Heroic Roleplaying in a World of Swords, Sorcery, and Steam
I’d like to introduce Aetrimonde, a TTRPG I’ve been designing with heavy inspiration from the houserules my group used back in our Dungeons and Dragons 4e days. I’m not ready to publish Aetrimonde yet, but I’m opening up this blog to discuss its design principles, mechanics, and systems.
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Category: Bestiary
Posts about Aetrimonde’s monsters and other enemies.
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Today, I’m going to introduce the members of the Autumn Court, starting with their creations and hangers-on. All of the Sidhe Courts have other creatures of Faerie among their ranks (though always in a subservient position). The Autumn Court attracts allies who, like the Sidhe in charge of the Court, have no use for so-called…
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I recently wrote about elite enemies, who are designed to feel like more of a challenge than your typical enemy. Elites make for good mini-bosses, foes who pose an outsized threat and who the PCs can feel satisfaction in defeating, but who don’t feel like they deserve a name and plot significance. Today, I’m going…
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Today in my October series on Aetrimonde’s creepiest undead, I’m talking wights! Aetrimonde’s wights share an origin: they are created undead, given necromantic magic by the necromancers who animated them. The extra care, effort, and embalming fluid that go into creating a wight means that they are more of a threat than a mere zombie.…
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A while back, when I covered mooks, I hinted that Aetrimonde would also support enemies designed to be equivalent to multiple PCs. Today, I’m going to show off the first type of enemies like this: Elites, which are designed to be level-appropriate challenges for two PCs. Design Goals: Why Elites? The question that attentive readers…
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Based on the poll I put out with the first Bestiary post, you readers would like to see some Afflictor enemies, who have consequences for the PCs that last longer than the end of a fight. In keeping with my undead and eerie theme for October, I’m going to use another kind of Aetrimonde’s undead…
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Aetrimonde supports enemies that are not just a one-to-one equivalent to a PC of an appropriate level. I’ll cover all of these types eventually, but today I’m going to focus on mooks: these are enemies designed to be used in great numbers, without overwhelming either the PCs or the GM who has to run all…
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Having finished up character creation for Etterjarl Ragnvald, I’m going to take this post to introduce some enemies out of Aetrimonde’s Bestiary that Ragnvald might fight at level 0. To start with, I’ve picked out some enemies that are most similar to a PC: fellow mortal humanoids. The enemies I show off today will fill…
