Rating: [ 5.31 / 10.00 ]

Game Info

Title  Totems of the Dead: Player's Guide
Authors  Steve Ellis, Matthew E. Kaiser, David Viars
Book Type  Background: Setting
Rank: [ 893 / 3183 ]
Genre  Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
Setting  The Untamed Lands
Edition Info  Gun Metal Games (2011)
Stock: CB76721
ISBN: 978-0-85744-122-5
System  Savage Worlds 2

Game Summary

A terrible new age has dawned upon the Untamed Lands. The shining age of the ancestors is crumbling beneath a rising tide of blood and slaughter. Here lie the civilizations of the Untamed Lands, warring with their neighbors just to survive as their crops and game dwindle. The Skadians with their dragon-prowed ships, the Shenese with their wealth of silk and steel, the Maztlani with their obsidian edged blades and the Tribal Confederacies with the unbreakable strength of many arrows. Ruskar invaders stain the snow crimson while Atlantean war parties ravage the eastern shores. Meanwhile the serpent folk lie coiled to strike the warring human nations.

Hither lies a land in need of heroes.

Gird yourself for adventure and harden your heart against nameless things lurking in shadow. Explore the cliff-side ruins of the ancient Stone Shapers and seek treasures in the abandoned monuments of the Mound Raisers. Face off against vile sorcerers, simian sasquatch, the impervious Uktena serpent and ravenous wendigo or beat back elder horrors reawakened from ages long past. Live, love, slay and celebrate each victory as though it may be your last.

In this the Players Guide to the Untamed Lands, you will find a wealth of information including:

• A plethora of human cultures for you to play

• New weapons and equipment!

• New edges including Legendary edges!

• A magic system fitting for the sword and sorcery genre

• New arcane backgrounds such as the blood mage and rune caster

• New setting rules

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# Title System Publisher Released Stock Status
1 Totems of the Dead: Player's GuideSavage Worlds 2Gun Metal Games 2011 CB76721 ---

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8 / 10FlexiLoopy but entertaining mixture of Viking, Oriental, North/Meso/South American mythology & culture with Atlanteans, sub-humans and more thrown in as well. Lots of edges and races with suitable arcane backgrounds, powers and deities. Rounded off with a good gazetteer of the Untamed Lands. An imaginative alternative to standard Euro medieval high fantasy settings.

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