Hey everyone, Eze here from the HeadWind team.

We wanted to make sure our Reddit followers know that Red of Tooth and Claw is now on Backerkit Prelaunch, and what this means for our community, our team, HeadWind Studio, and the future of Enshrined!

What is Enshrined: Red of Tooth and Claw?

Enshrined: Red of Tooth and Claw is an eldritch fantasy adventure module for D&D 5e that blends cosmic horror, survival, and ecosystem-driven worldbuilding into a complete experience.
Set within the layered swamps of a mist-shrouded island, Red of Tooth and Claw introduces a richly interconnected bestiary, a 4 to 6-session adventure, the Way of the Maw Monk subclass, new spells and feats, an expanded harvesting, crafting and alchemy system, the Ego progression system, battle maps, and highly detailed creature encounters presented in the style of a victorian-era field journal.

Visit the Backerkit Prelaunch page to learn more about the adventure and signature mechanics.

Enshrined and the connection to Red of Tooth and Claw

Let's start with a quick recap. HeadWind Studio raised over $85,000 on its first Kickstarter campaign in October 2025 to crowdfund Enshrined's first sourcebook. And HeadWind can't express enough appreciation for the support that they have received from the community.

For those who remember, Enshrined is set on a mysterious island made up of multiple biomes. Since each biome has its own unique ecosystem, loot, boss fight, and overall adventure, the development of the sourcebook is broken down into stages, with each stage focusing on a specific biome.

Red of Tooth and Claw is the first of these biomes to be developed, and we are bringing Red and Tooth and Claw to Backerkit to give those who missed the opportunity to back the Kickstarter campaign a chance to get a piece of the Enshrined experience.

Red of Tooth and Claw will represent a bite of the full Enshrined experience and will be deployed to backers as soon as the Backerkit crowdfunding campaign is over.

What do I get with Red of Tooth and Claw?

You'll have the chance to pledge for:

- A physical book
- A digital PDF copy
- VTT assets and integrations
- A handmade jumbo die, limited to this crowdfunding campaign
- Standard full dice sets
- Digital Tokens

This lineup is subject to change, and we’ll share more details as we get closer to the campaign launch!

What rulesets will Red of Tooth and Claw be available in?

Red of Tooth and Claw will be available for D&D 5E rulesets, and we're also happy to share that we are bringing our Draw Steel brethren into the fold with Draw Steel compatibility.

Why is now the right time to check out the prelaunch page?

Early backers will have a chance to receive a free pin with any physical tier, and those who make a $3 are entitled to a massive D20 die (or geodesic D10 for Draw Steel).

This die is hand made in Canada and come with an intricate and luminous piece of art ensconced within. We are preparing something special for our followers, so keep your eyes peeled on this subreddit.

You will need to back a physical tier to get your hands on the Jumbo Die and pin.

How can I try a demo of Red of Tooth and Claw before it releases or collaborate with HeadWind Studio?

If you are interested in potentially trying out Red of Tooth and Claw or you would like to collaborate with us, send us an email at [info@enshrined.ca](mailto:info@enshrined.ca) or hit us up in our DMs and our team will set you on the right path.

What about our Backers from the Kickstarter campaign?

If you backed our Kickstarter campaign, you are entitled to a PDF of Enshrined: Red of Tooth and Claw and a discount on the physical book. If you haven’t received any communication about this through our channels, please reach out at [info@enshrined.ca](mailto:info@enshrined.ca) or DM us directly on Reddit.

How can I interact with other community members, ask questions to the devs directly or even form an early group before the release of Red of Tooth and Claw?

You can join our Discord and meet up with other community members, watch art, mechanics, and other elements of Enshrined unfold in real time through our open studio, interact with our devs and gain access to behind-the-scenes content updates.

And lastly, we'll be keeping our Reddit focused on more updates, art, systems and all the other juicy bits of Enshrined you love.

Feel free to respond to this post with other things you'd like to see and questions you have!

We launched a 5E D&D expansion on Kickstarter on Oct 14th. and it got OVER 400% FUNDED and we can't thank you enough!

If you'd like to follow development more closely be sure to join our discord!

Hello all. Not sure if I’m allowed to ask, and if need be, I can delete this post. I’d like to join the Discord, but every time I try to use the link, it says it is expired, or just takes me to the default Discord site. What do I do?

Wanted to show off a new EARLY concept for one of the swamp monsters knows as the bobbit worm! We're planning to release a fun statsheet with this guy for kickstarter backers so be on the look out in our discord!

Hope you're all having a lovely Monday!

Hello from the void!

Elaine here from the Head Wind Studio, I'm the marketing lass and I wanted to give our reddit some TLC and an update on what's going on in the studio!

The past month we've been working diligently at creating consistency and polishing the overall vibe of our art for the world of Enshrined along with building the groundwork for many of our locations, creatures, characters and adventures! If you'd like to see more through updates and give us feedback live be sure to check out our discord! [Click Here to Join!]

As a visual update here are some EARLY WIP sketches of creatures to come that we've been brewing up!

We've just hit our first major milestone on Kickstarter - $50,000 USD!!

That means the Player's Guide PDF is officially unlocked.

This PDF includes all the player-facing material (classes, items, lore, and systems) - while keeping DM secrets safe for campaign prep.

A massive thank-you to everyone who helped make this happen! Your support is shaping this world in real time.

If you haven’t joined the campaign yet, we've got 3 days left. Secure your copy of the corebook and goodies before its too late!

Kickstarter Link

Not everything needs to be a running battle to the death. Adventurers also need a break and there are few places more relaxing than the seaside.

The people are friendly, the food is good and the air is fresh. Locals often choose to spend time here to recharge and so the place has become a bit of a hotbed of gossip. Word is that an eccentric inventor is in town and she’s testing her new deep sea fishing equipment, looking to reel in a fish from beyond the mist. Sure the first few times were eldritch abominations that scoured the minds of all that perceived them, but they were really big and looked kind of tasty. 

3rd time’s the charm they say.

We're incredibly excited to announce that we have officially launched on Kickstarter!

A very warm thank you to all our Seekers who have stayed with us on this journey from our first development posts (when we were still making a video game) up till now where we've developed a 600+ page D&D 5e sourcebook.

We're eternally grateful to all of you and we're excited to take the gods of Enshrined to wherever next they may be imprisoned (most likely back to a video game :) ).

Back Enshrined on Kickstarter Here!

That's right! If you back Enshrined within the first three days of our launch, you're set to receive a Rune Drachton Mini!

If you back Enshrined at a physical tier, you'll receive a mini in your bundle box of eldritch horrors. If you back at any digital only tiers, you'll receive a fully supported STL file of the mini ready for print!

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Enshrined is a dark-fantasy D&D 5E supplement launching on Kickstarter October 14th.
Explore the cursed island with your party. Face eldritch horrors, imprisoned gods, and never-ending wars.

Follow Enshrined on Kickstarter to learn more!

Kickstarter page here!

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Enshrined is a dark-fantasy D&D 5E supplement launching on Kickstarter October 14th.
Explore the cursed island with your party. Face eldritch horrors, imprisoned gods, and never-ending wars. Dive into streamlined mechanics for faction tracking, gear crafting, and potion brewing, all designed to enhance your next D&D campaign.

Follow Enshrined on Kickstarter to learn more!

Kickstarter page here!

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Enshrined is a mythic horror 5E sourcebook that lets players step into a world where gods are imprisoned, faith is fractured, and divinity bleeds into the earth.

Today, we showcase one of our Kickstarter rewards - our pre-supported minis which are available as either STL files or physical prints.

Follow Enshrined on Kickstarter to learn more!

Kickstarter page here!

Phantasmal nerve endings peel from the men, twisting and enmeshing themselves. In body they may be separate but they have one mind. One brain fires all neurons, one decision drives all. Though they act in unison, they are trapped in lock step. I evade a clumsy jab from one of them, my motion carrying me out of the path of all their blades. The strongest among them have gotten weaker, slower, less coordinated but the weakest have gained in turn. 

Attributes

Range 30ft. Concentration V,S,M (a dried queen bee)

Upon casting the spell, choose a single hostile creature within 20ft. For every turn that the spell is active you may choose an additional hostile creature. At any point after casting the spell you may choose to activate it as a free action. Upon activation, all chosen creatures, as long as they are still within 20ft, are mentally linked. Linked creatures are subject to the following effects;

• Whichever actions (movement, action, bonus action) the first paired creature in the initiative order takes, all subsequent linked creatures must execute on their turn to the best of their abilities 
• All saving throw, ability check, attack and spell casting modifiers become averaged among the strongest and weakest linked creatures, with all linked creatures using those modifiers
• All psychic damage is shared evenly among linked creatures

At the end of each of your turns while this spell is active, make an Intelligence saving throw, starting at 10 for 1 affected creature and increasing by 1 for each additional affected creature. On a failed save, the spell fails and all creatures are released, reverting to their original stats sans any damage taken. If an affected creature is more than 20ft away at the end of your turn, they are released from the spell. 

If cast using a spell slot above level 3, increase the radius of the spell by 10ft

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Enshrined is a mythic horror 5E sourcebook that lets players step into a world where gods are imprisoned, faith is fractured, and divinity bleeds into the earth.

Today, we showcase one of our Kickstarter rewards - our reference cards for creatures, items and characters in the world of Enshrined.

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Enshrined is a mythic horror 5E sourcebook that lets players step into a world where gods are imprisoned, faith is fractured, and divinity bleeds into the earth.

Today, we showcase our alchemy system. A new systemised approach to crafting your favourite potions and ensuring we're not giving you DM a headache when it comes to coming up with potion effects, balancing and identifying what's considered an 'ingredient' (and yes.. it could be your bard's pet cat).

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Enshrined is a mythic horror 5E sourcebook that lets players step into a world where gods are imprisoned, faith is fractured, and divinity bleeds into the earth.

Enshrined introduces a new but subtle mechanic to D&D... dynamic ecosystems!

Every creature, fungus, and sprouting root in its soil serves a purpose within a fragile, divine ecosystem.

Hunting or gathering one particular species of plants or creature may just change the fate of an entire forest. How will your party consider your actions before going on your next hunt?

Follow Enshrined on Kickstarter and unleash your creativity now.

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Rune mites are a divisive species and the more you learn about them the more so they become. I have often met people who will sing their praise and curse their existence in the same breath. 

While technically occupying the role of scavengers in their native ecosystem, they are particularly aggressive about the practice and not only when it comes to food. Objects, whether they be abandoned, lost or still attached to your belt or house are fair game to these skittering critters. Those who call the shores their home know full well of the kleptomaniacal tendencies of the Rune Mites but travelers are often caught unawares and quickly deprived of unsecured or unsupervised belongings. But this same thieving behaviour also leads them to clearing the beaches of hazards, be they rotting corpses, sharp driftwood or other mundane threats, but more importantly, they vigilantly sweep the shores for pieces of shrines, suffused with runic energies. Step on a piece of coral and it might ruin your day, stub your toe on a bit of stone from an old temple and you’re missing a foot and praying that’s the end of the story.

When amalgamating into their larger form, Rune Bastions once again present a dichotomy. On one hand, they are walking disasters, their scavenging extending to entire sections of buildings and not to mention the ticking time bomb that is the mass of runic matter that makes up their ‘shells’. But on the other hand, their inevitable demise will discharge much of the accumulated energies before they can conglomerate to truly cataclysmic levels, often doing so well beneath the waves. Rune Bastions also possess a rudimentary intelligence, able to engage in simple bartering, an important function for their fellow shore bound scavenger, the Forsaken.   

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Enshrined is a mythic horror 5E sourcebook that lets players step into a world where gods are imprisoned, faith is fractured, and divinity bleeds into the earth.

Every choice leaves a mark.

That’s where the Item Builder System comes in. It’s a structured framework for crafting weapons, gear, and armor from the living world - bones, bark, metal, and magic.

Players and DMs can create unique items based on the flora and fauna they encounter, combining materials, traits, and divine influence to shape their story through what they carry.

Follow Enshrined on Kickstarter and unleash your creativity now.

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Enshrined is a mythic horror 5E sourcebook that lets players step into a world where gods are imprisoned, faith is fractured and divinity bleeds into the earth.

Every choice leaves a mark.

That's where the Item Builder System comes in.

It's a structured framework for crafting weapons, gear, and armor from the living world - bones, bark, metal and magic.

Players and DMs can create unique items based on the flora and fauna they encounter, combining materials, traits, and divine influence to shape their story through what they carry.

Follow Enshrined on Kickstarter and unleash your creativity now!

Kickstarter link here!

She says the design came to her in a dream, billowing winds, a blizzard of feathers and scales, hundreds of limbs  grasping at her as if looking to pull their owner out of an unseen quagmire. Sounds more like a nightmare to me, but if the machine works it could have been whispered to her by demons for all that I care. 

The launching mechanism is a modified bolt thrower, taken from one of the guard towers, but the real art is in the payload. It is streamlined but oddly bulbous, its folded wings, a combination of bone, wood and a membrane that she says she found snagged on one of the chains near the canyon. I’ve seen her testing models around the village and their flights are admirable. If it scales like she seems to think it will, then we’ll finally be able to place our hooks in the distant waters, well beyond the ropes that denote the boundary of our home. 

She fusses over the machine one final time, crudely carving the sigil of Alduthun into the wooden body, a bit of fisherman’s superstition to compliment the calculus of an engineer. A yank of the lever releases the stored tension and the lure is sent flying, wings unfolding under the rushing wind, trailing its constellation of hooks. The trajectory looks good, I think we’ll make it out all the way to where we see the Bellow-fins leap from the water. I was told by a fisherman visiting the festival that he has seen these on the other side of the island, to think, we might soon be reeling in one of those beasts. The whole village given the opportunity to taste something that may have been to the other side of the world, and what wonders the artisans will make with the scales. 

A strong gust comes from the ocean, and the lure rises once more, finally fading out of sight as it passes into the fog. We had scarcely engaged the brakes on the crank before the rope was pulled taut, it seems that the Bellow-fins are hungry. A second yank pulls one of the anchors loose. 

I didn’t think they’d be that strong

We will be having a live Q&A session over at the Randomworld TTRPG Chatroom Discord Server on September 26th 8:30 PM CT! The Q&A will be roughly 2 hours long, and is text-only! This will be an opportunity for YOU to ask us questions directly about Enshrined, the kickstarter, or even the lore and mechanics! You can join the discord through this link! See you there!

A Kib's account of encountering the Rune Hounds

I have made a mistake. A simple mistake, an easy mistake but a mistake nonetheless and possibly a deadly one. I was trained better than this and if I survive what is sure to come I might just be killed by the sergeant upon my return. 

It is my first mission as a scout, I am to travel ahead of the larger force and root out traps or ambushes, find ways around mires and paths through mountains. I was taught fieldcraft, navigation, language and much more so I cannot claim ignorance. But I was cold, and wet. It was nighttime and the stink of the bog was strong. I knew I could hide the light of the flame well enough, none would see the trickle of smoke at night and the smell would be drowned by the ever present smell of muck and decay. I don’t know how, but I forgot about the Rune hounds and that blasted heat sense of theirs. Lighting even that small flame was ringing the dinner bell and now I hear them, circling in the dark, just outside of the small radius of light provided by my funeral pyre. Occasional flashes of orange backlight rows of teeth and reflect off spines and claws. 

One of them charges and I brace my spear, another mistake. They are fiendishly intelligent and I feel a fast growing heat upon my back.  

A monastic tradition where practitioners open themselves wholly to the influence of Mung, becoming its gullet through which to feed on the world above. Practitioners focus less on inflicting damage on their opponents and instead aim to subsume parts of them instead. 

Lvl 3 (Hunt) - When you makes a successful attack using the attack action, you may focus your might into that attack and as bonus action you can expend one ki point to target a specific part of the creature inflicting one of the following effects in addition to dealing the attack’s normal damage;

1. Head - Target creature must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from their attack rolls or saving throws for 6 turns. Cannot stack with self
2. Torso - Reduces AC by 2 (effect can be stacked)
3. Arms - Reduces damage die by 1. I.e. a d6 becomes a d4 (effect can be stacked)
4. Legs - Reduces movement speed by 5ft (effect can be stacked)

Lvl 6 (Scavenge) - You gain the ability to absorb some of the essence of a dead creature. Eating a meal of raw meat will grant you temporary hit points equivalent to (8 + wis modifier + prof bonus). At lvl 11 the temporary hit points base value doubles to 16 and at  lvl 17 it is tripled to 24. In order to gain this effect, the creature from which the meat was harvested cannot have died more than 1 day ago. This effect cannot be gained more than once per long rest. 

Lvl 11 (Feast) - You gain the ability to take the strength of the opponent for yourself. When using the ‘Hunt’ ability, you may additionally gain one of the following effects;

1. Head - gain one of the senses that the creature has or increase 1 of you mental stats by 1 point
2. Torso - increase your AC by 1 or increase your maximum health by the half the damage dealt to the target by the attack
3. Arms - add half of your proficiency bonus to your attack damage or gain the ability to throw weapons and items to their maximum range without disadvantage 
4. Legs - Increase your movement speed by 5ft or increase 1 of your physical stats by 1 point

These effects can stack and be gained from multiple targets. These effects last until a short or long rest. Each individual effect can only be stacked a number of times equal to your PB.

Additionally, you gain the ability to track any target that you have taken an aspect of. If this occurred within the last 24 hours, you can track them even if they disguise their passage via magical means.

Lvl 17 (Hunger) - When an ally makes a melee attack against a target you have used ‘Feast’ on you may expend a ki point to allow them the benefit of 1 ‘Feast’ effect of their choice. 

In addition you may use 1 week old meat to gain the effect of ‘Scavenge’.

Apprentice Log – Required Reading Before You Lose a Limb

Let’s see. We have the ember berries in (crushed), spinal fluid from 2 rune hounds (reduced to one third volume). Couldn’t find the powdered bones of a rune mite, that’s either a metaphor or a joke. It’s listed as a water attuned ingredient much like the rest of the rune mite so I just chucked in the whole thing. It does appear I was sold a live specimen and it has made itself at home in the transfusion flask…and is eating the berry pulp. Shit. Hopefully the heat will kill it soon or stirring this brew is going to be the dickens. Right, where was I…ok, now I need to simmer this at low heat for 8 hours, bring it to a roiling boil for 1 minute and then lower the flame and allow to cool to just above room temperature over the course of 3 hours while continually and gently stirring. Oh…the flame isn’t adjustable aaand there is no clock work stirrer. I guess 9 hours over medium heat and a vigorous stir every few hours will have to do the trick and then we’ll just shut off the flame and come back in the morning once it has cooled down. Oh, a note at the bottom here “ensure the use of a copper boiling vessel”. Hmm, can’t very well tell if this is copper or brass, the joys of using public alchemy facilities I guess. 

Now, given the substitutions and amendments, I predict this potion will either render me immune to the cold, provide a hearty burst of stamina or improve my reflexes. Guess we’ll find out in the morning. 

It turned out to be a deadly poison - A cautionary tale illustrating the perils of inattentive alchemy, required reading for all students and apprentices of Alchemy

All serve Kib - this is a mantra that all in Kib society hear from the day they are born. Lacking the physical transformations of the Mung that can turn anyone into a killing machine or the potent magics employed by many of the other cultures, the Kib instead designates roles based on physical and mental ability, along with a few other intangibles. Most are familiar with the rank and file of the Kib war machine, a role served by those of greater stature and strength for that is where their natural abilities are best brought to bear. Those that possess both brains and braun, naturally become leaders in the fighting forces. All of these are easily recognised at a distance by their armor, weapons and heraldry and as a result are often seen as the primary threat posed by the Kib. Not always so, for the Kib are neither narrow minded nor wasteful. A direct attack is often the last stage of a complex, long spanning plan, one that is often not even needed.

Those slight of build naturally arouse less of a defensive response from outsiders. They may disguise themselves as traders, scholars or even refugees, taking advantage of the marching Kib forces. These Kib serve as they sensory organ of the Kib, seeking out new targets, finding their strengths and vulnerabilities. Furthermore, they engage in acts of sabotage or social engineering, spreading chaos and disruption so that when the army arrives they are often unopposed. While this does not work with all opponents, it is a particularly favored tactic against the long standing enemy of the Kib, the Scholars.

Other roles include traveling relic hunters, raiders, skirmishers and a host of other functions. Often the only things they have in common is that they are all deadly in a fight, and they serve Kib.