The Barong, Protective Spirit of the Forests

The barong is a creature from Southeast Asian folklore, a protective sprit often revered by the people who live nearby. It’s one of the creatures of our Drintera TTRPG setting. Get the lore and 5E (Black Flag Roleplaying) stat block as a free PDF from our store. Join our Patreon to get more of our diverse fantasy setting!

Free creature from A Bestiary of Enchanted England: The Bugbear!

For our Kickstarter for A Bestiary of Enchanted England, we issued a Halloween backer challenge: if we get to 50 backers by the end of today, we’ll release a spooky creature from the upcoming book under the Open Game License (OGL). Our backers rose to the challenge, so we’re proud to present the near-final version of the Bugbear by Mark Lawford! Free for the community to share, modify, and redistribute under the OGL.

Illustration by Jeff Koch.

We had previously teased the Bugbear back in February 2022. You may find it interesting to compare how the text has evolved and how we’ve represented the creature using Fate Condensed rules.