April 17, 2003 (Renton, Wash.) -- Today Malhavoc Press releases its second event book: When the Sky Falls, by award-winning game designer Bruce R. Cordell. The new book presents guidelines for sending a meteorite strike crashing down on your campaign word. When we asked Bruce why anyone would want to do that, he simply replied: "Because it's cool!"

When you see When the Sky Falls, we think you'll agree that adventuring has never been cooler than when it comes streaking down from outer space. This event book serves as a guide for DMs and players whose world is struck, and struck hard, by a meteor. Following the model of the popular event book Requiem for a God, When the Sky Falls presents a variety of new prestige classes for characters close to ground zero, a variant magic system powered by residual meteor fragments, and many new feats and spells. It also describes frightening new monsters -- creatures twisted by their proximity to the Afterfall.

When the Sky Falls comes as a 64-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 Kieran Yanner and a cover illustration from Alan Pollack. This electronic edition, regularly priced at $9, is available now from online retailers for the sale price of only $7. 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.

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, Epic Level Handbook, 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.

Malhavoc Press is the publisher of the award-winning Book of Eldritch Might and other d20 System titles by Monte Cook, codesigner of 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons®. Hallmarks of Malhavoc products include unusual magic, monsters, and evocative game elements that go beyond traditional fantasy, as well as a mastery of the d20 System rules. All current Malhavoc Press titles are available in electronic format at this site. Print versions are published by Sword & Sorcery™.

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CONTACT: Sue Weinlein Cook
Malhavoc Press
sue@montecook.com

 

 

 

 

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