Tricky Owlbear Publishing, Inc. is thrilled to release its most ambitious product to date--Forgotten Foes--for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. This 183-page, lavishly illustrated tome is sure to please every fan of the world's most famous fantasy roleplaying game, for inside are conversions for First Edition creatures like the grick, crypt thing, and azer alongside Third Edition mainstays such as the nightshades. We've also combed through the best third-party monster resources to bring newer favorites, such as the nefarious inphidians, up to date.
Forgotten Foes features over 120 monsters each with statistics, description, illustration, and a handy lore table for those knowledgeable PCs who may try to get an upper hand before an encounter. As if that isn't enough, FF also presents 38 new/converted spells and includes appendices that list the monsters by type, CR, and terrain. For ease of reference, the book also reprints the Universal Monster Rules in their entirety.
This must-have creature resource is now available in pdf from Paizo, YourGamesNow, and RPGNow/DriveThru for a special introductory price of $9.99 through Monday, Nov. 1, 2010! After 11/1/10, the price increases to $15.99. In a few weeks, you can pick up Forgotten Foes in print form from our Lulu storefront (price to be announced when the product is ready).
For this monster-themed Halloween weekend, it's the perfect time to grab a copy of Forgotten Foes, add PCs, and take your game to the next level!
Tricky Owlbear would like to thank all of the fans who've been waiting patiently for this book and to also thank the authors (Mark Gedak and Stefen Styrsky) and art director K. Axel Carlsson (Headless Hydra Games) for making FF the essential resource that it is.
Hmm, looks like the book is still at full price here at Paizo. We'll look into that asap!
Ug there goes 10 bucks.
Yep it is still showing the higher price here on paizo.
Thanks for the support, DM. I've sent a message to the Paizo powers that be to fix that pricing!
By the way, did I mention that the monsters inside Forgotten Foes are entirely 100% open content?
Very impressive collection of creatures. It'll be interesting to compare many of these against what will be appearing in Bestiary II. Will there be a hardcover release? I bought a copy at RPGDrive Thru (10 bucks is hard to pass up) and I'd like a hard copy for the table.
Thanks again!
Bought it when I saw that I could get some of the baddies I was plan on converting but you did the work for me! Excellent amount of work!
100+ monsters for 10 bux? Instabuy.
@Hexcaliber: There will be a hardcover and softcover release. We need to upload the specs to Lulu and then get a proof copy of each to make sure everything is good to go. Our 'Behind the Spells: Compendium' from there actually turned out to have a wonky cover thanks to a size miscalculation the first time which is why we look over a sample first. This may take a few weeks but its our next step.
@Leopold: Thanks!
@Kthulhu: That guy is actually ported over from Necromancer Games's 'Tome of Horrors' (in there he was the Slaad Lord of the Insane). And the Necro folks actually took that description of the monster from the 1e Fiend Folio (which definitely predates the awesome NES game Metroid). The chaosiic are just our name for the slaadi.
@DM: I was just stopping by to note that fact as well. ;)
Thanks to those who've picked up FF so far. We're interested in what you think!
I just picked this bad boy up.
I'll take a look at it when I get home from work and post any comments here :)
Never bought a PDF before. This is my first.
@Kryzbyn: Thanks!
@Frozen Forever: Wow, your first pdf! I do hope it doesn't disappoint.
I'm waiting for dead tree to buy my copy, but this is the product that I'm the single most excited over that I didn't have a writing credit in. :) The Behind the Spells Compendium has me a must-purchase for future Owlbear goodness!
We're glad you're hooked on the Owlbear, Stark! If you have any suggestions for our company (or would like to write something for us), please drop us a line or a note here.
Great work! I am most impressed...these critters will have fun smacking my players around. I finally like monsters like the arrowhawk, which I could never really get into before.
Great work! I am most impressed...these critters will have fun smacking my players around. I finally like monsters like the arrowhawk, which I could never really get into before.
Thanks for the praise, Blackerose! We're happy to give your players grief. ;)
Also, I wanted to post a reminder: We're now in the last day to pick this up at the introductory price of $9.99. Even after only a few days, I can tell you that Forgotten Foes is already our best-selling pdf yet!
Downloading now. Can't wait to give it a read.
Review #2 has rolled in! Shorter than the first but no less pleasing. :)
Wow, Forgotten Foes has definitely proven itself as Tricky Owlbear's most popular book. We've now reached 100 purchases in a short time. Thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy and let's keep this momentum going!!
Yes, Congrats is in order!
Wow, Forgotten Foes has definitely proven itself as Tricky Owlbear's most popular book. We've now reached 100 purchases in a short time. Thanks to everyone who's picked up a copy and let's keep this momentum going!!
More monsters to torment PCs from a GM, what is not to like?
Thanks, guys! Still working on the print angle but we'll let you know when that goes live.