(Review) Cube World Bestiary and D1000 Treasure Table

 Name: Cube World Bestiary and D1000 Treasure Table

Author: Zak Sabbath

What is it: Gigantic book of monsters and treasures for Lamentation of the Flame Princess or other OSR games.

It is found on Zak’s Store on his blog, dndwithpornstars, and all the Cube World Modules are individually purchasable*.

*(In the upper right-hand corner, read through, pick what you like, and read how to order.)*

When you buy a Cube World Supplement, you get a free copy of the Bestiary and d1000 Treasure table that are current to the latest supplement.

The best way to describe the bestiary is essentially that it is the LotFP’s Monster Manual+, making it nigh essential for anyone who collects LotFP, and lots of other OSR games.

It has ~468 creatures, all fully statted, with lots of additional things – such as a witch generator, Faerie generator, tons of creatures with random qualities for variety, variants of creatures, and of course art and descriptions.

For reference, The Fiend Folio has 160 creatures, The Monster Manual has 350, and the Monster Manual II has 250.

This means that a single free PDF that comes with every Cube World purchase has ~468/760 creatures, so it is almost equivalent amount-wise to the Fiend Folio and Monster Manual combined and creatures are added as each new cube world comes out – when you get a bestiary, it is the most current one.

Some creatures are from Vornheim, A Red and Pleasant Land, Maze of the Blue Medusa, Frostbitten and Mutilated, but the majority are from Cube World supplements.

There is plenty of art – some of it is only in this bestiary or in other Cube World supplements!

When I create creatures, I look here first for something analogous, to use, or to use as a template.

It is great for anyone making LotFP or other OSR creatures, it has become an indispensable book for me - and seeing as it comes free with Cube World Purchases, it is one of the most affordable tools I have ever purchased!

As for the d1000 treasure table – it is split into the following sections:

Random Key, which is just a d100

Random Items, which is a d100+500

Random Potion, which is D100+600

Interesting Book, which is D100+700

Magic Weapon, which is d100+800

Other Magic Items, which is d100+900

There are so many unique treasures in the items, potions, and weapons sections, and are more than enough to last a lifetime of playing RPGs, but when you get into the interesting books it stops being just amazing and becomes better than anything else I have ever seen.

Each book has unique purposes based on a roll of a d6, with each book entry being worth money on a 1, increasing specific skills when held on leveling up on 2-4, and special kick-ass entries for 5-6 which all are excellent and magical or very useful.

Beyond the D1000 table, there is also 20 well-written book descriptions for when players pull a random book off the shelves, which function as hooks or clues for future events.

All in all, the D1000 treasure table has so much material it could easily last forever, and like all tables, would be very easy to modify or borrow from – so it is extremely versatile.

The D1000 Treasure Table comes with all Cube World Supplements – adding tons to the value of any purchase.

So, are these worth buying a Cube World Supplement?

I would say that anyone who enjoyed any of Zak’s published works will find extreme value and versatility with these books – So yes, unequivocally these books are worth purchase, they stand on their own and are given for free with each supplement, an extremely generous offer.

More reviews to come, and if you are interested in any individual Cube World please comment and I will carefully read it and discuss it.

I am still learning LotFP, but have ALL current Cube World modules, and have skimmed or read all of them. Eventually I plan to playtest some or all of them as well, and that will also be put somewhere, and long-form reviews/discussion about full length books of Zak and LOTFP will be created eventually. Any questions posed will be answered, so please feel free to raise any query in the comments!

Thank you for reading!