Exalted: Tale of the Visiting Flare

The young warrior known as Visiting Flare wanders Vaneha in search of the answers to the jumbled broken puzzle that is his past.

In times of stress he catches fleeting glimpses of a time when his power reshaped history, but he does not know whether those visions are real or what they mean. When the truth is revealed to him, his past and present will collide and legends will come alive once more.

This beautifully illustrated first glimpse into the world of Exalted 3rd Edition was made possible by the backers of the Deluxe Exalted 3rd Edition Kickstarter and is now available for the first time outside of the Kickstarter.

Exalted: Tale of the Visiting Flare is available at DriveThruComics.com!

27.07.2014. 08:47

Monte Cook's Small Matters

From a world magically transformed entirely into glass to a distant future where the Catholic Church of Osirus uses two singularities to manipulate time, the science fiction and fantasy stories of Small Matters take the readers to places unlike any they have visited before.

Brought to you from the mind of master world-builder and storyteller Monte Cook, these seven short stories tell tales of vengeance and honor. Love and murder. Loyalty and greed. As the title suggests, these are personal tales, not of world-saving quests but of people who face tough decisions that affect their own lives. Not all of them choose wisely...

Small Matters is available at DriveThruFiction.com.

25.07.2014. 20:27

Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters

Improvisation is key to running any roleplaying game. It’s an essential skill for every game master and player, and can mean the difference between a good gaming session and a great one. Until now, there hasn’t been a system-neutral book that covers improvisation for game masters from every angle.

Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters is that book. An anthology of 23 essays by a diverse group of award-winning authors, designers, and experienced game masters, Unframed gives you the tools and inspiration to improvise better, “wing it” without hesitation, and get killer results.

Inside this book you’ll find advice on improvising dialogue scenes by Robin D. Laws (Hillfolk, Ashen Stars), a look at “Just In Time” improvisation from Jennell Jaquays (Caverns of Thracia, Dark Tower), advice on listening to your players by Jason Morningstar (Fiasco, Durance), tricks for handling curveballs from Jess Hartley (Changeling: The Lost, Geist: The Sin-Eaters), tips on improv in horror games from Kenneth Hite (Trail of Cthulhu, GURPS Horror), insightful essays by the authors of the ENnie Award-winning game mastering blog Gnome Stew, and many more. Unframed collects the wisdom of 23 top designers and gaming industry veterans, and offers 23 perspectives on improvisation.

Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters is available at RPGNow.com!

24.07.2014. 15:46

Of Predators and Prey: The Hunters Hunted II Anthology

Most mortals turn away from the darkness that preys upon them, going about their lives in despair of the Damned and the evils they visit upon the world. But a precious few wage a personal war to shine light on those shadows and diminish them, like solitary candles shining in the night. The path of the hunter is lonely and fraught with danger, at once beset by the monsters they hunt and looked upon with suspicion by their fellow mortals they thanklessly seek to protect.

Nine new short stories chronicling the hunters’ trials of the night, including original works by Richard Dansky, Bill Bridges, Jess Hartley, Natasha Bryant-Raible, Jason Andrew, Sarah Roark, Alan Alexander, Matthew McFarland, and Edward Austin Hall.

Of Predators and Prey: The Hunters Hunted II Anthology is available now in eBook and Softcover editions at DriveThruFiction.com!

23.07.2014. 08:17

The One Ring - Rivendell

Rivendell! This setting supplement will take your One Ring adventures West across the Misty Mountains to the Last Homely House, expanding play into eastern Eriador, covering not only Rivendell itself, but Angmar, Fornost, Mount Gram, Tharbad and everywhere in between.

There are also rules for creating your own Magical Treasure; playing Rangers of the North and High Elves of Rivendell; turning the baleful Eye of Mordor on your company; and facing more powerful adversaries than ever before.

Rivendell is written by Francesco Nepitello, with additional contributions from Amado Angulo, Shane Ivey, Andrew Kenrick, Marco Maggi, Thomas Morwinsky and James M. Spahn. It is lavishly illustrated by Jon Hodgson, Jan Pospíšil and Jeremy McHugh, with fantastic maps of Eastern Eriador created by Paul Bourne.

The One Ring - Rivendell is available at RPGNow.com!

22.07.2014. 16:39

X-Mas in July Sale at RPGNow!

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22.07.2014. 08:58

Embrace the Squee

EMBRACE THE SQUEE is the uber-geeky coloring book by John Kovalic (Dork Tower, Munchkin)!

In it you'll find dinosaurs, elder gods, kobolds, pirates and more, pefect for the child in your life, of the inner-child in you!

100% of the proceeds from the sale of this goes to charities - The Hero Initiative, and FairShare CSA Coalition!

Embrace the Squee is available at DriveThruComics.com!

21.07.2014. 07:18

Streets of Bedlam SoB Stories #1

"Y’know, I didn’t really understand what folks meant when they said no good deed goes unpunished, until I heard the story of Dory Brooker. You familiar? Aw shit then, pull up a chair. C’mon, buy me a round and I’ll fill your ears with one helluva tale."

One year ago, a well-meaning citizen talked a mild-mannered accountant out of throwing herself off the roof of her apartment building. When that same citizen goes missing, the accountant looks for help in finding the man—not knowing just how many people want her savior to disappear for good.

SoB Stories #1 is a standalone scenario for use as a one-shot or to placed inside your ongoing Streets of Bedlam campaign.

Designed for use with Streets of Bedlam: A Savage World of Crime + Corruption.

Streets of Bedlam SoB Stories #1 is available at RPGNow.com!

20.07.2014. 09:00

ETU: Degrees of Horror (Savage Worlds)

Your boyfriend dumped you.

You’ve got exams first thing in the morning.

And the world's going to end at midnight unless you stop it.

Looks like another all-nighter with the study group.

Degrees of Horror features a full-length Plot Point Campaign that takes the students from Freshman to Senior, and uncovers a mystery as old as the faculty themselves. The syllabus includes classroom intrigue, dark conspiracy, dusty mysteries from the past, killer exams, massive parties, and new horrors to torment the student body.

Degrees of Horror also includes a full course-load of Savage Tales that work equally well with the Plot Point Campaign or your own epic saga.

Degrees of Horror is a Plot Point Campaign for East Texas University. It requires that book and the Savage Worlds core rules to play.

19.07.2014. 13:32

The Necronomicon

Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab

Although skeptics claim that the Necronomicon is a fantastic tome created by H. P. Lovecraft, true seekers into the esoteric mysteries of the world know the truth: the Necronomicon is the blasphemous tome of forbidden knowledge written by the mad Arab, Abdul Alhazred. Even today, after attempts over the centuries to destroy any and all copies in any language, some few copies still exist, secreted away.

Within this book you will find stories about the Necronomicon, different versions of the Necronomicon, and two essays on this blasphemous tome.

Now you too may learn the true lore of Abdul Alhazred.

The Necronomicon (2nd Ed) is now available in PDF and Softcover at DriveThruFiction.com!

19.07.2014. 07:33