Captives of Fortune

Pirates take whatever they please, whether it be ships, plunder, or people! The adventurers wake to find themselves press-ganged into the crew of the pirate ship Wormwood, the vessel of the nefarious Captain Barnabus Harrigan. They'll have to learn how to survive as pirates if they're to have any hope of weathering rough waves, brutal crew members, enemy pirates, ravenous beasts, and worse. But when fortune turns to their favor, it's up to the new crew to decide whether they'll remain the pirate's swabs or seize control and set sail for adventures all their own.

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path launches the Skull & Shackles Adventure Path and includes:

• "The Wormwood Mutiny," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 1st-level characters, by Richard Pett.
• Details of life aboard a pirate vessel and rules for becoming the most infamous scallywag to sail the seas, by Jesse Benner, Richard Pett, and F. Wesley Schneider.
• Revelations on the daring faith of Besmara, goddess of pirates, strife, and sea monsters, by Sean K Reynolds.
• Death and plunder in the Pathfinder's Journal, by Robin D. Laws.
• Four new monsters, by Jesse Benner, Sean K Reynolds, and Steven D. Russell

Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.

Evil Stitched to Evil

The rampaging abomination known as the Beast of Lepidstadt has been captured! Yet rather than destroy the monster for its countless murders and untold crimes, the city council demands the creature receive a fair trial. Upon traveling to Lepidstadt, the adventurers find themselves caught up in the anger and investigations surrounding the Beast's judgment. Soon it's up to them to discover whether the legendary monster is truly a killer or merely the instrument of some greater evil -- and either way, whether it's too dangerous to be allowed to survive.

This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path continues the Carrion Crown Adventure Path and includes:

• "Trial of the Beast," a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 4th-level characters, by Richard Pett
• An investigation into the secret society called the Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye, by Brandon Hodge
• Revelations on the faith of Pharasma, goddess of birth, death, and fate, by Sean K Reynolds
• Terror upon terror for Laurel Cylphra in the Pathfinder's Journal, by F. Wesley Schneider
• Four exciting and deadly new monsters, by Rob McCreary, Patrick Renie, and Sean K Reynolds

Each monthly full-color softcover 96-page Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

The Far Side of the World

Journey from the familiar to the foreign and help place a friend on the throne of an empire in the Jade Regent Adventure Path. Along the way, you'll cross treacherous ice fields inhabited by arctic terrors, match wits and blades with the evil oni, and rally powerful factions to your banner in order to return a nation to its rightful owner. Within this map folio, you'll find three huge 8-panel maps: one of the frozen reaches of the Crown of the World, one of Minkai's capital city of Kasai, and one of the entire continent of Tian Xia, home of the Dragon Empires and site of the final chapter in the Jade Regent Adventure Path. Even if you aren't running the Jade Regent Adventure Path, the maps inside can serve as the surroundings for all sorts of arctic adventures or urban mysteries, or an entire campaign setting waiting for you to detail on your own! The spirit of exploration calls you -- are you brave enough to answer?

Your planar adventures begin now!

The latest book in the critically acclaimed Races of Renown series fully details aasimar and tieflings, as well as half-fiends, half-celestials, and many of their cousin races. If you've been looking for an easy way to integrate planar elements into your campaign, look no further. Aasimar & Tiefling: A Guide to the Planetouched is your one stop shop for planar adventuring, and includes:

• Seven new Planetouched races, including the jinx, nergaz, and silvan.
• A complete rules system for creating your own Planetouched races.
• Full PC write-ups for cambions and nephilim.
• Dozens of ancestry feats, which allow Planetouched characters to gain some of the spell-like, supernatural, and extraordinary abilities of full-blooded outsiders.
• A bevy of planar prestige classes (such as the Astral Reaver, Planomancer, Warrior Maiden of the Valkyrie, and Xen Chi Mystic) that includes Epic-level progressions.
• Dozens of new spells, including adaptation, magma burst, and Shara's scornful subjugation.
• New magic items, like the staff of chaos, planar chronometer, and chime of dismissal.
• Planar perils, a collection of new monsters like the chaos horror, fundamental gel, and organ thief.

Bursting with new rules and options, Aasimar & Tiefling: A Guide to the Planetouched gives you all the tools needed to build and play Planetouched characters and to take your campaign to the planes.

Arcane Knowledge from the Realm of Aysle

Collected and Edited by the Academy of the Four Towers

Before Uthorion, before Ardinay, there was Pixaud....

Pixaud's Practical Grimoire was the life's work of Pixaud, Second Dean of the Academy of the Four Towers. Inside the Grimoire are:

• Over 150 new spell descriptions;
• Revised versions of popular spells from the Aysle Sourcebook and the Torg Rulebook;
• An index to the spells of Aysle, including those in the Torg Rulebook, the Torg Worldbook, and the Aysle Sourcebook; and
• An introduction that supplements the Magic System of Aysle and supplies tips for players and gamemasters alike.

All this, and the helpful annotations of two Master Magicians:

Probably one of the most helpful guides to modern magic use in existence today. I recommend it for journeymen and masters alike.

-- Zelephest

Buy it. Read it. Throw some spells. Take backlash. Enjoy.

-- Kenipat

Pixaud's Practical Grimoire is part of Torg, an epic game of adventure, magic, and altered reality. This volume describes spells and spell design to supplement the realm of Aysle. This book was created before the Possibility Raiders came to Aysle and contains knowledge that predates written history. Representing perhaps the first attempt by the mages of the mystical realm at unity and centralization of knowledge, the Grimoire has since become the standard by which all other texts are judged.

Anything you can imagine, you can play...

HeroQuest is the innovative, dynamic and flexible rules engine by Robin Laws, suitable for play in any genre or setting. It presents a simple and flexible system that allows Game Masters to make decisions the way authors and screenwriters do when creating novels, TV episodes, and movies. HeroQuest encourages creative input from your players, resulting in an exciting, unpredictable narrative created through group collaboration. Its resolution methods and scalable character levels make it equally suited for any genre, from epic fantasy to satirical space opera. Whether your next game idea draws on horror, war, westerns, martial arts, pulps, cyberpunk, cliff-hangers, giant robots, super-powered heroes, space opera, cop action, corporate intrigue, furry animals, swashbuckling adventure, Greek tragedy or even drawing room comedy, HeroQuest can handle it! You can even use HeroQuest to emulate a musical -- although it won't do the singing or dancing for you.

Completely rewritten by the original designer, this new edition opens and details running the core system for any genre.

What's in this book?

This book contains everything (except a D20) needed to play:

• Character Creation -- describe your character and get playing n minutes.
• Overcoming Obstacles -- handling conflict, be it with swords, words, gangs, or armies.
• Playing Stories -- how to vividly run your adventures in engaging and creative ways.
• Narrating -- the secrets for balancing the give and take between narration and players.
• Followers and Support -- how your sidekick, followers, horde, army or community help.
• Creating Genres -- details for creating and detailing your own game world.
• Gaming in Glorantha -- a separate section on applying HeroQuest to Glorantha.
• Quick Reference -- so you don't have to hunt for the information you really need.

The November/December 1987 issue of Dungeon Magazine includes the following modules:

• "The Flowers of Flame," AD&D Oriental Adventures, 4-8 characters of levels 5-8, Dungeon #8, pp. 46-63. Why are your governor, your Emperor, and your gods so interested in a fairy tale?
• "For a Lady's Honor," AD&D, 3-6 thieves of levels 4-7, Dungeon #8, pp. 9-16, 34. An opportunity for thieves to practice their sneakiness.
• "In Defense of the Law," by Carl Sargent, AD&D, 6-8 nonchaotic characters of levels 7-10 (about 58 total levels), Dungeon #8, pp. 17-33. Two sets of lawful characters, the good (the PCs) and the evil (the NPCs) seek to stop the destruction of a Lawful artifact.
• "Mountain Sanctuary," by John Nephew, AD&D, 3-6 characters of levels 1-3, Dungeon #8, pp. 3-8. A sequel to Grakhirt's Lair. Visit Arham the Illusionist's mountain sanctuary. Includes a new monster, the spectramouse.
• "The Wounded Worm," by Thomas Kane, AD&D, 4-10 characters of levels 4-8, Dungeon #8, pp. 35-45. Crippled, wingless, old -- and a thousand times more dangerous.

The April 1987 issue of Dragon Magazine includes the following articles:

• "Bazaar of the Bizarre," pp. 33-34. Three rings of command.
• "Born in the Ruins," by Dan Salas, pp. 74-75. Social class and the second edition Gamma World game.
• "The Ecology of the Gas Spore," by Ed Greenwood, pp. 36-37. It isn't a beholder, but it isn't cuddly either.
• "First Impressions Are Deceiving," pp. 28-32. The charlatan NPC -- a mountebank, a trickster, and the DM's best friend.
• "The Game Wizards," by Douglas Niles, pp. 68-69. Espionage alert: the new Top Secret game.
• "Here Comes the Cavalry!", pp. 70-73. Conventional warfare in the Star Frontiers game.
• "Higher Aspirations," pp. 38-40. More zero-level spells for aspiring druids.
• "Operation: Zenith," by Merle M. Rasmussen, pp. 52-62. The undercover war on the High Frontier for Top Secret fans.
• "Plane Speaking," by Jeff Grubb, pp. 42-43. Tuning into the Outer Planes.
• "Player's Handbook II," pp. 9-23. The Enraged Glaciers & Ghouls game's first volume! Six bizarre articles by Alan Webster, Steven P. King, Rick Reid, Jonathan Edelstein, and James MacDougall. The featured April joke article.
• "Scorpion Tales," p. 24. A few little facts that may scare characters to death.
• "Space-Age Espionage," pp. 64-67. Spies battle across the interstellar reaches of the Traveller game.
• "Welcome to the Machine," pp. 76-77. The life and times (such as they are) of Marvel's Machine Man.

The September/October 1987 issue of Dungeon Magazine includes the following modules: 

• "The Jingling Mordo Circus," by Vic Broquard, AD&D, 6-10 characters of levels 10+, Dungeon #7, pp. 48-63. Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. The Mordo Circus operates as a semi-honest business, providing a convenient cover for Max Mordo's (20th-level wizard) schemes of assassinating and kidnapping the wealthy.
• "The Matchmakers," by P.N. Elrod, AD&D, 3-6 chaotic or neutral characters of levels 1-3, Dungeon #7, pp. 26-36. A sly nobleman asks the party to help him unite his friend, Richard Savelle, with his true love, the beautiful Elissa Holbin.
• "Nightshade," by Nigel Findley, AD&D, 1-4 characters of levels 1-3, Dungeon #7, pp. 3-7. A "simple errand" is never what it seems.
• "Samurai Steel," by Daniel Salas, AD&D Oriental Adventures, 4-8 characters of levels 3-5, Dungeon #7, pp. 37-47. A beautiful face hides treachery and deceit.
• "Tortles of the Purple Sage: Part 2," by Merle and Jackie Rasmussen, D&D, 2-8 characters of levels 4-10, Dungeon #7, pp. 8-25. Part 2 of an Expert-level trek to three lost cities. Can lead to further exploration in X9: The Savage Coast. Mystara-explicit; Savage Coast (not compatible with the Savage Coast depicted in the Red Steel expansions).

Roleplaying in the Grim Darkness of the 41st Millennium

You are a Heretic; a renegade turned against the oppressive government of Humanity, the Imperium of Man. The crumbling monolith mobilizes the might of its numberless armies and deadly agents, and you must stand against it.

However, you do not stand alone. At your fingertips you have the might of ancient powers, the Gods of Chaos. With their gifts, you have the potential to lead a Black Crusade and destroy the Imperium of Man. But can you realize your destiny before that power consumes you?

Play as either a powerful Chaos Space Marine or a skilled and cunning Disciple of Chaos in your fight against the Imperium. Then use the freedom of the Archetype character creation and advancement system to build the character you want to play.

Dynamic rules for all eventualities let you handle everything from social interactions to combating hordes of foes.

Embrace the Dark Gods and earn their blessings through mutations and powerful Marks of Chaos.

Comprehensive background on the Ruinous Powers, the Imperium, and the Long War against Chaos, written by Andy Chambers and Warhammer 40,000 Novelist Andy Hoare.

A full preliminary adventure thrusts your players onto the path to glory and action!

The Black Crusade core rulebook contains everything you need to start your adventure in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Fear the Shadows

The sleepy town of Karpad in shadow-haunted Nidal has long been overseen by the Boroi family, and until a few weeks ago, the citizens under Baron Stepan Boroi's rule have lived uneventful lives of relative peace. Recently, however, the outbreak of a virulent and fatal disease and a number of mysterious disappearances have left the people of Karpad paranoid and fearful. Even Baron Stepan has been acting strangely, and now the tenuous balance of racial tensions between Karpad's human and fetchling populations stands on the verge of collapsing into total anarchy. Can the PCs uncover the root of Karpad's problems and put an end to the deadly virus, the terrifying disappearances, and the miasma of fear and distrust that threatens to overwhelm the region?

Written by Sam Zeitlin, 2011's winner of Paizo Publishing's annual RPG Superstar contest -- in which unpublished authors compete before a panel of celebrity game designers and legions of their peers for the chance to write a Pathfinder Module -- The Midnight Mirror takes players from a mysterious investigation into a shadowy demiplane prison and pits them against the evil forces of both darkness and light.

The Midnight Mirror is an investigation and horror adventure for 4th-level characters. This volume also contains a fully-detailed gazetteer of the town of Karpad and a new magic item that are sure to add depth and flavor to any campaign.

Pathfinder Modules are 32-page, high-quality, full-color, adventures written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world’s oldest RPG.

Firearms, Rituals, and Artifacts -- Oh My

Tools may be the key to winning the Aeon War. For some, they are the advanced weapons created by companies like Armorcorp or Colt Springfield. For others, they are the magically-imbued objects that they create while intoning powerful forces in darkened mystical spaces. For still others, they are the ancient and lost artifacts for which they search the dark corners of the Earth. To the Ashcroft Foundation, they are the children of arcanotechnology -- the melding of science and the arcane.

This is the Aeon War. Carry a weapon.

Explore the world of modern firearms, armor, and explosives, digging into their vital characteristics. Find out what sorts of wondrous everyday tools might be waiting. Expand the utility of those sorcerers who choose the path of enchanter with a host of new rituals. Hold onto ancient legacies through the revelation of ancient artifacts. Discover the many manifestations of Ashcroft’s arcanotechnology. See what alien mysteries belong to both the Migou and the Esoteric Order of Dagon.

Nowhere else will you find a setting like this.

Inside this book you will find:

• Expanded and revised weapons of all kinds.
• Explorations of the primary weapon manufacturers in the Aeon War.
• Details for more nearly 100 New Earth Government weapons, including pistols, assault rifles, special weapons, explosives, and even anti-armor weapons.
• An in-depth look at armor in the Aeon War.
• Explorations of handy devices for Characters, including peek technology, as well as a variety of new vehicles.
• A host of new rituals for enchanted items, creating a new type of Character -- the magical gadgeteer.
• A look into the world of powerful and ancient artifacts.
• A peek behind the curtain at a wealth of new arcanotechnology from a variety of fronts.
• An exploration of the weapons from alien hands, including the Migou arsenal and the tools of the Esoteric Order of Dagon.
• More than a half dozen new pieces of fiction to help bring the setting to life.

This book is meant to be used with the CthulhuTech storytelling game and requires the Core Book.

FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY

This book is intended for mature readers. It contains dark and disturbing content and images. Reader discretion is advised.

The Near Now. While the Possibility Wars continue to spread, a twisted edeinos bent on revenge hatches a plot that could change the face of the Living Land forever. Calling upon the power of a dark god, he threatens the life of Baruk Kaah and the very future of the realm.

Bizarre edeinos clad in bone armor and wielding swords have been raiding resistance communities throughout Illinois. Backed by undead Living Land creatures, these war parties have kidnapped a small group of humans and carried them to Takta Ker.

Their goal is a dark and bloody one: having resurrected the edeinos god of Death, they plan to use its power to slay Baruk Kaah and make their leader the new High Lord. The Storm Knights must survive a nightmarish trek through Death's gauntlet and an explosive battle in a Takta Ker temple if they wish to save the humans and stop the creation of a far more deadly Living Land.

Temple of Rec Stalek is an adventure for Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars. You need the boxed game to play. This adventure is for veteran characters. While the material in this supplement is set in Torg's Earth of the Near Now, many of the situations and adventure ideas can be incorporated into other game systems.

Some things are better left concealed....

The Trail of Cthulhu Keeper's Screen gives you the most important tables, rules, and references for Gumshoe. Combat, contests, tests, and the mind-shattering Stability tables are there at your fingertips, giving you more time for GMing, and less fumbling through rule books. And, on the players' side, Jerome Huguenin's breathtaking artwork will add to your game's eldritch atmosphere.

With the screen is the Keeper's Resource Book; not the last scribbled words of a madman, but a carefully researched collection of clues, special benefits, game-relevant historical data, NPCs, and occupational information for use in play.

• Each ability is listed with 1930s equipment and practices focused on their use in adventures to bring your game to life. Sprinkle the sample clues we provider, and offer the listed special benefits to your players.
• Occupations have detailed backgrounds you can use to flesh out character backgrounds and NPC contacts; discover their techniques, weaknesses and foibles.
• Need a mad scientist or a fence? Select from a range of NPCs, some throw away thugs and cultists, others, detailed contacts with forbidden knowledge, patrician academics, antique book dealers, and professional rivals. Each NPC has three quirks or mannerisms so that you can roleplay them consistently, and hooks they can provide to your players.
• Finally, there is the handy Sanity and Stability summary with page references to the main book.

With amazing artwork and superb resources, forbidden knowledge has never been so much fun!

The power of the Occult surges through the horrific realm of Orrorsh, creating the most hideous and terrifying monsters ever seen on Earth.

This tome, compiled at great risk by the members of the Sword of the Sacellum, provides a complete description of many of these beasts, including the grotesque Knot Man, the macabre killjoy and nearly 60 other terrors of the realm.

This supplement to Torg: Roleplaying the Possibility Wars features detailed information on the horrors of Orrorsh, with realm maps, illustrations, and game statistics.

CONQUERORS OF THE PLANES

Mind Flayers

The very name conjures up images of slavers and overlords; of ravenous beings with an unsatiable appetite for the brains of other creatures. Unveiled Masters: The Essential Guide to Mind Flayers describes in great detail the history, biology, society, and culture of the mind flayers, the penultimate fantasy adversary. Bring new heights of challenge to any D20 campaign with these nefarious masterminds!

Unveiled Masters features:

• Details on the Mind Flayer Interplanar Empire that spans the multiverse!
• An exhaustive study into the psychology of heartless predators
• Insidious races specially designed to infiltrate the enemies of the Mind Flayers
• Variant Mind Flayers to further challenge your characters
• Mind Flayer "technology", an assembly of cunningly-wrought psionic and magical devices that permit the Mind Flayers to dominate lesser species
• A complete Mind Flayer pantheon
• Enough new Domains, Feats, Spells and Psionic powers to rule the multiverse
• New Prestige Classes for Mind Flayers
• Adventure seeds and campaign hook galore!

A Vault of Unspeakable Terrors!

Eons ago, the world was held in the grip of fear by the dark city of Krezzel Dul and its dark master: Osenkej, the Witch King. Though this great evil was finally defeated, some portion of the city -- the Ebon Fane -- remains buried deep underground. But worse is what lies deeper: beneath the Fane is the Black Vault, wherein reside numerous artifacts and creatures of great and unimaginable evil. Now, a dark army known as the Ghul Legion seeks to plunder these vile treasures - if they are not stopped, the horrors of the Witch King will be free again!

A Race Against Evil!

Fane of the Witch King is an epic, open-ended adventure designed to take a party of 4th to 6th level characters to 10th level or beyond. Far from an ordinary dungeon crawl, Fane of the Witch King challenges characters to move fast and strike hard against a multitude of challenging and intelligent enemies while they navigate through a versatile and dynamic multi-area dungeon. Includes a new spell and several items of evil power including the Blood Grail and the Bone Cross.

Mysterious, wild and beautiful, Scotland in the 1920s is home to horrors modern and ancient, man-made and star-born. From the rolling pastoral Lowlands to the snow-capped peaks of the Highlands and the seaweed-choked Western Isles, creatures and cultures have taken root in Scotland whose maddening, corrupting influence can be felt far and wide. Fiendish things haunt the hive-like alleys and wynds of old Edinburgh, while Glasgow’s streets whisper with rumours of dark terrors in the shipyard shadows on the snaking, poisonous Clyde. And in the isles, murmurs on fishing boats and ferries speak of far older things, of sites of power and standing stones, awakenings and stirrings in forgotten places. Something terrifying lurks in the night, casting dark shadows over Scotland.

Shadows over Scotland is a massive new hardback sourcebook for Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game covering Scotland in the 1920s. It features:

• three comprehensive sections detailing the Lowlands, Highlands and Islands individual sections on history, folklore, language and life in 1920s Scotland
• a complete mythos timeline detailed coverage of nine cities and their various inhabitants
• six sinister adventures complete with extensive handouts

Prove Yourself!

Once every ten years, the cosmopolitan city of Goka on the eastern coastline of Tian Xia hosts the Ruby Phoenix Tournament on an island in the city's harbor. Infamous for its strange spectacles and exciting mix of fighting styles, the contest draws combatants from all over the world. Its winner gets his choice of a single item from the legendary treasury of an ancient spellcaster. But this year, not all who have come to compete do so out of respect for the traditions of battle or even out of greed for the reward. They seek instead nothing so much as red revenge!

The Ruby Phoenix Tournament is a tournament-style Pathfinder Module designed for 11th-level characters, written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and compatible with the 3.5 edition of the world's oldest RPG. The adventure serves as an ideal introduction to the folk and fighting styles of the lands of the Dragon Empires.

Pathfinder Modules are 32-page, high-quality, full-color, adventures using the Open Game License to work with both the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and the standard 3.5 fantasy RPG rules set.

Throughout its history, some members of the Order of Hermes have stood out from their peers, whether for their brilliance or for their sheer stubborn pursuit of a goal. They are the legends of the Order, whose tales are still told and even emulated by lesser magi. And some of these powerful wizards have left legacies that have yet to be fully uncovered.

Legends are never complete.

This book details five such magi from across the Order's history: a brilliant researcher who extended Hermetic theory; a master of spirits; an advocate of peace on the eve of the Schism War; an obsessive constructor of magical defenses; and the flamboyant master of a flying castle. All have left treasures behind ... treasures waiting to be found by living magi!

Death to All Tyrants!

Korvosa withers in the grip of a mad monarch! Beaten down by riots, disease, and the ironclad enforcers of a cruel despot, the people shudder in their homes and pray for saviors. The time has come to rise up against the crazed Queen Ileosa Arahasti and put an end to her vicious rule. Yet within the walls of Castle Korvosa waits an army of soldiers, bodyguards, and diabolical monstrosities -- to say nothing of the seemingly invincible queen herself. Can the PCs put an end to a tyrant's reign? Or will an ancient evil claim Korvosa once and for all? All is decided in this, the fateful climax of the Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path!

This volume of Pathfinder includes:

• "Crown of Fangs," an adventure for 14th-level characters, by Tito Leati.
• Details on the relics of Korvosa, seven terrifying artifacts, possessed by the spirit of one of Golarion's most notorious dragons, by J.D. Wiker.
• The mysteries of the Harrow deck of many things, an artifact capable of reshuffling fate and changing fortunes, by the Pathfinder staff.
• Eando Kline's trek to the orc city of Urgir takes a turn for the impossible in the Pathfinder's Journal, by James L. Sutter.
• Four new monsters by Tito Leati and F. Wesley Schneider.

The heroes return to Korvosa to find their home city in a stranglehold of martial law and cruelty and that Queen Ileosa has neared her goal of achieving immortality. With the holy weapon Serithtial in their hands, they must confront old enemies and explore ancient Thassilonian ruins if they hope to save the people of Korvosa from fueling a mad queen's lust for immortality.

This volume of Pathfinder closes out the Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path, and also features a discussion of Varisia's largest dungeon -- the untold vaults below Castle Korvosa, full details on the notorious dragon behind the Curse of the Crimson Throne, and many new monsters to vex and plague high-level heroes.

Pathfinder is Paizo Publishing's 96-page, perfect-bound, full-color softcover Adventure Path book printed on high-quality paper that releases in a monthly volume. Each volume is brought to you by the same staff which brought you Dragon and Dungeon magazines for over five years. It contains an in-depth Adventure Path scenario, stats for about a half-dozen new monsters, and several support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Because Pathfinder uses the Open Game License, it is 100% compatible with the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game.

The End is Near!

Since the first spark of mortal life took form, the daemons have sought to extinguish it. Evil in its purest form, these terrors seek nothing less than the end of all existence. Led by the Four Horsemen -- War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death -- the armies of Abaddon work to corrupt, consume, and destroy everything around them. Perfect nihilists, the daemons seek only to be the last entities looking down on the dying cinders of the cosmos before they themselves are consumed, and only darkness remains.

Within this book, you'll find:

• Complete descriptions of the Four Horsemen and their armies of soul-devouring daemon servitors.
• An overview of the wasteland realm of Abaddon, the private domains of its masters, and several other forsaken locations.
• Rules for the daemon-worshiping souldrinker prestige class.
• An introduction to the soul economy, and how captured souls are traded and used by fiends and mortals alike.
• Secret histories of previous Horsemen.
• New daemonic spells and magic items.
• Overviews of the different castes of daemons, plus tips and tricks to aid in their summoning.
• Statistics for eight new daemons ready to bring the horrors of the cosmos to players' doorsteps.

Horsemen of the Apocalypse is intended for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder campaign setting, but can easily be used in any fantasy game setting. While Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a standalone product, it also serves as a companion to Princes of Darkness: Book of the Damned, Vol. 1, which details the legions of Hell, and Lords of Chaos: Book of the Damned, Vol. 2, covering the hordes of the Abyss.

An Unforgettable Voyage!

Freeport began with the classic adventure Death in Freeport and now it returns to those roots with new adventures for True20 Adventure Roleplaying. The Lost Island kicks the series off in grand style with a story of exploration and intrigue. It begins after an expedition to a distance island goes horribly wrong, and a father recruits help to rescue his missing daughter. The adventure takes the heroes from the streets of Freeport on a dangerous voyage through unchartered waters to a mysterious island. There are tales of fearsome cannibals and ancient treasure, but what is true and what is the idle talk of sailors? What is really on this island and who wants it? Who is a friend and who is an enemy? Find out in The Lost Island!

The Lost Island is an adventure of characters of 3rd to 5th level for True20 Adventure Roleplaying. It includes four pre-generated characters, so you can jump right into the action.

Set Sail for True Adventure,
True Excitement... True20!

Eldritch Explorations in the Ancient Kingdom

WELCOME TO THE SECRETS OF MOROCCO! This book provides players with a civil, geographical, cultural, political, and Mythos tour of Morocco during the 1920s and 1930s. Morocco will seem like another world, with its cultural differences and its customs being foreign to many Westerners of the 1920s.

The country is vast, and not every city can be covered in depth. This supplement details the political capital, Rabat, the economic capital, Casablanca, as well as Marrakech, one of Morocco’s grandest cities. It provides broad outlines and maps for several other cities.

Morocco is a country of many languages and cultures. Some of the earliest settlements date back to the 12th century B.C. The earliest of these, a port city named Lixus, appears to have been settled by both Berbers and Phoenicians. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Spanish and French control the whole of the nation, while the majority of its native inhabitants find their overlords alien. Investigators of the 1920s are quite likely to experience culture shock, unless they have traveled in such areas previously. The keeper should take advantage of this whenever possible. Exposing investigators to the sights, smells, sounds, and practices of human cities can be as adventurous as the exploration of unknown cities.

The best way to use this book is as a reference for scenarios or campaigns set in North Africa. Secrets of Morocco covers several sites, including Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, the Rif and Atlas mountains regions, and the Sahara.

The Principality of Morgau and Doresh, and Realms Subterranean

Where the Living Live in Fear

Who can withstand the undead princes of Morgau and Doresh? The vampires and spectral knights long ago claimed the country of Morgau & Doresh as their own, leaving the ghouls their empire deep beneath the earth. Both are fully detailed here.

The Imperial Gazetteer takes you deep within the palatial crypts of the realms where death fears to dread [sic], giving Pathfinder Roleplaying Game roleplayers:

• A history of the undead nations above and below the earth.
• A giant cast of undying antagonists and allies.
• A new undead race of necropolitan ghouls for PCs to join the unliving.
• The underground capital of the Emperor of the Ghouls.
• Undead-themed gods and magical items.
• A bestiary containing more undead than you can shake a stake at.

The May/June 1990 issue of Dungeon Magazine includes the following adventures:

• "The Vineyard Vales," by Randy Maxwell, D&D, 4-6 characters of levels 2-4, Dungeon #23, pp. 6-17. The Vineyard Vales is plagued by giant locusts, and the farmers need help finding out what has caused these pests to swarm. Mystara-explicit; Soderfjord (Northern Reaches).
• "Old Sea-Dog," by Thomas Kane, AD&D, 2-5 characters of levels 2-5, Dungeon #23, pp. 32-39. Sir Veneti's favorite mastiff has been kidnapped, and Veneti suspects that his chief rival at the Mastiff Duel, Sir Machi, is responsible.
• "Deception Pass," AD&D, 4-7 characters of levels 7-9, Dungeon #23, pp. 40-62. Six ogre magi have taken up residence in Deception Pass, conspiring to take over the civilized lands and rule their own domain.
• "The Pyramid of Jenkel," by Willie Walsh, AD&D, six characters of levels 8-10, Dungeon #23, pp. 18-31. A terrible evil lurks in a secret dungeon complex beneath the village of Jenkel.

The July/August 1988 issue of Dungeon Magazine includes the following modules:

• "Huddle Farm," by Willie Walsh, AD&D, 3-6 characters of levels 1-4, Dungeon #12, pp. 48-62. The halflings of Huddle Hill have a little problem.
• "At the Spottle Parlor," D&D, 1-3 characters of levels 2-4, Dungeon #12, pp. 24-33. The PCs are lured into a friendly game of spottle. Mystara-explicit; northern Glantri.
• "Light of Lost Souls," by Nigel Findley, AD&D, 3-6 characters of levels 2-4, Dungeon #12, pp. 4-7. The heroes are lured to an old lighthouse by the spirit of the deceased lighthouse keeper.
• "Intrigue in the Depths," AD&D, 6-8 characters of levels 4-7, Dungeon #12, pp. 34-47. The mages of Mishral need to find out why the aquatic elves have broken their trade treaty.
• "Scepter of the Underworld," by James Jacobs, AD&D 1 player, level 12 human fighter, Dungeon #12, pp. 8-23. A human fighter is hired to recover the sceptre of the underworld from an evil temple. A solo adventure.
• "Dungeon Adventures Index," pp. 22-23. A guide to the first two years of Dungeon.

The July/August 1990 issue of Dungeon Magazine includes the following articles and adventures:

• "In the Dread of Night," by Ann Dupuis, D&D, 5-8 characters of levels 1-3, Dungeon #24, pp. 6-25. The village of Sisak is beset by an evil mage and his orcish entourage. Mystara-explicit; Karameikos on Westron Road.
• "A Hitch in Time," by Willie Walsh, AD&D, six characters of levels 7-10, Dungeon #24, pp. 26-37. A booby-trapped tomb hides the secrets and treasures of a long-dead sage.
• "Thunder under Needlespire," by James Jacobs, AD&D, 4-6 characters of levels 8-12, Dungeon #24, pp. 38-60. The monster you're sent out after is so dangerous that even mind flayers fear it. And the illithids want your help!
• Index to issues #1-24, pp. 62-63.