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Welcome to the home page for Ptolus, a fantasy city steeped in history and surrounded by threats, from dungeons below to the Spire above. It's also the name of game designer Monte Cook's longtime RPG campaign, now available in both eBook format and as a deluxe package featuring a hardcover book of 672 pages plus a CD-Rom and many other high-quality components. This is where you can come to get sneak peeks, news updates, and free original material about the project and its official tie-in products.

Ptolus isn't your typical roleplaying supplement. The book's deluxe nature will dazzle you, and its all-new way of presenting setting material will surprise you. The Ptolus setting can be used on its own or inserted into an existing campaign -- actually, it's both a setting and a mega-adventure that will take you from 1st to 20th level, and it's a sourcebook on running urban campaigns. For more info, read the FAQ.

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Ptolus Production Diary

Relive Ptolus' long production journey, from its announcement until the book reached your hands.

WHAT'S NEW

Dark Tidings
Dark Tidings is a short dungeon adventure for characters of 6th or 7th level. It is set in Ptolus but utilizes the feat rules, magical disciplines, and spell progression system from The Books of Experimental Might.

Ptolus Map Products From SkeletonKey Games
We are pleased to announce the release of Ptolus Adventure Maps: Madame Kaethea's House in PDF format from SkeletonKey Games. Inside you will find 13 terrain tiles detailing the three levels of this unassuming dark elf hideout nestled among the slums of the Warrens. This and other official tie-in map e-products are created by cartographer Ed Bourelle. Take a look at the whole lineup here...

Ptolus Wins Four 2007 Gold ENnie Awards!
This has been quite a year for Malhavoc Press, starting with the release of Ptolus: Monte Cook's City by the Spire at Gen Con 2006 and culminating with the book winning four industry gold awards at Gen Con 2007. The annual Gen Con/EN World RPG awards ceremony was held Friday, August 17th, at Gen Con Indy's Indiana Roof Ballroom. Sue and I were excited to be there with many of our Ptolus playtesters, contributors, and publishing partners. Over the course of the evening, the book was recognized with gold medals in four categories...

Ptolus Earns Four ENnie Nominations!
It's time once again to vote in the Gen Con & EN World RPG Awards, and Sue and I are proud to announce that Ptolus: Monte Cook's City by the Spire has been nominated in four categories! They are...

Ptolus Comic Book
Sheva Callister is a former adventurer and treasure hunter who is supposed to be retired after the death of her partner, Parnell. But when a noble from the city of Ptolus offers her a special, mysterious reward in exchange for her retrieval of a seemingly unimportant brooch, Sheva takes the job -- against her better judgment. She soon finds herself caught in a complex web of deception as some of the city's most infamous residents attempt to kill her and steal her powerful hungersword. Will this adventure finally be Sheva's last? Get the whole story in the new trade paperback from Marvel Comics, in stores now.

Lilith of the Fallen
In issue 6 of the Monte Cook's Ptolus: City by the Spire comic, we witness the conclusion of the latest plot by the succubus Lilith to increase her fell power in the City of Ptolus. As a preview, check out her description and game stats. This article comes from the Forsaken section in Chapter 6: Organizations of Ptolus.