Fane of the Fallen by William Christenson and Matt Finch. Art by Rick Sardina. Frog God Games. Available in Print for $32.99 (the print version comes with the PDF) and in PDF for $20.99. RPGNOW gives the PDF page count as 140. The Frog God site gives an "estimated page count" of 170.
"All is not as it seems when a large scale orc raid preys upon the city of Brookmere. PCs are sent to parlay with the orcs believed to be responsible, and after many exciting battles and investigation, the characters learn of the masterminds behind the attack, a faction of murderous elves bent on the destruction of the kingdom. Can the characters penetrate the foreboding Harwood Forest and defeat the denizens of Castle Novgorod? Or will they succumb to the fallen elves and their depraved succubus goddess?
"Fane of the Fallen™is a d20 adventure of epic proportions, designed to take characters from 13th-level to 18th-level. Fane of the Fallen™ introduces the Kingdom of Myrridon, a mini-campaign of grand scale, and the fallen elves, a new race of murderous beings seduced by evil.
"Uncover the dark secrets of the fallen elves, and confront them and the demonic forces they consort with in dozens of unique and exciting dungeons.
"Fight 17 new creatures, and discover 14 new magical items making their debut in this adventure.
"Save the kingdom from evil forces and be hailed as a hero in the songs of bards for ages to come."A conversion from the Pathfinder product, which is why the blurb still states it's a d20 adventure. I've also heard that in Matt Finch's conversion, the Fallen Elves have been replaced by
something else.
Splinters of Faith Part 1: It Started With a Chicken and Part 2: Burning Desires by Gary Schotter and Jeff Harkness. Art by Rick Sardinha. Available in PDF for $4.99 each (part 1 here and part 2 here.) Available in Print for $8.99 each and the print version comes with the PDF. RPGNOW gives the page count as 22 for both parts 1 and 2. The Publishers site lists the page counts as 20 - 40 for each installment in the series.
"Ancient Evil Awakens
"In a long-buried tomb, a grave robber restores a death-cult leader to life, and his cloud of evil spreads across the land. Left behind are the broken Scepter of Faiths and a litany of shrines to restore the weapon. But the evil one and his minions wait to destroy any who try...
"Temples of faith, bastions of evil
"Splinters of Faith™ is a collection of 10 adventures for characters of levels 1 to 15 that can be played individually or as part of an epic campaign to restore the Scepter of Faiths. Adventure in 10 fully detailed temples such as the Shield Basilica of Muir or the dwarven city of Anvil Plunge, and conquer the nightmarish Nether Sepulcher to restore the balance of good.
"Ten complete adventures for low- to high-level characters, usable separately or as a massive linked campaign.
"Eighteen unique temples (10 fully detailed) ready to drop into any campaign world.
"New monsters and magic items to discover, and ideas for further adventures."According to the publishers site, there will be 10 installments released in the series.
New Releases
Re-Energizers by Jeff Sparks. Faster Monkey Games. Black Blade Publishing. Now available in Print for $11.99. The PDF is also now available from Black Blade for $4.50. The Print & PDF bundle costs $14.99.
"In the mutated post-apocalypse, a man with a laser gun can win an argument. A man with two killer attack robots, though, can rule a whole town––and that’s just what Boss Jarvis does, dominating the little fortified settlement called Xitnine. When Jarvis needs someone to fetch new batteries for his mechanical henchmen, his jaded eye falls on the strangers in town… and that’s you. It sounds like a decent job, so long as you ignore the rumors of swarming mutant beasts, robots gone berserk, and deadly fields of radiation.
"RE-ENERGIZERS is a compact adventure module for beginning characters in a post-apocalyptic roleplaying game such as Mutant Future™.
"Written by Jeff "Bighara" Sparks
"16 pages, saddle-stitched $11.99 USD"
Free Stuff!Joe Bloch of Greyhawk Grognard has another Adventures Dark & Deep preview for us. The Mountebank.
ze bulette of Dungeons & Digressions has a fillable PDF Equipment List.
Christopher of A Rust Monster Ate My Sword has another version of his Dark World Campaign Map available for download.
Oltekos posted a link to his Holmes House Rules Supplement PDF at the bottom of this Original D&D Discussion Forum thread. 4 pages.
Media Releases
I Hit It With My Axe: Episode 33: The Dogs of War.
Echoes from the Geek Cave - Episode 10: Overlooked Rules.
Reviews from Around the Blogosphere
Pookie from Reviews from R'lyeh has a review of The Inn of Lost Heroes.
James Maliszewski of Grognardia has a review up of The Inn of Lost Heroes.
Tenkar of Tenkar's Tavern has some more Tunnels & Trolls reviews.
Alexis of The Tao of D&D recounts his running of Death Frost Doom.
Visit The Society of Torch, Pole & Rope for Part III of Michael Curtis' review of the WotC Gamma World game.
Cyclopeatron plays the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG from Goodman Games.
In Other NewsAl of Beyond the Black Gate is wrapping up work on his soon to be released Warriors of the Red Planet, for which Al has started a blog!
Shane Mangus of Swords Against the Outer Dark has posted a faq for his upcoming Sword & Sanity Labyrinth Lord supplement.
Head over to Brave Halfling Publishing, where The Village of Larm is on sale for $6.95.
What I'm Pimping This Week
B/X Companion by Jonathan Becker. Running Beagle Games. $27.99, shipping included (US & Canada.) 64 pages.
"The B/X Companion: a doorway to higher level gaming!
"The B/X Companion is a fantasy adventure game designed to supplement existing old school RPGs, especially those basic and expert games of Gygax and Arneson as edited by Moldvay, Cook, and Marsh. The game is not designed to stand alone, but is intended to add to existing games, providing the tools for high level adventures, including mighty spells and magic items and opponents fierce enough to challenge even the strongest warlord or wizard. 64 pages make the game a handy reference at any Old School gaming table, including extended combat and save matrices, rules for unarmed and mass combat, ideas on expanding your game universe and cosmology, as well as information on how to rule your dominion. These rules are NOT a retro-clone of any existing game, but rather a re-imagining of a supplement that never was, designed to complete earlier rule sets and provide a springboard to even greater adventure! Here there be adventure!"
Thanks to Mr. Becker, and Gamer ADD, I'm now wanting to run a B/X/C campaign. Awesome Book! Don't miss it!
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