Monster: Forge Skeleton

 

We’ve got a bone to pick with bones!

Skeletons are a perfect fit for MONSTROUS to tackle. They’re iconic monsters, they convey a clear underlying fear, and they’ve mostly been completely run into the ground (if you don’t mind the pun).

How do you bring the fear, mystery, and lore back into Skeletons?

The wonderful JP Coovert made an amazing video using MONSTROUS to create a new, system-neutral Skeleton. We couldn’t resist jotting down his ideas so you can use the Forge Skeleton in your own game! JP Coovert is a cartoonist, illustrator, video maker, and game master, and he has a YouTube channel about TTRPGs. He makes wonderful adventures, collections of monsters and items, RPGs, and other resources, all of which you can find through his website.

What is Monstrous?

MONSTROUS is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy tabletop roleplaying games, the go-to reference for telling better stories through monsters. It brings fear, wonder, & mystery back into monsters while demystifying the process of writing them.

MONSTROUS is a beautiful art book, using lavish paintings, illustrations, prose, and poetry to inspire you to build and explore worlds populated by dark mythic monsters.

MONSTROUS champions the idea that different monsters should lead to different stories. A Dragon & a Lich can both be mastermind archvillains, but the differences between them should be deeper than the type of damage they deal, & they should lead to unique roleplay opportunities. 

MONSTROUS empowers you to seize the creative reins, to craft monsters that uniquely fit your fantasy worlds and stories.