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The Wicked Fantasy PDF Collection
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For 2012, I'm celebrating the End of the World by writing a Pathfinder supplement. But not just one, Faithful Reader.
TEN PATHFINDER SUPPLEMENTS!
Wicked Fantasy is a series of articles originally written by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92){kind=small}
trekhead and myself, redefining the five "classic fantasy races" of humans, dwarves, gnomes, halflings and elves. We wrote it for Kobold Quarterly Magazine (a fine publication) and it got a lot of great response.
Now, Jess and I have brought on a partner--the lovely and talented Gillian Fraser--to convert those original articles to the Pathfinder RPG. We're tackling the original five races as well as five... less-than-traditional PC races as well. And yes, one of those less-than-traditional ones is a race I've been associated with in the past.
The first race is the most boring, overlooked and "average" race in all of fantasy literature: humans! Read the blurb, watch the video and click on this link to buy your copy of The Reign of Men!
“If we only contemplate on what we are, we will never see what we may become. Philosophy is the beginning of action, not the whole of it.”
— Valir Severin, The Philosophies
Wicked Fantasy began as a series of articles in Kobold Quarterly Magazine reinventing the "standard races" in fantasy roleplaying. Now, those same articles have been expanded and revised (five times their original size!) and fit with the PATHFINDER Roleplaying Game.
The first in the series--The Reign of Men--tackles the most generic, most boring, most overlooked race in fantasy literature: humans!
No longer the "generic race," humans are the center of learning, culture and democracy.
Humans are bound not by a common faith, but by a common philosophy: that all men may become more than they are. They do this through rigorous training, insight and learning. The Reign of Men builds schools and universities to bring wisdom and enlightenment to all men and women.
While other races seek knowledge and power from external entities, humanity looks for power from within. Will, self-determination and dignity are the virtues of men and these virtues provide them with powers the other races can only describe as “magical.” But men would claim these abilities are the exact opposite of magic; instead, the abilities taught to children in human schools and universities only tap into latent power within the human spirit.
Wicked Fantasy: The Reign of Men includes:
- FULL COLOR AND FULLY ILLUSTRATED!
- New Human Racial Traits
- New Feats including Teamwork Feats, Knowledge Feats and Rally Feats
- New Cleric Archetype: The Philosopher
- New Paladin Archetype: The Palatine
- Philosophy and Humanity Domains
There’s a reason they call it a sleepy town. It’s because everyone dreams of getting out of town. Well, not everyone. Some people have roots here. Deep roots. And some people... well, they’ve spun webs. And those folks, they aren’t going anywhere.The last Little Game in the Big Book of Little Games, All the Days of My Children Hospital is a storytelling game for fans of that uniquely American creation: the daytime soap opera. Each player takes the role of two characters--a hero and a villain--and plays out the day-to-day melodrama of living in a town full of secrets.
It includes rules for creating heroes, villains and tweeners, using secrets as a mechanic to control other characters' actions. AtDoMCH also includes rules and suggestions for making each session feel like an episode from your favorite soap.
Pick it up now at the JWP Webstore or DrivethruRPG.com!
The Aegis Project (otherwise known as "John's Gritty 80's Mech Game Patronage Project") is finally finished.I sent out the PDFs to all the sponsors this morning. I also sent the PDF to the printer who shall be doing their best to turn the book around in time for Xmas.
The PDF is now available for purchase on the website. I won't be selling books until the Patrons get theirs.
To get the PDF, just click on the image or use this link. Just FIVE BUCKS for Mech Warfare Goodness.
An Epic Science Fiction Game from the Author of Legend of the Five Rings and 7th Sea
In the middle of the 30th Century, the discovery of interstellar travel allowed mankind to spread its reach to the stars. At the end of the 40th Century, mankind had its first contact with alien life. By the beginning of the 50th Century, mankind was an endangered species.
- Ubamé Vills, The Rise and Fall of Humanity
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Inspired by a request to make a “gritty 80’s mech game,” The Aegis Project includes rules for three very different different eras spanning five centuries. Three different settings with distinct feels and rules.
The First Era
Mankind develops “Aegis Armor” to defend itself against an alien enemy bent on human extinction.
The Second Era
A brutal civil war divides mankind threatening everything he has gained.
The Third Era
A dark covert war against an AI enemy who will either uplift man or destroy him.
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When you run out of food, when you run out of bullets, when you run out of bandages, all you have left is hope. Kill a man’s hope and you win the war.
- Taven Shaval, Rebellion Leader of Olume V Colony
- Mood:
accomplished
