Players Companion for Shadowdark

 

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A grabbed a copy of Greg Christopher's Player Companion for Shadowdark a while back. And since then it has been my go-to third-party reference book. Let me give you the stats.

20 New Backgrounds

24 New Ancestries

36 New Classes

A gi-gundo amount of new equipment, armor and weapons

A breakdown for poisons

and spell catalysts that add an entirely new element to spellcasting

One of the main questions that I was asked if the new classes stepped on the toes of the four classes in the primary rulebook. Greg intends them to be drop-in replacement for the existing classes and ancestries. I'm not one that worries about class protection. I see the main classes as templates to build upon. A warrior in one region will look different from the typical warrior from another region. The differences are what adds the distinct flavor/feel of a campaign. Greg has provided different ways to do this. 

I am also a huge fan of his expanded equipment list. Always have been. Back when he penned Ambition and Avarice my favorite section was the equipment section. He provides a lot of diversity to how a character can interact with their environment. 

Players Companion is affordable priced at DriveThru RPG.

PDF is $8

Soft Cover + PDF is $9

Hard Cover + PDF is $15

If you like Shadowdark you can't go wrong getting a copy.