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Nerdarchy! Plus Bestiary Monster of the Day

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I was on Nerdarchy!

David and I spent maybe half the time talking monsters and the Bestiary, and then a lot of time talking about shields and swords and other things.

Monster of the Day

A daily post of one of the monsters from the Nordlond Bestiary, on Kickstarter now.

I’m going to try and post one of these per day. They’re very, very work-in-progress level, designed to show off some of the layout, art, and abilities of the book.
As an example, I think the “Green Hag,” which is the SRD name for the creature, is best renamed the Swamp Hag, or swamp witch, which would be mýrarnorn. She needs a grapple attack (Wrestling-13 for 1d+3 control, Reach C) as well.

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