Hey Critical Crew!
We trust that you're enjoying this month's latest release, and are eager to share another peek of what's to come for November's "The Dark Below" for WIPWednesday. Check out this first look at Espier and the excerpt from it's stats below!
Dreams of the Dreamer. Espiers are creatures formed from the dreams of the outsider known as “The Dreamer” on his maddening plane of Ashioggd’lin. While the dreamer sleeps, th...
2023-10-04 19:51:56 +0000 UTC
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Hello Loremasters!
The October 2023 "Return to Gristwood" release can be found in the latest Google Drive folder link here!
October 2023 Discount Codes for Critical Crafting Online Store:
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2023-10-03 10:06:29 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We've got your midweek check in and we're showcasing the upcoming player race for October's release (that drops next week!) Just in time for Spooky Season, check out the spiderfolk of our setting- the Arachniddi!
Here's an except from their lore, that Dillon wrote...
Arachniddi are a race of spider-like creatures living both above and below the ground. This race is commonly associated with drow, though in fact, they have...
2023-09-27 15:44:11 +0000 UTC
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We are super excited to be wrapping up the Return to Gristwood release for October!
This release brings you:
- Cauldron golem stl
- 5 encounters
- 5 new monsters: The Cauldron golem, bone hag, cadaver master, carnivorous plant, and moon-blessed werewolf
- 1 monster template: The moon-blessed template can enhance any lycanthrope!
- 1 new race: The spider-like arachniddi
- 1 new subclass: The college of voodoo for bards!
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2023-09-26 14:15:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
A little late getting the dev diary out this week but wanted to keep all you awesome patrons in the loop!
Update
Dillon has finished writing all the stat blocks and race, and is worked through editing the other team members' writing, and has begun the formatting process for the upcoming spooky release "Return to Gristwood".
Check out some of the formatted pages of this perfect for Halloween releas...
2023-09-23 14:22:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We've got your mid-week check in for WIPWednesday. This time, showing off another of October's upcoming monters, the Carnivorous Plant.
Check out the excerpt from the stats below, and let us know what you think!
Carnivorous plants are massive man-eating plants that gain sustenance through devouring other creatures. The plants can be a true menace for travel through forested or tropical regions, and are known for eating t...
2023-09-20 17:25:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew! More fun stuff to share this week as always!
Dillon has been hard at work crafting the stat blocks for October, including the incredible Cauldron Golem above!
Check out one of its cool abilities here:
- Absorb Potion. The golem makes a ladle attack. If the target of the attack has a potion or poison in its possession it must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or have one potion or poiso...
2023-09-16 00:44:57 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We've got your midweek check-in to share this first-look at the Bone Hag for October's upcoming release. Check out this excerpt and let us know what you think!
Bone hags are creatures obsessed with bone. These hags collect bones and usually construct elaborate huts from their findings, as well as wear bones adorning their clothing, and jewelry. Most possess a skull that they wear as a mask at all times, hiding hideously withered faces beneath. A bon...
2023-09-13 16:58:46 +0000 UTC
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Yo Critical Crew!
Time for your end of the week update of what we've been up to. We were very happy with the latest release "The Edyn Expedition", but their ain't no rest for the wicked, so we're already getting things wrapped up for October!
- Dillon wrapped up next month's player race - the Arachniddi (pictured above). These normally evil spiderfolk live in ...
2023-09-08 14:50:23 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Critical Crew
We hope you all are enjoying the latest release! We're already hard at work getting things wrapped up for October. So here's your midweek check-in with what's to come. Check out the statblock excerpt below for the Moon-Blessed Werewolf made with the upcoming Moon-Blessed monster template!
Moon-blessed werewolves commonly worship the moon or outsiders associated with the moon owing to the powers it grants ...
2023-09-06 12:04:24 +0000 UTC
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Hello Loremasters!
The September 2023 "The Edyn Expedition" release can be found in the latest Google Drive folder here!
September 2023 Discount Codes for Critical Crafting Online Store:
30% off all Digital C...
2023-09-03 01:20:39 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Critical Crew!
This Sunday is Launch Day and we're eager to get this latest issue into your hands! Here's what we've been up to this week:
Edyn Expedition release (coming 9/3)
Dillon spent the week getting the exporting of PDF's ready to go for the different tiers. September's "The Edyn Expedition" clocks in at 40 pages of brand new subterranean content!
New MASSIVE Stl
And speaking of ne...
2023-09-01 20:48:27 +0000 UTC
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Greetings Critical Crew!
Midweek check in, and we're showing off the upcoming Cristata player race from next month's release. These molefolk are native to the caverns and tunnels surrounding Edyn, and known far and wide for their work ethic - their claws and tremorsense making them experts and digging and tunneling. Check out the excerpt from their lore below, and let us know what you think!
Cristata are a race of humanoid insectivores, found most often deep in underg...
2023-08-30 14:00:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
As you all likely know by now, we're always looking for ways that we can bring you all more value for your support. Through some mutuals, we met a super awesome mapmaker named George / The Reclusive Cartographer. When he saw that our current release was urban-themed, he knew that some of his maps would be perfect to compliment us !
All patrons will now find a high resolution city map in several variations, as well as both Roll20 and Foundry ready versions too! <...
2023-08-29 20:03:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
Here's what we've been up to this week:
- All the writing and artwork (apart from the torpid dragon) has moved onto the final stages of formatting and layout, which Dillon is working on along with edits so we're eager to get September's "The Edyn Expedition". The darkbeast (pictured above) is eager to meet your parties.... 😈
- Cameron put the finishing touches on maps this week, and we love dark, dreary encounter settings and the feelings of dread ...
2023-08-25 18:05:22 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
Marc Chabot of RM Printatble Terrain (a colleague and previous collaborator of ours) is in the final 24 hours of his current Kickstarter campaign for "Battlefields Stunning 3D Printable Scenery"! This campaign includes dozens of terrain and set pieces for six different settings, PLUS 21 stretch goa...
2023-08-25 03:01:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
Time for your mid-week check in, and for WIPWednesday we're showing off another creature for next month - the Sporegrazer! Check out the statblock excerpt below, and let us know in the comments how you want to use these creatures
...Sporegrazers are creatures that form when a beast eats the sporeform mushrooms growing in and around Edyn and The Dark Below. When a creature consumes the mushroom, it slowly changes, its body sprouting ...
2023-08-23 16:49:34 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We've had a busy week on our end and wanted to share some cool updates:
- We had several art pieces coming in this week (several for October and November) one of which was the finalized Sporegrove (seen above as the cover image of this post done by Dzjelka) and the Calcinor too. Dian, the artist, did an excellent job on the detailing of the crystallized body!
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2023-08-18 19:25:45 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We've got another drop of bonus content for you all!
Our good friend Max of Coltrin Compositions has hooked us up with two more of his original soundtracks to perfectly compliment this month's "Gangs of Calydon"!
All patrons can now find these original soundtracks - Illeria Night and Jest a Colour - uploaded to their Google Drive folders for this month. Check it out and download them locally before it's ta...
2023-08-18 17:02:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
August is (somehow) already halfway done, and September's "The Edyn Expedition" will be here before we know it! Check out this first look at the Torpid Dragon for today's WIP Wednesday. Check out this excerpt from the lore down below:
Torpid dragons are massive creatures that reside in the deepest parts of the earth, languishing in massive subterranean chambers in The Dark Below. These huge behemoths desire nothing more than to eat, sleep, and eat s...
2023-08-16 17:13:31 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
Our team is back from Gencon (we had the best time ever!) and we're getting settled and back into the groove of things. September's "The Edyn Expedition" is moving right along, and we wanted to show off the upcoming "Cave-Crawling Kobold" (made using the upcoming "Cave-Crawling" monster template).
Hivemind had some super cool ideas, so picture throwing one of these at your party and...
The adventurers watch as it's saliva immediately hardens into stalagmi...
2023-08-09 16:19:32 +0000 UTC
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The August 2023 "Gangs of Calydon" release can be found in the latest Google Drive folder here!
July 2023 Discount Codes for Critical Crafting Online Store:
30% off all Digital Content with ...
2023-08-03 04:27:50 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We wanted to take a quick moment to share what we've been up to this week, in our latest Weekly Developer Diary. As we've shared before, we're always look for more ways to loop you all into the process, so here's some cool things we've been doing this week!
So without further ado, here's what our team was up to this past week:
- Dillon wrapped up the final formatting and exporting of next week's "Gangs of Calydon...
2023-07-29 03:46:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We've got a mid-week update on one of August's upcoming "Gangs of Calydon" creatures. Check out the Blood Dragon!
Blood dragons are disgusting creatures created by the horrid experimentations of blood hags conducted on ordinary dragon wyrmlings. These poor baby dragons are terribly mutilated, their skin flayed, bodies connected to magical and mechanical devices that drain and augment their blood, and horrid rites practiced over them, until ...
2023-07-26 19:13:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We wanted to take a quick moment to share what we've been up to this week, in our latest Weekly Developer Diary. As we've shared before, we're always look for more ways to loop you all into the process, so here's some cool things we've been doing this week!
So without further ado, here's what our team was up to this past week:
- We received updates on August's upcoming player race, the Mouseling (see above!)...
2023-07-21 13:43:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
We've got another drop of bonus content for you all!
Our good friend Max of Coltrin Compositions (who you may remember from our previous collaborations) has another one of his original soundtracks to perfectly compliment "Legends of the Yokai"!
All patrons can now find one of Max's original soundtracks - Roots - uploaded to their Google Drive folders for this month. Check it out and download them locally before it's taken ...
2023-07-19 16:48:40 +0000 UTC
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Hey Critical Crew!
Time for your mid-week check-in, showing off this first look at the Euphors from August's upcoming "Gangs of Calydon"!
When we last left Calydon, in February 2022's "Her Heart Beats For You", the capital city was hiding a tumultuous situation beneath its seemingly idyllic posterior. The newly created drug Bliss was running rampant.
Euphors are those who have taken the idea of "recreational drug use" to the next level, using Eu...
2023-07-12 17:31:36 +0000 UTC
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