Chamomile Has a Project is a Kickstarter creator with a superb track record, and his 40th campaign is a 5e sourcebook for orcs, goblins and trolls.
The goal, a humble $500, has been met, and the book promises to bring content for players, GMs and solo tabletop gamers, too. You can see progress or back the book on the pitch page.
The centrepiece of Troll King is the new Tactical Barbarian class, which draws power from five animal spirits. Some of the tactics in the class come from making wise choices on the animal spirits the character draws on as they come in pairs. Using any one animal’s spirit power means you can’t use the other power from that spirit until after your next short rest.
Troll King also includes new monster stats so GMs can build the Troll King’s army, orc archers, champions and shamans, goblin thieves, marauders and wolf knights, plus scary troll pyromancers and praetorians.
The solo rules come with d8 tables to summon up the Troll King’s army for battle and give the solo gamer a challenge to fight through.
The new Tactical Barbarian still has the core class features of the SRD Barbarian, like Rage and Brutal Critical, and has the same sub-class levels, meaning it’s fully compatible with any printed Barbarian sub-classes, including the two new sub-classes in this book, the Orc Berserker and the Orc Champion, paragons of orc ferocity who are joined by the Goblin Assassin and the Pyromancer for a total of four new sub-classes in the book.
Backers who pledge $10 in cash support will be thanked and given a PDF copy of the Troll King 5e book. At $18, there’s a physical copy of the book added to the rewards.
As a limited tier, backers at $50 get the Troll King, and their character includes a CR 1 to 4 boss in it. At $75, your character is an ally instead, thus proving friends are more valuable than foes.
The CR 5-9 boss or ally appearances are at $100 and $150 with $250, making you the CR10+ boss fight.
Chamomile Has a Deadline of January 26th for the Kickstarter and an estimated delivery of March for the Troll King.
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