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Berbalang (Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse): The aberrations known as berbalang rarely appear on the Material Plane, preferring to wander the realm of Dolurrh and divining ancient knowledge from spirits. They rarely work for others save for the promise of secrets or the bones...

Khargra (Earth, Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio, Volume 1): These metal-eating elementals are primarily used by dwarves of the Mror Holds, although a few found their way to Droaam. It was a common tactic in border conflicts with Breland for a summoner to conjure groups of the creatures, sending...

I have heard about the Drakkenhall sourcebook, but never got around to picking it up. How much of it is minable for other settings vs being 13th Age specific? Regarding livestock, I covered that a bit in regards to the Cyclops entry.

Crab Folk (Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio, Vol. 1): Originating in the Shadow Marches, crab folk were ogres transformed by Sora Katra to be better adapted to aquatic terrain. Using secret and powerful rituals, the green hag embedded generational curses to make them pliable to her commands, living...

Mephit: Were it not for gargoyles, mephits would be the most common elemental in Droaam. Gathering in manifest zones connected to favored planes, mephits are a common summonable workhorse for Droaam’s architects and artisans. Via use of their breath weapons, mephits can conjure a prodigious...

Grimlock: These subterranean humanoids evolved to rely on auditory senses without the need for vision. Existing as subsistent hunter-gatherer tribes, grimlocks migrate from their home caves when resources become scarce enough or stronger monsters force them to move. The Dhakaani knew of them...

Blindheim (Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio Vol. 1): Calling themselves Vol’shera (Goblin for “Sun Thieves”), the blindheim were at war with the Dhakaani Empire. According to their personal history, they were forced underground once the goblinoids began winning, they had to contend with Khyber’s...

The nation of Droaam has always been fascinating to me. Exploring Eberron talked about the concept of Wide Magic: magical services and spells are commonplace, but with greater focus on low-level capabilities and magitech-style items and industry. Artifacts and archmages are just as rare, if not...

This anime was a masterpiece. It was so good, it convinced my Dad to order the manga so we can continue on with the story where the show left off.

Chapter 8: Monsters This chapter not only talks about what sorts of monsters are common and rare in the world of Solasta, it also provides new ones organized into specific groups. The Sorr-Akkath are prominent enough to get a chapter of their own. Basically, the Rift cut off access to the outer...

None of the feats from the video games are in this book. The only mechanics-related stuff we have left to cover are monsters. There is a chapter on unreleased key and concept art, but I can't really review that besides perhaps showing off a few of the pictures.

Classes, Part II The concept of the Monk originated among Tirmarian warrior societies, ranging from those who combined their training with religious principles to those who sought to find ways to fight without weapons for necessity and other reasons. Like so many other traditions it spread to...

I haven't played that campaign yet, so I can't say what's been included. But it doesn't have any setting details on the Lost Valley besides a brief mention with one of the Warlock patrons, so I'm quite sure it doesn't have anything new in regards to that region. The only expansion stuff included...

Chapter 5: the Peoples of Solasta Another short chapter, this section details the major groups of humanoids that call Solasta home. Despite being much less humanocentric than other settings, the vast majority of the population hews to the Tolkien classics in being humans, dwarves, elves, or...

Thank you for pointing that out. I decied to change mention to "religious types" instead given that covers a broader focus. That is an interesting idea, although sadly the book doesn't really explore or touch on this.

Chapter 3: Caer Cyflen Now that we covered the big picture of Solasta, we’re going to zoom in on the locations of pertinent interest to PCs for the next two chapters. The first is Caer Cyflen, capital city of the Principality of Masgarth. The book even notes that it was designed to be the...

Drive-Thru RPG Store Page. Modiphius Store Page. Right now you can only get the PDF by preordering the physical book. Around September you should be able to buy the PDF separately. Before Baldur’s Gate 3 came onto the scene, there was only one video game RPG that explicitly used the 5th...

Lady Solth

The Dragon is more or less a manifestation of Satan, so that's the closest we get to a stat block. There's also the Avatar of Satan, which is perhaps a more authentic portrayal of the Devil's mentality and tactics. I covered both of those creatures in this review.

I should note that I did an in-depth review for this book as well as its sequel here: https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-read-the-adventurers-guide-to-the-bible.691725/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-read-azraels-guide-to-the-apocalypse.699031/ To summarize both, I'm a huge fan of...