Mike Shea

So that disclaimer number two, I was also paid to write two sections of the monster vault to one of them, a monster, which I like to do whenever I have the opportunity to write a monster for a monster book. It's, it's pretty straightforward for me to write a monster. But they also commissioned me to write a section of the book about doom points. We've talked about doom on the show.

I talked about expanding doom points. They saw the video I did about doom points and liked it and said, hey, would you like to write about doom points for us? And I said, sure. So they also commissioned me for that. So I have two pieces of this book that I wrote and was paid to write. And I was also paid to help promote this to you. I would have promoted it anyway.

I talked about expanding doom points. They saw the video I did about doom points and liked it and said, hey, would you like to write about doom points for us? And I said, sure. So they also commissioned me for that. So I have two pieces of this book that I wrote and was paid to write. And I was also paid to help promote this to you. I would have promoted it anyway.

I talked about expanding doom points. They saw the video I did about doom points and liked it and said, hey, would you like to write about doom points for us? And I said, sure. So they also commissioned me for that. So I have two pieces of this book that I wrote and was paid to write. And I was also paid to help promote this to you. I would have promoted it anyway.

I think you know how much I love Kobo Press. Tales of Valiant Monster Vault 2, new monster book. They seem to be doing pretty well. 2,300 backers with 25 days to go. And they have, check it out. Are you ready for it? One-click preview. Look at that. One click, you get to download the PDF.

I think you know how much I love Kobo Press. Tales of Valiant Monster Vault 2, new monster book. They seem to be doing pretty well. 2,300 backers with 25 days to go. And they have, check it out. Are you ready for it? One-click preview. Look at that. One click, you get to download the PDF.

I think you know how much I love Kobo Press. Tales of Valiant Monster Vault 2, new monster book. They seem to be doing pretty well. 2,300 backers with 25 days to go. And they have, check it out. Are you ready for it? One-click preview. Look at that. One click, you get to download the PDF.

That is always, I would have, even though they compensated me, I would still have given them crap if they didn't have a one-click preview. But it's a really good preview. And a 25-page preview shows you what's going on and lots of cool things. So, of course, big piles of monsters. I really like the Kobold Press design of monsters.

That is always, I would have, even though they compensated me, I would still have given them crap if they didn't have a one-click preview. But it's a really good preview. And a 25-page preview shows you what's going on and lots of cool things. So, of course, big piles of monsters. I really like the Kobold Press design of monsters.

That is always, I would have, even though they compensated me, I would still have given them crap if they didn't have a one-click preview. But it's a really good preview. And a 25-page preview shows you what's going on and lots of cool things. So, of course, big piles of monsters. I really like the Kobold Press design of monsters.

It is my favorite physical design, like what the stat block looks like. Let's go pull up a stat block here. Let's see. We'll go with this dust cloak, right? I really like their style. It's clean. It's easy to run. It focuses on the important stuff.

It is my favorite physical design, like what the stat block looks like. Let's go pull up a stat block here. Let's see. We'll go with this dust cloak, right? I really like their style. It's clean. It's easy to run. It focuses on the important stuff.

It is my favorite physical design, like what the stat block looks like. Let's go pull up a stat block here. Let's see. We'll go with this dust cloak, right? I really like their style. It's clean. It's easy to run. It focuses on the important stuff.

I love that they have combined ability scores and ability bonuses and saving throws all into just one line rather than three lines, which is what the 2025 Monster Manual does. We'll talk about that. We'll complain about that later. Really good design. Really strong monsters that hit hard, that's for sure. You're definitely going to get poked in the eye when you fight monsters from this.

I love that they have combined ability scores and ability bonuses and saving throws all into just one line rather than three lines, which is what the 2025 Monster Manual does. We'll talk about that. We'll complain about that later. Really good design. Really strong monsters that hit hard, that's for sure. You're definitely going to get poked in the eye when you fight monsters from this.

I love that they have combined ability scores and ability bonuses and saving throws all into just one line rather than three lines, which is what the 2025 Monster Manual does. We'll talk about that. We'll complain about that later. Really good design. Really strong monsters that hit hard, that's for sure. You're definitely going to get poked in the eye when you fight monsters from this.

And the Monster Vault 2, of course, is going to have lots of cool new monsters. But it's also going to have a bunch of sections about running monsters in it that are really cool. And one of the things that was a complete surprise to me is the idea of monster bundles. I was really excited about monster bundles.

And the Monster Vault 2, of course, is going to have lots of cool new monsters. But it's also going to have a bunch of sections about running monsters in it that are really cool. And one of the things that was a complete surprise to me is the idea of monster bundles. I was really excited about monster bundles.

And the Monster Vault 2, of course, is going to have lots of cool new monsters. But it's also going to have a bunch of sections about running monsters in it that are really cool. And one of the things that was a complete surprise to me is the idea of monster bundles. I was really excited about monster bundles.

One of the things that monster books, I think, could do a better job at is telling you what monsters work well with other monsters. It's one of those angles that's kind of hard to do. In Forge of Foes, we actually have a section that talks about this. We have monsters by environment.