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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Red Spire Press" data-source="post: 1568430" data-attributes="member: 7373">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:(Seattle, WA, 5/28/04) - Red Spire Press, publisher of the gritty new Dark Legacies™ roleplaying game, have signed with Osseum™ for its sales and distribution. Dark Legacies is a new fantasy campaign setting and low-magic ruleset. Stylish and gritty, Dark Legacies gameplay is enhanced by the illustrations of industry-leading artists, including Adrian Smith and Ed Bourelle. In addition to a fully detailed world, Dark Legacies provides comprehensive rules oriented toward a mature and intense game experience, making it the definitive d20 low-magic setting."Everything we have seen so far on this game has impressed us. Red Spire has created a unique world with a great low-magic flavor. The d20 rules and variants will appeal to anyone using D&D™ or a d20 system™. Its production values are among the best I have seen in recent memory. And that's not just the art and maps... the text reads like a novel. The storyline is very compelling", explains Osseum President, Adam Williams. "To be honest, the huge battlesuit armed with a steam-driven assault repeating crossbow mounted on the shoulder that appears on the cover is what really sold me. It's a freakin medieval Gundam!"The Dark Legacies Player's Guide contains all the rules necessary to play in a Dark Legacies or other low-magic fantasy campaigns. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New and variant races, from humans to half-demon hybrids </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New and variant classes tailored to low-magic gaming </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New skills & feats </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New arms and equipment, including mechanical weaponry, piecemeal armor, and expanded weapon & armor upgrades </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New spellcasting system that introduces difficulty, consequence, and moral implications to the use of magic, while preserving compatibility with third party spell sources </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Over 60 new spells, dripping with flavor (behold the Armageddon Device) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Grit & consequences: rules dedicated to lethal combat and the brutal consequences of magic use, including a complete spell failure system, taint from excessive magic use, and possession </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Brand new "Voice" mechanic used by priests to summon supernatural powers </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enough setting material to get started on a Dark Legacies campaign </li> </ul>The Dark Legacies Campaign Guide containing expanded rules for Dark Legacies, as well as complete setting information will follow in the late fall.The Dark Legacies Player's GuideRelease Month: AugustProduct Code: RSP001 Pages: 160 Retail: $25.95For ordering information contact:Joel Williams, Sales Manager, Osseum Entertainment, LLC. Phone: 971-404-1770, fax: 206-374-2955, e-mail: <a href="mailto:Joel@osseum.com">Joel@osseum.com</a>For additional information contact: Jim Fallone, Osseum Entertainment Phone: 425-432-5308, fax: 206-374-2955, e-mail: <a href="mailto:jim_fallone@osseum.com">jim_fallone@osseum.com</a>web: <a href="http://www.osseum.com" target="_blank">http://www.osseum.com</a> and <a href="http://www.redspirepress.com" target="_blank">http://www.redspirepress.com</a>Osseum is a trademark of Osseum Entertainment, LLC. All rights reserved. Red Spire and Dark Legacies are trademarks of Red Spire Press, all rights reserved. d20 and the d20 logo are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, a division of Hasbro, Inc.</blockquote>

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