Download or read book Skull of the Lich Lord written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captured by the survivors of his massacre at Arx Gravis, the Nameless Dwarf is sentenced to die. The assassin Ilesa has abandoned him, and so it falls to the ex-rogue Nils and Silas the sorcerer to stage a rescue. But with the Lich Lord’s grimoire obsessing him more and more, Silas suspects he is no longer in control of his own fate. Sick and close to death, he is drawn on by visions of a black staff within a forest of tar. As an ancient trap closes in on the companions, the last of the dwarves are threatened with extinction at the hands of ravenous beasts that live only to feed. And in the background, orchestrating it all, an implacable horror Nameless thought had been destroyed: A skull with crimson eyes that feast on living souls. All that remains of Otto Blightey, the Lich Lord of Verusia.
Download or read book The Monsters Know What They re Doing written by Keith Ammann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a compilation of villainous battle plans for Dungeon Masters. In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behavior—and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behavior! It’s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away. In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monsters’ abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don’t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they’re already under fire, a DM shouldn’t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat. Easy to read and apply, The Monsters Know What They're Doing is essential reading for every DM.
Download or read book Crown of Fire written by Ed Greenwood and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imbued with new powers, Shandril finds herself shadowed by enemies—and haunted by a terrifying responsibility The burning magic now housed in Shandril’s body is the most powerful and most sought-after magic in all of Faerûn. Although she was reluctant to take it, there are many others who would kill for the power, and Shandril is now in constant danger. However, Shandril is not alone, and with the help of a handsome young wizard, some burly knights of Myth Drannor, and a certain old mage of Shadowdale, she might just stay alive long enough to save the Realms.
Download or read book Curse of the Black Axe written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only thing keeping the Nameless Dwarf from once more becoming the Ravine Butcher is a helm made from the sorcerous ore, ocras, which he can never remove. Without the helm, he would succumb to the power of the black axe that caused the slaughter at Arx Gravis. After a year of fighting in other people’s wars, Nameless receives a visit from one of the underworld tricksters—a faen—who tells him the day he has long waited for has arrived: The philosopher Aristodeus has come up with a plan to destroy the black axe and free Nameless from the ocras helm. With the aid of new companions and an old friend, the assassin Shadrak the Unseen, Nameless must retrieve three artifacts that, combined, will bring an end to his suffering: The gauntlets of the fire giant, Sartis, whose lair lies in the roots of a volcano; The invulnerable armor of the Lich Lord of Verusia—an undead tyrant with a penchant for impaling and the drinking of souls; And the Shield of Warding, beneath which cowers a paranoid god on the fringe of the Abyss. But things are never that simple. Each of the companions has their own reasons for joining the quests, even Shadrak, who has been bound by an irrevocable contract—to kill the Nameless Dwarf.
Download or read book Annals of the Nameless Dwarf Books 1 6 written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on with total page 1849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sprawling epic of redemption, heroism, and friendship in the face of insurmountable evil and an inexorable fate. "A beautifully written and engrossing masterwork!" (Mitchell Hogan) Fantasy Faction semifinalist for the SPFBO 2018 Child of an unreliable prophecy. Victim of a terrible deception. A soldier once. Then a killer of his own kind. A butcher. The Nameless Dwarf lies entombed beneath the earth, locked in an eternal sleep until the hour of Medryn-Tha's greatest need. With one shot at redemption, he must discover who he really is if he is to prevent the destruction of all the worlds and lead the dwarves to safety. But the deceptions that once cursed him have not been lain to rest. Every victory, every loss presents new dangers, new decisions. And history will remember him as the most cursed among the fallen, Or the greatest hero of legend. (Dungeons and dragons, Axe of the Dwarvish Lords, heroic fantasy, David Gemmell, Michael Moorcock, Gary Gygax, lich lord, undead, assassins guild, portal fantasy, hero quest, cyclops, zombies, witch, magic, sorcery, fantasy battles, myths and legends)
Download or read book Tomb of the Witch Queen written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2022-04-03 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes." Mitchell Hogan, author of A Crucible of Souls The dwarven civil war might have ended, but the powers behind it still fester.... Snuv Scavage is about as lowborn as a dwarf can get. With no parents and no home, she tends Arnoch’s battle-goats and sleeps in their pen. But there is something special about this dwarf. Something written in her blood. When disturbing reports come in from the city of Jeridium, Snuv is sent to kill the heavily pregnant Skald, Nyra Sahtis, before she can give birth to her unnatural child. But Nyra is watched over by the Church of the Way, whose priests have changed beyond all recognition. And she enjoys the protection of Caelin the Cleaver, the most deadly warrior of her generation. Meanwhile, the wizard Venton Nap has returned to life on Aosia with only one thing on his mind: to bring back his deceased family from the Supernal Realm. Employing a guide from the backwater town of Malfen, Venton picks up on the ill-fated quest that once ended his life, determined to find the fabled lily cats of Rhylion and wrest from them the secret of life. As the ages old war between the Lich Lord of Verusia and the Witch Queen of Tho-Agoth at last comes to a head, plunging Medryn-Tha into a new age of darkness, Snuv is confronted by a dwarf with a plain-looking axe, which he claims is the legendary Paxa Boraga. A dwarf who has done his fair share of fighting, and who knows Snuv better than she knows herself. "A masterpiece of sword and sorcery storytelling. A visceral yet thoughtful epic." (Bookwraiths Reviews)
Download or read book Lich El written by Marc Van Pelt and published by Marc Van Pelt. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For four years Aguarius Forest has been Almas' childhood sanctuary where he and his best friend, Ulec, an elven child, have played with little knowledge of the wars that have plagued the world. But now, evil forces had set their eyes on their forest and threaten all that they hold dear. As two families fight to preserve that which is most important, Almas and Ulec begin to realize that more is at stake then they ever believed possible.
Download or read book The Waking Engine written by David Edison and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the City Unspoken, where Gods and Mortals come to die. Contrary to popular wisdom, death is not the end, nor is it a passage to some transcendent afterlife. Those who die merely awake as themselves on one of a million worlds, where they are fated to live until they die again, and wake up somewhere new. All are born only once, but die many times . . . until they come at last to the City Unspoken, where the gateway to True Death can be found. Wayfarers and pilgrims are drawn to the City, which is home to murderous aristocrats, disguised gods and goddesses, a sadistic faerie princess, immortal prostitutes and queens, a captive angel, gangs of feral Death Boys and Charnel Girls . . . and one very confused New Yorker. Late of Manhattan, Cooper finds himself in a City that is not what it once was. The gateway to True Death is failing, so that the City is becoming overrun by the Dying, who clot its byzantine streets and alleys . . . and a spreading madness threatens to engulf the entire metaverse. Richly imaginative, David Edison's The Waking Engine is a stunning debut by a major new talent.
Download or read book Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone Present The Keep of the Lich lord written by Dave Morris and published by Puffin HC. This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MOAR Monsters Know What They re Doing written by Keith Ammann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a follow-up strategy guide with MOAR! monster tactics for Dungeon Masters playing fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. Keith Ammann’s first book based on his popular blog, The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, unpacks strategies, tactics, and motivations for creatures found in the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual. Now, in MOAR! Monsters Know What They’re Doing, he analyzes the likely combat behaviors of more than 100 new enemies found in Volo’s Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. Your campaign will never be the same!
Download or read book Soulstone The Skeleton King written by J.A. Cipriano and published by DDCO Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Aaron and his friends got sucked into the virtual reality game World of Ruul, they quickly realized the only way out would be to acquire all eight soulstones and beat the game. Unfortunately, they’ve somehow managed to incur the wrath of the Skeleton King, an ancient warrior whose vengeance can only be quenched by blood and death. Now, if they want to survive long enough to find those soulstones, they’ll have to find a way to stop him.
Download or read book Last of the Exalted written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the best fantasy novels I have read so far this year." Rebecca Ross (Reedsy Discovery) When a bloodthirsty horde storms out of the north, refugees flee for their lives, among them the skald Nyra Sahtis and Sister Caelin, a priestess who was once a trainer of armies. But with the capital, Jeridium, under siege from a second incursion, there is nowhere left to run. As rival armies converge on Jeridium, the Senate are reduced to clutching at straws. In a desperate last gambit, they send the assassin Shadrak the Unseen past enemy lines and into the mountains, where he must find a grief-stricken warrior and his mythical axe. "Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling, with great characters full of life, relentless plots, and gripping and intense fight scenes." Mitchell Hogan, author of A Crucible of Souls
Download or read book Gate of Evil written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a dwarf girl sleepwalks from her home in Arnoch and wanders barefoot into the Farfall Mountains, foul play is suspected. Reports come in of similar abductions all over Medryn-Tha, and the culprit is believed to be a bane of the Abyss, a monster known as the Lurker. Not wishing to place any more of his people at risk, Arnoch's king, the Nameless Dwarf, insists on going after the missing girl by himself. It is a decision he will live to regret... if he's lucky.
Download or read book Fate of the Dwarf Lords written by Derek Prior and published by Homunculus. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having worked out his penance and resettled his people in the citadel of Arnoch, the Nameless Dwarf decides to start a new life in the up-and-coming town of Brink. Seven years later, he has everything a dwarf could possibly wish for—a gym, a beer hall, and a bawdy house across the road. Then a blood-stained dwarf staggers into town with a message of doom: Arnoch has sunk beneath the waves, its last defense against the attack of a five-headed dragon. The one slender hope remaining to the dwarves lies in their distant past: the dwarf lords, who had been created for perils such as this. But for centuries, they have been in exile on Thanatos, a death world likely to change even the greatest of heroes. With time running out for Arnoch, Nameless must find the dwarf lords and persuade them to come home. But before that, he first has to survive them.
Download or read book God s Well written by Steven Van Meeteren and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a thousand year exile, the Lost God has returned to the world of mortals, and all was expected to be well. But the lands are in for another tragic upheaval. The magic which once ruled the world is now gone and, in that instant, the Lost God-Daflagos-is released. Beyond the marble city of Darenjar, the evil lich lord Kaimen continues to find any way possible to destroy Berran, the cunning young thief and unknown prince prophesized to be the next king of Darenjar. Hunted by Kaimen, Berran becomes a pawn in a deadly game that can either fulfill the prophecy...or destroy his kingdom. Faranbar, the God of Everything and Nothing, has unknowingly written a prophecy that will cause Kaimen and Berran to battle for their place of power. Is Darenjar destined to lose the power of its newfound prince, or can Berran survive the malevolent fury that Kaimen is intent on releasing? With the gods holding sway over the world of mortals, their faces are to be revealed - as they were a thousand years ago - in the hopes of proving that war must not destroy the marble city and the world.And with the Great Dragons stirred awake by the loss of magic, a certain thief who stole an ancient artifact from the Dark God must heed the prophecy and beware the danger yet to come...A thrilling continuation of Raiephin's Tear, God's Well is a spellbinding tale of a false king, cryptic prophecies, and a young mortal powerful enough to be the envy of the gods. About the Author: Steven Van Meeteren is an author and business owner. He is currently writing the third novel in his Sorrowinds series and lives with his wife and three children in Australia. Publisher's Website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/GodsWell-BookTwoOfTheSorrowindsCycle.htm
Download or read book The Chronicles of Klaye Book 1 Blood Dawn written by Adam Van Dyke and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-12 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book The first installment of the Chronicles of Klaye saga, Blood Dawn, marks the beginning of the terrors that befall the world. Powerful beings known as Magi are created once every thousand years to the elven and human races to keep the balance of power in the world. When the threat of world domination by an undead wizard becomes a reality, the ambitions of rulers, wizards, and even the Magi unfold. When faced with almost certain death and destruction, even the best of people begin the downward spiral that can only lead to evil and dismay. Following a variety of characters, from a simple thief to the most powerful wizards, most every angle of the events taking place at the time are revealed. A young princess witnesses the murder of her family and fights to become the Magi the world needs her to be. Evil wizards and dragons join forces with the undead wizard for their own gain, forcing unlikely allies to band together in hopes of defeating the evil threatening to destroy Klaye. Despite war, death, and seemingly hopelessness, love and compassion abound among various people. Their desire to do good and to be the light in the world that will guide the kingdoms of humans and elves to victory is felt everywhere. Their belief that goodness will prevail over evil gives them strength when it appears there is no hope. About the Author Adam Van Dyke is currently 38, engaged to a wonderful woman, and has one son and one daughter. He is a Christian who has suffered a lot of hardships in life that have given him the inspiration to write these books. Since age 12 he has played Dungeons and Dragons, giving him the creative outlet to express ideas and stories in a fantasy setting. Progressing through life, he has enjoyed hobbies from various games and musical instruments to writing and drawing. Adam is currently working on completing a degree in creative writing.
Download or read book Sword Play written by Clayton Emery and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the empire of Netheril—thousands of years before the Age of Elminster—in this epic series opener about two warring wizards Long before the mage Elminster made his name, dragons rule the skies of Faerûn, and elves dominate the huge forests that cover the land. Only in the mighty, magical empire of Netheril are men a force to be reckoned with. Bored and haughty in his midair castle, the Netherese mage Candlemas bets fellow wizard Sysquemalyn that a certain “barbarian” who has caught his eye can survive the most ruthless tests his friend—and deadly rival—can devise. The wizards Netheril are not known for their fairness or mercy, but the subject of their wager, Sunbright Steelshanks of the Rengarth Tribe, has a will of his own. Candlemas and Sysquemalyn are not the only players in this lethal game of swords and sorcery . . .
