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Cover
This is one of our best covers ever. It was created by
Michael Prescott, who did cover art for many of our Terror Network books as
well as Servants of Gaius. It really captures the feel of the setting.
Borders and Interior Art
The borders were also done by Michael Prescott (something he
has done for all of our books since Crime Network) and the interior is mostly
by Federico Pintos. Richard Iorio II did the layout and exceeded his previous work on Servants of Gaius. We wanted an old school aesthetic and I think our artists
succeeded.
Setting
The book includes a full gazetteer of the Bharata Kingdoms (the
civilized human lands of the world of Jagat) with descriptions of the cultures
and geography.
The Patala Underworld
Arrows of Indra has a number of planes in its cosmology. The
surface world inhabited by mortals is connected to the Naraka hell realms by
the Patala Underworld. Full of adventure possibilities, the Patala Underworld
is described in its own chapter. It also comes with a cavern generation system.
Skills
Characters have skills based on their caste and their class.
Skills are determined randomly, enabling characters to perform things like
rituals and combat maneuvers.
Enlightenment Powers
Priests and Siddhis have a chance of gaining these special
powers as their personal enlightenment develops. Like skills these are also
determined randomly. One of my personal favorites is Atman-Sealing Gaze, which
disrupts the target’s connection between his physical body and his soul.
Monsters
I think the monster chapter is particularly impressive. It
offers a wide range of setting appropriate monsters. There are plenty of Asura,
Devas, giant reptiles and magical creatures for any campaign.
Magic Items
The treasure and items chapter details a number of
Indian-inspired magical items like Mala Beads, Sutras and Astras (or celestial
arrows).
Table of Contents
Here is a look at the table of contents.
Procedures
The Game Master Procedures chapter covers everything from
reaction rolls to combat and wilderness survival.
Any chance of seeing a bibliography?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
-Ben.
After the scathing critique one of your writers for Arrows of Indra over anyone who did not share his exact dogmatically OSR-Only approach to broad stroke characterization of fans of other types of systems... I, someone who is a fan of both old school systems and some of the things he spewed his vile nonsense about ("Story Games", or rather, Narrative RPGs), It'd be easier for me to buy OSR-Styled systems from places that don't feel the need to trash anybody who buys a competing style's products.
ReplyDeleteChaosium's BRP system, old school Runequest, Legend, the recent ADnD re-release, and the like all promise me a lot of fun without having to be insulted by it's writers for liking Strands of Fate as well.
Those are the opinions of RPGPundit, not Bedrock Games. While we do not always share his opinions on these matters, we do support his right to express them and do not believe in altering our relationship with writers because of things they say about gaming online. But we also support your right to purchase games elsewhere.
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