on the bookshelf 😂

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

I need to give you another shout out too! It's been a while.

@TwinSteel 6 дней назад

🥳🫂👍🏿 Hey, I’ve got that book - can we take a moment to bask in the quality of its construction - the content goes without saying, but the cover just feels so good in the hand; you open it up and there are tables right on the inside before it even gets started; the stitching - the construction is just a work of art in and of itself

@ElderGoblinGames 6 дней назад

It is exceptional quality. I am so glad I grabbed a physical copy of it while it was still in stock. It's my favorite monster book. By a long shot.

@TwinSteel 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames Love me some physical media

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

@@TwinSteel Same! There's nothing like reading a book you can hold in your hands!

@EpicEmpires-pb7zv 5 дней назад

Great video! The Monster Overhaul is a real standout when it comes to resources that you can use to play more interesting and exciting. Some of those random tables included in monster descriptions are hilarious. I love the reasons mercenaries can't fight today tables.

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

I'll have to look at that one. Doing some adventure prep right now!

@tHeInEvItAbLePaRtY 3 дня назад

I honestly love the ease of play with ShadowDark. The problem I have is not having enough money to feed my new addiction

@ElderGoblinGames 3 дня назад

Oh 💯 same. I think of this more as a prep tool when you want to break out of your usual mold and shake things up.

@film-lars3412 4 дня назад

Great video, Goblin. I have a mountain of Monster books - and this is one of the best. Looking forward to your next video. Rock on !

@ElderGoblinGames 4 дня назад

If I ever write a monster book I want to call it "Monster Mountain" Paper on!

@yagsipcc287 3 дня назад

I agree I use this even with myself for solo play it is great for ideas and adding extra flavour. I love Goblins but what I do so lets say I am in a new region (,fsr fsr away from where we were before) i would roll on the chart thats in the goblin section one time I got i think it wss rubberised Goblins not sure on the wording but its how I played them so I had it that blunt objects would do less damage, slashing would do normal damage and stuff like fire or ice would do extra damage and ice would slow them down but falling they would be near immune from damage. Just a really cool way to add extra flavour and spice up your games

@ElderGoblinGames 3 дня назад

That's awesome and a great idea!

@ricklmire6593 5 дней назад

I love the PDF, the price on the hardcover though completely justified is just too much for me. Might make a nice christmas gift though.

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

Fair enough. A lot of folks have gotten used to the big glossy books being about $60, but yeah, it can be hard to swing in an era of so much great old school content being sold on the cheap. I'm definitely the collector type who just has to have the physical copy 😅

@RPG_Bliss 5 дней назад

Never heard of the redmage before I’ll go check them out. Also I’d love to see your review of those zines!

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

Maybe I will. I am going to run a few of them soon enough, so maybe after I give them a proper shake down.

@imemmag 4 дня назад

I have the pdf and I truly love it! Love the flavor ideas u can get from a couple of lines

@ElderGoblinGames 4 дня назад

Exactly! I tend to stick too much to the familiar, tables like these are the inspiration I need to shake things up.

@SummaJamz 5 дней назад

Can't wait to get a hardcover, that thing looks beautiful! I've been using the pdf in my DCC campaign to great success. It seemed like a good match as they have lots of tables to roll on and lean in to letting the dice decide. Would love to hear your thoughts on DCC. The magic System and how they handle cinematic fighter maneuvers with the deed die are both gems that keep me coming back. The monsters in the core book are sparse, but there re lots of great third party releases with unique monsters and most of the modules they put out have unique monsters with stat blocks, albeit very simple and OSR-y. The core book is also a beautiful beast i feel you'd enjoy.

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

I love DCC! I talk about it briefly in my top 13 non-D&D TTRPGs video. I need to do a steal from DCC video and talk about some of my favorite things in it (spoiler, the daring deeds mechanic is one of them). Totally agree. I think the two go hand in hand really well. And until we get that huge Dungeon Denizens book from Goodman Games, Monster Overhaul will continue to be my favorite monster book for that game as well. And it may continue after that other book comes out, who knows!

@DavidAlastairHayden 16 часов назад

Every D&D style tabletop rpg 😁 Good review. I might pick this one up.

@divideby000 3 дня назад

I might have to pick this up

@ElderGoblinGames 3 дня назад

If you have the means I highly encourage it! It's a really cool book.

@kind_of_old 23 часа назад

I got this thing on kickstarter and boy was it worth it! As you said, it's a fantastic source of inspiration. I am running an Ironsworn campaign and I still can use it.

@ToddPutnam День назад

I agree. I love that book.

@torq21 4 дня назад

sounds cool!

@ElderGoblinGames 4 дня назад

"It's quite cool I assure you!" *(Insert Gandalf in sunglasses meme)*

@aristospagang2446 День назад

if more GM resources were like this then it wouldn't be so daunting for players to try out GMing

@the-real-Lovefist День назад

I have this book, and it’s great !!!

@FamilyTableTop 5 дней назад

Great video! That’s a really cool monster manual. Have you had a chance to use it for game prep?

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

Using it as I type. I'm gearing up for a ShadowDark West Marches style game.

@FamilyTableTop 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames tell me more… do you have a video about this?

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

No but that's not a bad idea, ShadowDark feels naturally suited for a west marches game so I'm going to give it a shot.

@FamilyTableTop 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames I have been thinking about doing the same thing… A West Marches campaign (not a video about one)

@juauke 5 дней назад

Strongly agree! I have two of those and The Monster Overhaul is so good! My only small issue with it is the fact that the endpapers at the beginning and at the end are the same! And I agree that the size is a double-edged sword but without it, it wouldn't be so filled to the brim with so much content! Otherwise, best bestiary bar none! And indexes + ribbon is just chef kiss! (A5 would help but I understand why it's not)

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

I agree, the end section could have had more. But it is just such a quality book all around. It definitely makes you look sideways at some of those big name RPGs you spend about 60 bucks on.

@juauke 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames yeah, that is what I think too: such a small defect for such a jewel! And yeah, I can feel you! PS: I'm looking forward to Skerples' next book The Treasure Overhaul which he is revealing on his blog bit by bit

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

@@juauke 👀 this is news to me! Now I'm super excited about that! I have been saying for a bit now that one of the things games like Dragonbane really suffer from is the lack of a treasure book. I'm wondering if it will be close enough to fit.

@juauke 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames eheh, I'm glad to let you know! And to that I extremely agree! Even though I loved using modified versions of items in ICRPG and old D&D for these instances but it never felt like I had enough

@TalesFromElsewhereGames 5 дней назад

It looks like the contents of the book are mostly fantasy monsters, right? Does it cover anything for sci-fi, horror, western, or other genres? Looks like an absolutely awesome book that every game designer should have on their shelf as a reference!

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

I would say it's pretty much fantasy. It may have a few of those genre bending entries that most fantasy monster books have nowadays, but nothing too far outside the norm.

@TalesFromElsewhereGames 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames Makes sense! Still looks like a masterclass in creature design and guidance!

@dadapotok 5 дней назад

honestly it's so good I partially got it to teach myself to layout prep and procedures. Talking for sci-fi ± horror, did you check out Runehammer's Viking Death Squad approach and contents?

@TalesFromElsewhereGames 5 дней назад

@@dadapotok I haven't read Runehammer's Viking Death Squad! I'll have to track it down :D

@WhisperingWisp357 5 дней назад

Thanks for the vid! I am going to look for the book as soon as this ends.

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@Joshuazx 5 дней назад

2:19 "Where They Find You (Out of Doors)." Out of Doors??? Not just Outdoors?

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

Yeah, honestly I'm not sure if that was a translation issue or if they were just being humorous. It is kind of a funny wording though.

@Joshuazx 5 дней назад

Cool book. IMO, this book has too much stuff I don't need.

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

Out of curiosity, what games do you run most? And what are your favorite monster books for those games?

@Joshuazx 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames I like system modularity b/c no one game does it all for me. I'm currently interested in mostly vanilla Basic Fantasy RPG, some plugins from OSRIC. I could list a few games I have. Usually, the basic monster book for any game is more than enough for me. Mostly, the idea of a monster is what's valuable to me because I read Index Card RPG and now I just read monster entries for the concepts and grossly oversimplify all monster stat blocks to 2 or 3 functional stats, maybe a special power, and go.

@ElderGoblinGames 5 дней назад

While I totally agree, ICRPG is one of my favorites, sometimes I just need some outside inspiration that's not from my own head. That's what a book full of tables is really good at!

@Joshuazx 5 дней назад

@@ElderGoblinGames I like low fantasy. A bit of research on cryptids, folk lore, and mythology suit me fine.

@dadapotok 5 дней назад

@@Joshuazx I'm also only using fav parts of the systems I like, what OSRIC plugins are you talking about?