Last year, Monte started up new d20 System campaigns and began experimenting with some house rules that he had mused about on www.montecook.com and the messageboards there. 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 and #39;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 PDF exclusive 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 this month!

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But Ragesia has far stranger minions than mere soldiers and beasts. Sleeping horrors strain to pass through to the world of flesh, and though victory in Gate Pass is near, the heroes will find their desires turned to nightmares in the Festival of Dreams.

Welcome to the ninth adventure in the War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga. Throughout the course of the campaign saga, a party of heroes will become involved in an escalating war between mighty magical nations, and after many adventures, military battles, and mysterious intrigue, it will be up to them to decide who will emerge victorious and rule in the aftermath.

The Festival of Dreams and nbsp;is the ninth adventure in the 12-part War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga. The entire saga is also available as a subscription.

This adventure includes:

• Two versions of the PDF, one in full colour, and the other in black-and-white for easy printing.
• Beautiful colour maps and battlemaps by ENnie award-winning cartographer Sean MacDonald.
• A separate .rtf file containing all the stat blocks from the adventure for easy reference.

As war rages on multiple fronts, the heroes call upon their allies for a strike against a secret, frozen fortress and nbsp;that defends the Scourge.

Deep in the heart of northern Ragesia, the Scourge is Supreme Inquisitor Leska and #39;s greatest weapon: and nbsp;a device powered by the suffering of thousands of prisoners which, if completed, could annihilate a city from across the world. and nbsp;

The heroes must assault this fortress deep in enemy territory, but can they destroy the doomsday weapon before they fall victim to a wintry song of agony?

Welcome to the eighth adventure in the War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga. Throughout the course of the campaign saga, a party of heroes will become involved in an escalating war between mighty magical nations, and after many adventures, military battles, and mysterious intrigue, it will be up to them to decide who will emerge victorious and rule in the aftermath.

O, Wintry Song of Agony is the eighth adventure in the 12-part War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga. The entire saga is also available as a subscription.

This adventure includes:

• Two versions of the PDF, one in full colour, and the other in black-and-white for easy printing.
• Beautiful colour maps and battlemaps by ENnie award-winning cartographer Sean MacDonald.
• A separate .rtf file containing all the stat blocks from the adventure for easy reference.

The heroes stand poised to seize control of their fate and the ongoing war, but only if they are the first to claim the Torch of the Burning Sky.

Seeking the legendary artifact of Emperor Coaltongue, the heroes explore a haunted forest and must face its dangers while contending with patrols sent by two two armies who are racing to capture the Torch. and nbsp; From there, the heroes must travel to a sentient psionic temple, where they face shadows of their past in a physical and mental trial that could alter their very beings.

Can the heroes locate the Torch of the Burning Sky, and do they have what it takes to undergo the Trial of Echoed Souls?

Welcome to the seventh adventure in the War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga. Throughout the course of the campaign saga, a party of heroes will become involved in an escalating war between mighty magical nations, and after many adventures, military battles, and mysterious intrigue, it will be up to them to decide who will emerge victorious and rule in the aftermath.

Trial of Echoed Souls and nbsp;is the seventh adventure in the 12-part War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga. The entire saga is also available as a subscription.

This adventure includes:

• Two versions of the PDF, one in full colour, and the other in black-and-white for easy printing.
• Beautiful colour maps and battlemaps by ENnie award-winning cartographer Sean MacDonald.
• A separate .rtf file containing all the stat blocks from the adventure for easy reference.

• Two versions of the PDF, one in full colour, and the other in black-and-white for easy printing.
• Beautiful colour maps and battlemaps by ENnie award-winning cartographer Sean MacDonald.
• A separate .rtf file containing all the stat blocks from the adventure for easy reference.

• Two versions of the PDF, one in full colour, and the other in black-and-white for easy printing.
• Beautiful colour maps and battlemaps by ENnie award-winning cartographer Sean MacDonald.
• A separate .rtf file containing all the stat blocks from the adventure for easy reference.

Please go to the official War of the Burning Sky web page for more information on the campaign saga. And remember that you can download the Player's Guide and the Campaign Guide for free!





A fantasy adventure for 9th-level characters. Requires the use of a Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook published by Wizards of the Coast, inc.