Are you tired of death being just a minor setback in your 5th Edition campaigns? Do you crave a darker, more profound exploration of what lies beyond the mortal coil? Then prepare to be enthralled by Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond (EGtDB)! This massive 350+ page sourcebook is your gateway to a realm of dark spells, terrifying unholy monsters, arcane craftable items, and formidable Undying Megabosses. Each Megaboss comes complete with its own stunning premium miniature, ready to challenge even the most seasoned adventurers.
But the journey doesn’t end there. Included is the Undying Accord, a sprawling 200+ page adventure book where death is not the finale, but merely the beginning of an unprecedented expedition.
Are you truly afraid of dying? With Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond, death is only the beginning of your adventure!
Dive into the Darkness with Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond is more than just a supplement; it’s a complete overhaul of death mechanics in 5e, designed to plunge your games into thrilling new depths. Prepare for a gaming experience unlike any other as you unveil groundbreaking death mechanics and master the innovative Undead Grafting System, opening up limitless and gruesome possibilities for character customization and progression.
Brace yourself to confront over 10 uniquely terrifying undead Megabosses, known as the Gravelords. Each of these colossal foes is not only a formidable encounter but also comes with its own intricately crafted miniature, bringing a tangible presence of dread to your tabletop.
Immerse yourself in the shadowy allure of 8 new haunting playable races, each steeped in macabre lore and unique abilities. Forge pacts and command otherworldly familiars, turning creatures of the night into your loyal companions. Unleash devastating dark subclasses, offering fresh and twisted paths for your favorite classes. Within Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond, you’ll find everything you need to weave truly haunting, cursed tales that will captivate and spellbind everyone at the table!
What’s Inside Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond:
- Groundbreaking Death Mechanics: Reimagine death in your 5e games with innovative rules that make the transition to the afterlife a dynamic and engaging part of the adventure.
- Undead Grafting System: Delve into the dark arts of necromancy and enhance your characters with grotesque yet powerful grafts harvested from defeated monsters. Customize your character in truly unique and unsettling ways.
- 10+ Undead Megabosses (The Gravelords): Face off against colossal undead titans, each with unique mechanics, lore, and challenges designed to push players to their limits.
- Premium Miniatures for Each Megaboss: Bring the terror of the Gravelords to life with highly detailed, unpainted miniatures that perfectly capture their terrifying essence.
The Boss Miniatures: Unparalleled Detail for Your Tabletop
For players and collectors who demand the highest quality, Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond delivers with miniatures of exceptional detail. Imagine bringing truly imposing and intricate figures like the Gravelords to your tabletop, enhancing every boss battle with a visual spectacle. These are not just game pieces; they are collector’s items that will impress even the most discerning miniature enthusiasts.
Epic Undead Boss Battles: Prepare to Face the Titans
Prepare for Undead Megaboss Battles that will redefine epic encounters in your 5e games. Battles against the Gravelords in Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond are designed to be more than just hack-and-slash affairs. Expect dynamic, multi-stage encounters where your party must scale environments, exploit weaknesses, and fight with every ounce of courage against truly formidable Titans corrupted by dark forces.
Characters like Lilith the First Blood Daughter and Blautaric the Warlord of Avarice are just a glimpse into the terrifying roster of 10 Megabosses awaiting you. Each comes with an extraordinarily detailed miniature, ready to dominate your tabletop. Remember, ALL miniatures are supplied unpainted, allowing you to customize them to your own horrific vision.
Immersive Subclasses: Forge Your Dark Destiny
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond unlocks a realm of immersive subclasses, each providing a unique and thematic path to power within the dark fantasy setting.
Embrace the forbidden arts as a Necroblade fighter, blending martial prowess with deathly magic to become a whirlwind of necro-infused strikes. Uphold a twisted form of justice as a Jailer paladin, wielding holy relics to bind and command the undead, turning their own unholy powers against them. Or find balance in decay as a Gravebloom Druid, manipulating the forces of nature to raise fallen allies as undead servants and sow terror amongst your enemies.
With over 12 new subclass options for existing 5e classes, Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond provides endless possibilities for character customization. Choose your path, and begin your descent into mastery of death and beyond!
Dead(ly) Playable Races: Embrace Unlife
Rise again as one of 12 new undead playable races, each offering distinctive abilities and a fresh perspective on the world of 5e. Become a Voidkin, bound to a symbiotic eldritch parasite, wielding the chilling powers of the void and undeath. Embrace the simplicity and resilience of a Skeleton, reborn with newfound strength and purpose. Or take to the skies as a Batkin, a creature of the night commanding shadows and striking with unmatched agility.
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond offers a grim new reality where undeath is not just for monsters, but a path for player characters to explore.
A Craftable Hoard of Magic Items: Equip Yourself for the Afterlife
Fulfill your darkest gaming fantasies with over 40 new unholy craftable magic items in Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond. Harvest rare and grotesque ingredients from your fallen foes and meticulously craft powerful artifacts to aid you in your battles in the land of the dead. These are not your typical enchanted swords and potions; prepare for dark weapons, obscure equipment, and unholy contraptions unlike anything you’ve seen before.
A Brand New Grafting System: Become More Than Mortal
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond introduces the Grafting System, a truly macabre and necromantic game mechanic unlike any other. Delve into the forbidden art of Grafting, a practice pursued by twisted minds seeking to transcend the natural order. Grafts are not mere prosthetics; they are living enhancements, fused to flesh through agonizing and unholy rituals. Crafted from the harvested viscera of powerful monsters, these abominations become a part of those desperate enough to undergo such transformations, granting terrifying new abilities and reshaping the very definition of their being.
New Class: The Thanatomancer – Masters of Life and Death
For those who wish to truly command the forces of life and death, Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond presents the Thanatomancer. For a Thanatomancer, death is merely a suggestion. Manipulate flesh, shatter bone, and weaponize the very power of unlife as you journey towards immortality.
Thanatomancers are masters of dark magic and arcane arts, capable of wielding life and death in equal measure. Harnessing the power of souls, they transcend mortality, commanding undead hordes, reanimating corpses, and even daring to challenge Death itself. But such power comes at a cost…
In gameplay, Godless Thanatomancers are versatile spellcasters blending unholy magic with soulweaving techniques. They can range from classic necromancers to mad steampunk-esque scientists, channeling primordial elements to command undead armies and manipulate souls across the battlefield.
New Profane Spells: Unleash Arcane Power
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond expands your magical arsenal with over 40 new profane spells, tapping into the raw, untamed essence of primordial magic. Elevate your spellcasting abilities to terrifying new heights. Whether you seek to command the elements, manipulate time, or summon creatures from beyond the veil, this compendium of spells offers limitless dark possibilities. Are you ready to wield the true power of forbidden magic?
Horrifying Monsters: Face Your Nightmares
Prepare to be chilled to the bone by the bestiary of Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond. Within its pages, you’ll discover more than 75 new and utterly abominable creatures, each with a chilling backstory and meticulously crafted stat blocks that weave terrifying narratives. Danger lurks around every corner in this dark world, ready to challenge even the most courageous adventurers. Are you prepared to face the horrors that await in the darkness?
Why should the world’s biggest TTRPG lack alternative death and resurrection mechanics? Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond rectifies this oversight, offering you ways to fight against Death itself, cling to your soul, rise from the grave to possess the living, cast dark arcana to achieve immortality, or even use eldritch parasites for reanimation! In Erevan’s Guide, it’s FIGHT, DIE, REPEAT!
A Menagerie of Otherworldly Familiars: Dark Companions Await
What could be better than vanquishing an undead Megaboss? Binding its essence into a dark companion that obeys your every command! Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond introduces 10 new bespoke familiars, each with a unique tech tree for customization. Harvest blood and souls to craft your ultimate otherworldly companion and tailor it to your playstyle.
Building upon the successful mechanics of Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting, Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond ensures your familiars are as engaging and customizable as possible.
…And More Treasures Await!
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond is overflowing with epic loot and accessories to enhance your game. Discover card decks for monsters, items, spells, and grafting, as well as custom dice sets, handouts, GM Screens, and a host of miniatures! This is a treasure trove for any 5e enthusiast seeking to delve into the darkness.
Imagine rolling a full set of stunning gemstone dice, sculpted from labradorite and engraved with intricate gold details, as you cast profane spells from Erevan’s Guide.
NO AI! Experience Truly Handcrafted Art
In a world increasingly filled with AI-generated content, Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond proudly stands against the tide. Every piece of art within this book is crafted by human artists, using traditional techniques and brimming with genuine creativity. Experience the beauty and detail that only human artistry can provide.
Free Playtest Material: Dive into the Gravelord Realms Early!
Want a sneak peek into the horrors of Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond? Dive into pre-released player materials or even dare to take on a Gravelord in the epic adventure: Anecralon – Archon of Teletes, available now as free playtest material!
Pledge Tiers: Choose Your Path to the Underworld
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond offers a variety of pledge tiers to suit every adventurer’s needs and desires. From digital-only access to the core book and adventure, to all-in tiers packed with miniatures, dice, and accessories, there’s a perfect entry point for everyone looking to explore the realms of death.
Detailed Pledge Breakdown: Know Exactly What You’re Getting
Curious about what’s included in each pledge level? Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond provides a clear and detailed breakdown, so you can be confident in your backing choice.
Stretch Goals: Unlock Even More Content!
As the Kickstarter campaign progresses, exciting stretch goals will be unlocked, adding even more value and content to Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond. Support the project and help unlock new monsters, subclasses, adventures, and more!
Add-Ons: Customize Your Pledge
Enhance your pledge with a variety of add-ons, including extra dice sets, miniature packs, and other exclusive items to fully immerse yourself in the world of Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond.
Timeline: Journey to the Afterlife Roadmap
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond is already well into development! The core book is 80% complete, and the Undying Accord adventure book is 65% finalized. Beta playtest PDFs are slated for delivery by December 2024, with physical production commencing shortly after incorporating community feedback. Digital miniature files will be delivered within 3-4 months after the Kickstarter campaign concludes in September 2024. Archvillain Games is committed to transparency and timely delivery, keeping backers informed every step of the way.
Shipping: Customs Friendly and Worldwide
Archvillain Games is committed to providing customs-friendly shipping to various regions, including the USA, EU, UK, Canada, China, and Australia, ensuring a smoother and more affordable delivery process for backers worldwide. Shipping costs will be finalized and charged within the pledge manager after the campaign ends.
Retailers: Partner with Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond
Are you a retailer interested in stocking Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond and other Archvillain Games products? Reach out for retailer-specific copies and discounts to bring this dark fantasy experience to your customers!
Contact Archvillain Games via Kickstarter message or email at contact[at]archvillaingames.com to discuss retailer opportunities.
The Team: Passionate Creators of Dark Fantasy
Erevan’s Guide to Death and Beyond is brought to you by the dedicated and talented team at Archvillain Games, alongside a host of experienced freelance collaborators. Meet some of the key individuals bringing this dark vision to life:
- Konstantinos Martinos (CEO, Creative Director, and Founder of Archvillain Games)
- Konstantinos Pananas (Project Manager)
- Alessandro Coia, Marco Riggio, Terry Wreath, TJ Phoenix (Writers)
- David Escribano, Enrico Fregolent, Enrico Serini, Mark Teague, Rodrigo Alves (Art Directors and Concept Artists)
- Henning Doose, Sheridan Doose, Mark Teague, Rodrigo Alves (3D Sculptors)
- Dimitris Dimarelos (Graphic Designer)
- Helena Tzioti and Anna Mentzelopoulou (Marketing)
- Jessic Gombart, Ioannis Rigas (Editors)
- Helge Balzer, Martin Kirby-Jackson, Maximiliano Moretto, Mohammed Bellafquih, Nick Acuna, Pablo Mendoza, Saeed Farhangian, Thomas Elliot, Vincenzo Prattico, Eryk Szczygieł (Illustrators)
About Archvillain Games: By Gamers, For Gamers
Since 2019, Archvillain Games has been a leading creator of high-quality fantasy tabletop 3D models, releasing monthly collections for patrons and amassing over 1000 unique miniatures. Driven by a passion for gaming and a commitment to innovation, Archvillain Games strives to deliver exceptional quality and imaginative content to the TTRPG community.
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