Helianas Guide to Monster Hunting Reddit

Hello Everyone!

It has been a while since I posted anything on my Monster Hunter work, but I promise I have been busy working hard. Originally when I started this as just a Monster Manual for all of the 150+ monsters in the Monster Hunter video game series. After some requests and the positive feedback from my original post I began work on a supplement to D&D 5e so that you are able to bring your players into the world of Monster Hunter.

With that I present Amellwind's Guide to Monster Hunting PDF | Amellwind's Guide to Monster Hunting GMBinder. The PDF once downloaded has a clickable table of contents for easy reference while running or playing your game. The GMbinder binder link is the same, with some slight issues on a couple of the weapons in the Table of Contents, but provides easy access while on the go.

The monster hunter weapons are now included in the guide to monster hunting above, including a new staff for spellcasters.

Loot Tables

Within the rule book you will find rules on how to carve or capture creatures to gather materials and using them to create your own custom magical weapons and armor. The Monster Hunter Loot tables are still a work in progress and some editing will be needed even on the onces I have already created. The next part of my project is to finish up these loot tables in the coming month after all the holiday season finishes up. For now Here is where you can find the Halfway Completed Monster Hunter Loot Tables PDF | Halfway Completed Monster Hunter Loot Tables GMBinder.

Revised Monster Hunter Monster Manual

A lot of changes have happened to the Monster Hunter Monster Manual since I first posted it about 8 months back. Some of these changes are:

New Monsters

  • Tempered Lunastra (CR 19)

  • Kulve Taroth (CR 21 paragon monster)

  • Ahtal-ka and its mechsuit the Ahtal-nesto (both CR 23)

  • Behemoth (CR 27)

Reworks

  • Tzitzi-ya-ku - Less attacks on turn, but given legendary actions.

  • Monoblos - Gained the Relentless ability.

  • Shogun Ceanataur - Upgraded to a CR 13

  • Lavasioth - Gave Legendary Actions

  • Valphalk - (revamped) Gave Legendary Actions, bunch of changes all over

  • Fatalis - Upgraded to CR 28

All of these with other minor changes or slight mistakes on other creatures. Currently the new documents do not have a clickable table of contents but that is also a work in progress. With that I present the revised Monster Hunter Monster Manual links below

Full Monster Hunter Monster Manual - Please note the PDF link is 156 MB and to large to preview

Monster Hunter Monster Manual PDF | GMBinder Link | Printer Friendlier White Background PDF

Sections of the Monster Hunter Monster Manual

Monster Hunter Monster Manual: Bird Wyvern & Theropods PDF | GMBinder Link

Monster Hunter Monster Manual: Fanged Beasts PDF | GMBinder Link

Monster Hunter Monster Manual: Flying Wyvern PDF | GMBinder Link

Monster Hunter Monster Manual: Brute Wyverns, Fanged Wyverns, & Monstrosities PDF | GMBinder Link

Monster Hunter Monster Manual: Leviathans, Amphibians, Carapaceons, & Piscine Wyverns PDF | GMBinder Link

Monster Hunter Monster Manual: Neopterons, Elder Dragons, & a Temnoceran PDF | GMBinder Link

Monster Hunter Monster Manual: Herbivores, Lynians & Snake Wyverns PDF | GMBinder Link

If you like the work I am doing or are interested checking out some of my future work with the monster hunter settings check out my Patreon that I recently just created. Patrons will get access to any and all work I do with my Monster Hunter Monster Manual or Guide to Monster Hunting, and updates on anything else I am working on for the Monster Hunter supplement before releasing it to the rest of the world.

In addition I will be creating subspecies to expand upon the manual itself that Patrons will have access to, 1 page Hunts (1 page dungeons basically) for running in your own game, and many other improvements to the game such as Digital Tokens for playing online, random encounter tables, Combination lists for all the Monster Hunter Items, jewels for placing into your gear, palico vendor (hirelings), and cooking buffs.

there is no need for big print runs anymore because sites like drivethrurpg have print on demand for all products

As others have mentioned, PoD is actually still a long ways behind dedicated print runs in terms of quality and durability. Paper thickness/quality, binding (PoD is glued instead of sewn), ink quality...

I'd guess ease of use of PDFs and digital copies are still a bigger threat to printed books. The people who want printed books want to ensure they last a long time, so dedicated runs or bust!

I have two PoD books on my shelf, and I think if you gave even a casual observer five minutes to look through all of them, they'd be easy for them to find.