Aerie of the Cloud Giant Strategos nears the finish line...

Glad to say I've put the final touches on the area map for the upcoming Advanced Adventures #36: Aerie of the Cloud Giant Strategos! Below's the map of the cloud island (1/2 per hex). Tons 'o adventures await, or perhaps just certain death, and yes, that's a beanstalk leading up to the island, of course. :-)

Now I start editing the manuscript and then into layout and art acquisition.

XRP involved with OSR sale at Rpgnow.com

Heya all, just wanted to let you know that we've put in 8 of our Advanced Adventures for only $10 into the giant discount OSR sale they're having at rpgnow.com (May 24th-June 12th). Although that's cool and all, I personally find the Known World Megabundle (BECMI rules + all 14 of the GAZ setting books) for only $15 cooler. :-)

Two Tome of Tomes

Pickpockets
Author: Hamset Filpotter
Race: Halfling
Dimensions: 4x5x0.5
Weight: 1 lbs.
Materials: Leather-bound, woodboard, parchment
Rarity: Uncommon
Fields of Study: Humankind, demi-humankind
Special Knowledge Categories: Law & customs
Value: 35 gp

This underground-published work travels in seedy circles. It is the go-to work for any desirous to prevent pickpocketing or desirous to improve their pickpocketing skills. After 2 months of intense study, a reader adds 5 levels to their own to detect pick pocketing attempts (for example, a 2nd-level fighter would be treated as a 7th-level fighter to detect pick pocketing). Additionally, those who can pick pocket gain a +10% chance of success, and treat their targets as if they were 2 levels lower for detection purposes. For example, if the fighter above was faced by a thief who has also studied Pickpockets, the fighter would be treated as a 5th-level fighter (2+5-2).


A Comparative Study of Goblin and Hobgoblin
Author: Fintarfius
Race: Elf
Dimensions: 16x16x1
Weight: 5 lbs.
Materials: Leather-bound, woodboard, parchment
Rarity: Rare
Fields of Study: Humanoids & giantkind
Special Knowledge Categories: Languages
Value: 250 gp

The Comparative Study is an exhaustive work of immense scholarship only achievable over centuries of effort.  500 years ago, the elven wizard Fintarfius willingly accepted a polymorph other to transform himself into a hobgoblin to learn more about his race’s goblin and hobgoblin enemies. He then traveled into their lands and eventually became their king. He ruled for more than two centuries, before tiring of his task and returning to his people. When he returned, he penned this excellent work along with several others regarding goblins and hobgoblins.

Wizard!