The Foundry

Hey folks! It took WAY too long to get this out, but it’s finally done. Well, technically it isn’t done, but I’ll get to that in a bit. One weird thing that needs explanation at a time.

So, as one can tell, I didn’t just make statblocks for the behemoths, write some lore, and call it a day. I’ve discovered that I really don’t like making statblocks and dealing with all the nonsense that comes with it (CR is a joke, and I’m not laughing). So, in typical Foundry fashion, I tried doing something weird that requires more work and ultimately still required me to make statblocks anyway. Yeah, I’m not smart. 

So I made them templates instead. And while I was tempted to give up and just do the obvious thing since I was just going to end up with stats anyway, making them templates makes a certain amount of sense from a lore perspective and I genuinely think is an interesting idea worth pursuing. Quick lore tidbit, behemoths are likely the result of normal creatures becoming mutated by aether (it’s not certain, but there are signs of this origin from what I’ve read), so a template makes logical sense. So, as long as I pick appropriate creatures for the template examples, the end result will get you pretty close to the behemoths in game. Sure, they’re not perfect, but it would be easy to tweak them to better suit your game.

So the other behemoth in the room is there are only 3 behemoths here. I had intended on releasing them all at once. Turns out there’s like 30+ behemoths AND 5 basically legendary behemoths. So, I’m splitting them up into their elemental categories, and the legendaries by themselves. I already have the Blaze behemoths written out, so those won’t take nearly as long. As I complete each category, I’ll update this post and make y’all aware of the additions. By the end, I’ll have one document with all of them in it, a brew to rival Flesh & Bone. 

But for now, a quick break to work on something else my ADHD has compelled me to rework. Stay tuned for that. Anyway, stay safe, don’t forget to love each other, and I’ll see you next time.