Monsterary of Zimrala Discussion

[sscrompton]

WELCOME TO THE MONSTERARY OF ZIMRALA !
I'm starting this thread as a place for you to ask questions and make suggestions in regards to Zimrala. If you are a fan of Ken St Andre's work - this is the new world where his adventures, solos and fiction will be taking place. Others from the classic team will also be working on Zimrala based projects including Stefan Jones, Bear Peters, Debora Kerr, Steve Crompton (me) and perhaps others of you, as we go forward to build and explore this new world. Below is a general discription of the  Monsterary which is NOW on drive-thru and will soon go to press as a hardback book.

Join us in an amazing new world with some of the strangest creatures you’ll ever encounter! Along with ancient gods, cosmic calamities, political intrigues & beguiling mysteries!

The Monsterary of Zimrala is primarily a bestiary with over 111 monsters you can use in virtually ANY genre. There are 80 monsters made for the GM to run in their adventures and there are 33 monsters that can be run by the GM or used as player characters, giving players huge new possibilities for creature characters they can run in your games. But there is much more to this book - its a whole new world to explore and play in...

www.drivethrurpg.com/product/414074/Monsterary-of-Zimrala

Over 111 MONSTERS!

Usable with any RPG, Monsters! Monsters! & T&T

NEW PLAYER CHARACTER TYPES

A NEW CAMPAIGN WORLD SETTING

NEW MAGIC, full-color WORLD & CITY map, complete gm adventure, plus

the Monsters! Monsters! mini-rules

From the creative team that brought you Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls, Grimtooth’s

Trapsylvania, the City of the Gods & the Monsters! Monsters! RPG! Ken St Andre, Steve Crompton, Stefan Jones, & Bear Peters. Edited by Debora Kerr. Plus art by Liz Danforth, Rob Carver, Steve Crompton and many others! Most of it in FULL COLOR.

[stefanj]

w00t! w00t!

The solitaire adventure that was developed as part of the "Monsterary of Zimrala" Kickstarter has been playtested, laid out, illustrated and published!

It is available as a downloadable PDF on DriveThruRPG:

www.drivethrurpg.com/product/416362/Mission-for-a-Cat-Goddess

A playtester suggested including stats for the major NPCs. We did that . . . and added a whole GM Adventure section around back, with a map and description of the semi-abandoned city of Thu-Eban.

It includes M!M! mini-rules, so you can dive right in. And "quick play" rules -- very minimal -- for people who want to dispense with most of the clutter of RPG rules.

Truth if Posting: I wrote some of the additional material and did development and editing work.

[sscrompton]

We just put it up today and we'd love to hear what you think of it. We are taking our books to a whole new level (and a new world...)

[nialldubh]

Well, I am enjoying it. Lots of new monsters. But for me, its transfer to Trollworld.

But good detail, enjoying pictures, descriptions and presentation. This is good!

Well over 130 pages of monsters, not know exact number of monsters. Too tired to count, but triple figures I guess, good stuff.

[sscrompton]

Great! So glad you are liking it and enjoying it. I think there are 111 or 112 monsters. We are at press now and expect the book back from the printers in the near future!

Get more info on the latest developments at via our Kickstarter updates whihc are open to all.

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[nialldubh]

Just gave page 36 a read.

I find that very helpful, I know that I know been playing this game on and off for well over 40 years. But seeing it written gives me a structure to based my newly created creatures on.

I was happy with the Attribute array and thought it was for every creature/monster but it not (though there is a lot in second section). I would have preferred an attribute array for the monsters between Albinogurs and the Zhroggle, because I moving (personally) toward the Essence (ESS) combat system, as I making a few changes to that Combat Style of play.

trollbridge.proboards.com/post/64569/thread

Maybe in future there could be supplement addon for such things? It good to get an idea of the expects' thinking of a monster's structure via attributes.

Cheers

[sscrompton]

Certainly its possible - We'll have to do a lot more looking into the ESS combat system you mentioned - I've never heard of it. The reason that not all the creatures have stats is taht some creatures are either too powerful or not intelligent enough to really be played as characters - they are meant to be run by the GM.

But unlike other rpgs we encourage you to change and adjust the rules to suit YOUR needs and ideas!
See you in Zimrala!

Steve

[nialldubh]

Well, its a conversion of Ken's idea he has in his M!M! Battle School solo.*

So, to use properly even the monsters must have Attributes. But it not difficult for me to try and reconstruct, just would be quicker to have stats.

stuff from basic M!M! helps, but trying to decide what the Attributes are for an Apex Spider can be tricky.


*I have added an Essence Defence, and at present adjusting armour protection and weapon damage.

I do enjoy MR, it quick and and less time consuming. But the more personal construct of monster can give an idea of it form, but also weaken it greatly, so hence still need to sort numbers.

Working progress.

Neil

[sscrompton]

Very cool! Part of hte point of the new M!M! is that it encorages you to adapt it as you see fit and as you need it. We hope that adaptability is one of our strentghs. In the meantime we keep working on new things for M!M!

PS If yu live in the Phoneix Area...
RPG BOOK SIGNING TOMORROW! Saturday March 12th 2023
Meet RPG Legend Ken St Andre & Art Director Steve Crompton at the BOOKMAZE for the world premire of our Monsterary of Zimrala book! Get yours signed and play in an RPG game run by Ken St Andre.
We'll also be giving out the Kickstarter pedges to those that come to the Store to pick them up
THe signing and rpg game well be held at the

BOOKMAZE
1300 W University Dr, Mesa, AZ, United States, Arizona
[phone]

See you there?...

[mosker]

Is the version on DTRPG updated--the same as the hard copies? Barring that, time to ping retailers.

[sscrompton]

Mar 25, 2023 7:48:31 GMT -5 mosker said:

Is the version on DTRPG updated--the same as the hard copies? Barring that, time to ping retailers.

Mosker - I'm  honestly not certain.  All my time has been devoted to working on shipping out this Kickstarter. So i just don't remember if its updated or not. One of you intrepid fans will need to check and let us know what you find...

Steve

[houndle]

I've come to the conclusion it's best to buy everything M!M!, just to be on the safe side. Though my wish list is beginning to back up a little...

[sscrompton]

Photos from the Book signing at Bookmaze! Plus news about our Kickstarter, our monster puppy and all our shipping efforts! Find out the latest news in our KS update... With a hint at what's next...
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[mosker]

For those who missed the KS any info (perhaps those with retailer pledges) to purchase? POD from Drivethru in the works?

[sscrompton]

Apr 1, 2023 20:03:33 GMT -5 mosker said:

For those who missed the KS any info (perhaps those with retailer pledges) to purchase? POD from Drivethru in the works?

For now you can email me directly at [e-mail] and we can make arrangements!  Eventually it will be on ebay and our  website at monstersmonsters.org.