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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prodigyxss" data-source="post: 2443555" data-attributes="member: 33199">The Pumpkin PatchVisions 1 The Pumpkin Patch The Pumpkin Patch is the first in a line of sourcebooks by Arcane Runes Press dealing with folklore and legends that we have known our whole life and integrating it into the d20 system. The Pumpkin Patch would be a good purchased pdf if you want to know about the folklore of the jack o lantern and want to know how it came to be called that or if you are running or going to be running a horror oriented campaign. Like the other visions books they are written by Patrick Younts. He has never disappointed me in the past with his work and hasnt this time either with his knowledge of the d20 system and his writing. This pdf is in black and white containing only 22 pages, but all of those 22 pages are well written and stick with the theme of the pumpkin. The cover is really well done and is pretty creepy to look at as well. Besides art though, there are only two other pieces of art to look at which are simple and easy on the eye, but arent as good as the cover art. The pdf starts out on a section showing us how jack o lanterns that are set on either doors or windows affect and frighten bad spirits, and can also aid a cleric on turning undead spirits. Next it introduces three new pumpkin items. First is the bag of seeds, which contains limited pumpkin seeds that can be thrown as either a exploding pumpkin bomb which is also a spell or can be thrown on the ground which creates pumpkin vines which is another spell. Next is the pumpkin carriage, which is a carriage suited for a maximum of 6 people and can move on its own for a certain amount of time. Lastly there is the spirit lantern, which is a jack o lantern which help protect you against fey,spirits, and undead and grants you the ability to turn such creatures. The next section contains 3 new pumpkin themed spells. The first is lantern eyes which frightens evil fey and undead causing them to flee away from you. The second is pumpkin bomb which either turns pumpkins into lethal projectiles or explosive bombs. The third spell is tangle patch which creates pumpkin vines to grapple opponets. The next section details two new pumpkin themed monsters of course. The first is Lantern Cap which is a fairy whith a jack o lantern as a head. It loves to torment his victims by first scaring the crap out of them and stalking them and then goes in for the attack. Its description and combat section is very well written. The other monster is the Guardian Gourd which is a nonmovable patch of red pumpkins usually summoned by farmers to help guard against intruders or monsters. The best of the pdf has to be the section on Jack o' the Lantern. This section tells of the story of him and how jack o lanterns were named after him as well as why they affect bad spirits and fey. The section also includes his stats. The last part of the book is a well done template for Greater Fey. Overall I enjoyed this book alot. I was suprised at how well Patrick Younts integrated the pumpkin folklore into the d20 system. I would have rated this a 5, but the bag of seeds and pumpkin bomb spell seems a little overpowered to me and it can be obtained at a very low level.</blockquote>

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