History TabletopGame / TheDelversGuideToBeastWorld

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The Beast World's main appeal, most playable species are based on mammals, aside from dragons and kobolds.

''The Delver's Guide to Beast World'' is unique in not only the playable species available, but also the "homelands" system where characters from different countries might have different abilities from members of the same species from other countries, and elaborate rules for building tricked-out wagons that act as mobile bases-of-operations for parties.

''[[https://twitter.com/TheDelversGuide The Delver's Guide to Beast World]]'' is a third-party campaign setting for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'' published by Heartleaf Games. Unlike most settings which are populated by elves and dwarves and other demi-humans, the Beast World is instead inhabited by [[FunnyAnial anthropomorphic animals]] ([[TokenHuman and humans]], who are known as "[[HumansByAnyOtherName Brethren]]" here).

''[[https://twitter.com/TheDelversGuide The Delver's Guide to Beast World]]'' is a third-party campaign setting for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'' published by Heartleaf Games. Unlike most settings which are populated by elves and dwarves and other demi-humans, the Beast World is instead inhabited by anthropomorphic animals (and humans).

Books can currently be purchased from [[https://www.fenrispublishing.com/order.php Fenris Publishing]], as well as on [[https://heartleafgames.itch.io/the-delvers-guide Itch.io]]. This campaign setting even has its own animated trailer, which can be seen [[https://youtu.be/UBJpBgcHpHY here]].

* AnotherDimension: The "planes" of typical D&D settings are known as "worlds" here. And each one has a different means of accessing it. Ranging from an eight-hour ritual involving several expensive ingredients and blood from a native to visit the Broken World, to a 2nd-level spell and a 10-GP flower to walk the Dreaming.

* HumansAreAverage: Brethren are not much different from regular D&D 5E save that they get a free Broken World curio at creation.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Humans, aka "Brethren" arrived in the Beast World just fifteen years ago, fleeing their dying world. Despite some tensions they've largely integrated into Beast World society.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragons came from another world called the Ancestral Homeland which has become "fixed," divided up evenly between Wyrms who became sterile in the process. Those who didn't agree with the fixation process came to the Beast World and their descendants became closer in size to the natives. The ten standard D&D “colors” are present but their elemental affinity is based on the environment where their egg was incubated instead of their heritage and whether a dragon turns out metallic or chromatic depends on their moral choices. For instance a “monarch” dragon who decides to uphold justice and good will turn shiny and golden, while another monarch who decides to burn and plunder the countryside will turn a mottled red.

PDF files can currently be purchased from [[https://www.fenrispublishing.com/order.php Fenris Publishing]], as well as on [[https://heartleafgames.itch.io/the-delvers-guide Itch.io]]. This campaign setting even has its own animated trailer, which can be seen [[https://youtu.be/UBJpBgcHpHY here]].

PDF files can currently be purchased through the [[https://thedelversguide.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Kickstarter preorder page]] and, as of this writing, will be delivered immediately, as well as on [[https://heartleafgames.itch.io/the-delvers-guide Itch.io]]. This campaign setting even has its own animated trailer, which can be seen [[https://youtu.be/UBJpBgcHpHY here]].

PDF files can currently be purchased through the [[https://thedelversguide.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Kickstarter preorder page]] and, as of this writing, will be delivered immediately. This campaign setting even has its own animated trailer, which can be seen [[https://youtu.be/UBJpBgcHpHY here]].

* OurLichesAreDifferent: [[DownplayedTrope Not that different from standard D&D liches]], but it's explicit part of the reason they are always {{Evil Sorcerer}}s is that the lichdom ritual is actually [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten Veronette quietly judging how amoral and loyal they are]]; one can only be a lich if she permits it, and a lich who looks to be sincerely regretful [[HeelFaceDoorSlam is quickly disposed of by her]].

* EitherOrOffspring: Most pairings between different species of Beast (including humans) produce offspring of one parent's species or the other at random, with three exceptions. Dragon/jackal pairings always beget jackals, dragons or jackals mating with other Beast species always produce the mortal parent's species, and kobolds cannot breed with any species but their own.

* ChildlessDystopia: A symptom of a world being solved and starting to die is native willful races losing the ability to conceive unless they emigrate.

* OurKoboldsAreDifferent: Kobolds were created by the Old Wyrms of the Ancestral Homeland as a mix of ServantRace and substitute children. Normally mindless, a curious thing happens when enough of them get together in one place.

* PointyHairedBoss: Cullen McGuire, chief of Littfeld, is there because he's an excellent judge of character and trustworthiness, [[GeniusDitz and absolutely nothing else]], being described in the notes as being rather stupid. It got to the point where his HypercompetentSidekick was originally a thief who discovered his hidden bills and promptly became his financial advisor out of pity, and if a plot hook where he briefly takes over from BurgerFool Darby and his sweet shop, there are some...[[LethalChef interesting]] changes to the menu.

* RubberForeheadAliens: Played with, in that these Rubber Foreheads are actually in regards to the WorldOfFunnyAnimals; bats are not natives of Beast World, but nomads of the Astral Sea. They resemble any other mammalian inhabitant of Beast World, apart from having wings.

* InvadingRefugees: The Invader War, just as it sounds, was the result of humans fleeing Earth after something [[KillTheGod killed their gods]], turning it into the [[WorldOfChaos Broken World]] and with the Ghost God managing to open a portal to Beast World. They did not realize that beasts were sentient at first, and more than a few decided to become TheEmpire when they realized their mistake.

* OurWitchesAreDifferent: In Beast World parlance a "witch" is someone who works with ghosts, regardless of any PC class they might hold - not to be confused with necromancers, as ghosts are not truly undead, and thus, ''not'' AlwaysChaoticEvil. Though there is a Bard College of Witches who use their music to call up spectral audiences.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Ghosts are the "lingering image" type, not even fully sentient. However, they're also needed to create most non-consumable magic items so contacting them and talking them into inhabiting artifacts is big business. There's also a Ghost God formed from the deaths of the gods of the Broken World, who's available as a Warlock patron.

* OurWitchesAreDifferent: In Beast World parlance a "witch" is someone who works with ghosts, regardless of any PC class they might hold. Though there is a Bard College of Witches who use their music to call up spectral audiences.

PDF files can currently be purchased through the [[https://thedelversguide.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Kickstarter preorder page]] but as of this writing will be delivered immediately. This campaign setting even has its own animated trailer, which can be seen [[https://youtu.be/UBJpBgcHpHY here]].

The Delver's Guide to Beast World is unique in not only the playable species available, but also the "homelands" system where characters from different countries might have different abilities from members of the same species from other countries, and elaborate rules for building tricked-out wagons that act as mobile bases-of-operations for parties.

PDFs can currently be purchased through the [[https://thedelversguide.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Kickstarter preorder page]] but as of this writing will be delivered immediately. Animated trailer [[https://youtu.be/UBJpBgcHpHY here]]

''[[https://twitter.com/TheDelversGuide The Delver's Guide to Beast World]]'' is a third-party campaign setting for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 5th edition published by Heartleaf Games. Unlike most settings which are populated by elves and dwarves and other demihumans, the Beast World is instead inhabited by anthropomorphic animals (and humans).

[[https://twitter.com/TheDelversGuide The Delver's Guide to Beast World]] is a third-party campaign setting for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 5th edition published by Heartleaf Games. Unlike most settings which are populated by elves and dwarves and other demihumans, the Beast World is instead inhabited by anthropomorphic animals (and humans).

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The Beast World's main appeal, most playable species are based on mammals, aside from dragons and kobolds.

PDFs can currently be purchased through the [[https://thedelversguide.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Kickstarter preorder page]] but as of this writing will be delivered immediately.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragons came from another world called the Ancestral Homeland which has become "fixed," divided up evenly between Wyrms who became sterile in the process. Those who didn't agree with the fixation process came to the Beast World and their descendants became closer in size to the natives.

* RabbitMagician: Celerines (rabbits and squirrels) have different spell-like abilities depending on their homeland, with rabbits also knowing Prestidigation.

* PhysicalGod: Varasta, the god of chaos, is the only one of the Beast World's gods known to walk the physical world in avatar form. He mostly does it to have fun at casinos.