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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2009515" data-attributes="member: 18387">By Bruce Boughner, Guest Reviewer, d20 Magazine Rack and Co-host of Mortality Radio This review is for Heroes and Magic by 0one Games. Listed as the beginning of The Seven Avengers Saga, this short PDF sourcebook is 24 pages of races, feats and source information for the world of Arthad. The tome contains short descriptions of the 8 races of Arthad and of their respective countries and cultures. One class, a Cavalier variant and 2 Prestige classes with attendant feats and spells are also detailed, along with a world map and one new monster. The races of Arthad are all human. They are deity-blessed with exceptional ability modifiers and are geared towards specific classes, i.e. one race is a race of rogues, one a warrior race, etc. Wizards and Sorcerers are shunned classes and mostly limited to the aristocracy if at all. Wizardry is shifted over to a leyline/power node type system, while clerics are denied direct contact to the gods, as the gods of Arthad are dead. Clerics, instead must feel the harmony around them in order to produce spell-like effects. They can also derive power from the order-like brotherhoods they belong to. And the effects of the spellcasting of all of them can be felt as waves from a distance by other spellcasters. The new spells in this book are all directly linked to this magic system. The cavalier variant does not differ much with any other cavalier I have seen, but has some interesting class features. The prestige classes of Living Legend and Shadow Master are very interesting and could adapt with some work to other settings. The remainder of the book is a gazetteer of Arthad and ends with a map of the continent. The maps’ artwork is reminiscent of the original World of Greyhawk Gazetteer and the interior artwork ranges from very striking to talented amateur. As a free download, this product is well worth the download time, added to another work or greatly expanded upon would make for a moderate sourcebook for sale.To see the graded evaluation of this product, go to The Critic's Corner at <a href="http://www.d20zines.com" target="_blank">www.d20zines.com.</a></blockquote>

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