I am too blurry eyed to count how many different beasties are in this thing, but between animals, dinosaurs, demons, devils, hydras, hippogriffs, swarms, slimes, serpent men, yeti's and zombies? It's going to be one heck of mega monster-pedia!
These projects always feel like fighting a hydra in that as one task is done, two more crop up. I finished the monsters I had originally wanted in, but then kept on adding new foes. Why? Because I cannot see myself doing a Tome of Terrors 2 so they need to be in here now. Enough typing, time for a beer and some baseball play-off previews! Game on true believer!
Well, OK...you may have one break. ONE.
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Sounds like you've broken the back of this beast. Well done! I think you deserve a short rest ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed at your output, I work sooooo slowly. HOW players are lucky.
ReplyDeleteThanks all very much! Once the treasure portion is done, then I add the treasure info to each creature so the work continues!
ReplyDeletei am amazed that you are cramming all this into one book. i am not complaining but praising. it is good for us that you are putting it all in one book but i've thought that it would be easier and perhaps more lucrative if you published like 10-20 critters and their treasures per Cauldron and put out a Cauldron per month until you felt the list was complete. this would drive Cauldron readership, break the task into smaller, manageable chunks, and allow for reader feedback and editing corrections before being collected into one final, polished volume.
ReplyDeletei say all of that to express how daunting it would be for me to do it all in one fell swoop. props to you, brutha!