Mage Hand Press

Book of Extinction 1 | Introduction

Added 2021-10-01 05:31:00 +0000 UTC

Our Kickstarter for Valda's Spire of Secrets has only just concluded, so we've had a very busy month! In the meantime, we've been hard at work on a new project that we'll be developing on Patreon for most of the next year: The Book of Extinction.

In this book, we're going to tell the stories of extinct animals and translate them to D&D. Then, we're going to reimagine them in a magical setting in which they met a less catastrophic fate. This is a challenging book, spearheaded by Lucas Zellers of the Making a Monster podcast, filled with slices of sometimes biting history.

Lastly, this is a book about conservation: why it matters, and how we can improve. Next time you battle an owlbear, we'd like you to think about the fact that there may not be a bottomless well of similar owlbears; just as in the real world, there might be too few before too long. (I promise you, it's not all doom and gloom -- it's a very different perspective for D&D campaigns.)

In this first look, we present only three extinct animals: the Great Auk, the Passenger Pigeon, and the Thylacine. Please let me know what you think about this new project and what you'd like us to cover in the future!