Yes, it’s more stuff for Barbaric! Like I’ve said before, I’m really loving this simple and rules efficient games. So let’s get on with another cool supplement that’s out there.

Scandinavian Legendary Creatures is tight little PDF that’s gives you thirteen new monsters from Scandinavian folklore and 66 new spells plus a couple more optional rules for your game.

The monsters are familiar to most that have played fantasy games before so if you’re basing your campaign in an original setting then they are still useful. One good thing is that there’s a good variety of monsters and the author did a good take on many. I like how monsters use Traits for that extra bit of punch. The Draugar are especially nasty. And who doesn’t want to test their mettle against a Linworm. Like I said there’s a good variety of monsters that can be used no matter the setting.

For me, the big bonus is the spell list. Most of the spells are conversions from of the standard D&D spells that didn’t make it into the core Barbaric rules. Of course, many players will want access to something like those familiar spells like Magic Missile or Haste. There’s new one’s too. I like Bone Bow and Sticky Floor. The names pretty much say what they do. So this is a valuable resource for GM’s.

Rounding out the PDF are a couple of optional rules. One is Fame system. Since Barbaric doesn’t have an Alignment system this adds a way to reward characters for not being totally evil. Do good things and you get good things like reduction in prices or help from the locals. Do bad things and well get penalties for reaction and pay higher prices. Now, I don’t know if an average merchant who recognizes the character as soulless psychopath is going to charge them more. That might be a good way to end up being hacked into little pieces. There’s also a quick and very short rule to make combat even more dangerous by increasing the chance for character’s to score critical hits.

Overall, I’m pleased with material. It adds more tricks and options options for the game, especially the spells like I said. But I have to admit that there a few typos here and there. Yes, I’m guilty of the same. There’s also a couple of places where I think there was some minor hiccups on layout where a paragraph has odd line spacing. For me those aren’t a huge deal but I know they drive some folks crazy.

You can pick up Scandinavian Legendary Creatures on DrivethruRPG.