The Book of Experimental Might
By Monte Cook
An 84-page sourcebook for all levels
Cover illustration by Kieran Yanner
Electronic (PDF) and print-on-demand editions available now
Collected edition (w/vol. 2) available now in hardcover
Last year, Monte started
up new d20 System campaigns and began experimenting with some house rules that
he had mused about on this website and the message boards here. The response
was overwhelming -- game fans wanted to see how these new, experimental rules
worked.
Because you demanded
it!
So Monte took a break from
his fiction work to compile this book, a collection of the house rules he currently
uses in his own games. These include a spell progression system that ranks spells
from levels 1 to 20, new rules for healing and curative magic, magical disciplines
for spellcasters that always give them an active power and a way to contribute,
and much more.
This book also includes
a new base class, the runeblade, for players wanting a character that
combines magic and martial skill without the use of spells. New rules for wizards,
clerics, druids, paladins, and rangers are provided, offering each class magical
disciplines like Godhammer, Eldritch Bolt, and Nature's Senses. And, of course, the
book also offers dozens of new spells, feats, and magic items.
Inherent within all the
rule changes in this book is the idea that characters should be able to keep
adventuring longer than the rules currently allow. Disciplines, more ample healing,
and the other experiments in this supplement help bring down the barriers
-- like casters running out of spells and characters running low on hit points
-- that traditionally make parties stop to rest before they really want to.
Start your own experiment
now!
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