The book will take place in an original setting that can be used for a brand new campaign (if you're a newcomer learning how to play Dungeons & Dragons 5E, for instance) or incorporated into an ongoing one, establishing Animal Adventures as a proper universe. The book will include information on locations in the world, as well as secrets for players to include in their campaign. This set features not only the miniatures in preassembled ready-to-play or paint PVC, but also a bespoke set of fifth edition compatible rules for using your Animal Adventure miniatures and playing as dogs in ANY campaign setting.

Why You Should Play Dungeons and Doggies Our canine heroes face their first foe. Photo by Elizabeth MacAndrew.Get your paws on Volume 1 to add noble Sir Cornelius, the Golden Retriever wizard, and his allies to your collection — including cunning Morgaine, the Dachsund sorcerer; feisty Tedric, the chihuahua rogue; wily Flint, the Cattle Dog ranger; stoic Svetlana, the Beagle barbarian; and pious Cerysse, the St Bernard cleric.

Dungeons and Doggies introduces 17 canine-themed magical items. My favorite might be the following: If there’s one weak link in the chain, it’s the tokens, whose flimsy card and one-sided print job stand in stark contrast to the lush finish on the map and GM screen. But, honestly, it’s a passing quibble. They’re more than usable, and, if savings were to be made anywhere, I’m glad it was here. The overall impression is that Steamforged properly thought through how to make sure this box offered a game that was dead simple and 100% ready to play. All of which is great and everything, I hear you cry – but what about the puppers? A collection of cat and dog miniatures for roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons 5E is getting its own tabletop RPG universe and book in Animal Adventures: Secrets of Gullet Cove. Invite intelligent dogs on your tabletop adventures with Dungeons & Doggies, the original collection of fifth-edition-compatible dog miniatures (that are all just bursting with character!).Channel Divinity: Invoke Companionship: Starting at 2nd Level, heal creatures within 30 ft for Temporary Hit Points equal Cleric Level. You will be able to mix canine characters with your regular adventuring party or create an entire doggy team of heroes to save the world! The miniatures also make perfect companions and familiars for your existing characters in any fantasy setting or game! The adventure itself is straight up and down, well-trodden level one Dungeons and Dragons fare – a rescue mission in a mad alchemist’s lair that’ll see your paw-footed party sneaking through a sewer, battling undead critters, and investigating rooms in the headquarters of the dastardly… sigh… Doktor Krankensteen. Animal Adventures: Secrets of Gullet Cove will offer up a complete set of rules that work with Dungeons & Dragons 5E, introducing brand new non-player characters and a series of multi-part adventures. Leaving aside my personal tribulations as a member of the obsessive, plastic-scraping, brush-soap-owning miniatures‘elite’, it has to be said that these minis are absolutely brilliant for their intended audience: tabletop RPG fans who want to play D&D with cute little animal characters. They’re detailed, well-made, characterful, and low-maintenance – exactly what you want from D&D miniatures. But what about the game you’re going to play with them?