Aquilae - Bestiary of the Realm: Digital Bookshelf (OSR)
Short & Sweet: This bookshelf compiles both Volume 1 and Volume 2 that brings together every monster published for Pathfinder¸ painstakingly and rigorously converted to OSR format. It also adapts each and every monster so that it can be used with adventuring parties of ANY level. 1¸660 monsters¸ 6¸624 complete statblocks¸ ready to use in ANY OSR adventuring campaign.
Aquilae: Bestiary of the Realm is the largest¸ most comprehensive¸ most flexible¸ and most ambitious fantasy roleplaying bestiary ever conceived. 6¸400 complete statblocks¸ comprising 1¸600 monsters¸ each creature is given the Quadded Statblock treatment¸ enabling them to be used in any campaign setting¸ with PCs of any level.
After enormous initial success with editions for Pathfinder First Edition¸ Pathfinder Second Edition¸ 5E/Fifth Edition¸ and now¸ OSR.
Add to this a thoroughly innovative and massively expandable AI system to guide monster behavior¸ and you have what just might be the most impressive and valuable creature resource ever to hit Pathfinder¸ 5E¸ Pathfinder Second Edition¸ and OSR.
(Please note that Aquilae: Bestiary of the Realm in its entirety is a 2-volume set.)
This book is intended to be any or all of the following:
This book is immensely valuable for GMs who want to introduce a truly formidable amount of creatures into their campaign¸ and to do so in a flexible manner.
- Prep Time: Aquilae: Bestiary of the Realm is a peerless resource for GMs who want to minimize preparation time¸ or who want to through new¸ unexpected combinations of monsters at their players.
- Crunch: There is no other work that assembles¸ generates¸ and makes available this level of pure crunch¸ of instantly-usable gaming statistics in an accessible format.
- Single Point of Reference: Each monster entry is designed to be self-contained¸ as much as possible: in nearly all cases¸ you should be able to use the creature's entry on its own¸ without referencing any other publications or materials.
- Flexibility: If you've always been frustrated by the restrictions of a given adventure being appropriate only "for levels 4-6"¸ then this bestiary is for you!
- Rigor: Each and every one of the statblocks in this tome was constructed using published game mechanics¸ templates¸ rules¸ and resources. Most have been playtested in actual gaming groups¸ or simulated in extensive combat scenarios across a range of PC compositions¸ levels¸ and sizes. Although every single monster is not going to pose the identical challenge to every party-see "Weaknesses"¸ below-every creature is constructed as best as possible to represent that monster at that level of difficulty.
- Intelligence: FlexAI is a revolutionarily complex¸ yet accessible¸ means of simulating dynamic¸ contextually-appropriate monster behavior in combat encounters. Each and every monster includes full FlexAI rules¸ including its combat Role and variation¸ so you know how it is likely to behave in combat. This mechanic and approach takes the place of the somewhat more pedestrian "Combat Behavior" description that most bestiaries