Champions of Ruin Contents

[Cthulhudrew]

Didn't see a thread for this anywhere, so apologies if I simply overlooked it.

On the Forgotten Realms boards on the 28th (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=282525&page=34&pp=30), Richard Baker posted the table of contents of Champions of Ruin:

OK, you folks have been asking for it, here it is: The Champions of Ruin ToC. I had to keystroke this in, so I didn't bother with many of the subordinate headers. I added a few quick notes about some things I thought you might want info on.

Just a reminder: I did very little work on this book. My only contribution was the initial write-ups on Bazim-Gorag and Malkizid, and even those were expanded on by the other authors (Jeff Crook, Wil Upchurch, and Eric Boyd).


INTRODUCTION
What You Need to Play
How to Use This Book in Your Campaign
Philosophies of Evil
Discussion of how folks might justify being evil--for example, by believing that there is no evil.

CHAPTER 1: RACES
Draegloth
Extaminaar
Krinth

CHAPTER 2: TOOLS OF EVIL
Feats
New Spells
Epic Spells
Magic Items
Looks like 36 new spells, plus 7 epic spells.

CHAPTER 3: PRESTIGE CLASSES
Black Blood Cultist
Justice of Weald and Woe
Night Mask Deathbringer
Shade Hunter
Thayan Gladiator
Vengeance Knight

CHAPTER 4: EVIL ORGANIZATIONS
Cult of the Dragon
Cults of the Moon
The Eldreth Veluuthra
Monks of the Dark Moon
Sharran Cells
The Unworthy of Ilsensine
Zhentarim

CHAPTER 5: EVIL PLACES
Evil Nodes
Shadow Weave Nodes
Shrines
Other Evil Sites

CHAPTER 6: ENCOUNTERS WITH EVIL
The Tone of Your Game
What the Players Want
Why Run an Evil Game?
Enemies and Allies
Nine ready-to-use villains, all statted up, with backstories and suggestions for use.

CHAPTER 7: CHAMPIONS OF EVIL
Aumvor the Undying
Living Zombie
Eltab
Thall of Eltab
Soneillon, "Queen of Whispers"
Dendar the Night Serpent
Caverns of the Serpent Mother
Kezef the Chaos Hound
The Death Shallows
Ityak-Ortheel, the Elf Eater
Bazim-Gorag, the Firebringer
Malkizid, the Branded King

 

[the Jester]

Soneillon?

Sep?

 

[Sammael]

I wonder if an Extaminaar is some weak form of yuan-ti suitable for a LA+0 PC.

 

[Gez]

Soneillon?

Sep?

Same reaction. But Soneillon is not a name created by Sepulchrave, he took it from some other source and said as much in previous threads.


I like the name "Unworthy of Ilsensine". Any organization calling itself the Unworthy looks interesting. I'd guess they are some sort of renegade illithids, interested in furthering their own ends rather than the mind flayer god's ones.

I find draegloth as a PC race something cringe-worthy.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The Unworthy might also be humanoid agents of the illithid, which would explain their unworthiness.

The ToC doesn't grab me so far. I'd rather fewer organizations be detailed with more info on how to play as part of them -- not all organizations are equally friendly to campaign play, IMO. The Zhentarim are a great choice, though.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I hoped that this book details some of the more notorious races and their dark deities. Well, in reality I hoped that the changes due to teh War of the Spider Queen series would be detailed here - evil pantheon, evil book, good match. But it doesn't seem like that...

 

[Shemeska]

I'm looking forward to the book, however the number of reprints that I see in the ToC is not helping me to keep that opinion. I want another 'Serpent Kingdoms' not another 'Players Guide to Faerun'.

 

[IronWolf]

I'm looking forward to the book, however the number of reprints that I see in the ToC is not helping me to keep that opinion. I want another 'Serpent Kingdoms' not another 'Players Guide to Faerun'.

I agree. I was going to buy this book right away. It looks like now I will be waiting until I can at least flip through it...

 

[Pants]

Reprints? Which ones are reprints?

I don't have Lords of Darkness, but I don't remember any of those organizations or PrC's being in there...

 

[ericlboyd]

Soneillon?

Sep?

If you look in the 1e Monster Manual II at the list of undetailed demon lords/princes, she's on the list ... however in this instance it's someone who may have borrowed the name ...

--Eric