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Monsters of the City for 5E RPG

Created by Cawood Publishing

Seven Sins, Seven Virtues, Seven Districts in the city! It's time to choose a side! A 5th Edition monster book with 100 new creatures

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Going to Lock Orders Early
about 4 years ago – Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 11:32:39 PM

Hey everyone, hope you're all well and staying safe.  Thank you for filling out the surveys!

As 90% of you have completed the surveys, we're going to lock orders this coming Friday, March 27th. A handful of people asked for us to delay this, so those backers can email us at [email protected] to have an extra month or two (as long as that remains a small group). It takes some extra time, but we'll lock orders individually to allow that option. Getting the final tally for rewards will allow us to get the old PDFs out to backers sooner. We'll also give you a discount link to purchase the Feyland and Underworld extras soon. 

Meanwhile, the layout is mostly finished. Gordon McAlpin worked his magic and now it's time for Travis Hanson to finish the rest of the monster illustrations and extra art. Unlike our first two monster books, Travis will see exactly what space he has to work with and can tailor the image better. The book should have a much more dynamic look thanks to Gordon and Travis. 

This extra time indoors is allowing our writers to work on the City adventure, City NPC book, and start to plan the next monster book for 2021. 

Take Care, Andrew Cawood

Cawood Publishing

Most surveys are already finished!
about 4 years ago – Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 01:15:10 PM

Hey everyone, hope you're all well and looking after yourselves. Thanks to the 82% of backers who have already filled out their surveys! We might lock the Kickstarter orders sooner if that number continues to climb. Almost 200 people have chosen the hardcover upgrade. Some backers have asked to add some of our other older PDFs, we'll let you know how to purchase those shortly. Once we have final numbers for all the old PDFs (MOF, MOU, Myrr, BDH, HH, to name a few), we can email those out early.

Our team continues to work on the main book. Gordon McAlpin is working on the layout and he'll pass that to Travis the artist next. Everyone is working at home and we've arranged for the printed books to be delivered directly to us when the time comes. The printing house is in North America, not far from us, so we're hoping there won't be any disruptions.

As we do the layout there are always some changes, it looks like there will be 2-3 extra monsters. Good news for you!

If you have any questions, email us at [email protected]

Andrew Cawood

Cawood Publishing

One of the many add-ons in the Backerkit. T-shirt with the Royal Stag from Monsters of Feyland. Art by Travis Hanson

Surveys Sent!
about 4 years ago – Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 03:24:16 AM

We just sent out all the surveys. Please fill out the information and check out the add-ons. A hardcover upgrade is now available. 

The Backerkit will probably stay open until the end of June, then we'll lock orders and get final counts for the items. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

Thanks again for supporting this project

Andrew Cawood


Test Surveys Sent
about 4 years ago – Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 06:50:38 PM

Hey everyone, we're sending out surveys to some of our backers today. This is part of Backerkit's process. Once this is finished, the surveys will be sent out to everyone. The surveys have add-ons for you (including the hardcover upgrade) and are used to gather information. 

Meanwhile, the layout has begun and we're finalizing the art list for Travis Hanson. 

Text finished! Working on the Backerkit
about 4 years ago – Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 05:25:46 PM

Hey everyone, hope all is well. We've finished the text, so layout and art will get underway shortly.

The book is about 140 pages and 50000 words at this point. Here is the final breakdown for the monsters:

  • 1 elemental
  • 2 oozes
  • 2 constructs
  • 2 monstrosities
  • 2 lycanthropes
  • 3 giants
  • 8 celestials
  • 9 undead
  • 10 fey
  • 11 fiends
  • 50 humanoids

We continue to work on the Backerkit and hope to get that to you this month. 

The Docks District cityscape by Travis Hanson

Andrew Cawood, Cawood Publishing