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Purple Duck Storeroom: Tiny Elementals This installment of Purple Duck games’ Purple Storeroom-series clocks in at 10 pages, 1 page front cover, 2 pages of SRD (though one of these has a bit of flavor text), leaving us with approximately 7 pages of content, so let’s take a look! Porphyra is suffused by elemental lore and the conflict of...
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by endzeitgeist · Published October 25, 2016 · Last modified October 26, 2016
4Saken (4C) This game clocks in at 97 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/ToC, 1 page back cover (though this also contains the crucial percentile chart called Master Table- nice use of space!), leaving us with 94 pages of content, so let’s take a look! This was moved up in my review-queue as a prioritized review at...
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by endzeitgeist · Published September 2, 2016
Monsters of Porphyra II The second of the massive bestiaries for the Porphyra campaign setting clocks in at a massive 226 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 2 pages of ToC, 1 page introduction (containing thanks for the contributing authors and contact information for the artists involved – kudos for providing that at such a prominent spot!), 4.5...
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by endzeitgeist · Published August 31, 2016
Purple Duck Storeroom: Spontaneous Subterranean Spore Groves This installment of the Purple Duck Storeroom-series clocks in at 11 pages, 1 page front cover, 2 pages of SRD, leaving us with 8 pages of content, so let’s take a look! So, what is this? If AAW Games’ critically acclaimed Rise of the Drow has taught me anything, then it’s that...
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by endzeitgeist · Published July 19, 2016
Adventure Avenues: The Still Grotto This brief module clocks in at 28 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 2 pages of SRD, 1 page patreon recognition, leaving us with 23 pages of content, though these do adhere to the A5 (9” by 6”) standard and thus are more of a booklet-size. This being an adventure-review, the following...
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by endzeitgeist · Published June 27, 2016
Lands of Porphyra Campaign Setting This massive campaign setting clocks in at 214 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page ToC, 2 pages of SRD, leaving us with a massive 219 pages of content, so let’s take a look! Porphyra…Purple Duck Games’ in-house setting is massive, it’s regional (and extremely crunchy) player’s guide clocking in regularly...
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by endzeitgeist · Published June 2, 2016 · Last modified June 3, 2016
Lovecraft Fantasy Gaming Toolkit This pdf clocks in at 70 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/ToC,2 pages of SRD, 1 page blank, leaving us with a massive 65 pages of content, so let’s take a look! Okay, so lovecraftian horror =/= lovecraftian fantasy. We need to get that out of the way right from the bat. When...
(Alchemical & mundane) Items / Magic & Magic Items / Magic Items / Reviews
by endzeitgeist · Published April 1, 2016
Purple Duck Storeroom: Magic Helms of Porphyra This installment of Purple Duck Games’ inexpensive Purple Duck Storeroom-series clocks in at 11 pages, 1 page front cover, 2 pages SRD, leaving us with 8 pages of content, so let’s take a look! Okay, so most helmets are assumed to be part of the armor, right? Well, this experimental pdf goes...
(Alchemical & mundane) Items / Ancestries, Races & Options / Archetypes / Classes & Class Options / Dressing & Fluff / Feats / Magic & Magic Items / Magic Items / Monsters & NPCs / Other Magic / Reviews / Setting Supplements / Spells / Traits and Backgrounds
by endzeitgeist · Published November 25, 2015
Fehr’s Ethnology Collected This massive compilation of Purple Duck Games’ “Fehr’s Ethnology”-series clocks in at an impressive 130 pages, 1 page editorial/ToC, 3 pages of SRD, leaving us with a massive 126 pages of content, so let’s take a look! We begin with a brief introduction of the subject matter and how to use this book before delving into...
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by endzeitgeist · Published August 11, 2015
Rangers of Porphyra This take on rangers clocks in at 12 pages, 1 page front cover, 2 1/4 pages of SRD, leaving us with 8 3/4 pages of content, so let’s take a look! After a brief introduction (sporting a LotR-quote), we dive into the first archetype, which is pretty much a simple archetype for mounted-themed halflings that gets...
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