5e Creature Decks

A project in Ashburn, VA by Inkwell Ideas
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Decks of 50+ cards where each card contains all the 5th edition "world's most popular tabletop RPG" stats for each creature.
Backers: 272
Average Pledge Per Backer: $36

Funded: $9,722 of $2,500
Dates: Jan 23rd -> Feb 22nd (31 days)
Project By: Inkwell Ideas
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Latest News

Less than 15 Hours Left... Remember 6th & 7th Decks Unlocked! & More Art Previews

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Just a final (?) reminder that we only have 15 hours left in our campaign. (It ends at 11:30pm US eastern time.) So if you wanted to add the 6th or 7th decks to your pledge, don't delay further!  I know if I don't do things when I see them, I'll... (Read More)

7th Creature Deck Unlocked! Another Art Preview

February 21st - via: kickstarter.com
We did it! We've hit the $6000 stretch goal to unlock our 7th deck of creatures! Thank you! You all are awesome and we're going to work hard to make these equally awesome and get them out to you ASAP. If you have been holding back on increasing your... (Read More)

Big Day; More Art Previews; Writing/Conversion Update

February 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We had a big day yesterday! (I'm writing this at 12:40 am US eastern time.) Thank you for your support. With yesterday's pledges we're almost half-way to the 7th creature deck goal. Remember, if you want more than 5 decks, simply pick the 5-deck $29... (Read More)

More Art; Don't Forget to Add Decks 6 & 7; Other Card Decks Added

February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for supporting the project! As usual, below you'll find even more art previews.  One is a Leprechaun sketch by Eric Quigley.  Most of the artists do sketches up front to make sure we are on the same page and Eric's sketches are often so... (Read More)

$4000 Stretch Goal Achieved, $6000 Stretch Goal Up Next; More Art Previews

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Last night we hit our $4000 goal to make the 6th Creature Deck! Next up, we hope to hit $6000 to make a 7th deck which will have more Beasts, Dragons, Monstrosities, Oozes, and Killer Plants! (This will be the final new deck we consider adding.) So... (Read More)

Up Your Pledge to get the 6th (& hopefully 7th) Creature Decks; More Art Previews

February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We're very close to our $4000 stretch goal to make the 6th deck of creatures! It is less than $400 away as I write this... and at the moment we still have over 90 backers supporting for 5 decks. So if each person backs for the 6th deck by adding $5... (Read More)

New Art Previews & Stretch Goal Update

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
New art is rolling into the project every day and a new creature's stats are being coverted just about every day! Below you can see two new art samples and it is likely I'll be showing off new samples every day through the funding of the project. And... (Read More)

More Art Previews

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
More art sketches and completed illustrations arrive every day now.  See below for two recent additions: our pit fiend (by Phill Simpson) and ogre zombie (Matt Bulahao). I'm currently converting more creatures to the 5e stats, and about half are... (Read More)

Goal Achieved! Stretch goal at $4000

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all! Last night we hit our goal to make the 5 Creature Decks!  Thank you all. Now we're hoping to make a 6th deck with even more creatures not in the official 5th edition monster book.  Our 5th Creature Deck will already have one set of 50+... (Read More)

90+% To Our Goal, More Art Previews

February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
We had a big day yesterday as more people saw the text versions of the SRD cards!  We're now over 90% of the way to our goal!  Remember, we've got a stretch goal to make the 6th deck if the project hits $4000. Today's new art previews are for our... (Read More)

Art Preview: Meet the Mephits!

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
As we're looking more and more likely to make our goal, I've been commissioning more art.  Below is a dust mephit by Eric Quigley and a magma mephit by Matt Bulahao.  Thanks Eric & Matt!  As you know, we'll also have ice and steam mephits as... (Read More)

Text for all the SRD Creatures is Ready!

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
I've just completed condensing, editing, and laying out all the SRD creatures! (It was a lot of effort to expedite it over the past few days.) You can get the PDF here. If you notice mistakes or have ideas to condense a few of the creatures more... (Read More)

Stretch Goal Announced: Probable 5th & 6th Deck Creatures Listed

January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks for your support so far! We are just a couple dollars from 50% to our goal, so I'm able to announce our stretch goal!  We've always planned to do a 5th deck of creatures for this project, but the exact list was a bit nebulous.  We've now... (Read More)

New Art Samples!

January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, It seems like the consensus on the text is the 8pt seems good and to try to use that and fit all the info on the back of each creature's card.  I'll continue to play with it and see if I can make the text any larger while keeping all... (Read More)

Decisions, Decsions

January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
As a follow up to my prior post asking for opinions on keeping the text all on the back vs. putting some on the front so the font can be a bit bigger, I thought samples would help. But one other thing:  I saw a suggestion to use a serif font as... (Read More)

Question on Fonts & Layout

January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Folks! Thanks for backing the 5e Creature Decks project! I've been putting a lot of effort into editing and laying out the cards already.  About 200 are pretty much done, subject to minor tweaks! The way i go about this is I have a data file with... (Read More)

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