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In this update, I finish the brief history of Status Effect Games with Monsters and Lairs and bring us up to speed on Monster One-Shots.

Our fifth book, Monsters and Lairs, is SEG's attempt at a Monster compendium. The goal of this book was not only to create new monsters for tabletop gaming, but also to take a fresh look at some classic monstrous tropes. I also wanted to provide more than just stats and lore. To that end, I created 20 lair maps giving these monsters a place to dwell and ideas of how to play out encounters with the hungry fiends. Dylan Macko provided all the monster illustrations and did an amazing job as always.

A year thinking of monster encounters brings us up to Monster One-Shots: Hag Initiate. This project will be the first in a series of simple one-shot encounters I hope to release over the next year. It is the goal of each of the Monster One-Shots to introduce a new monster to the campaign as well as construct a complete encounter.

How did I settle on the hag initiate? I enjoy the traditional witch monster, but find hags in 5e to be too challenging to introduce in a low level campaign. The hag initiate showcases a witch in their infancy and makes a more balanced encounter for new characters. Plus, their lore is the perfect start to a horror story. 

I hope everyone enjoys the story I've crafted. Remember, this adventure is already written. Rewards ship as soon as the campaign ends. 

If anyone has any questions about this adventure or any of our other pdfs, do not hesitate to send me a message. 

Cheers,

Chris Zapalo
Status Effect Games LLC 

Welcome new backers and returning backers! We are funded, phew! It is only a little goal, but every backer counts. Thanks so much for helping to bring this project to life.  

I'm posting part 2 of Status Effect's brief game making history here. If you are interested in seeing some more pics from our previously published books and pdfs... continue reading. Remember, all of these projects are available as add-ons during this Backerkit campaign.  

We pick up with book 3, Dragnarr's Dungeon puzzler... 

I got bit by the puzzle bug shortly after creating Dungeon Drop-Ins. I'd introduced my own version of push puzzles in the final chapters of the book and wanted to give gamemasters more. There are lots of puzzle books out there, but not a lot of tools to help gamemasters create their own puzzles. I set out to make a toolbox for GMs that wanted to custom make puzzles to fit into their campaign. Soon, Dragnarr's Dungeon Puzzler was born!

Of course we got Dylan to provide some illustrations.

Dragnarr's ended up being one of SEG's most creative endeavors and I'm super pleased with the results. 

For our fourth book I finally decided to take the leap and write a full campaign. Adventures in Norwatch: Inheritance was supposed to be the first roleplaying book published by Status Effect Games. It details adventures that I ran with my own roleplaying group for a number of years. Unfortunately, I didn't know if I would have the time or financial resources to create the sort of campaign book that I wanted to. So I shelved the project for years while I created smaller works. In the end I'm glad I did, because waiting allowed me the time and tools to get it right. Adventures in Norwatch turned out better than I hoped. Check out some pics below:

Adventures in Norwatch is our longest book at 141 pages and has the most complete story. If you are looking for a campaign to take players from level 1 to 6, this book is a fun adventure. And they'll be a sequel coming in the near future.  

Thanks for reading this brief history of Status Effect Games. Remember all our previous crowdfunded projects are available as add-ons with your pledge. I'll post one more time about our past projects tomorrow, then I'll return to talking about Monster One-Shots! 

Cheers,

Chris Zapalo

Status Effect Games

Hello backers and friends,

First off, thanks to all returning backers. Your dedication to Status Effect Games is amazing and we really appreciate you. Even though this is a small project, it is our first foray into the Backerkit zone. We thank you for coming along with us.

For those who haven't backed us before, Status Effect Games has created multiple ttrpg projects over the last 4 years and successfully funded 9 projects. We started simple, but the goal has always been the same: create fun and functional roleplaying supplements that gamemasters can use again and again. It all began with map packs and soon evolved into inns and then more dynamic encounters. Our last project, Monsters and Lairs, was our first attempt at a monster compendium and we were very please with the final results. Each project we hope to make a little better than the last.   

One Night at the Inn was our first attempt at a full book. This guide helps gamemasters create their own custom inns. Maps, menus, npcs, prices, and inn encounters are all included. Artist Dylan Macko came on to help illustrate and his work was above and beyond our wildest expectations. Since then we've been striving to get Dylan back on every project.

Every book since One Night we've tried to make a little bit longer and we've done our best to fill them with quality content. All of our books come with original illustrations, custom battle maps, and character tokens. 

For Dungeon Drop-Ins we created one shot dungeon rooms that can be inserted into any adventure! This book was our first big success and it would lead us into weirder, wilder territory...

Check out our next update for more history of Status Effect Games and more peeks at this projects add-ons.  

Thanks again for backing. Remember this is only a short campaign. Rewards will ship before you know it!