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Epic fantasy adventure and intrigue - Palladium style!

A Sourcebook for The Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Second Edition

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Dedication
First and foremost, t o Kevin and Maryann Siembieda, whose friendship and generosity make this all
possible.
To my mom, Roseanne Coffin, and my dad, William Coffin Sr., for teaching me by example how
wonderful it is to lose oneself in a good book. And for telling me that it might not be a bad idea to try
writing some.
To Dabney Stuart, my first mentor, a man who taught me a whole lot about writing, publishing, and
most importantly, spinning yarns.
And finally, to my incredible wife Alli, about whose grace and beauty I could write enough to fill the
pages of a thousand tomes.

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PDF Edition - May 2018

First Printing - July 2000

Copyright 2000 Palladium Books Inc. and Kevin Siembieda

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A sourcebook for the Palladium Fantasy RPG®, 2nd Edition

Credits

Written By: Bill Coffin

Additional Text & Concepts: Kevin Siembieda
Editors: Alex Marciniszyn
Wayne Smith
Proof Reader: Julius Rosenstein
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Interior Artists: Wayne Breaux Jr.
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Maps: Bill Coffin

Art Direction & Keylining: Kevin Siembieda

Typography: Maryann Siembieda

Based on the RPG rules, magic, characters, worlds,

concepts and Megaverse® created by Kevin Siembieda.

Palladium Books On-Line: www.palladiumbooks.com

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- Kevin Siembieda, 2000

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Contents
Ha rrowheart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Ocalypse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Part One: The Island· . . • •

The Assassin's Cookbook · 108

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The Ashlands .. . .. ..
Gibber ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Discovery: Ghosts and Ancient Ruins' .... .. .. 7
Ghost· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The Rumor Mill .. . .. . .. .. . . .. ... . . . 9
The Brass Menagerie· 110 •

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Arrluugra, The Southeastern Port . . . • • • • .

Exotic & legendary animals start . 110

Bletherad, The Northern Port· . • • . . • . • . . . 11
Amphisbaena· . 110
The City ofBletherad . . . . . . 13
Blue Hooligan . III
About the Island ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Garuda ' 112
About the Wolfen & Politics' . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hsigo' . . . . 113
The Volcanoes . • . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . • . . • . . .

Kraken . . . . 114
The Curse of Oda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Megapede . . 115
Part Two: The Library . •
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Silver Salamandyr . 116

Scrivening Studios ' . . . 21
Silodor . . . 117
TheBasements' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Slamhound 118
The Classification System' . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Voltek . . . 119
The Language ofBooks, Maps & Scrolls ' . 30
Yin Lord ' . 120
The Monastic Order ofBletherad . . . . 30
On Numismatry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Keeping the Peace . . . . .

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Currencies of the World' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

The Keeper' ................. . . 32
Exchange Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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The Morphean Fellowship ' . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

The White Paper Treaty · . . . . 1 28
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The Mystic: Arcana . .

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Percentile Roll Results' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

The Artifex: Invention ' . . . . . 43
World Books & Maps . . 133
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A History of the Dire Conflict· . . . ... . . .. . . .. 133

Tristine Chronicles· ... . 50
The Heroic Realms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Part Three: The Guardians . . 52

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Sunken Fleet · ........... 142

The Seed Libraries' 52
The Mystery of Cholrud Lawless 142
The Mad God?' . . 53
The Lost City of Gold . 143
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Steelgreaves 143
The Guardians ofBletherad . . 55
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The Ten Prime Guardians . . 56
Greenstone' . 144
Agrippa Khejas' . . . . . . . 61
Tallspire ... 145
The Zealotry· . . . . . . . . . . 66
69 The Vanguard 147
Part Four: The Argosy· • . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . .

Stone Heart· . 147

Hoedric's Letter ' . . . . . . 70
Fort Valoris . 149
Books of Magic . . . . . . . . . 71
Fort Ironclaw. 150
The Tome of Northem Winter· . 71
Strider Point . 151
Cold & Ice spells start . . . . 72
Shillendar . . . 153
Book of Bygone Spirits ' . . . 75
The Air Galleons of Baalgor· . 153 • • • • •

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Stats from the Past · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Shadow Magic starts' . . . . . . 78
Engines of Destruction· . . . . . . . . . . 156
Fulminations' . . . . . . . . .
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Siege Warfare 156

Electricity based spells start . 82
Siege Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
MysticBulwarks' . . . . . 85
Barrier/Wall spells start . . . 85 Maps
The Runic Forge' . . . . . . . . 87 Adventure Maps start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Legendary Rune Weapons start · 88 Elf Dwarf War ............................... 134-136
Ironshoes' . . . . . . . . 98 Fortifications Start . . 144
TheBook of Ahriman . . . . . . . 99 Heroic Realm: Dyval . 138
Jahoyo'sBracers' . . . . . . . . . 100 Heroic Realm: Golthos 140
The Journals of Sir Garrydyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Heroic Realm: Hades . 137
Three Demon Lords . 102 Heroic Realm: Jeretlan 139
Songhollow· . . . . . . . . . . 102 Heroic Realm: Regnum . . 141
Mepheseum . . . . . . . . . . 103 Heroic Realm: Skorrdia ' . 141
Blague . . . . . 104 Isle ofY-Oda . . . . . . 13
Three Deevil Lords 105 Ley Lines of the World ' 133
Tentac . . . . . 105 Library: Blockhouse' . . . . 20

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Library: Second & Third Floors' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Library: Fourth & Fifth Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Shadowcasting Spells
Cloak of Darkness (80) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Curse of Darkness (120 or 240)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
New Magic Darklight (6)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Shades of Death (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Bulwarks/Magic Walls Shadeshield (12)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Dimensional Barrier (150)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Shadesword (22)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Gem Wall (130)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Shadow Bolt (6)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Great Wall (1500 or 3000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Shadow Boxer (20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Wall oflvy (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Shadow Self (1 000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Wall of Light (15)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Shadowfire (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Wall of Revelation (30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Shadowgate (250)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Wall of Swords (30)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Shadowsight (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Wall of Truth (40)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Slip Shadow (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 78
Whirling Wall (35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Wall of Darkness (15)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Wrapshadow (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
FulminationlElectricity Spells
Chain Lightning (40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SpiritlNecromancy Spells
Electric Arc (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Cause of Death (6)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Electrify (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Death Stench (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fulmination (75)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Eternal Rest (30)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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Keyhole Lightning (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Ghost Ship (300) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Lightning Bolt (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Ghostwalker (50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Ride the Lightning (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Haunting (250) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Sheet Lightning (150)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Receptacle (50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Spark (1)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Spectral Hand (15)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Spark of Life (60) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Spectral Sword (30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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Static Charge (5)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Thunderbolt (12)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Wall of Electricity (50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Rune Weapons of Legend

Arkane, the Controller (evil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Balhan9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ice & Cold Spells Book of Ahriman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
ChillBlood (20)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cephestrecel9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cold Snap (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ceradze the Hesitant· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Deep Freeze (25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chadham, the Mariner· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Frost Breath (15)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Darkness Crown, The (very evil!)· . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Frostbite (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Deathkiss (evil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Frosty Fingers (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Hekestreon (Anarchist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Frostfrre (30)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Hrodloc the Cleaver (Anarchist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Iceball (15)· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Ironshoes (Anarchist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Ice Bolt (8)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Jahoyo's Bracers (Anarchist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Ice Slide (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Jecetri the Messenger· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Ice Storm (200) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Kava & Kout· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Snowblind (35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Merciless Murag (evil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Mucklechuck, The' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Phiscode the Cynic (Anarchist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sladjin the Maruader (evil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Toltanna the Repentant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Trigom the Chaotic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vagan's Hook· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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