Wednesday, February 25, 2026

French-Inspired Campaign

I haven't told my players group yet, and we haven't gamed regularly in quite some time, but I'm hoping to pick back up this summer with a bi-weekly session. (Fingers crossed the summer allows it after I return from a delayed honeymoon). 

I'm working on some encounter areas and a map based on a personal version of Clark Ashton Smith's Averoigne stories. But I'm also planning on supplementing with a whole host of creatures out of more traditional French legend/mythology. 

Below is the working version of the list, and my goal is to stat a few a week from now through early June. I may be dropping some of those here as I go. Even if I don't do much with the campaign setting, at a minimum, I'll likely collect the monsters into a published book in the 6"×9" format like the Creature Cache (available in print from Lulu.com and in PDF from DriveThruRPG). 

Working List: "Bestiaire Fantastique" (a.k.a. "Le Grand Grimoire")

  1. Ankou (medium undead)
  2. Babau  (large dragon)
  3. Barbegazi (small humanoid)
  4. Bigorne (medium monstrosity)
  5. Camba Crusa (small aberration)
  6. Carcolh (huge monstrosity)
  7. Cheval Gauvin (large fiend)
  8. Cheval Mallet (large fiend)
  9. Chicheface (medium monstrosity)
  10. Chien Noir (medium fiend)
  11. Codrille (large-to-gargantuan dragon)
  12. Coulobre (huge dragon)
  13. Craqueuhhe (medium undead)
  14. Dame Blanche (medium undead)
  15. Dame Verte (medium undead)
  16. Dard (large dragon)
  17. Dormette (tiny fey)
  18. Duphon (small monstrosity)
  19. Ech Goblin (small humanoid/shapechanger)
  20. Fadet (small fey)
  21. Fion (small humanoid)
  22. Gargouille (huge monstrosity)
  23. Gavant (medium monstrosity)
  24. Giant, Basajaun (large giant)
  25. Giant, Jentil (huge giant)
  26. Giant, Mairu (large giant)
  27. Giant, Tartalo (huge giant)
  28. Goubelin (small fiend)
  29. Groac'h (medium fey)
  30. Guivre (huge dragon)
  31. Houeron (medium fey)
  32. Houle (medium fey)
  33. Irrwurz (small plant)
  34. Jetin (tiny humanoid)
  35. Karnobo (medium fiend)
  36. Loup Garou (medium humanoid/shapechanger)
  37. Lupeux (medium fiend)
  38. Marioche (large fiend/shapechanger)
  39. Matagot (small fey)
  40. Melusine (medium fey)
  41. Nain Rouge (small humanoid)
  42. Peluda (huge monstrosity)
  43. Peteu (huge monstrosity)
  44. Picolaton (medium monstrosity)
  45. Quinotaur (large monstrosity)
  46. (huge dragon) 
  47. Tarasque (gargantuan monstrosity)
  48. Tempêtte (medium fey)
  49. Volo Biou (large monstrosity)
  50. Vouivre (huge dragon)
  51. Yan-gant-y-tan (medium fiend)


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