CASTLE OLDSKULL - Labyrinthine Bestiary

An amazing and beautiful new fantastical bestiary is now available for your favorite fantasy role-playing game.
Veteran game designer Kent David Kelly and Wonderland Imprints are proud to present the very first volume of the Labyrinthine Bestiary, providing a treasure trove of exciting monster ideas and inspirational materials for players and Game Masters who enjoy the Original (OSR), First Edition (1E), and Second Edition (2E) versions of the world's greatest role-playing game. If you' are looking for universal and directly compatible old school materials to bridge the original game editions as created by Arneson and Gygax (1974-1985), Holmes (1977), Moldvay and Cook (1981), Mentzer (1983-1986), and other esteemed luminaries of TSR (1974-1989), you've come to the right place. Players of Fifth Edition will also discover much of resourceful interest here, because these historically-informed systems are rules-light and concept-heavy, ready for quick conversion to the ruleset of your choice. In this book you will find over 50 fully detailed OGL-compliant monsters (beginning with the letter A) for use in your campaigns and projects. This bestiary includes challenging and unusual creatures from the World of Oldskull campaign such as the Acephalus, Badgerbear, Dweomerling, and more. All creature types are lavishly illustrated. The Labyrinthine Bestiary takes many of the classic low-level game monsters, and infuses them with deep lore (and new related creatures) derived from mythology, folklore, and weird fiction published during the golden age of Swords & Sorcery. An entire unique and deep ecology for the World and Dungeons of Oldskull is featured herein, where each monster is detailed with meticulous consideration of its place within the larger world. There are no meaningless or inappropriate monsters here. Everything has its defined place and serves to enrich the larger world of lore in ways that deepen the play experience for beginning and veteran players alike.. So if you are weary of dungeons that feature only generic orcs and goblins and bandits with little purpose or distinction, you have come to the right place. This volume features monsters that lair within the Labyrinth of Amber, which comprises the first subterranean level of the Dungeons of Oldskull beneath the Ushirian Manor. These monsters will challenge adventurers of experience levels 1 to 3. In larger numbers, these monsters will serve as worthy adversaries (and companions) for adventurers of any experience level. I hope you enjoy this celebration of the old school TSR gaming tradition. Be sure to watch for future volumes in this Labyrinthine Bestiary series, which will detail many more hundreds of creatures that haunt the Labyrinth of the Yellow King.
Another fine gaming supplement from Kent David Kelly and Wonderland Imprints, Only the Finest Works of Fantasy. (100 pages, over 80 illustrations in full color, 23,900 words.)