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This is not a playtest review. Beware! This review contains major spoilers. The Fiery Trial is a story arc spanning the year 2258 for the Babylon 5 RPG from Mongoose Publishing. The Fiery Trial is a 128-page colour softcover product costing $24.95. Space is used well, with...

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My first encounter with Babylon 5 was on the evening of the day I returned to the UK after living abroad for a few years. It was an early season one episode broadcast on Channel 4 and received on a tiny TV with bad reception in my room at a B&B. Half a decade later, I don't remember which...

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Did you ever think that it makes no sense for a spell caster to loose experience points to make a Holy Avenger? The newest book in the Arcane Mystery series, The Artificers Handbook details a completely unique alternate magic item creation system. In addition to removing experience point...

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Darwins World 2nd Edition is a revised and expanded version of the GenCon/Ennie award nominated post-apocalyptic d20 RPG. All the new rules are revised for compatibility with d20 Modern published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This new edition is focused on separating the mechanics from...

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Darwins World 2nd Edition is a revised and expanded version of the GenCon/Ennie award nominated post-apocalyptic d20 RPG. All the new rules are revised for compatibility with d20 Modern published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This new edition is focused on separating the mechanics from...

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The Forge is known as a place of extremes—a place where even the most mundane sensation evokes a new impression into one’s psyche. While rarely spoken of, fear is no less heightened on the Forge, and to experience this sensation while within one of the Seven Domains is to invite...

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Strength and Honor: The Mighty Hobgoblins of Tellene is now available! With five sub-races, five new prestige classes, new spells, new weapons and armor, new skills, and tons of new ways to introduce hobgoblins to your campaign, both as antagonists or players. Information on all aspects...

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Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex The licensing arrangement of the D20 system helped spurn on many companies, producing items for both the existing D&D market and trying to re-market existing game lines to a wider audience. But a third area that a few publishers would try to exploit is...

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They say you can tell how close to the Outlands you are by the way a planet looks from space. If that is true, then the Outlands must be just around the corner from Drelga, because from space you can barely see signs of technology. Still, as you approach the starport looks busy enough, and...

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The skeletal body you found in the wilds carried a plea for help - a plea that was never delivered. Whoever he was, his failure left his entire brotherhood under siege by a barbarous army of Orcs. Did the priests and their followers survive the attack, to still live hidden somewhere in...

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Black of Cowl, Blacker of Heart ... Consecrated by Christ himself, Glastonbury was the first Christian church in Britain. It survived the Roman persecutions, sheltered Arthur and Guinevere during the wars against the Saxons, and nurtured St. Dunstan, the greatest archbishop England...

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This volume showcases 71 medieval fantasy floor plans of 20 inns and 15 taverns, includes a massive and diverse array of ready-to-use d20 System™ ostlers and patrons, provides a multitude of colorful menus for medieval food and drink, and contains complete information of furnishings and...

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The Fifth Age of Krynn - known as the Age of Mortals - has been a turbulent time for the world of Krynn. The gods who watched the world were absent for decades, mighty dragon overlords warred and conquered vast territories, and old magic had to be learned to replace the new. An epic War of...

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Last year Green Ronin's critically acclaimed Book of the Righteous introduced the holy warrior, a customizable core class that lets you build unique paladins for all the good gods of your campaign. But what of the gods of evil? Surely they are not without their devoted champions,...

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With books like Into the Green and AEG's Wilds, it looks like the last hurrah of 3.0 may have been, “It's time to get back out of the Dungeon.” Wilds is AEG's latest one word title book with contributions by some fan favorites like Jeff Ibach, Mike Mearls and AEG's regular Jim Pinto with...

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From the earliest days of civilization, the greatest empires in the world were forged through the efforts and labors of those least regarded by the cultures that held them under whip and chain. Slaves, those who have been forced against their will to toil for their masters, have served as much...

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Murderous whispers heard in the dead of night, a poisoned arrow fired upon it's target through the busy streets of the city, a dark figure that seems to emerge from the shadows behind it's prey, the unannounced guest that slips poison into his host's wine, and the warrior who uses deception...

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This 33-page PDF, written by Michael Hammes and illustrated by Christopher Shy, presents two adventures for use with 3rd edition and other D20 System fantasy games. The Sign of the Mushroom The “Sign of the Mushroom” is a small inn built into the side of a cliff (or steep hill) along...

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Enter a world where evil rules and darkness has fallen across the land. Fight for hope and justice in a realm where desperation and despair hang like a death shroud over shattered empires. Explore an ancient world with a terrible legacy where the gods are silent and magic ebbs like the...

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The two-time Origins Award nominated multi-genre Japanese anime RPG is now available for the d20 System! BESM d20 includes exciting new character classes and feats, an exhaustive point-based attribute list, and a detailed cost assignment for the core Third Edition fantasy races and classes....

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There is not much to be said except that this newest "Slayer's Guide" keeps up with the good work of its predecessors without falling into repetetiveness. It is particularily valuable for me as I had no idea whatsoever as to what are Troglodytes about (contrary to the three races...

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Devlish Devices is a 128 page hardcover devoted to showcasing fifty different items that have a sinister origin or use in the d20 system. It starts off with a blank page. It goes onto a black and white version of the cover. It moves onto a page of credits. Then the next page is the table...

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When looking over some Fast Forward products, I wonder if this is how Ebert feels when he sits down to watch such entertainment as Malibu's Most Wanted. You know the review's gotta get done, but there's some dread building up in you. And with good reason. Check the price, $24.95 at...

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To quote the back cover, “Cityworks is the definitive d20 System (3.0 folks) resource for designing and running exciting adventures and campaigns in fantasy cities.” Now anyone whose read any of my reviews of an adventure knows that I love city based adventures and grew tired long ago of...

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Darwin's World is a post acopolyptic d20 game. It is set in the future after the nations of the world destroyed isolationist America and ruined the environment to the point where we have lost oceans, vegetation, and species. I was exicted because I love the Fallout series...

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This review was made possible by Gaming Frontiers Way of the Staff takes all of the magic based classes, feats and races from Arcana Unearthed and puts them into a separate PDF file. Like Way of the Sword, there's no effort made to incorporate it into the d20 system, as this is a...

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The 3rd edition Dungeon Master's Screen consists of a four-panel screen and an 8-page booklet that can be legally photocopied. A veteran DM is going to immediately notice that the 3rd edition screen is a much thinner cardstock than the 2nd edition screen. However, this one is still nice...

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High up in the mountains called the Wall of the World, where the air grows scarce and the dome of the sky draws close, one may find the cruel and mysterious Empire of Yagga Kong. The Yagga Kong rule a vast domain of gorges, crags, deep hidden valleys and desolate plateaus. It is said...

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Towards the end of the 21st Century, the world is torn apart once more by war. The vast armies of the previous century’s conflicts are obsolete, replaced by a small number of highly trained soldiers each armed with the awesome destructive power of a WarMek. This is the state-of-the-art...

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Feats Volume I is a compilation of Feats from the various Silverthorne Races books that updates them for more general use and adds new material. The feats are laid out in alphabetical order and follow the standard format for feats. They start with name, type (general, fighter,...