Living Fossils: Echoes of Primordial Power

Fossils are especially receptive to earth-based magic, for they belong to creatures that lived when primordial magic was many times more powerful than it is today. These raw, world-shaping forces of the ancient age, before everything became more civilized, enriched these bones with primeval magic. It's no wonder that these ancient remains sometimes stir on their own or through deliberate summoning, uniting the ferocity and might of their former fleshly forms with elemental powers. Bring the raw, untamed force of the ancient world to your tabletop!

What’s Included

2.5D Token Set of Living Fossils

Unleash the might of primeval elemental beings on your virtual tabletop with detailed, hand-crafted tokens. Perfect for campaigns exploring forgotten histories, powerful elemental threats, or challenges where the very earth rises against your players.

Four Custom Stat Blocks for Epic Encounters

Each Living Fossil comes with a meticulously crafted stat block designed to provide challenging and cinematic combat experiences for tactical GMs. Their abilities are built to disrupt spells, silence casters, cripple mobility, and punish recklessness, ensuring memorable encounters.

• Living Fossil Ankylosaurus: A colossal elemental tank, resilient and unyielding. With abilities like Ridge Surge and Weight of the Ages, the Ankylosaurus controls the battlefield, knocking foes prone and making escape a struggle. Its Earthen Armor allows it to burrow and emerge fortified, ready to withstand any assault.

  • Fighting Style: Area of Effect, Demanding

  • Purpose: Tank, Debuff

• Living Fossil Smilodon: A swift and cunning hunter of the ancient world. The Smilodon, with its Primordial Prowler ability, excels at ambushes and pack tactics, while its Rend attack can critically wound prone targets. Earthen Armor and Earthen Evasion grant it remarkable survivability, allowing it to strike from the earth and retreat when needed.

  • Fighting Style: Pack, Mobile

  • Purpose: Damage, Hunter

• Living Fossil Quetzalcoatl: A majestic and fearsome aerial threat. The Quetzalcoatl dominates the skies with its Wings of Dust, blinding foes and grappling them with its Beak. It can support allies with Apply Earthen Armor or unleash devastating Debris Storms and Earth Dives, emerging from the ground armored and ready for more.

  • Fighting Style: Airborne, Demanding

  • Purpose: Support, Area of Effect

• Living Fossil Tyrannosaurus Rex: The undisputed apex predator of primordial earth. The Tyrannosaurus Rex commands its Hostile Domain, turning the very ground into a weapon, while its Bite and Crushing Jaws can grapple and devastate single targets. With Earthen Maw and Thundering Stampede, it reshapes the battlefield, burying foes or trampling them underfoot.

  • Fighting Style: Pressure, Pack

  • Purpose: Damage, Hunter

Monster Abilities with Narrative Weight

These aren't just creatures; they are ancient forces of nature. From the ground-shaking Ridge Surge to the suffocating effects of Weight of the Ages, their abilities inflict lasting effects that force players to rethink their strategies and react to a dynamic battlefield. Every action is a testament to their primordial power.

Battle Tags & VTT Integration

Labeled for various "Fighting Style" and "Purpose" tags, Living Fossils slot perfectly into Beneos Search Engine queries or the FoundryVTT Beneos module. Just tag, click, and deploy these monstrous remnants of a forgotten age, ready to challenge your players with their raw, elemental might.

Deployment Guide for Primordial Encounters

Unleash the Living Fossils as guardians of ancient ruins, reanimated terrors of a bygone era, or the earth's vengeful response to civilization. Use their unique abilities like Earth Dive and Thundering Stampede to create encounters that feel truly earth-shattering and unpredictable, forcing players to adapt or be crushed.

Narrative Hooks for the Living Fossils

• The players are hired to investigate a series of unexplained earthquakes that seem to follow a migrating herd of fossilized creatures.

• A desperate druid seeks the party's aid in calming a rampaging Living Fossil that is destroying her sacred grove, a creature believed to be a protector, now twisted by an unknown force.

• An ancient order of elementalists seeks to control these Living Fossils, and the players must stop them before they unleash untold destruction upon the land.

Let your players face the enduring power of the ancient world—where bones rise, and primordial magic reigns supreme!