What is Mutant Spawn of the Toadmother?
Mutant Spawn of the Toadmother is a 1st-level 5E adventure and DCC RPG 0-level funnel that can stand alone, or serve as a gruesome introduction to the Castle Whiterock mega-dungeon. Goodman Games generously reached out to those of us active in the third-party publishing world to ask whether we would be interested in producing materials to support their Castle Whiterock campaign.
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What is Castle Whiterock?
Castle Whiterock is “a classic castle-themed mega-dungeon. This huge boxed set holds books, poster maps, and more than 700 pages of adventure content. The challenges herein can fuel a campaign for years. The 5E boxed set takes 5E characters from 1st through 15th level, and the DCC RPG edition takes DCC RPG characters from 1st through 7th level.”
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What is Mega Dungeon Month?
“For the first time ever, the titans of RPG, Goodman Games, Kobold Press, Monte Cook Games, Ghostfire Gaming, Loke Battle Mats, and Troll Lord Games, descend together into a single, epic collab-funding event. An entire month-long celebration of dungeons at their most dangerous, deadliest, and most dazzling. Expect towering tomes packed with peril, treasure hoards beyond imagining, and unforgettable encounters forged by the greatest minds in modern RPGs.”
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But what is Mutant Spawn of the Toadmother—really?
Mutant Spawn of the Toadmother is a punishingly fun descent into the bowels of the earth. Think Aliens or C.H.U.D. (definitely more on the C.H.U.D. side).
Players portray a band of refugees and outcasts from the slums of Cillamar, pushed by an uncaring populace to take matters into their own hands. They must venture into the depths below to rescue and avenge their friends and family from the demonic creatures that dwell in the dark.
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What's the deal with the Lost Level?
Now that all of the Castle Whiterock campaigns have been funded, the Lost Level is fully open!
Each pledge level gets you access to the Nerdornomicon lost level encounter 1-4: No Man’s Land. Backers at the “Kick us a Buck!” level can add the Lost Level as a physical or PDF add-on.
Pledge for the Goodman Games Castle Whiterock to get the mysterious map of the Lost Level of Whiterock, then, for every other Castle Whiterock project you support, you’ll get full encounter details for one room of the Lost Level!
Pledge for all 13 projects and get the Lost Level, plus complete descriptions of every single room on it!
In Lost Level area 1-4: No Man’s Land, available with the Mutant Spawn of the Toadmother, your players will traverse a maze of tunnels—disputed territory for two brutal subterranean gangs. This encounter, for 5E and DCC RPG, can be dropped into any subterranean adventure, or as part of the fabled Lost Level of Castle Whiterock!
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How about shipping costs?
Shipping costs will be calculated for your individual order. Those calculations will be done as part of the pledge manager process after the campaign has finished.
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When will I get my hands on Mutant Spawn of the Toadmother?
We’re in playtesting now (backers will be invited to online playtest sessions once the campaign wraps up). Once we’ve worked out the bugs, we’ll finish writing it up, illustrating it, etc. We aim to have things in the mail to you sometime in October 2026!
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What does fulfillment look like?
The zines will be 8-1/2” x 11”, stapled, with a color cover and a black-and-white interior. We use vegetable-based inks on recycled or sustainably sourced paper, handle fulfillment in-house, and use USPS whenever possible.
Last updated: March 25, 2026 09:03
What is this Nerdronomicon thing?
The Nerdronomicon, a tome of great nerdly power, awaits seekers worthy of its knowledge. It promises dark formulations, forbidden incantations, and indescribable secrets!
Nerdronomicon is me—Andy Edmonds—and I produce and publish third-party supplements for Table-Top Role Playing Games like Dungeon Crawl Classics.
If you are a seeker of nerdly enlightenment, or you want to get involved, visit Nerdronomicon.com and sign up to the mailing list or reach out through Backerkit, email, or socials.
Last updated: March 26, 2026 11:36
What is BackerKit?
BackerKit is a service that crowdfunded project creators use to keep track of hundreds to tens of thousands of backers—from shipping details, pledge levels, preferences and quantities, whether they have paid or had their card declined, special notes, and everything in between!
The BackerKit software and support team is independent from the campaign’s project team—BackerKit does not handle the actual reward shipping. For more information about the preparation or delivery status of your rewards, please check the project's updates page.
How does BackerKit work?
After the campaign ends, the project creator will send you an email with a unique link to your survey. You can check out a walkthrough of the process here.
I never received my invitation. How do I complete the survey?
The most common reasons for not receiving a survey email is that you may be checking an email inbox different from the email address you used to sign up with Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Tilt Pro account, or it may be caught in your spam filter.
Confirm that the email address you are searching matches the email address tied to your Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or Tilt Pro account. If that doesn’t work, then try checking your spam, junk or promotions folders. You can also search for "backerkit” in your inbox.
To resend the survey to yourself, visit the project page and input the email address associated with your Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Tilt Pro account.
How do I update my shipping address?
BackerKit allows you to update your shipping address until the shipping addresses are locked by the project creator. To update your address, go back to your BackerKit survey by inputting your email here.
When will my order be shipped, charged or locked?
That is handled directly by the project creator. BackerKit functions independently of the project itself, so we do not have control of their physical shipping timeline. If you want to check on the project’s status, we recommend reading over the project's updates page.
I completed the survey, but haven't received my rewards yet. When will they arrive?
As BackerKit does not actually handle any rewards or shipping, the best way to stay updated on the shipping timeline would be to check out the project's updates page.