Late Entries to a Survey of Bestiaries

January 3, 2026
A Compendium of Familiars & Companions: Volume 1: Beasts & Fey
author: uncredited
interior artist: uncredited
cover artist: uncredited
publisher: Adventurica
publication date: 2025
cover: softcover
number of pages: 64
ISBN-10: 0-02-223023-8
ISBN-13: 237-0-02-223023-4
AI declaration: This work used AI to generate content.
description: This bestiary contains descriptions of fifty creatures proposed as familiars and companions. It is compatible with the 5^th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Role Playing Game.

Our featured entry from this bestiary is the gooplet.

In places where stray magic soaks into soil and odd fungi glow, strange things form. Glooplet was born in such a spot, a bit of enchanted slime that split from a larger ooze and slowly became its own thing. Unlike its source, Glooplet only wants to see, taste, and bounce through the world.

It slides along the edges of the Fey Realm, sneaking into potion shops, libraries, and kitchens, absorbing anything curious or shiny. Some fey call it a spell's echo, others say it's a fragment of something larger that gained a will of its own. Glooplet doesn't care. It just wants to explore.

January 17, 2026
A Compendium of Familiars & Companions: Volume 2: Constructs & Elementals
author: uncredited
interior artist: uncredited
cover artist: uncredited
publisher: Adventurica
publication date: 2025
cover: softcover
number of pages: 64
ISBN-10: 0-02-255872-1
ISBN-13: 237-0-02-255872-7
AI declaration: This work used AI to generate content.
description: This bestiary contains descriptions of fifty creatures proposed as familiars and companions. It is compatible with the 5^th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Role Playing Game.

Our featured entry from this bestiary is the sporemite crawler.

Sporemite Crawlers are bioluminescent constructs commonly found in crystal-rich cave systems, though their origin remains unknown. Despite their mechanical nature, they behave much like living creatures, often gathering near mineral veins and nibbling on exposed gemstones.

Miners often refer to them as "crystal bugs" and approach them with care, as Sporemite Crawlers instinctively release sleep-inducing spores when startled. Though not aggressive by nature, they react swiftly to anyone interfering with their chosen crystals.

February 7, 2026
A Compendium of Familiars & Companions: Volume 3: Celestials & Fiends
author: uncredited
interior artist: uncredited
cover artist: uncredited
publisher: Adventurica
publication date: 2025
cover: softcover
number of pages: 64
ISBN-10: 0-02-261916-X
ISBN-13: 237-0-02-261916-9
AI declaration: This work used AI to generate content.
description: This bestiary contains descriptions of fifty creatures proposed as familiars and companions. It is compatible with the 5^th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Role Playing Game.

Our featured entry from this bestiary is the ignarix.

Born from the infernal fires of the Lower Planes, the Ignarix is a creature woven from pure hellfire and magic. Its form is shaped by destructive flames, cloaked in smoldering fur and a burning presence. Though small, it is a deadly fiend, feared by those who deal in dark magic, infernal pacts, and forbidden rites. Its eyes burn with Hell's eternal flame, capable of consuming both body and soul, a testament to its fiendish origin.

Ignarix hides its true malevolent nature behind a playful facade. While it may appear lighthearted at times, beneath the surface lies a nature driven by evil and destruction. It delights in tormenting enemies with fire, toying with them before delivering its deadly bite. Its loyalty is rooted in the infernal pact, not affection. It is fiercely protective of its bonded partner, but only to further its twisted whims. Cunning, ruthless, and merciless, the Ignarix watches from the shadows, ever calculating and cold.

February 21, 2026
Lexicaria Bestia Vol. 1: Absurd Abominations
author: Dr. Sebastian Wuensche Ngan
interior artist: Dr. Sebastian Wuensche Ngan
cover artist: Dr. Sebastian Wuensche Ngan
publisher: Secrets of Alexandria
publication date: 2025
cover: hardcover
number of pages: 162
ISBN-10: 0-02-255785-7
ISBN-13: 237-0-02-255785-0
AI declaration: This work used AI to generate content.
description: This bestiary contains descriptions of over one hundred monsters. It is compatible with the 5^th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Role Playing Game.

Our featured entry from this bestiary is the mettling.

The Mettling was never meant to be. In the back room of a once-popular village bakery, a reclusive necromancer perfected his culinary crimes. To the public, he was just an eccentric baker known for "experimental meat buns," but in truth, he infused magic into monstrous amalgamations of food and flesh. The Mettling was one such creation - a twisted helper made from ground meat, bone fragments, sliced onions, garlic and enchanted bread. A bun tops its head, and its eyes and fingernails are glistening onion slices accompanied by a fine set of twisted garlic teeth. It speaks in garbled growls and often weeps grease when angry.

Originally meant to knead dough and guard the rear of the shop, the Mettling developed an aggressive hunger for raw flesh and independence. Before the necromancer mysteriously vanished (or was eaten), he meticulously wrote down the summoning ritual and the precise ingredients necessary to bring the Mettling to life. The recipe has been copied by other necromancers, and as a result, these bizarre creatures have occasionally appeared in other locations, though often tied to similar necromantic experiments.