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Champions of Ruin

Everything a player needs to know to play evil or morally ambiguous

characters in the Forgotten Realms setting.

Champions of Ruin� is a comprehensive guide to playing evil characters in

the Forgotten Realms setting. Many aspects of play are covered: vengeance,

ambition, evil vs. evil, corruption and moral failure, loyalty and betrayal.

The book also discusses types of evil�lawful, chaotic, and neutral�as well as morally ambivalent characters such as anti-heroes and rogues. Elder evils of extreme power are discussed along with tools, feats, spells, evil places and

planar touchstones, and guilds and organizations that evil characters can

join. Two new races are also introduced.

JEFF CROOK has written novels for the Dragonlance® setting, including

Dark Thane, The Rose and the Skull, and Conundrum.

WIL UPCHURCH is a full-time game industry freelancer whose most recent

work with Wizards of the Coast, Inc. includes Star Wars: Ultimate Adversaries �. His articles can be found in Dragon ® Magazine, Dungeon ®

magazine,and other major gaming magazines.

ERIC L. BOYD is a software developer who has written extensively about the

Forgotten Realms for Wizards of the Coast, Inc. His most recent credits

include Lost Empires of Faerûn �, Faiths & Pantheons �, Races of

Faerûn �, and Serpent Kingdoms �.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 160
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780786936922
  • Genres
  • gaming, fantasy, reference, games
  • Release date
  • 2005