Nordic Monsters: A Bestiary of Scandinavian Legends

What is Nordic Monsters?

Nordic Monsters brings you an awesome array of creatures from across Scandinavia, featuring monsters from the myths and legends of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, and Iceland, from every type and CR and for your favorite game systems! 

Prep Less and SLAY More!

• Legendary Foes, from Fenris Wolf and Fafnir to Grendel, Gryla, and the Yule Cat
• Mythological Monsters including jotuns, trolls, linnorms, and valkyries
• Fearsome Folklore for creatures never before seen in RPGs like the snake-spitting syöjätär, guardian vörðr spirits, piru plague maiden, and the illhveli demon-whales!
• Choose Your System in Backerkit from D&D 5.5E, Pathfinder First Edition, Pathfinder Second Edition, or Tales of the Valiant!
• Best of all, Fast Fulfillment starts in June!

World of Monsters Bundles

Nordic Monsters is the latest in our Legendary Bestiaries series, some of which have explore worlds of pure fantasy while others delve deeply into the legends and lore of the real world and its cultures. In addition to offering our brand-new Nordic Monsters bestiary as a standalone book, you also can get our World of Monsters Bonus Bundle pledge level at 40% OFF that includes the new bestiary alongside Asian Monsters, African Monsters, Latin American Monsters, and Mediterranean Monsters, with creative teams deeply rooted in the culture and history of each region! If you don't want the whole bundle, you can select the PDF, softcover, or VTT for each one individually as add-ons.

The Deadly Dozen Monster Mega-Bundle!

Wait, you didn't think just the monsters of real-world mythology would be enough, did you? The Legendary Bestaries line has created an incredible collection of TWELVE terrific bestiary books, including all those listed above plus the horrors of Mythos Monsters and SWARMS, the fantasy of Sea Monsters and Hoard Monsters, spectacular sci-fi with Mechanical Monsters and the Alien Bestiary, and the fabulous hardcover Faerie Bestiary too, totaling OVER 1,400 MONSTERS perfect for your campaign at less than HALF PRICE! 

Plus, if you're among the first 50 backers for each bundle, you can get some incredible bonus deals as an Early Bird backer!

Because game systems have slightly different books available, this Deadly Dozen Mega-Bundle is not available for Tales of the Valiant and has several Pathfinder alternative options:

• Pathfinder First Edition: Replace Hoard Monsters with an NPC collection (Pirate Codex or Unrighteous Villains), mythic monster upgrades (Path of Dragons or Path of Villains), or any one of our Mythic Monsters books! 
• Pathfinder Second Edition: Replace Alien Bestiary with the fabulous Faerie Campaigns or Heroes of the Wild class compendium.

Pledge Levels and Rewards

That's a magnificent mess of monster manuals and more, with tons of terrific virtual tabletop options on Roll20, Foundry, Fantasy Grounds, and Shard, but if you want to double-check whether the book you want is available for your VTT of choice, check the table below!

Virtual Tabletop Support

Tons of Terrific Stretch Goals Too!

Add-Ons & Extras

Nordic Monsters is all about the monsters, of course, but we've got exciting extras for any campaign in the lands of the frozen north!

Double Your Fun

If you play more than one system, you can get any of your bestiaries for both (or all) of your favorite games! You don't actually select your game system here on Kickstarter; so just pick your pledge, then in Kickstarter Add-Ons you can select a second set of the same pledge, and you can pick each system in Backerkit! Get Pathfinder 1E and 2E, or double up D&D 5E with Tales of the Valiant, or any combo you like, with a Special Discount on Each Extra System! 

Winter Wonder Bundles

If you are looking to build your own Scandinavian saga campaign, you can lean into the winter aesthetic with a whole batch of bundles for D&D 5E, Pathfinder 1E, and Pathfinder 2E! Grab the 2-pack Mini-Bundle for all three systems or the sensational six-pack including Winter Heroes, Eldritch Elementalism, and Legendary Villains: Wicked Witches for PF1! 

If It's Winter Here, It's Summer Somewhere! 

Last but not least, this project leans hard into winter, and while summers in Scandinavia can be beautiful, we also want to remind you that in a WORLD of adventure you've also got the warm sun and sand of the tropics. If you want to round out your world of adventure, you can add the beautiful Boricubos: The Lost Isles campaign setting at massive discounts (or even absolutely FREE with the Early Bird Bundle)!

Choose Your Items on Kickstarter; Choose Your System in Backerkit

The Nordic Monsters bestiary is available for D&D 5E, Pathfinder First Edition, Pathfinder Second Edition, and Tales of the Valiant. When you make your pledge, you choose the items you want here on Kickstarter, and whether it's your base pledge or an add-on item, it will show you the systems that are available for that item (including game system and also, in many cases, virtual tabletop system), but you don't select your system yet. 

When Backerkit surveys come out right after the campaign, you'll have a choice of system for each of your items, so you'll select which one you want then. If you are a fan who plays multiple systems, just select an extra copy of your chosen item(s) in the Kickstarter Add-Ons feature for each system you want to add. When your Backerkit survey arrives, you'll be able to choose the extra versions that you want! It's that easy!

Once your survey is finalized, we'll be able to send you the PDFs for your chosen systems through DrivethruRPG. Roll20 & some Foundry VTT codes can be sent through DrivethruRPG as well, while others will be sent directly as product keys. We'll also create print shipments. Depending on your chosen system, current stock, and your location, you may receive those items directly from us or directly from the printer through DrivethruRPG!

The Creative Team

Contact Us

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