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Something ALIEN this way comes!
The epic Alien Bestiary Kickstarter for Starfinder and 5E is here from Legendary Games, with over 200 pages of awesome alien adversaries, extraterrestrial enemies, and interplanetary playable races, and that's just for starters! Stretch goals abound, pushing this to 300 and beyond, plus adding bonus companion books like the Alien Codex, Aethera Field Guide, and more!
Check it out right now at Kickstarter and Make Your Universe Legendary!
Pledged!
Without wanting to detract from the Startinder excitement, any reason why this isn't coming out in Pathfinder? I would back it in a heartbeat to complement Legendary Planet... but right now, it's not really an option...
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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Without wanting to detract from the Startinder excitement, any reason why this isn't coming out in Pathfinder? I would back it in a heartbeat to complement Legendary Planet... but right now, it's not really an option...
The short answer is that it would be a MUCH smaller book in Pathfinder. A lot of creatures that will be in it already have Pathfinder stats but don't presently exist in 5E or Starfinder, so while a lot of the monsters are new from Legendary Planet and Aethera, a lot of them aren't. We didn't want to try re-selling people things that they already had.
HOWEVER, you do bring up a good point to consider, creating a compilation of just the *new* Pathfinder monsters from the book. It would be a shorter book, sure, but still might be worth doing.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll talk it over with the team and also poll our Legendary Planet KS backers.
Without wanting to detract from the Startinder excitement, any reason why this isn't coming out in Pathfinder? I would back it in a heartbeat to complement Legendary Planet... but right now, it's not really an option...The short answer is that it would be a MUCH smaller book in Pathfinder. A lot of creatures that will be in it already have Pathfinder stats but don't presently exist in 5E or Starfinder, so while a lot of the monsters are new from Legendary Planet and Aethera, a lot of them aren't. We didn't want to try re-selling people things that they already had.
HOWEVER, you do bring up a good point to consider, creating a compilation of just the *new* Pathfinder monsters from the book. It would be a shorter book, sure, but still might be worth doing.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll talk it over with the team and also poll our Legendary Planet KS backers.
Cool... I'll watch with interest!!! Anything to flesh out and build the universe that Legendary Planet has shown us has got to be good... Also, great to see the KS building momentum already.
What I posted to the Legendary Planet poll on the subject of a Pathfinder version before backing the Bestiary for Starfinder print and PDF:
Yes, I'd like a Pathfinder compilation. I'd even pay for one which has the previously published monsters compiled, because a single consolidated and updated sourcebook is easier to reference than multiple books.
Already 1/3 funded. In just a few hours. This is going to be a fun ride.
Already 1/3 funded. In just a few hours. This is going to be a fun ride.
Well, that escalated quickly.
Helps that a lot of us know that LG are good for it in terms of quality and delivery, plus Jason has learned a LOT about KSing products and knows how to pitch the initial offering so that the bare basic level is relatively easy to hit, and then deliver amazing extras with stretch goals.
Which ultimately all means that I get awesome stuff. Yay!
Already 1/3 funded. In just a few hours. This is going to be a fun ride.Well, that escalated quickly.
Helps that a lot of us know that LG are good for it in terms of quality and delivery, plus Jason has learned a LOT about KSing products and knows how to pitch the initial offering so that the bare basic level is relatively easy to hit, and then deliver amazing extras with stretch goals.
Which ultimately all means that I get awesome stuff. Yay!
Agreed. History of quality products paired with previous good experience with their kickstarters is why I jumped on. I remember watching the stretch goals just pile up with the Mythic books.
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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Thanks for the kind words, guys. We take great pride in the quality of what we create, and with the exception of the Legendary Planet adventure saga every Kickstarter we've ever run has delivered on time or early! We are excited to bring this project to you, and hey we're almost halfway to the base funding goal already, just 4 hours in!
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Already 1/3 funded. In just a few hours. This is going to be a fun ride.Well, that escalated quickly.
Helps that a lot of us know that LG are good for it in terms of quality and delivery, plus Jason has learned a LOT about KSing products and knows how to pitch the initial offering so that the bare basic level is relatively easy to hit, and then deliver amazing extras with stretch goals.
Which ultimately all means that I get awesome stuff. Yay!
We definitely have learned things on every project we've done, and we apply those lessons to each new one we tackle. Make everything you do a learning opportunity!
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At my current situation, I'll be unable to fund it. But it sounds cool and I'll definitely think about picking it up after layout is done.
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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At my current situation, I'll be unable to fund it. But it sounds cool and I'll definitely think about picking it up after layout is done.
Sounds great, do it when you can!
However, even if you pledge just a small amount, you can help us reach backer goals and get to vote for which monsters go in the book! Just sayin.
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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96% FUNDED in less than two days!
So close in less than 48 hours, and with so much more to go!
If you're interested in us opening up a Pathfinder version of this project as well, let us know here!
I wouldn't mind a Pathfinder version in and of itself, but if it slows down the previously advertised Kickstarter, I will be upset. I've backed too many Kickstarter projects that got overly extended by add-ons to the original project.
Glad to see that the book reached its initial goal ^_^
Not so much to see that it might have a multi-headed solar dragon...
Dude, the one-headed version in B4 is already dangerous enough :P
I wouldn't mind a Pathfinder version in and of itself, but if it slows down the previously advertised Kickstarter, I will be upset. I've backed too many Kickstarter projects that got overly extended by add-ons to the original project.
Fielding a reasonable query for Jason:
When LG do a multi-system product, each system has its own deadlines. Past experience says PF happens before 5E, and I sort of expect SF to happen before 5E on this one (but LG will meet any timescale goals they set).
Now, for a PF "version" of this product, it will almost certainly be an extract, since apparently a number of the creatures we'll be getting are from PF Bestiaries already, converted to SF and 5E, and there's no point converting them back to PF, so the PF book (if it happens - pretty please, yes?) will be smaller and contain the new monsters that don't already exist in PF. Because such a PF version isn't part of the original KS, the decision to proceed with it or not will have ZERO BEARING on the production of the SF and 5E books.
Expect any hypothetical PF Alien Bestiary from LG to be either completely separate from this KS, or as an add-on to be added later (possibly as a freebie to some pledge levels), but there's no way it will impact the SF and 5E books at all.
Speaking as an LG customer, they're good for it. The whole team know what's expected of them. The one time they have been thrown off by a KS is Legendary Planet, which has so many moving parts coordination of it must be a nightmare, and that's still proceeding nicely, just a bit slower than anyone wanted. "Normal" books, which a Bestiary certainly falls under, are bread and butter for LG.
Glad to see that the book reached its initial goal ^_^
Not so much to see that it might have a multi-headed solar dragon...
Dude, the one-headed version in B4 is already dangerous enough :P
Just the other day I was thinking to myself "what will scare the ever-loving bejeezuz out of my players?" and I saw that picture and said "screw my players, that thing scares the c*&p out of me!"
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Thanks for the kind words, Chemlak. As you've said, with the exception of Legendary Planet, every other Kickstarter we've done has delivered on time or early. We've got a lot of work in hand already, and work continues apace. In the case of the Alien Bestiary, we are actually farther along on the 5E version than the Starfinder version at this point, so it may end the first version of the book that gets released.
A Pathfinder version of the Alien Bestiary, whether we go with the "smaller/new monsters only" option or the "combine and compile all space monsters in one book" option, would operate on a basically a separate production schedule from the SF/5E versions, because it would literally be a compilation of existing monsters with a limited number of brand-new monsters, so with very little new design all that is required is layout time and any new artwork being completed.
In sum, it wouldn't affect the progress of the rest of the project by much if at all.
In sum, it wouldn't affect the progress of the rest of the project by much if at all.
Great!
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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STRETCH GOAL EVENT HORIZON BREACHED!
Not only did the ALIEN BESTIARY Kickstarter hit its funding goal in less than 48 hours over the weekend, it's already knocked down its first backer goal and stretch goal, creating a massive PDF art gallery of alien monsters PLUS a set of clear plastic monster pawns for 60+ creatures perfect for your space and sci-fi game as an add-on pledge to your regular pledge amount! The next stretch goal is only $1500 away, where backers get to help choose which cosmic constructs will be guaranteed a spot in the final book! Junk golems? Walking eyes? Myrmidon warbots? You decide!
If you ever thought about taking your 5E campaign in a sci-fi direction, or dialing up your own version of the Barrier Peaks, or if you just need more alien abominations and interstellar intruders for your Starfinder campaign, this beautiful book is going to be just what the holographic space doctor ordered!
Plus, check out our interview with the Adventure Party podcast (either the full podcast including our Heroes for Harvey charity bundle on DrivethruRPG or starting right where we discuss the Alien Bestiary), and you can catch Jason Nelson and Robert Brookes tonight at 6:30 Pacific/9:30 Eastern talking with the MythWits podcast about the Alien Bestiary, Aethera, Legendary Planet, Starfinder, 5E, and more!
Check all the latest with the Alien Bestiary Kickstarter today!
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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ANOTHER Stretch Goal Down - The Cosmic Constructs are Coming!
We've passed it last night and are over a quarter of the way to the next goal, but right now is the time for all of our backers to help decide which monsters go in the final book! We've posted up a special backer-only poll link, where backers can vote for their five favorites from the following list of killer constructs to see which ones will be guaranteed a spot in the final volume!
Aballonian - An intelligent, self-modifying construct race.
Clockwork Goliath - A giant humanoid machine equipped for labor or battle.
Clockwork Leviathan - A mechanical sea serpent powered by an ionic fire.
Clockwork Mage - A sentient machine programmed to wield magic.
Clockwork Soldier - A human-sized robot programmed with deadly strength and skill.
Clockwork Spy - A miniature drone able to observe, record, report, and infiltrate.
Golem, Crystal - A magical automaton of enchanted crystal.
Golem, Fossil - A magical automaton brought to life from the primordial remains of ancient alien beasts.
Golem, Junk - A magical automaton cobbled together from scrap and spare parts.
Golem, Lead - A magical automaton of heavy metal.
Soulbound Shell - A sinister spirit animating a mechanical body with magical power.
Robot, Annihilator - A massive battlefield robot of terrifying power.
Robot, Gearsman - A compact humanoid warrior or worker drone.
Robot, Myrmidon - A rocket-powered aerial combat robot.
Robot, Terraformer - A heavy-duty earthmover robot.
Robot, Torturer - A subtle and sinister robot programmed for pain.
Every backer gets a vote, and the Final Five with the highest vote totals are guaranteed a spot in the book! Some others on the list might get in if we need to balance the final book's creature types and power levels, but your Final Five get to saunter past the velvet rope with a saucy stroll while the other constructs bleep, bloop, and beg for a chance to make the final book!
We'll have more monster polls coming soon, starting with Alien Animals at $18,000 and Planetary Plants at $22,000, but with all this talk about monsters we don't want to forget about villains and heroes! We are rapidly closing in on unlocking the Alien Codex at $20,000, but even before that our next stretch goal at $16,000 will see an awesome array of richly detailed, ready-to-use characters spanning an array of alien races, with complex backstories and fully developed personalities with Starfinder and 5E versions of our iconic Planetary Heroes, perfect to insert into your space-faring campaign as playable characters, henchmen, hirelings, allies, or rivals!You can get these heroes separately as an add-on if you like, or get them automatically as part of the Alien Codex!
Check out all the latest with the Alien Bestiary Kickstarter today!
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Thanks to Timothy Brannan for the shout-out on The Other Side about the Alien Bestiary Kickstarter for Starfinder and 5E! Check out his blog here and if you haven't already, skate on over to the Kickstarter page. One week in and we're not only fully funded by three big stretch goals down already and more to come - already 1/3 of the way there to More Monsters: Alien Animals! And just 5 backers away from 300 with more bonus backer goodness!
Check out all the latest with the Alien Bestiary Kickstarter today!
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The amazing Alien Bestiary project just keeps getting better, because now you can get it for PATHFINDER RPG!
Do you need extraterrestrial enemies, technological terrors, and awful aliens for PFRPG? YES YOU DO, and now you can get them with the Alien Bestiary Companion for Pathfinder, either by itself or as a combination pledge with Starfinder or 5E! Marvelous monsters by Mike Welham, Kate Baker, Wendall Roy, Jim Groves, Richard Pett, Steve Helt, Tim Hitchcock, Matt Goodall, Mike Shel, Neil Spicer, and more!
Over 300 backers in the first week can't be wrong, especially when they (and YOU, as soon as you pledge) get to decide which monsters get in the book, from Cosmic Constructs, Alien Animals, Planetary Plants, and Universe Undead, with more coming all the time! Plus new backer goals, new iconic heroes, and more!
Plus, don't forget our two Hurricane Harvey charity bundles over at DrivethruRPG (Heroes for Harvey with Pathfinder heroes PDFs and the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund multi-publisher mega-bundle), both at a huge discount and with all proceeds going to local relief and recovery agencies in South Texas. Fires rage in the west and new storms take aim at the east, but Harvey ain't done with Texas by a long shot. Do what you can to help the hometown heroes on the front lines!
This is going to be so cool!
I donated. :-D
Hope it hits 18k. I'd like to see alien animals.
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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This Monday is out of this world!
- Come to the dream-haunted badlands in pursuit of drug smugglers and the secrets beyond the wall of dream in Legendary Worlds: Calcarata by Wendall Roy - now available for Pathfinder and soon for Starfinder and 5E!
- And ANOTHER stretch goal is down for the Alien Bestiary Kickstarter for 5E, Starfinder, and Pathfinder, and we are less than $1500 away from doubling our funding goal and unlocking the amazing Alien Codex, a killer compendium of ready-to-use NPCs of every kind for your sci-fi and space games!
And do I spy Aethera on the horizon? Yes I do.
Legendary Worlds: Calcarata
Jason, what's the page count on these 'planet' gazetteers?
Is there a chance to have a small adventure set in these worlds and then maybe leave it open ended with some hooks for more adventuring in the world.
I'm sure 'hooks' for adventures are provided but an intro adventure would be appreciated.
The fleshed out worlds are very good but an adventure would be even nicer IMHO.
Any chance of this?
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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The Legendary Worlds series is designed more as plug-and-play worlds to visit rather than adventures per se (though we are also creating Starfinder adventures, starting with Legendary Planet but also branching out in many other directions). The brand-new Legendary Worlds: Carsis that just released today for Pathfinder (and in process for Starfinder as well, of course) does have a micro-adventure in it, as well as adventure hooks, and others may feature that as well. It depends on what each author wants to make the focus of their bonus material.
As for length, each one is around 20 pages, a little over half of which is pure setting material and rest a new monster or two, new mechanics such as feats, spells, magic items, tech gear, or other new rules, and then of course the adventure hooks.
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ANOTHER new Legendary World, plus Planetary Plants in the Alien Bestiary!
The Alien Bestiary Kickstarter for Starfinder, Pathfinder, and 5E is at almost 2.5 times our original funding goal, having crashed through stretch goal after stretch goal with many more to come! We’ve recently unleashed our third backer poll where YOU get to decide which monsters go into the final book! So far, the early leader among our Planetary Plants is the pod-person spawning bodythief, with the sinister mindslaver mold, titanic zygomind, creeping cerebric fungus, and savage shambling mound rounding out the Final Five, but the mysterious moonflower and rapacious giant flytrap are right behind!
The next stretch goal at $24,000 unlocks a second set of fantastic clear plastic pawns, this set focused primarily on the humanoids and alien races of the Alien Codex, the killer companion book of ready-to-play NPCs from every level and filling dozens of roles in a sci-fi campaign, along with variant creatures, iconic heroes with rich backstories at multiple levels, and more! Following that, we add even more amazing monsters with the Universal Undead monster goal, and then we take a deep dive into the Aethera Campaign Setting with tons of great new races and iconic aliens from that setting for the Alien Codex, as well as unlocking the incredible Aethera Field Guide at $30,000!
In addition to the final two weeks of that Kickstarter, we are delighted to unveil the fourth new planet of awesome adventure in our Legendary Worlds series with the release of Legendary Worlds: Carsis! Shattered by a cosmic cataclysm, the sundered shards of this broken world grind and shift while gossamer-winged hunters soar the grinding gulfs between. The remnants of ancient societies cling to these floating continents, while verdant jungles teeming with scavenging swarms run riot in the ever-burning light of the newborn heart of Carsis! You can grab this terrific new supplement right now for Pathfinder (and soon for Starfinder and 5E).
Your universe of adventure just keeps growing with the Legendary Worlds line, from the fiery forge-world of Volretz with its seething slag seas to the polluted and war-torn water-world of Melefoni where stranded space colonists battle aquatic races in a desperate struggle for survival to the dusty, windswept badlands of Calcarata where drug-runners and dream-devouring psychic predators prowl the canyons. You can get these terrific planets of adventure for Pathfinder, Starfinder, and 5th Edition, and you can keep your eyes peeled for even more fantastic worlds coming soon like the snow-swept ice-world of Polaris VII, the howling planet of the apes known as Jowchit, and bleak Terminus, a prison planet pit of despair at the end of the galaxy, and so many more!
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Also, check us out with the great folks at the Cosmic Crit podcast talking about Starfinder, space monsters, sci-fi, and of course the Alien Bestiary!
You also can catch us with James Introcaso soon on Tabletop Babble and the The Drift podcast coming soon!
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I've pledged. Looking forward to it.
Many thanks for climbing aboard! We are now just 17 backers away from hitting 400, with 10+ days left to go! JOIN JACOB! The aliens await!
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Contributor, RPG Superstar 2008 Top 4, Legendary Games
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Only 5 backers away from 400, we want to give a shout-out to our friends at NerdTrek for helping boost the signal about the Alien Bestiary Kickstarter!
We've also done an extensive Q&A with James Introcaso and the folks at AetherCon VI, as well as a fantastic interview with James on his excellent Tabletop Babble podcast, talking sci-fi vs. fantasy, space monsters vs. traditional RPG monsters, and much more!
Check them out and jump on board - the Kickstarter ends September 30th!
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THE FINAL WEEK of the ALIEN BESTIARY Kickstarter for Pathfinder, Starfinder, and 5E is here!
Tons of awesome stretch goals are already in the books, and we are already halfway to our next stretch goal, adding in awesome iconic heroes using the races of #Aethera, and right after that the awesome Aethera Campaign Setting is coming your way, and then even MORE Aethera with adding the infused, phalanx, and taur races to the Alien Codex!
Get hundreds of pages of awesome new alien creatures, playable sci-fi species and space races, variant monsters, extraterrestrial ecologies, and so much more for all three systems!
IT ALL ENDS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH!
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Good things come in TWOs on Tuesday!
- Not one but TWO versions of Legendary Worlds: Terminus! This terrifying interstellar ultramax prison is now available for 5E and Pathfinder, joining last week's Starfinder version! Grab it today and send your PCs straight to the pit of despair!
- Two times two is FOUR, which is how many days remain in the ALIEN BESTIARY Kickstarter, coming to a close on Saturday, September 30th! 20 more backers and we add a brand-new iconic ysoki. Just a few hundred more dollars and we add the awesome #Aethera heroes to the Alien Codex! And then the Aethera Field Guide! And then MORE awesome aliens, aberrations, and Aetherites!
- And last but not least, we thank everyone out there for helping us get over 2,000 likes on Facebook! Thank you for sharing the love!
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It's the final 60 hours of the ALIEN BESTIARY Kickstarter, and #Aethera is here! We just added our NINTH bonus goal, adding Aetheric Heroes to the Alien Codex, and the Aethera Field Guide is next! Plus MORE monsters for the Alien Bestiary are almost here.
You can get around 500 pages of sensational sci-fi and space content for 5E, Starfinder, and Pathfinder... with 600 pages and more easily within reach in the final days! Soaring space dragons? Urbane androids and killer robots? Swarming hives of murderous insectoids? Primordial blobs and cosmic beings and indescribable horrors from beyond the stars? Warsinger bards with BURNING HOT GUITAR SOLOS? YES! And so much more!
Check it out at the link below before it ends on Saturday night!
How will the PDFs be delivered, a Dropbox download link or through DriveThruRPG?
I would prefer the later as that means I will get future updates to the PDF.
Typical experience with how LG does these things says Dropbox link first, then DTRPG shortly after.
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Typical experience with how LG does these things says Dropbox link first, then DTRPG shortly after.
Yep, we'll offer it both ways for our backers. Some like one way, some the other, so we find it easiest just to do both!
By the way, we ended up with our highest backer total ever, with 602 spectacular supporters!
If perchance anyone missed out, you can still email us at makeyourgamelegendary@gmail.com to get in on the after-party, grabbing a pledge or upgrading your original pledge!