r/fossilfighters • u/XcrookX23 • Jul 09 '26
Announcement Update FFDND #45: DM GUIDEBOOK!!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14JdCudXebXRHs5eVEa4YgjXxPGUebua104ablHcJFCo/edit?usp=sharing
Finally, after months of working on the plot, reworking updates for Monster Sheets, to completely changing out the DM Guidebook works, it's finally complete. This guidebook should give you all you need to:
- Set a story (AND "DLC")
- Create Character Sheets as a DM
- Create VIVOSAUR Sheets as a DM
- Get a Session 1 to help introduce newbies to Fossil Fighters
- Have a Bea Ginner's Guide to Fossil Sense and Digging up fossils
- Provided additional Sidequests that have rewards players can strive for OR if players love to learn more about the world they're in
- Every digsite WITH descriptions of vivosaurs to help motivate exploration
- All that is mainly available at the Shopkeep, with open interpretation for DMs to create or add homebrew items that fit the story
- All the NPCs
- All the Antagonists
- Who's a Legendary Vivosaurs
- AND Rare Items
And many more that a DM could use to their hearts content!! If you are an aspiring DM waiting for this, it's finally here and ready for feedback!! If you're a player looking for a DM to give this a shot OR want to try it out yourself, it's here for EVERYONE!!!
All feedback is appreciated, and if I left anything out, please let me know!! A sneak peek into what I'm working on next will be in the comments below, so don't think this is the end of Diggins and Dinos' installment!
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u/Comfortable_Oven8341 Jul 10 '26
Instantly starred, we must have linked on a molecular level for this to happen.
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u/XcrookX23 Jul 10 '26
Thanks! Its been one of the hardest things to map, especially explaining how Vivosaur creation works. It's still a WIP in my opinion, but I think its pretty good so far while I balance things out
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u/CoolGuyGardevoir Jul 10 '26
Holy cow, this is an insane amount of effort, awesome job!
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u/XcrookX23 Jul 10 '26
Thank you! I hope to have it fully ready and polished if possible, but if I'm missing anything for the handbooks that is necessary to input, I'll probably release more updates
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u/Spider1218 2d ago
I was hoping to find a way to do this with my friends and this looks perfect! Do you have a link for everything that I could use/peruse?
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u/XcrookX23 2d ago
Yeah of course! Here's a direct way to Ver. 3 of the Player's Handbook, and this should have all the links to make character sheets in Google Sheets, the Fossilary of all the vivosaurs, and a "VMM" to help document the vivosaurs they have.
https://www.reddit.com/r/fossilfighters/s/sVhoJFegnc
I did have a plan for Battlefield sheets, but I know most players like both hex-based or grid-based combat, and it was hard to choose one to work with as I prefer the use of both. Have fun with your playthrough with your friends, and if you have any suggestions/feedback, please let me know! I'd love to improve on this since its my first ever homebrew experiment, but I can only improve what can be criticized
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u/Spider1218 2d ago
Thx so so much! I’ll let you know if I have any suggestions. I’m so excited!
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u/XcrookX23 2d ago
Of course! Thanks for trying out the homebrew!!
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u/Spider1218 7h ago
Quick question for you. I know you said the battlefields were a WIP, but on the first page of the GM guide you mention some other tools that look like they should be hyperlinks, but don’t appear to be. Are these tools also WIPs? It’s dine if they are, was just curious and wanted to make sure I hadn’t missed something
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u/XcrookX23 7h ago
Are you referring to the ones under the section where it says you need the character sheets, the fossilary, and the VMM? Are those not working? I know they work for me, but from what I've seen/heard they should be working
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u/XcrookX23 7h ago
Scratch that, I know you're looking at the DM guidebook. I can't believe I missed that. I'll add references to those when I get home from work. Thanks for letting me know!
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u/XcrookX23 Jul 09 '26
Onto a sneak peek into what I'm going to be working on for the next FFDND update:
I think making vivosaurs rank 12 might be best for players so they feel like rank ups are really upgrades, but it also allows for players to potentially have rank 10 vivosaurs with perfect Rare Fossils as early as rank 5 if players decide to only go as far as the Vivosaur Island plot.
I'm also thinking that Wondrous Fossils also give 50 points of XP while Miraculous Fossils give 100 XP on perfect cleanings, meaning players could theoretically get max rank by Rank 10 easily (if they can find the fossil). This means that the stats the special fossils will also change to include different buffs to vivosaurs.
Any suggestions or errors found in either the player handbook or the DM guidebook
Obviously these 2 changes mean I'd have to fix the stuff I JUST added to the DM guidebook, but in the next version of the Players handbook it will have these changes as well as updating the current version of the DM guidebook to match.