 If knowledge is power, then the
collective memory of all who passed beforemust be powerful indeed.
Akashic Nodes: The Home of Memory is the first in the
AEvolutions line of sourcebooks from Blue Devil Games, providing
exciting, original material for Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved.
 ritten
by the Keepers of the Oath, a dedicated and talented enclave of
AE scholars, this book explores the phenomenon of akashic nodes,
locales where the concentration of memory is at its greatest.
Each chapter presents a unique, fully-described node as a way
of introducing new rules, including:
- Citadel of the Wayhunters: A fallen sibeccai fort with detailed
mechanics for expanding the concept of the node. Epicenters,
aspects, lore, and echoes offer new ways to customize your nodes.
- Academy of Visions: The ruins of a small community of akashics,
magisters, and runethanes, this chapter explores the connection
between nodes and magic, presenting new spells, runes, and magic
items for characters and GMs alike.
- The Forgotten Graveyard: A mysterious resting place marked
by bones of every shape and size and home to many strange creatures
from the vicious akashic reavers to the mysterious mind giants
known as the merro.
- The Burlboughs: A secluded area of the Harrowdeep, where the
Green and the Dark wage a centuries-long battle for control.
This chapter offers new rules for adapting nodes to aid characters
of every class.
- The Serpent's Heart Guildhall: An exhaustively described akashic
guild with a dozen fully described NPCs and enough plot hooks
to sustain an entire campaign.
- "The Fading of All Things": A full-length adventure, in which
the party races through the sands of the southern lands to undertake
a node ritual and avert a war, all the while harried by a band
of vallorians and their dreaded minions.
Each chapter is peerlessly illustrated
by a different artist: Marcio Fiorito, Daniel Harris, Sergio Isaza,
J.P. LeClerc, Bradley K. McDevitt, Jeff Ward. Featuring cartography
by Ed Bourelle.
Purchase Akashic Nodes in print format at Indie Press Revolution.
Purchase Akashic Nodes in pdf format at RPG Now, the EN World Game Store, and Drive-Thru RPG.
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entire 1st chapter!), click here.
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Reviews of Akashic Nodes:
| Gaming Report - 4 out of 5 Stars, "It's
a good book, and a good expansion of an idea. Exactly what
I'd like to see more of in D20 products" writes Travis J.
Lee. |
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| EN World - Crothian - 4 out of 5 Stars, "Blue Devil
Games once again shows they can produce a good quality product.
The writing and ideas are very flavorful and this book has
a lot of adventure ideas as well as a full adventure in
it." |
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| EN World - Joe G. Kushner - 4 out of 5 Stars, "For
those looking for support for AE and want more than the
two books Malhavoc currently has out, this is a good place
to start." |
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