Sol'Kesh - Speculative Evolution Bestiary, Journal & Minis

A project in Montreal, Canada by Terry Maranda - Sol'Kesh Creator
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Explore an island of creatures inspired by Speculative Evolution - A 5e RPG Bestiary, Art Journal, Tabletop Miniatures and more!
Backers: 244
Average Daily Pledges: $429 CAD
Average Pledge Per Backer: $51 CAD

Funding: $12,450 CAD of $1,500 CAD
Dates: Nov 5th -> Dec 5th (30 days)
Project By: Terry Maranda - Sol'Kesh Creator
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Latest News

New Stretch Goal unlocked! Miniature Variant Poses

November 30th - via: kickstarter.com
With only a few days left to the Kickstarter, I'm so happy to see we unlocked the Wayward Traveler background for the Bestiary! This is going to allow 5e players to use the background with unique feats to better suit the savage and survival skills... (Read More)

Free STL and preview: Sol'Kesh Ynnil

November 27th - via: geeknative.com
Last week, the talented Terry Maranda spilled the beans on how COVID and speculative evolution creature design led to a 5e bestiary. Frankly, the whole Sol’Kesh project has been a pleasing eye-opener to me on what can be done with speculative evolution. There’s a week left to run on the Kickstarter, so before we share our exclusive Ynnil STL files and preview, here’s a reminder. (Read More)

New Stretch Goal unlocked! Wayward Traveler Background

November 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Another stretch goal passed and thank you so much everyone for being a part of this journey! With this unlock, all that meat we've been harvesting from the slain beasts will have some D&D rules to add cooking to the mix. Creating meals to heal,... (Read More)

How Covid and speculative evolution creature design led to a 5e bestiary

November 18th - via: geeknative.com
Terry Maranda has funded his speculative evolution bestiary on Kickstarter. The campaign runs until December 5th, and so there is time to join in. The Sol’Kesh project offers the 5e bestiary, an art journal and tabletop minis. First, though, we have got this guest post from Terry about how Sol’Kesh Island came to be. (Read More)

New Stretch Goal unlocked! Apex Region Expansion!

November 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Two stretch goals in two days! That's incredible and thank you so much everyone. This one is going to be a lot of fun because I'll be expanding on what D&D usually offers for regional effects and lair actions, making the Apex Predators an... (Read More)

New Reward Tier Available - Both Book PDFs!

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, after many requests to package both PDFs into one Reward, I've now created a new Reward Tier that is both PDFs at a discounted price. For those that already purchased both at full price, there's absolutely nothing to worry about as you... (Read More)

New Stretch Goal unlocked! Baby Miniatures

November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, this goal was one I was really excited to blast through and I can't wait to see what Worldshaper will do with the young versions of the beasts! So not only does this mean more miniatures, but it's a bonus to the Biome sets bringing... (Read More)

New Stretch Goal unlocked! Creature Companion Sheets

November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone for getting us to this point and breaking through another stretch goal! Companion creatures are going to play quite the role in the Bestiary, going beyond the pet/familiar method of D&D. While there will be rules to tame or... (Read More)

New Stretch Goal unlocked! Predatory Plants

November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We're moving through features and more are coming in! Predator plants are a real fun one and I'm super glad we now got them in. I've done a few tests in the past and it was a real fun challenge to balance both 5e creature stats and traps into one... (Read More)

New Stretch Goal Unlocked!!! - One bonus miniature STL per Biome set

November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, looks like we broke past a new Stretch Goal! And so we're adding a bonus mini per biome for free!  Thank you so much for the recent backers that pushed us past 6,000CAD, its amazing to see this thing grow and now I set up a new stretch... (Read More)

How a community can build a beast!

November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
What better way to celebrate yesterday's success than with a new unreleased creature! This was actually created on the discord channel (join us here - https://discord.gg/EtAAMvESnH) and started off as a bit of a joke. The idea that the capybara is... (Read More)

Incredible first day! over 300%!

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, well that was wild, and I'm absolutely blown away by the quick explosion to 300%! Thank you all so much. For those 3 amazing people that purchased the Creator Class, first, you're amazing and I was shocked how quickly those sold out.... (Read More)

Important Update -- Had to re-submit the Journal PDF

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
There was additional item on the Journal PDF by accident and its now been resubmitted, if you previously grabbed that item, you'll need to do so again with the new Entry. Please let me know if you come across any issues.Thanks for patience as I do... (Read More)

Blasted past that Goal and we're past 200%! Time for some unlocks

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you so much everyone for believing in this project and being so quick to joining the Campign. What better way to say thanks then some new Stretch Goals! Many many more stretch goals to follow!  (Read More)

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