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DIVINE FORCES: BENTEN, THE GOLDEN GODDESS OF GOOD FORTUNE By Steve Miller Interactive Design Adventures product number IDA 60003 16-page PDF, $3.50 Benten, the Golden Goddess of Good Fortune is the first entry in the new Divine Forces line of PDFs from Interactive Design...

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50 NEW WAYS TO TURN THINGS INTO OTHER THINGS: STARLANKO THE MAGNIFICENT'S BIG BOOK OF TRANSMUTATIONS By Matthew J. Hanson Silven Publishing product number SP1006 32-page PDF, $8.00 50 New Ways to Turn Things into Other Things is the second in the series of "50 New Ways" PDFs...

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Title: None So Vile: Disciples of Darkness II - Soul Harvester Author(s): Aeryn Rudel aka Blackdirge ISBN: .pdf, no ISBN Publishers: SkeletonKey games / Blackdirge Publishing Genre: D&D Fantasy, (Dark Material) Class: 3rd Edition and Revised, OGL Orientation: DM vs Player...

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I’m a big zombie fan. Zombie movies, zombie video games, zombie roleplaying games. There are few things that can’t be improved by adding a horde of zombies. They’re such a direct, imminent threat that can’t be ignored. There are hundreds of them. They feel no pain. They know no fear. ...

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Neo Rangers takes the ranger class and gives it change in concept. Unlike many other alternative rangers though, this one goes someplace new into the spider’s domain. That is new and different and creative. There are still interesting things that can be done to the core classes and I like...

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In this book of the series we see the established form of the books still being used and not that I expected that to change. The book starts with an entertaining history of how the spell was created. This one has a young man who never felt recognized for being himself in his large family. ...

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Title: The Slayer's Guide to Trolls MGP 0008 Author(s): Johnathan Richards ISBN: 1-903980-24-0 Publishers: Mongoose Publishing Genre: D&D Fantasy Class: 3rd Edition D&D, OGL, d20 Orientation: DM vs Player 93%/7% This product is weighed heavily toward DM use Length: 30...

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APG City Tiles Props at the gaming table are a nice way to enhance play and with the prevalence of minis being used in the game these types of tile props can be very useful. Here we have printable tiles that are in black and white as well as color. One of the nice things on them...

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LOOT 4 LESS VOL. II: RODS, STAFFS & WANDS By Owen K.C. Stephens Interactive Design Adventures product number IDA60004 16-page PDF, $1.25 Loot 4 Less vol. II: Rods, Staffs & Wands is the second in the aggravatingly titled "Loot 4 Less" series by Owen K.C. Stephens...

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EMERGING FORMS: ITHWRA By Rodney W. West Primal Urge Games product number PUG02019 18-page PDF, $2.00 Emerging Forms: IthWra is a short PDF focusing on a new PC race, the IthWra. The IthWra can perhaps be best described as an intelligent, human-sized mantis with a predilection for...

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http://shop.enworld.org/images/engs/product1807/kitsuthumb.jpgKitsunemori is an entry in Dog Soul Publishing’s Folkloric line of products detailing small new mini-campaign settings base on real world history and folklore. Kitsunemori literally means “fox forest”, and is depicts a small...

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A MAGICAL SOCIETY: BEAST BUILDER By Joseph Browning Expeditious Retreat Press product number XRP1004 224-page hardcover, $35.00 The kind folks at Expeditious Retreat Press (hi, Suzi!) sent me a review copy of A Magical Society: Beast Builder along with their new book, A Magical...

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Prelude There is something about vampirism that has a hold, a certain allure, which drives us to want to better understand, or even yet to be one. Vampires have been staple in fantasy, gothic and modern fiction. When the sun sets is when the horrors of the world come out to play. This...

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Bluffside Places: Rogues Rest Inn & Tavern is written as an expansion to the Bluffside: City On The Edge campaign book written by the same company, but can easily be used on its own. The product starts off by giving a brief three paragraph summary of the place and then delves into the keyed...

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Prelude There is something about lycanthropy that has a hold, a certain allure, which drives us to want to better understand, or even yet to be one. Lycanthropes, more scientifically therianthropes, have been staple in fantasy and gothic fiction. When the sun sets is when the horrors of...

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Spells of Farming Spells in fantasy games tend to be about combat first and fore most. It is nice to see products like this one that takes magic and applies it to mundane aspects of the world in this case farming. I like to see things that can be used to expand the way people live in...

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Introduction While d20 products from 3rd parties have slowed to a trickle, the Dungeon Crawl Classics line of d20 modules from Goodman Games just keeps on going and going. As the name implies, they pretty much are dungeon crawls in the vein of the original TSR AD&D/D&D modules. But...

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The Silk Road brings upon great images of adventure into the unknown and with new and possible exotic civilizations. I like the adventure and campaigns the imagery of the Silk Road brings up. A mercantile campaign of exploration and diplomacy can be a very different style from what I see as...

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Note: I received a free copy of this product for review purposes. The seven page pdf delves into awarding session points to players involved in campaigns for DM’s that use this option. The product has a cover and the obligational open game license at the end, making the rest of the five...

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A MAGICAL SOCIETY: SILK ROAD By Suzi Lee Expeditious Retreat Press product number XRP1005 160-page softcover, $27.00 (also available as a $10.00 PDF) A Magical Society: Silk Road is the first book I've seen in the Magical Society series, but I've heard good things about the series as...

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Space and Steel By Michael McMullan 7 Mile Studios 47-page PDF, $2.51 (also available in print for $8.00) I suppose I should start this off by stating this is not a playtest review. Space and Steel is a standalone game system. Within its 47 pages (which includes the front and...

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TOME OF BATTLE: THE BOOK OF NINE BLADES By Richard Baker, Matthew Sernett, and Frank Brunner Wizards of the Coast product number 953787200 $29.95, 160 pages Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Blades isn't going to be a book for everyone - it's really not for me, to tell the truth. ...

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Product Background This is the first in the line of "Bleeding Edge" adventures from Green Ronin. What exactly makes them "Bleeding Edge"? Good question. They give a list of 4 things: Good Story, Drop & Play (in terms of setting), Self Contained (in terms of rules), and...

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http://www.rpgobjects.com/images/RPO3300.jpgBlood and Time is RPG Objects’ time-travel sourcebook for the d20 modern system. The book is written by Charles Rice, on of RPG Objects’ most prolific in-house authors. The book is part of the “Blood” series of books for d20 Modern. Time travel...

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DRAGONS OF FAERÛN By Eric L. Boyd and Eytan Bernstein Wizards of the Coast product number 953797200 160 pages, $29.95 Dragons of Faerûn is the latest Forgotten Realms sourcebook, this one devoted less to an area of the world (like many FR sourcebooks) and more to the races of...

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Advanced Bestiary is a 256-page hardcover which is authored by Matthew Sernett, the former Editor-in-Chief of Dragon magazine. It is also the first volume in Green Ronin's Advanced Rulebooks series, which is patterned after the core book set of PHB, DMG and MM. What's it about? ...

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Heroes of Horror by James Wyatt, Ari Marmell, and C.A. Suleiman Developed by Mike Donais, Stephen Schubert, and Rob Watkins 160-page Hardcover Heroes of Horror covers a topic that I have rarely used in my games: encounters, adventures and campaigns based around the horror genre. As...

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Dungeon Tiles are just that; geomorphic tiles scaled for use with 25mm miniatures and designed to be used for laying out dungeons on the tabletop. For the princely sum of $10.00 you get a package that includes six sheets of punch out tiles. The introductory set includes corridors, rooms,...

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SECRETS OF XEN'DRIK By Keith Baker, Jason Buhlman, and Amber Scott Wizards of the Coast product number 953727200 160 pages, $29.95 Secrets of Xen'drik is the latest sourcebook in the Eberron campaign setting, this one detailing the mysterious continent of Xen'drik, home of fallen...

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50 New Ways to Blow Things Up - Starlanko the Magnificent's Big Book of Evocations By Matthew J. Hanson Silven Publishing product number SP1003 44-page PDF, $8.00 50 New Ways to Blow Things Up is one of the most entertaining PDFs I've ever read. It's also one of the most...