🐦 The Zoologist’s Primer: Birds Has Taken Flight
- Apr 28
- 3 min read
There are a lot of books in tabletop gaming about creatures. How to hunt them, fight them. They're filled with stat blocks that allow you to bring down monsterous creatures which you then rip them apart for alchemical reagents or sell their valuable hides for gold.
We can do better.
The Natural World Library grows Wings!
We’re proud to officially announce The Zoologist’s Primer: Birds, the latest entry in the Natural Library Collection.
This is a book about something we don’t see nearly enough of in fantasy TTRPG's.
Players living alongside the natural world.
We want to ask our players to look at birds as more than just background noise in a description.
Not tragic displays of target practice.
But instead showing them as Observers. Companions. Symbols. Messengers. Survivors.
In this book, they can finally take center stage.
What This Book Is (And What It Isn’t)
Inside The Zoologist’s Primer: Birds, you’ll find:
Over 100 real-world bird species
Detailed behaviors, habitats, and diets
Historical and cultural relationships with humans
Aviculture and companionship guidance
Storytelling tools designed for immediate use at the table
And, in true Natural Library fashion:
Ethical feather collection
Bottling birdsong
Recognizing nests and eggs
Using the natural world as a storytelling resource
But let's be abundantly clear:
This is not a monster manual.
There are no stat blocks. No combat tactics. No hunting guides.
This is a book about understanding and intigrating birds into your campaign.
Built for Storytellers
Whether you’re a Game Master, a player, a writer, or simply someone who loves building worlds, this book is designed to be:
A system-agnostic RPG supplement
An in-world artifact you can hand to your players
A source of inspiration for quieter, richer storytelling
A Campaign With Real-World Impact
This time, we’re taking things a step further.
A portion of this campaign will support real-world bird conservation efforts. Based on the milestones we hit in the campaign. For every milestone, we'll donate $1,000 to a select charity supporting bird conservation.
But we’re not making that decision alone.
We need your help.
Choose Your Champion
As part of this campaign, our community will help decide which organizations receive support. Each represented by a bird and the ideals they embody.
Each champion represents not just a bird, but a way of seeing the world.
And every follow, every backer, every share helps shape where that support goes.
Early Backers Take Flight
For those ready to join us at launch:
🎁 Back within the first 72 hours, or at our PREMIUM PLEDGE and above and receive a limited-edition hummingbird enamel pin
A small tribute to one of nature’s most extraordinary creatures capturing motion, precision, and beauty in a single fluttering moment.
Where We Are Now
We’ve already seen an incredible response from the community.
Over 1200 followers have joined the campaign ahead of launch.
But we have a ton of great stretch goals to hit. Notebooks, posters, coloring books, and Adventure Zines. But they won't happen without YOUR support.
Join Us
If this idea resonates with you if you’ve ever wanted a crow companion, a falcon messenger, or simply a world that feels more alive. We’d love for you to be part of it.
Let’s bring birds into our stories.
And help protect them in the real world.
— Hunters Entertainment