P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe: A 5e Sourcebook

P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe is a new sourcebook for D&D 5e filled with alien encounters, unexplained phenomena, and secrets someone would rather keep buried. Strange lights linger over remote villages. Witnesses lose hours they cannot account for. Evidence disappears before anyone can examine it. Inside you’ll find over 50 new monsters, mysterious locations, and secret organizations ready to bring the unexplained into your campaign.

Inside P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe you’ll find:

• Over 50 new monsters for 5e: aliens, otherworldly outsiders, and threats drawn from folklore, each with full stat blocks and ready to unleash at your table.
• Mysterious locations: strange sites you can drop into any campaign, complete with quest hooks that draw your party into the unknown.
• Secret organizations: hidden powers that can become dangerous enemies, unlikely allies, or patrons whose motives your adventurers may come to question.
• Unsettling lore: strange sightings, close encounters, and accounts that leave your players questioning what they thought they knew.

P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe is built around strange encounters, unexplained phenomena, alien visitors, secret organizations, and the sense that something just beyond the known world is watching. These are the kinds of stories where the mystery matters as much as the monster, and every answer has the potential to uncover something even stranger.

The book is designed to bring that paranormal-investigation feel into 5E, whether you want a single bizarre encounter in a high-fantasy campaign or an entire game built around strange sightings and forces operating just out of view.

Want a sneak peek? We’ve prepared free playtest material you can download right now, giving you a first look at the strange encounters, locations, and orginizations waiting inside P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe. Inside, you’ll find complete 5E stat blocks, plus sample orginizations and locations you can use today.

Get an early look at P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe before the full book launches.

CLICK HERE to download your free preview PDF!

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We’ve given ourselves one year to complete and deliver P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe. A large portion of the book is already in development, and this timeline gives us the space to finish the remaining writing and artwork, playtest new material with backers, and expand the book with any stretch goal content unlocked during the campaign. It also allows us to manufacture and prepare all physical rewards with the quality and care we want for the finished release. Estimated fulfillment and shipping will begin in November 2027.

After the campaign ends, we'll collect your shipping information and send you an invoice for shipping costs through our pledge manager. See below for estimated rates based on your reward tier and location. All items will include a tracking number. Backers are responsible for all import duties, taxes, and fees.

By backing P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe, you are not just supporting the book, you are helping shape it. Just like with our previous projects, including P.T. Lamark’s Cryptid Codex, Mutated Monsters, and 80s Adventures, we want backers involved throughout development. You’ll receive early access to playtest material, giving you the chance to bring new creatures, encounters, and other strange material to your table before the final book is complete.

Join our Discord to get involved in playtesting!

If you have never backed a Kickstarter before, welcome to the adventure!! Kickstarter gives backers like you a way to help bring creative projects to life before they are released. By backing P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe, you become part of the community helping shape the final book. Simply choose the reward tier that works for you, click “Back this project,” and follow the steps. You can adjust or cancel your pledge at any time before the campaign ends, and you are only charged if the project reaches its funding goal.

Once we reach that goal, the real work begins. We’ll share regular updates, early playtest material, creature previews, behind-the-scenes artwork, and a closer look at the strange encounters, organizations, and mysteries taking shape inside Files from the Fringe.

Dice Dungeons is a Baltimore-based tabletop publishing and accessory company founded in 2016 with one goal: to create books, tools, and accessories that make game night better. Since then, we’ve successfully launched and fulfilled projects like Mutated Monsters, 80s Adventures, and P.T. Lamark’s Cryptid Codex, alongside fan-favorite products such as Quest Decks, Arsenal Class Dice, and BattleCloth Maps. Today, Dice Dungeons is supported by a talented network of writers, artists, designers, manufacturers, and community members who help bring each project to life. 

Everything we make is developed with play at the table in mind, shaped by community feedback, and produced with the care needed to turn a great idea into something you’ll actually want to use in your game.

Dice Dungeons is a small team, and that is something we are proud of. Each project comes together through a close group of writers, artists, editors, designers, and friends who all care deeply about the project. We also get a huge amount of support from the people who work with us at conventions and from the community that continues to playtest, give feedback, and help shape what we create!!

For P.T. Lamark’s Files from the Fringe, these are the core people helping bring the project to life:

• Jarrett Butler - Writer, Art Direction, Concept Development
• Brendan Lancaster - Lead Artist
• John Bettridge - Additional Creature Design
• Dylan Dunne - Additional Concept Writing
• Raluca Rotaru - Layout and Editing
• Cuinn Kearns - Research and Editing

A lot of hands touch a project like this before it reaches the table, but this small team is at the heart of Files from the Fringe.

No AI-generated art is used in any Dice Dungeons books. Every illustration is created by real artists.