Trailblazer is a "system optimizer" for your d20-compatible 3rd edition game. Our design approach has been straightforward and focused: Identify the major problems of 3rd edition, then rebuild or refit the system using the latest in game design philosophy.

Trailblazer is both forward-looking and backwards compatible; innovative, but respectful of gaming traditions.

Inside this work, you will find:

and bull; A detailed analysis of The Spine of the d20 system
and bull; Action Points
and bull; 10-Minute Rest Mechanic
and bull; Multiclass Spellcasters
and bull; Character Class Rebalance
and bull; Skill Consolidation
and bull; New Feats
and bull; Combat Reactions
and bull; Customizing Monsters
and bull; Elite and Solo Creatures
and bull; Encounter Budgeting
and bull; Treasure Parcels

Trailblazer includes generous design notes through the body of the work to call attention to items that have changed-and explain why.

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DMs, are your monsters lacking that certain something that makes them more than just another rung in the ol and rsquo; XP ladder? Do you want your players to be wide-eyed with terror and whisper, and ldquo;what the hell is that? and rdquo;, when you introduce a new monster to the game? Then look no further! The newest offering from Blackdirge Publishing and Goodman Games allows you to harness the raving lunacy of H.P. Lovecraft and rsquo;s tales of terror and the supernatural for your Fourth Edition Dungeons and amp; Dragons game. That and rsquo;s right; Critter Cache: Lovecraftian Bestiary brings the squishy, squamous goodness of Lovecraftian monsters to your game table.

So dispense with the mundane kobolds, goblins, and orcs, and populate your next dungeon with elder things and shoggoths. Or, the next time your PCs set sail, have them bump into a slime-coated island covered with ancient ruins where giant, Cyclopean vaults just wait to be opened and hellip;

Critter Cache: Lovecraftian Bestiary is 40 pages of new 4E material, and features over 30 of your favorite Lovecraftian critters, including everyone and rsquo;s favorite, tentacular Great Old One:

• Color out of Space: Color out of Space
• Cthulhu: Cthulhu, Star Spawn of Cthulhu
• Dagon: Dagon
• Deep One: Deep One Hybrid, Deep One Hybrid Elder, Deep One Priest of Cthulhu, Deep One Raider, Deep One Leviathan
• Elder Thing: Elder Thing, Elder Thing Lifecrafter, Protoshoggoth
• Flying Polyp: Flying Polyp
• Ghoul, Lovecraftian: Ghoul Burrow King, Ghoul Coffin Cracker, Ghoul Grubber, Ghoul Gnawer
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• Gug: Gug Priest of the Old Ones, Gug Sentry, Gug Slayer
• Mi-Go: Mi-Go Guard, Mi-Go Scout, Mi-Go Surgeon
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• Shantak: Shantak
• Shoggoth: Greater Shoggoth, Shoggoth

BDPCC06, 42 pages, $6.99

EN Publishing's WAR OF THE BURNING SKY campaign saga comes to 4E! and nbsp; Following the success of the 3.5 version of the saga, this subscription includes all twelve adventures in 4E format (rewritten and revised), plus the Player's and Campaign Guides.

WAR OF THE BURNING SKY
It's not a dungeon crawl...

Each product will be added to the subscription as it is released, starting with the two guides. and nbsp; Products will be released at a rate of 1/month.

SUBSCRIBE RIGHT NOW AND RECEIVE EACH ADVENTURE AS IT IS RELEASED!

Separately, the 4E saga will cost $6.99 per adventure plus the two guides, coming to a total over around $85; this subscription method saves you about $35 on the total price.

Below is a list of the products included in the subscription. and nbsp; Bold products indicate those already added, while those in regular type font are those yet to be added. and nbsp; Estimated release dates are indicated below; however, as with the 3.5 subscription, these are estimates: we will release them as fast as is humanly possibly while maintaining the high quality standards we are known for!

• War of the Burning Sky 4E Player's Guide (Available)
• War of the Burning Sky 4E Campaign Guide (Available)
• WotBS 4E #1: The Scouring of Gate Pass (Available)
• WotBS 4E #2: The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar (Available)
• WotBS 4E #3: Shelter From the Storm (Available)
• WotBS 4E #4: The Mad King's Banquet (Available)
• WotBS 4E #5: Mission to the Monastery of Two Winds
• WotBS 4E #6: Tears of the Burning Sky
• WotBS 4E #7: The Trial of Echoed Souls
• WotBS 4E #8: O Wintry Song of Agony
• WotBS 4E #9: The Festival of Dreams
• WotBS 4E #10: Sleep, Ye Cursed Child
• WotBS 4E #11: Under the Eye of the Tempest
• WotBS 4E #12: The Beating of the Aquiline Heart

For more information about WAR OF THE BURNING SKY, including free downloads and enhancements, visit the official WAR OF THE BURNING SKY WEB PAGE.

YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENTIRE WAR OF THE BURNING SKY CAMPAIGN SAGA BY CLICKING HERE

OR CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS D and amp;D 4E CAMPAIGN SAGA WHICH TAKES CHARACTERS FROM 1ST to 30TH LEVEL

WAR OF THE BURNING SKY
It's not a dungeon crawl...

A cohesive storyline, memorable NPCs, imaginative set-pieces, moral conflict, action, adventure, politics - War of the Burning Sky has it all!

The dramatic beginning of the War of the Burning Sky 4e and nbsp;Campaign Saga, The Scouring of Gate Pass kicks off a war of epic proportions as a mighty magical empire marches for conquest. Their first stop is the vital mountain road through the city of Gate Pass, where the PCs, not yet aware of the role they will play in the coming conflict, lie in the path of a military juggernaut.

As Gate Pass falls under attack, the heroes are tasked with delivering critical intelligence out of the city and to a distant safe haven. First, though, they must deal with agents of the invading empire, spies from other nations, avaricious bounty hunters, and deadly inquisitors. The information they carry may decide the fate of this conflict, the War of the Burning Sky.

Welcome to the first adventure in the War of the Burning Sky 4E and nbsp;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 Scouring of Gate Pass is the first adventure in the 12-part War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga. The entire saga is also available as a subscription product for $49.99.

As the Ragesian Army maches upon the neutral city of Gate Pass, you must retrieve vital war intelligence from a spy and deliver it to the distant wizards' school of Lyceum.

But first you must find a way out of the besieged city before it falls and the inquisitors, Ragesia's infamous mage-hunting clerics, find you.

Can you survive The Scouring of Gate Pass?

Remember to download the FREE Player's Guide and Campaign Guide!

What's to come?

Adventures from and nbsp;veteran authors such as Ari Marmell (Heroes of Horror, Tome of Magic) , Wolfgang Baur (Editor DUNGEON and reg; Magazine 1992-1995), Wil Upchurch (Midnight and reg;, Champions of Ruin) and Darrin Drader (Book of Exalted Deeds, Serpent Kingdoms).

The Scouring of Gate Pass, by Ryan Nock. and nbsp; and nbsp; Drakus Coaltongue, Emperor of Ragesia and bearer of the Torch of the Burning Sky, has fallen, and now the new Empress Leska has sent her armies on the march to war to recover the lost artifact. Her first target: the neutral city of Gate Pass, where a spy for the fledgling Resistance has taken vital war intelligence. On New Year's Eve, the Ragesian military prepares its assault, wyvern knights and legions of infantry arming for battle. The heroes must contact the spy and get a case of critical plans out of the city before the inquisitors, Ragesia's infamous mage-hunting clerics, find them.
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The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar, by Jacob Driscoll. and nbsp; To shake pursuit by the Ragesian empire, the heroes trek through the dangerous Innenotdar Woods, a forest which has burned for decades, kept alive by the power of a strange, undying entity. Hunted by one of Ragesia's infernal minions, the heroes must seek the aid of the forest's pernicious fey and solve the mystery of its endless flame if they are to avoid a fiery death.
and nbsp;
Shelter From the Storm, by Ryan Nock. and nbsp; The heroes finally reach the storm-lashed coastal town of Seaquen, where the magical academy known as the Lyceum has called for those who oppose Ragesia to gather. As they navigate political machinations, encounter hostilities between refugee camps, and unearth a conspiracy to assassinate ambassadors of several nations, the heroes become rising stars of the Resistance.
and nbsp;
The Mad King's Banquet, by Shane O'Connor. and nbsp; Lyceum sends the heroes on a mission to find allies in the nearby nation of Dassen before Ragesia's ambassador convinces Dassen's king to stay neutral in the war. Strange forces are at work manipulating the king, and if the heroes are to win Dassen's loyalty, they will have to betray its ruler, and provoke a civil war.
and nbsp;
Mission to the Monastery of Two Winds, by Andrew Kenrick. and nbsp; To have a chance against the Ragesians, the Resistance has to find the Torch of the Burning Sky, the artifact that until recently let the imperial armies teleport across the world. When the first expedition sent to find the Torch vanishes while investigating a mountain monastery, Lyceum sends the heroes to pick up the trail. But Ragesia has followed the same clues, and to earn the trust and aid of the brothers who control the monastery, they will have to protect it against foes both within and without.
and nbsp;
Tears of the Burning Sky, by Ken Marable. and nbsp; and nbsp;Hot on the trail of the mighty Torch, the heroes race against treasure hunters, an army, and mysterious monstrous entities to reach the abandoned fortress where Emperor Coaltongue fell. The castle, overrun by undead and washed in the deadly energy of a rift to the plane of fire, holds the clue of what has happened to the Torch, but the party will have to fight to learn it.
and nbsp;
The Trial of Echoed Souls, by Ari Marmell and Ryan Nock. and nbsp; The trio of assassins who slew the emperor and stole the Torch have hidden in the haunted Ycengled forest, on the border of an elvish nation. To find their lair the heroes must delve into the secret tragedy of the forest, which may alienate one of the Resistance's strongest potential allies. Even if they do find the assassins, to claim the Torch they must run down the leader, a spiteful shadowdancer for whom the cursed woodlands is the perfect playground.
and nbsp;
O Wintry Song of Agony, by Jeremy Anderson. and nbsp; and nbsp; Empowered by the Torch, the heroes and the Resistance armies teleport to assault a secret eldritch facility in the frozen reaches of northern Ragesia. Following clues from the military intelligence they retrieved in the first adventure, the heroes lead the attack to destroy the facility before Leska's minions activate a superweapon, powered by the agony of thousands of tortured prisoners.
and nbsp;
The Festival of Dreams, by Ryan Nock. and nbsp; and nbsp; A prisoner rescued in their last mission warns the heroes of a new front in the war. Returning to the city of Gate Pass, the heroes must locate an entity known as Vigilance, a gatekeeper who holds back nightmare beings of the underworld which have allied with Leska. As Ragesian and Resistance armies battle for control of the city, and hopeful citizens prepare a festival to celebrate their victory, the heroes must thwart an attempt to unleash monsters born from their darkest desires. and nbsp;

Sleep, Ye Cursed Child, by Wolfgang Baur. and nbsp; and nbsp; The heroes descend into an underworld dreamscape to destroy the source of Leska's nightmarish allies, and to stop them from unleashing an apocalypse.
and nbsp;
Under the Eye of the Tempest, by Wil Upchurch. and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;A treacherous ally tries to destroy the Resistance so that he alone will rule in the aftermath. The heroes lead an assault against a mile-long living airship and fight their way to its brain, to kill the leviathan and its master.
and nbsp;
The Beating of the Aquiline Heart, by Darrin Drader and Ryan Nock. and nbsp; The heroes and their armies wage a final battle against the forces of the Ragesian Empire for control of a desolate wasteland, beneath which beats the heart of the world. Its immortal blood flows through Leska's veins, and so long as she lives, the world will know only war. Can the heroes defeat this fate and usher in a golden age, or will the world be scorched in a rain of fire?
and nbsp;

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.

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!

Read Me Before Printing

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.

Rules Set: 4E (GSL)

Get to know your character!

Player Options: Flaws and Merits provides an opportunity to get in depth when developing or growing or character. and nbsp; This new option allows you to choose flaws and merits based on your character role with solid game mechanics to back up the role-play. and nbsp; Do you have a remorseful warlord or a and nbsp; befuddled, aged wizard? and nbsp; Are you a thrillseeking rogue with a brutal streak or a druid wishing to teach others the skills they need to survive?

This product provides Players and Game Masters with the following for thrilling play:

• A full description of how merits and flaws work, including additional reward options for outstanding role-play.
• 52 flaws - a new type of mechanic for getting extra feats.
• 28 Merits - a new type of feat that can only be taken when you first take a flaw.
• 24 Flaw and Merit combinations for all the 4th Edition GSL character builds.
• Advice on how to adjust the flaw and merit system to suit you gaming style.

This is where role-play and statistics collide.

and nbsp;

Writer: Joshua Raynack

APG401, 16 pages, $1.95

and nbsp;

• 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.

YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE ENTIRE WAR OF THE BURNING SKY CAMPAIGN SAGA BY CLICKING HERE

OR CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS D and amp;D 4E CAMPAIGN SAGA WHICH TAKES CHARACTERS FROM 1ST to 30TH LEVEL

WAR OF THE BURNING SKY
It's not a dungeon crawl...

A cohesive storyline, memorable NPCs, imaginative set-pieces, moral conflict, action, adventure, politics - War of the Burning Sky has it all!

The journey between Gate Pass and distant Lyceum is long; along the way lies a forest that has burned for decades, where a dream monster holds sway.

Before escaping the raging flames, the heroes become caught in a three-way conflict with a fiend, the fierce spirit of the forest itself, and a clan of pernicious fey who possess a powerful weapon for the coming war.

Welcome to the second 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 Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar is the and nbsp;second adventure in the 12-part War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga. The entire saga is also available as a subscription product for $49.99.

Remember to download the FREE Player's Guide and Campaign Guide!

and nbsp;

What's to come?

Adventures from and nbsp;veteran authors such as Ari Marmell (Heroes of Horror, Tome of Magic) , Wolfgang Baur (Editor DUNGEON and reg; Magazine 1992-1995), Wil Upchurch (Midnight and reg;, Champions of Ruin) and Darrin Drader (Book of Exalted Deeds, Serpent Kingdoms).

The Scouring of Gate Pass, by Ryan Nock. and nbsp; and nbsp; Drakus Coaltongue, Emperor of Ragesia and bearer of the Torch of the Burning Sky, has fallen, and now the new Empress Leska has sent her armies on the march to war to recover the lost artifact. Her first target: the neutral city of Gate Pass, where a spy for the fledgling Resistance has taken vital war intelligence. On New Year's Eve, the Ragesian military prepares its assault, wyvern knights and legions of infantry arming for battle. The heroes must contact the spy and get a case of critical plans out of the city before the inquisitors, Ragesia's infamous mage-hunting clerics, find them.
and nbsp;
The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar, by Jacob Driscoll. and nbsp; To shake pursuit by the Ragesian empire, the heroes trek through the dangerous Innenotdar Woods, a forest which has burned for decades, kept alive by the power of a strange, undying entity. Hunted by one of Ragesia's infernal minions, the heroes must seek the aid of the forest's pernicious fey and solve the mystery of its endless flame if they are to avoid a fiery death.
and nbsp;
Shelter From the Storm, by Ryan Nock. and nbsp; The heroes finally reach the storm-lashed coastal town of Seaquen, where the magical academy known as the Lyceum has called for those who oppose Ragesia to gather. As they navigate political machinations, encounter hostilities between refugee camps, and unearth a conspiracy to assassinate ambassadors of several nations, the heroes become rising stars of the Resistance.
and nbsp;
The Mad King's Banquet, by Shane O'Connor. and nbsp; Lyceum sends the heroes on a mission to find allies in the nearby nation of Dassen before Ragesia's ambassador convinces Dassen's king to stay neutral in the war. Strange forces are at work manipulating the king, and if the heroes are to win Dassen's loyalty, they will have to betray its ruler, and provoke a civil war.
and nbsp;
Mission to the Monastery of Two Winds, by Andrew Kenrick. and nbsp; To have a chance against the Ragesians, the Resistance has to find the Torch of the Burning Sky, the artifact that until recently let the imperial armies teleport across the world. When the first expedition sent to find the Torch vanishes while investigating a mountain monastery, Lyceum sends the heroes to pick up the trail. But Ragesia has followed the same clues, and to earn the trust and aid of the brothers who control the monastery, they will have to protect it against foes both within and without.
and nbsp;
Tears of the Burning Sky, by Ken Marable. and nbsp; and nbsp;Hot on the trail of the mighty Torch, the heroes race against treasure hunters, an army, and mysterious monstrous entities to reach the abandoned fortress where Emperor Coaltongue fell. The castle, overrun by undead and washed in the deadly energy of a rift to the plane of fire, holds the clue of what has happened to the Torch, but the party will have to fight to learn it.
and nbsp;
The Trial of Echoed Souls, by Ari Marmell and Ryan Nock. and nbsp; The trio of assassins who slew the emperor and stole the Torch have hidden in the haunted Ycengled forest, on the border of an elvish nation. To find their lair the heroes must delve into the secret tragedy of the forest, which may alienate one of the Resistance's strongest potential allies. Even if they do find the assassins, to claim the Torch they must run down the leader, a spiteful shadowdancer for whom the cursed woodlands is the perfect playground.
and nbsp;
O Wintry Song of Agony, by Jeremy Anderson. and nbsp; and nbsp; Empowered by the Torch, the heroes and the Resistance armies teleport to assault a secret eldritch facility in the frozen reaches of northern Ragesia. Following clues from the military intelligence they retrieved in the first adventure, the heroes lead the attack to destroy the facility before Leska's minions activate a superweapon, powered by the agony of thousands of tortured prisoners.
and nbsp;
The Festival of Dreams, by Ryan Nock. and nbsp; and nbsp; A prisoner rescued in their last mission warns the heroes of a new front in the war. Returning to the city of Gate Pass, the heroes must locate an entity known as Vigilance, a gatekeeper who holds back nightmare beings of the underworld which have allied with Leska. As Ragesian and Resistance armies battle for control of the city, and hopeful citizens prepare a festival to celebrate their victory, the heroes must thwart an attempt to unleash monsters born from their darkest desires. and nbsp;

Sleep, Ye Cursed Child, by Wolfgang Baur. and nbsp; and nbsp; The heroes descend into an underworld dreamscape to destroy the source of Leska's nightmarish allies, and to stop them from unleashing an apocalypse.
and nbsp;
Under the Eye of the Tempest, by Wil Upchurch. and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;A treacherous ally tries to destroy the Resistance so that he alone will rule in the aftermath. The heroes lead an assault against a mile-long living airship and fight their way to its brain, to kill the leviathan and its master.
and nbsp;
The Beating of the Aquiline Heart, by Darrin Drader and Ryan Nock. and nbsp; The heroes and their armies wage a final battle against the forces of the Ragesian Empire for control of a desolate wasteland, beneath which beats the heart of the world. Its immortal blood flows through Leska's veins, and so long as she lives, the world will know only war. Can the heroes defeat this fate and usher in a golden age, or will the world be scorched in a rain of fire?
and nbsp;