Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Updates, Errata, and Clarifications When it came to set down
the text for Monte Cooks Arcana Evolved,
I wanted to make sure I updated the rules that had been confusing to players
in the past (or that were flat-out wrong). I also wanted to make sure that owners
of Monte Cooks Arcana Unearthed
could get all this basic information for free, without having to buy the new
book. You can download this information now. |
The Magister This free five-page download by Monte Cook offers a sneak peek at the updated magister character class, including new abilities for levels 20 to 25! Look for Monte Cooks Arcana Evolved coming in print and PDF on Feb. 28! |
Some "New" Spells This free six-page download
by Jeffery A. Dobberpuhl presents 10 spells from the core rules System Reference
Document (SRD) converted for use with Monte
Cooks Arcana Unearthed or the forthcoming Monte
Cooks Arcana Evolved. |
The Depths of Hunger Set
sail aboard the Briny Jack for a memorable
adventure in the Great Eastern Sea. Your job: to deliver
a metamorphosing iron witch to mojh transformation
experts in Fallanor. But the way is not smooth, and
the greatest challenge of all could lead you straight
into the clutches of the foul master of hungerfire! |
Some Arcana Unearthed Dire Feats These are some feat ideas
I had for use specifically with Monte Cook's
Arcana Unearthed. This isn't a preview for Arcana
Evolved, it's just some fun stuff I came up with... |
The Severed Oath This
adventure, which debuted as a tournament at Gen Con
Indy 2004, is designed for 5th-level characters using Monte Cooks
Arcana Unearthed. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Available for the First Time as a Single PDF! Up to now, we offered the electronic editions of Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed only as a set of three different PDFs... |
Arcana Unearthed Miniatures Gallery (July Greens) This week, a new batch of Arcana Unearthed miniatures have become available - see the new sculpts! |
Introducing...
The Arcana Unearthed Trailer! (Mac) Check out the new Arcana Unearthed Flash trailer created for us by Mark Byer with music by Jammin' Grooves. For Mac Users. |
Eldritch Might Spell List By popular demand, weve taken spells from The Complete Book of Eldritch Might to offer here in spell list form fully compatible with Monte Cooks Arcana Unearthed. |
Malhavoc Press Wins 3 ENnies! Malhavoc Press won three 2004
Gen Con & EN World d20 System Awards last week at the Gen Con Game
Fair! |
The Thrice-Cursed Crown The Thrice-Cursed Crown by Mike Mearls is an introductory
adventure for Monte
Cooks Arcana Unearthed. If youve
been looking for a good way to introduce your friends
to Arcana Unearthed, running this 14-page free
adventure is a great way to do it. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Character Sheet! As you start new campaigns with Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed, we have a free character sheet for download. This is the same sheet you see on page 250 of your book. |
Monte
Cook's Arcana Unearthed Rules FAQ Since the release of Monte
Cook's Arcana Unearthed, a few questions have come up more than once, suggesting that additional clarifications might be helpful. |
Generate Names for Arcana Unearthed Characters I'm excited today to share a cool new online tool with all of you: a name generator for Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed PDF Previews For each of the three Arcana Unearthed PDF volumes, Monte wrote a special introduction, which is the only part of the books that does not also appear in the hardcover. Here are the introductions for those PDFs. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Chat Transcript I was pleased to welcome almost 40 of you to our very own chat room last week to answer your questions about Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthedand more. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Electronic Titles Debut! Today Monte Cook makes selections from his hot new rulebook Arcana Unearthed available to the PDF roleplaying audience, along with the electronic version of his new DM's Screen and Player's Guide. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Art Gallery II More excellent images from the Arcana Unearthed variant player's handbook. |
Arcana Unearthed Breaks Records A powerful debut at the Gen Con Game Fair this past weekend and strong initial retail sales make Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed from Malhavoc Press the roleplaying game title to watch this season. |
Introducing...
The Arcana Unearthed Trailer! Check out the new Arcana Unearthed Flash trailer created for us by Mark Byer with music by Jammin' Grooves. This is a Flash version 5 movie made just for Malhavoc Press. |
Gary
Gygax Calls Arcana Unearthed "A Knockout"! Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax has already named Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed a winner! |
Weapons and Armor I absolutely love the introduction of exotic weapons into D&D. |
The Giants Giants
call themselves Hu-Charad, which means the stewards,
but everyone else calls them giantsand for good
reason.... |
The Greenbond The
greenbond is a mage who deals with nature. He speaks
the language of the leaves, of a babbling brook, or
the stony heartrock of a mountain. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Art Gallery I We are really lucky to have had so many terrific artists to illustrate Arcana Unearthed, and we're pleased to unveil some of the first pieces in this sneak peek. |
Greenbond Notes Last week's preview of the greenbond class gives a nice glimpse of a lot of Arcana Unearthed issues. |
Spell Templates This week I thought I'd discuss an idea that I'm really very happy with. |
Playtesting Playtesting is extremely important to me. When we developed 3rd Edition, we did more playtesting than perhaps any other RPG product, ever. |
Code Monkey and Necromancer Announce New Arcana Unearthed Tie-Ins Code Monkey Publishing and Necromancer Games have become Malhavoc Press' newest partners in releasing support products for Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed: A Variant Player's Handbook |
Death's Door I like the D&D death's door rules. |
Hero Points Ever put up wallpaper? |
Iron Wind Metals to Produce Arcana Unearthed Miniatures Game designer Monte Cook is pleased to announce that official miniatures for his Arcana Unearthed variant player's handbook will be available this summer. |
Truenames As promised, I'll throw out a few words about truenames. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Chat Transcript II Monte hosted another chat in our very own chat room to answer your questions about Arcana Unearthed and more. |
Go, Go, Go! Short entry this time. I hate spells with 1 minute/level durations. |
Ceremony I think I've already mentioned that one of the goals I set for myself with Arcana Unearthed was to make things a little less generic. |
Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Chat Transcript I Monte hosted a two-hour chat in our very own chat room to answer your questions about Arcana Unearthed and more. |
Things That Rules Take Away There are aspects of fantasy roleplaying that rules, inadvertently, can actually take away. |
Still Talking Classes So what's left? In previous Design Diary installments, I've discussed the main spellcasters and the tough guys of the game. |
More Classes Last time, I went over some of the non-spell-using combat classes. This time, I want to tell you about some of the other classes. |
Build a Better Fighter The title this week is facetious. It really should be "build a different fighter." |
The Magic Balancing Act In Arcana Unearthed I'm introducing a new method of magic item pricing. |
More Magic This week, I thought I'd talk more about the new magic system in Arcana Unearthed. |
Magic As a designer, magic in Arcana Unearthed posed a huge challenge. |
Malhavoc Partners Add Adventure to Arcana Unearthed Monte Cook teams up with Mystic Eye Games and Fiery Dragon Productions for official Arcana Unearthed tie-ins. |
Between Life and Death To
support The Diamond
Throne, weve got a free adventure for
you called Between Life and Death set in the
Floating Forest. |
Design Decisions, Part Two Here's a bit more discussion of some of the general issues I faced as I began designing Arcana Unearthed. |
Design Decisions, Part One Before jumping into another big area of Arcana Unearthed's design, I thought I'd discuss some of the general issues I faced as a designer starting the book. |
Arcana Unearthed Races I started with the races. While I knew that the game needed humans as a basis, I wanted all the other races to be new. |
Presenting Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed In August of 2003, Malhavoc Press will release Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed. This 256-page hardcover product is a "variant player's handbook," meaning that it contains all the material needed to game in complete compatibility with the Open Game Content material presented in the 3rd edition of the world's most popular fantasy roleplaying game. |