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DEATHSTALKERS
THE FANTASY-HORROR ROLE-PLAYING GAME.
SECOND EDITION.
(Available End of March, 2002)

THIS IS THE GAME YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

Deathstalkers is a massive, 450+ page fantasy-horror role-playing game set in a medieval fantasy world filled with all sorts of terrors. Deathstalkers Second Edition is hardbound, full-bleed page borders and highly illustrated throughout.
Within this book is contained a world of darkness and peril; a place the brave may go but shall never return. Throughout these pages there winds a small, worn trail shrouded in shadows cast by savage Demons and titanic Juggernauts. To either side of you lurk monsters and untold terrors; behind you, just out of sight, creeps something wicked. But ahead there is a glimmer of light. Perhaps it is a chest of gold or magick sword that gleams in your torchlight – or it might just be the eye of a beast in the moonlight.

This is the world of Deathstalkers; a world of terror and suspense, adventure and legend. Come forth and adventure into realms of shadows and watchful eyes as any one of over 17 playable character races and 26 different character careers. Play anything from an Elf to a Half-Dead, Centaur to a Gnome. Choose adventurous careers such as the Vampire Slayer or Assassin, or take the warrior’s route and be anything from a Shadow Cavalier to an Elemental Warrior. Or, take the left-hand path into an even more dangerous and powerful career such as a Summoner or Wizard and learn to fling over 250 different spells. Cast anything from roaring fireballs to deadly clouds of doom; raise the dead or send them back to hell with the Grand Leveler.

But to survive in these deadly realms you’ll need to fight. For the thunderous footfalls of the Juggernauts’ march echoes in the night, and the Demons lurk silently in the darkness. You’ll have to master Deathstalker’s unique and highly suspenseful Strategic Combat System (SCS), which forces you to carefully decide your sword-swings and hope the dice won’t let you down. It’s a powerful blend of strategy and luck with the dice that is both fast-paced and exciting. But if calculated fighting moves aren’t your style, then mindlessly slaughter your foes by delivering deadly Rage Attacks and Aggressive Assault Maneuvers. Equip your character with all manner of specialized combat attacks! And you’ll need them, for there are more than 65 different monsters and beasts lurking in the Monster Encyclopedia.

But you’ll need more than combat skill, and loaded dice won’t help you if you are to survive these grim and terrible lands. You’ll have to learn skills and abilities to get out of dark dungeons, dank caves, haunted woods and abandoned cities. And with over 150 skills to choose from, you can learn anything from Creeping and Acrobatics to Monsterlore and Pyrotechnics.

But all the skills in the world can’t get you out of a Demon’s pit alone, so the Buyer’s Guide has hundreds of items to help you in your travels. Prices are listed for everything from weapons and armor, to foods and beverages. Peruse the Tailor shop for dozens and dozens of pieces of clothing, or seek out a Blacksmith to get custom-made weapons and armor.

Deathstalkers is the role-playing game to have. With so many skills, powers, spells, races and character classes Players are able to create unique characters customized to their liking. And for Game Masters Deathstalkers offers countless game scenarios in a grim and savage world of adventure and terror.

IN THE SHADOWS: A FANTASY-HORROR ADVENTURE FOR THE DEATHSTALKERS RPG

It all begins when you find a posting looking for brave adventurers to undertake a special quest. Following up with this posting, you head out on your way, taking a long and winding road that leads you into the bowels of a wolf-infested forest teeming with evil. People say the woods are haunted, or that some terrible beast lurks in its depths. But brave them you must. And tragedy will befall your group before you get out of the woods and you'll soon find yourself in bigger trouble. But even when you make it to town not all will go as planned.

There is something wicked stirring in the small city of Eaglethorn, and the secrets lie hidden in a tall and darkened mansion. But there may be no time to investigate if you're slow, because you still have a bigger quest to undertake - and you still have to find out where the mysterious Lady Miu hides out. If you can find her, you'll get the details of your quest - as well as your pay. But what she tells you, you might not want to hear. For you'll end up climbing to the peaks of the mountains where North Cave lies, haunted and abandoned, and the road is fraught with dangers. If you make it to North Cave, you'll have to find your way to the end, all the while being hunted by some type of gruesome beast. Surviving that, you'll have to open the doors to the ancient tombs - and inside this wretched place worse things await you in the dark.

In the Shadows is the first adventure written specifically for the Deathstalkers Fantasy-Horror Role-Playing Game, however it can be modified for use with any fantasy setting to give your players the thrills, chills and excitement they seek! Players will have to solve riddles and find clues, meet strange people and brave daring places. This campaign-caliber adventure will take the players down dark roads and evil forests; into the heart of a city corrupted by evil and beneath its cemetery. They'll explore a haunted cabin and sneak around a dark mansion. They'll climb mountains and brave caves, fight monsters and solve riddles within a tomb of ancient evil. And while designed for new characters, In the Shadows will even take seasoned adventurers on a ride they'll never forget!

What Lurks Beyond

An uneventful journey takes a turn for the worse when you stumble upon the remains of a carriage; its passengers long dead and forgotten. But this is only the beginning, as you are drawn deeper and deeper into the mystery of the ruined city of Bladesedge. To the East a tall tower stands in dark, foreboding ruins guarding against an ancient evil that now stirs again; to the West the lonely remains of the city lie forgotten by all but the dead. To the North there is a cemetery where you will have to search more than just graves and tombs to unearth the secrets of this loathsome place.
What Lurks Beyond will draw Players into a realm of dark secrets and sinister plots. They will explore crumbling towers, subterranean lairs, ancient ruins and places best left forgotten. They will have to solve riddles and dodge deadly traps. They will have to hide from the terrible creatures that stalk them while trying to find the one man who can stop this evil – a man who by all accounts has been dead for years.
More than 90 pages of adventure
Over 30 player handouts and maps
Multiple paths for characters to follow
Sub-quests and mini-adventures
Multiple areas to explore
Explore ancient cities, cemeteries, subterranean dungeons and crumbling towers
Includes more than 30 different monsters and foes – all detailed and illustrated
Riddles for Players to solve
Sub-games for even more entertainment
Campaign caliber adventures that Players will remember for years
Written for the d20 system and Deathstalkers