Sample file Brought to you By Bard & Rogue Designers James John Twitter: @DMJJ14 Nick Holland Twitter: @N3rdm3tal Email: [email protected] Art: Wizards of the Coast Laser Luis Twiter @LluisAbadias James John This is Vala’ethar rampaging coming to reclaim their title as weapon of the primordials and king of the Kaiju. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of the Coast, Forgotten Realms, the dragon ampersand, Player’s Hand- book, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master’s Guide, D&D Adventurers League, all other Wizards of the Coast prod- uct names,Sample and their respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USAfile and other countries. All characters and their distinctive likenesses are property of Wizards of the Coast. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or art- work contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast. ©2016 Wizards of the Coast LLC, PO Box 707, Renton, WA 98057-0707, USA. Manufactured by Hasbro SA, Rue Emile-Boéchat 31, 2800 Delémont, CH. Represented by Hasbro Europe, 4 The Square, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB11 1ET, UK. Table of Contents Introduction….............................................. 3 Introduction Chapter 1: The Dawn War….......................4-5 Welcome to Shadow of the Kaiju, this Chapter 2: Titan Crafting…......................6-13 supplement is designed for DM’s and play- Increasing stats…..........................................6 ers to make playable Kaiju monsters that are Colossal in size. In this document when we Hit Dice…......................................................6 refer to Titans, we are referring to the size of Lifting Carrying…..........................................6 the creature, we have brought back the Co- Natural Weapons…........................................7 lossal size from previous editions ( 30 by 30 Auras and area effects…................................7 feet). We here at Bard & Rogue hope you enjoy Natural Armor…............................................8 this supplement and the lore we have brought Roars….........................................................9 back and adapted for your fun. Additionally Breath Weapons….......................................10 This guide gives you multiple Kaiju to use in Creating Breath Weapons….........................11 your campaigns or use in a Kaiju Battle Royal Spell like Effects….......................................11 between players. Here you will find rules, and Creating area Effect…..................................13 Home-brewed lore to drop into your own cam- Chapter 3: Kaiju Class….........................14-16 paign. Kaiju class chart….......................................15 Chapter 4: Feats..........................................17 Charger…....................................................17 Using this Guide Controlled Chaos…......................................17 Shadows of the Kaiju features rules for Kaiju Flyby…........................................................17 crafting, magic items, lore, and story elements Grappler…...................................................17 that are non-canonical with any D&D setting. Improvised Weapons….................................17 These rules are Optional rules based off The Power Attack…............................................17 Monster Manual, Player’s Handbook, and Dun- Reflective Carapace…...................................17 geon Master’s Guide. Other Acceptable Feats................................17 Chapter 5: Magical Items….....................18-23 Colossal Carapace Armor....................18 Millie’s Touch…..................................18 Dawn Remnants…..............................18 The Dawn Maul…...............................19 Vestiges of the Mad Sorceress…..........19 The Saw Demon’s Blade…...................20 Bow of the Fire Bird…....................20-21 Dawn Blade…................................22-23 Elemental Lantern…...........................23 Dawn Shard…....................................23 Chapter 6: Dawn Titans…….........................24 Ugamil…........................................25-26 Titan Fire Beetle….........................27-28 Vala’ethar…...................................29-30 King Gorilla, Ri-Mor…...................31-32 Sissiks Calus….............................33-34 Ymir…...........................................35-36 Yggdrasil…....................................37-38 The World Serpent….....................39-40 Chained Shadow…........................41-42 Chapter 7: Creature Crafting.....…...............43 CraftingSample creatures……...................43-44 file Giant Panther….................................45 Horrid Boar….....................................45 Terror Bunny…..................................46 Tree Spider….....................................46 Dire Cow….........................................47 Giant Bull….......................................47 Chapter 1: The Dawn War ons ago before the world was as we knew it, Toril was Abeir-Toril a world ruled over Raise of the Kaiju by the Primordial (Dawn-Titans); being It has been Eons since the fall of the Eof immense power that even the gods feared. Primordials, and in that time since their im- This age of primordials was known as the prisonment the world was split in two (Abeir Blue Age, when the world was covered in wa- and Toril), one for all the gods to rule over and ter and only a few islands that creatures could the other for the dragons that resisted the rest on. gods. As the Gods grew in power and sought However, of the ages there have been worlds to call their own they took upon many incarnations of the world that has slow- Abeir-Toril and saw the potential that it bore, ly dissolved the tether that locked away the so they took to dominating the Abeir-Toril to primordials in their prisons, and as the tether liberate the lesser beings (Pre-humanoids, fades and weakens the energy of the primor- Fey, Dwarves, and creator races) from the dials seep into the material world and out of tyranny of the Primordials as the Primordials the Abyss. Believers and keepers of ancient saw the expanse of the cosmos and wanted to secrets have been slowly filling the world with spread out to the other worlds. their unbridled primordial energy giving new This War between gods and Primordi- bodies and forms to these ancient beings, Kai- als was called the Dawn War, where the Pri- ju. mordials where lead by the god Tharizdun These new creatures are called Kaiju, and the Gods Shar and Selune protected the beasts of Colossal size who’s primordial ener- realms from the expansion of the Primordials gy seeps from their body and churns the world and aided the other gods in the creation of the around them similar to when the original World Serpent (Ouroboros). primordials walked Abeir-Toril. As the prison This war rage for thousands of years that holds the Primordials at bay breaks, they where Tharizdun created the abyss and which will work together to free their once king the he was later imprisoned in and became known Chained God Thazirdun. only as the Chained God. In his absence the However, not all Dawn-Titans still be- Obyrith, a race of beings that later became the lieve in the Chained God Thazirdun and in- first demons to rule and inhabit the abyss. stead are fighting to keep his imprisonment The Primordials where expanding and and fix the barriers that have been broken making great feats as one of them known as over the eons. Dendar the Night serpent at the sun turn- ing the Blue Age into the Shadow Epoch, Echoes of The Creators then Shortly after the great creator god Io After the fall of the Primordials during the (Asgorath) went to fight a primordial alone Dawn War the creator races rose to power and only to be defeated and spit in two (Tiamat, began to meddle in the remnants of the Dawn and Bahamut) and whose blood spilled onto War and the magic that the Gods and Primor- Abeir-Toril creating the Dragonborns and oth- dials left on the material plane. er proto-dragons. Each of these races called themselves This Eons long war allowed the first gods for a time before their downfalls. And, creator races to raise in power on Abeir-Toril the magic that they used to craft the world and assist in the fight against the primordi- around them and create the races that fol- als. These races being the Sarrukh, Batrachi, lowed them are the same magic that are being Aearee, feySample and humans. These races began used to unleash the Primordialfile energies from the first steps toward civilization, but foremost their resting places. where the Batrachi, Sarrukh and Aearee who later created other monstrous races that in- habit Toril today. With these races the primordial Ubtao an ancient primordial and creator of the Di- nosaurs turned on the Primordials to stop the Dawn War and usher in the Age of Thunder. Sarrukh Aearee One of the few races that flourished in the After the fall of the Batrachi empire the Aearee days of the dawn war as the gods and elemen- rose to prominence as the Premier Avian race, tals fought for dominion, they created a space both reptile and bird-like. These winged crea- for the smaller races to thrive. tures where the progenitors of the other avian The Sarrukh are a lizard like race of being races. During their rise to power, the Aearee with a reptile torso and snake legs. This cre- turned the ground wyrms into the Wyvern and ator race has been suggested