New Bestiary by Bruce Cordell Introduces 18 Psionic Creatures

March 13, 2003 (Renton, Wash.) --From the chameleonlike chalaziom to the dreadful xenocrysth, Bruce Cordell brings 18 all-new psionic monsters to life in his new supplement Mindscapes: Beasts of the Id, on sale today from Malhavoc Press.

Bruce, who also designed the Psionics Handbook, invented new creatures with Challenge Ratings ranging from 1 to 20, so there's something to throw at every adventuring party. "Some of the new monsters are interesting variations on previously disparate creature ideas," he explained, "but most of them explore entirely new, scary, and strange monster territory."

Players also can use these beasts of the id as new creatures for their characters to summon and control. In addition, the book includes a handful of new powers, templates, and additional guidelines to use with the monsters.

Mindscapes: Beasts of the Id comes as a 32-page, illustrated PDF file with a streamlined page design to minimize file size for faster downloading and conserve ink for quicker printing. The book features the black-and-white artwork of Toren “MacBin” Atkinson and Alan Pollack, who also painted the cover illustration. This electronic edition, regularly priced at $7, is available now from online retailers for the sale price of only $5. The book is suitable for characters of all levels and any fantasy campaign. Fans can sample the table of contents, as well as previews of the art and a new monster free.

The electronic edition of Bruce's Mindscapes: A Psion's Guide, featuring 64 pages of new prestige classes, feats, items, powers, and a variant psionic combat system, is also available now.

Born in Watertown, S.D., Bruce Cordell holds a degree in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado. While working as a Research Associate in process chemistry he learned to synthesize DNA, but he couldn't resist the call of game design. In 1995, after a few years as a freelancer and designer of online text-generated virtual worlds, he abandoned science for a designer position at TSR (now Wizards of the Coast). His many design credits include the Psionics Handbook, The Sunless Citadel, Heart of Nightfang Spire, and the Origins Award-winning Return to the Tomb of Horrors. He won the 2002 EN World d20 System Award for Best Adventure for his first Malhavoc psionics title, If Thoughts Could Kill. Bruce lives in Seattle, Wash., with his wife Dee and their dog and five cats. He is hard at work on his second novel. To read more about him, visit his website.

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