Behind the Spells
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Whizbang Dustyboots said:
I believe there is indeed a hardcover compilation planned. Ronin Arts has done hardcover compilations of the DM's Directory of Demiplanes and Forbidden Arcana. The final copies of the 2005 Datastream are hopefully arriving from the printer as well.
Ronin Arts also offers a wide variety of its Superline Products in comicbook-sized softcovers. Phil usually takes preorders for any such products but for the superlines he has a paypal interface at http://www.roninarts.com/superline/
Whizbang Dustyboots
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I need to take one of those Forbidden Arcana books off your hands ...
Whizbang Dustyboots said:
You can PayPal me $40 at roninartspresident@yahoo.com and I'll ship one out to you. (Demiplanes is $30.)
I think I have 3 or 4 of each left.
ChristianW
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Animate Dead
Here's a mini-review of Behind the Spells - Animate Dead I wrote for my zine...
Readers of this zine know that I love the undead. My Winter War campaign featured an undead invasion of a world that had never before seen necromantic magic. Mindful of this, Iridia reader Bret Boyd sent me a four-page .pdf supplement he wrote. Behind the Spells - Animate Dead, distributed by Ronin Arts, examines the origins of one of necromancy’s core spells. In a narrative style, Bret presents the background of the gnoll shaman, Kritak, who labored to create an undead legion. Thwarted in his attempt to exact vengeance upon his enemies, Kritak the gnoll nevertheless created Corpse Soldiers, the predecessor of Animate Dead.
As an added bonus, the supplement presents a new weapon enhancement - Animating. Those slain by a weapon with the animating enhancement rise as undead under the control of the wielder. Wicked! Finally, Bret offers rules to allow a necromancer to wrest control of another wizard’s undead. In a more amicable arrangement, there are also rules that allow a necromancer to transfer control of his undead minions to another wizard.
Behind the Spells - Animate Dead is an incredible value for only $1. You get fiction, a new spell, a weapon enhancement and rules for controlling another wizard’s undead minions. Do a keyword search for “Behind the Spells - Animate Dead” at RPGNow.com and download a copy today.
Here's a mini-review of Behind the Spells - Animate Dead I wrote for my zine...
Readers of this zine know that I love the undead. My Winter War campaign featured an undead invasion of a world that had never before seen necromantic magic. Mindful of this, Iridia reader Bret Boyd sent me a four-page .pdf supplement he wrote. Behind the Spells - Animate Dead, distributed by Ronin Arts, examines the origins of one of necromancy’s core spells. In a narrative style, Bret presents the background of the gnoll shaman, Kritak, who labored to create an undead legion. Thwarted in his attempt to exact vengeance upon his enemies, Kritak the gnoll nevertheless created Corpse Soldiers, the predecessor of Animate Dead.
As an added bonus, the supplement presents a new weapon enhancement - Animating. Those slain by a weapon with the animating enhancement rise as undead under the control of the wielder. Wicked! Finally, Bret offers rules to allow a necromancer to wrest control of another wizard’s undead. In a more amicable arrangement, there are also rules that allow a necromancer to transfer control of his undead minions to another wizard.
Behind the Spells - Animate Dead is an incredible value for only $1. You get fiction, a new spell, a weapon enhancement and rules for controlling another wizard’s undead minions. Do a keyword search for “Behind the Spells - Animate Dead” at RPGNow.com and download a copy today.
Crothian
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Another review
Behind the Spells Magic Missile
This is the first in a long series of Behind the Spells PDFs. Each one covers a single spell and goes into the history of how that spell came to be and has some new and alternative rules for the spells as well as alternative versions of the spell. The series is written by Brett Boyd and produced through Ronin Arts. The lay out of the PDF is very basic and the four pages support no art. They are though book marked which is always good to see.
The history is interesting as it just does not present a wizard making spells. There is a bit of a mystery and hints at a secret arcane organization. The seppl was originally created to help fend off goblin hoards. The product does well to show uses for the spell. Like the rules for altering what a Wizard’s Magic Missile looks like. The ability to see a shadow and try to aim at the owner of said shadow is also a nice touch. The missile while being usually useless against inanimate objects the book allows for small objects to be moved by the force of the missile. And there is but one odd variation that is a lawn mowing spell.
The new ways to use the spell can prove useful to a clever wizard. The lawn mower spell as I’m calling it is nice for farmers or against any plant creatures. Over all the PDF is pretty good and as the first one I think a little more could have gone into it. Hopefully as I explore others in the series I will see a nice growth in the products.
Behind the Spells Magic Missile
This is the first in a long series of Behind the Spells PDFs. Each one covers a single spell and goes into the history of how that spell came to be and has some new and alternative rules for the spells as well as alternative versions of the spell. The series is written by Brett Boyd and produced through Ronin Arts. The lay out of the PDF is very basic and the four pages support no art. They are though book marked which is always good to see.
The history is interesting as it just does not present a wizard making spells. There is a bit of a mystery and hints at a secret arcane organization. The seppl was originally created to help fend off goblin hoards. The product does well to show uses for the spell. Like the rules for altering what a Wizard’s Magic Missile looks like. The ability to see a shadow and try to aim at the owner of said shadow is also a nice touch. The missile while being usually useless against inanimate objects the book allows for small objects to be moved by the force of the missile. And there is but one odd variation that is a lawn mowing spell.
The new ways to use the spell can prove useful to a clever wizard. The lawn mower spell as I’m calling it is nice for farmers or against any plant creatures. Over all the PDF is pretty good and as the first one I think a little more could have gone into it. Hopefully as I explore others in the series I will see a nice growth in the products.
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