The Earthlight Academy

Now that we've gone through all of the elements of a monster in Torchbearer , it's time to actually make one. For some reason th...

Flipping through the "Denizens" chapter of the Torchbearer  rulebook, you'll notice most creatures have a "Special...

Unlike a character's instincts, monster instincts are not for making mundane tests or causing drama. They are simply there to better ...

Whereas Nature Descriptors lay out your creature's concept in broad strokes, the weapons you assign it often provide the most flavorfu...

This will be a shorter entry in this series, mostly due to the fact that the book lays out the procedure for determining the exact values...

Assigning Nature Descriptors is probably the hardest part of creating monsters in Torchbearer . Whereas other games represent the monster ...

If Order of Might is important for determining how players can deal with a monster, Nature is doubly so because it dictates how difficult ...

One of the most important decisions you will make while building a monster is setting its Might score. Not only are you choosing its pl...