Cloud Curio

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Designing whimsical and strange TTRPG supplements, system neutral and ready to use with your favorite ttrpgs. | www.thecloudcurio.com Gutter Planet Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudcurio/gutter-planet

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A gaunt undead humanoid with many hands grasping a bell inscribed with runes. The gold title treatment reads MONSTROUS with the letter T replaced by a red sword. In the top right of the image is the Adobe Acrobat icon.
A gaunt undead humanoid with many hands grasping a bell inscribed with runes. The MONSTROUS title treatment and the symbol for Adobe Acrobat PDF lay on top of the illustration.
A spread from MONSTROUS of the Chimera. The vibrant full page illustration features a monster with the head of a serpent, the body and antlers of a deer, and the tail of a scorpion.
An illustration of a barrow wight looks down holding a hand to its face. The title MONSTROUS lays on top. Below the title is the slogan “The Stories Behind the Statblocks.” A text box at the top left reads, "Just funded: Kickstarter."
King of Queens actor Kevin James standing and with his shoulders up in a coy shrug and giving a sly smirk. Is in front of a B&W illustraton of a large dragon's head that is formed of castle turrets. A caption says "When my table realizes the dungeon is the dragon."
A core abilities worksheet of a LICH for MONSTROUS.
2 page spread of the LICH from MONSTROUS!
A 2 page spread of the DRAGON from MONSTROUS
A page from MONSTROUS titled What is Monstrous? The page says: What is MONSTROUS? It is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy tabletop roleplaying games, the go-to reference for telling better stories through monsters. It brings fear, wonder, & mystery back into monsters while demystifying the process of writing them. MONSTROUS is a beautiful art book, using lavish paintings, illustrations, prose, and poetry to inspire you to build and explore worlds populated by dark mythic monsters. MONSTROUS champions the idea that different monsters should lead to different stories. A Dragon & a Lich can both be mastermind archvillains, but the differences between them should be deeper than the type of damage they deal, & they should lead to unique roleplay opportunities. MONSTROUS empowers you to seize the creative reins, to craft monsters that uniquely fit your fantasy worlds and stories.
An illustration of a barrow wight looks down holding a hand to its face. The title MONSTROUS lays on top. Below the title is the slogan “The Stories Behind the Statblocks.” Below that is a 2 page spread of the book showing the Lich monster. There is a LIVE NOW on Kickstarter badge. And at the point a sentence saying “The Game Manager’s Go-To Reference for telling better TTRPG stories through monsters.”
Screenshot of a KS pre launch page for MONSTROUS showing 995 followers. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudcurio/monstrous-3
An androgynous figure stands to the right, smiling beneath a towering top hat. They are beckoning the viewer towards a large ornate wooden curio cabinet on wheels that is to the left. They hold a key aloft in their left hand and with their right they gesture toward the curio from which clouds and trinkets spill. Several small round cloud sprites joyously cavort around the figure and cabinet.