The full release of the Psionic Bestiary is now available!
This 104 page PDF includes dozens of new monsters ranging from the innocuous brain moles to the massive psionic dragons. Illustrated in full color and with individual monsters like the cerebrilith or udoroot, to the related monsters like the phrenic hegemony and the automatons, the Psionic Bestiary can offer new adversaries during random encounters or provide the premise for an entire adventuring campaign!
The monsters are listed alphabetically, along with indexes by CR, terrain, and type.
Pick up the PDF today for $14.99 or preorder the softcover and get the PDF at no additional charge!
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I'd just like to take a few moments (I don't have time for a full review right now) to make a few comments that might be helpful to people who are curious but cautious.
First, most of the monsters in this book can be used in a non-psionic campaign. While many of them have psi-like abilities that require looking up how the equivalent powers work, as with non-psionic monsters those tend to be secondary abilities, not the main feature of the monsters.
Second, these are all very, very flavorful monsters. That isn't to say they're "all crystals and headaches", which many people who don't like psionics would expect. There are a bunch of monsters that work together in a sensible hierarchy or ecology, which is really cool. These are the kind of monsters you'll read the description of their background and behaviour and think "cool".
Third, the layout and artwork are top-notch. Jeremy and Andreas haven't skimped on getting this done right. Frankly this looks like a book Paizo would publish, while not being a direct imitation. DSP has their own style, but the quality is right up there with the heart of the industry.
So folks, if you're looking for another monster book at a reasonable price and you're a little concerned by the "psionic" appearing in the title, don't be. This is every bit as exciting a release as a FGG Tome of Horrors, only perhaps more so.
Thanks, Anguish!
And I have to give credit where credit is due - Erik Nowak put together the layout for this, I've just been plugging things into the template. We're altering it here and there for the different books (Path of War is going to get a slight tweak for the compiled book to be less tentacly and more weapony), but it's all his handiwork. And he did a fantastic job. :)