Fourthcore Alphabet Now Available
Today marks fourthcore’s second birthday, and what better way to celebrate than with the release of my biggest, most comprehensive project yet – Fourthcore Alphabet!
Fourthcore Alphabet is a reference for D&D 4th Edition Dungeon Masters who are building and running dark, deadly dungeons.
Each chapter spotlights a different element of fourthcore dungeon design, beginning with a short essay that describes how the element fits into the fourthcore aesthetic. These essays are followed by a table with which you can generate hundreds of examples using only your twenty-sided die.
The primary purpose of this book is to stand alongside C1: Crucible of the Gods as a primer on fourthcore design. All of the elements featured in this book are quintessential to fourthcore adventures, and much of the material overlaps so that you might come away with a clear and comprehensive understanding of the genre.
While this book uses the 4th Edition rules, every effort has been made to present the material in a way that makes it easily adaptable to other systems. DMs running gothic deathtrap dungeons in games like OSRIC or Wrath will find much in to enjoy in this book.
Fourthcore Alphabet runs 65 pages and is available in PDF format from Lulu for $5.99. The softcover edition will be available later this week and is priced at $11.99 is available now!
Acknowledgments
First, I want to thank Brian Patterson of d20monkey for his illustrations. This is the second fourthcore project he’s worked on, and once again he’s truly knocked it out of the park. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Brian deserves to be famous.
Second, I want to express my gratitude to my editor and good friend Daniel Roanoke. His attention to detail really made this book shine and helped me feel confident enough in its quality to put it up for sale.
Third, I want to send love to Group Prime, who acted as reviewers and consultants on this book. Their willingness to look over drafts almost every single day is greatly appreciated, and a project of this scope wouldn’t even exist if it weren’t for their feedback and encouragement.
Finally, and as always, a sincere hail and thanks to you, the fourthcore crusaders. This is all for you.
Here’s to another year of terror!
Scrying Skull
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A silence spell has been cast here.
If I weren’t waiting for the results of the giveaway contest, I would have bought the PDF already.
Congratulations, and I look forward to reading this! And kudos to Brian Patterson — I love the cover!
The cover reminds me of a Megadeth album cover. This is a good thing. Can’t wait to get a copy and inflict pain on some adventurers!
Making my first dungeon, I ended up with an epic level pyramid that was once a temple used by a coven of vampires many centuries ago, but they were all cleared out and in the time since they died it has become home to a legendary vine horror giant who has a host of mud golems that serve him while he grows an army of fungal warriors.
Really cool. I’m enjoying this book more and more.
Thanks :]
I love this book; it is just brimming with inspiration. This will be such a great reference when crafting my 4core dungeons.
Is there any kind of PDF/softcover bundle available?
I’d like to offer one, but Lulu doesn’t provide that functionality as far as I can tell.
I want to use this and some geomorphs to create this 90% random dungeon, and then submit to DDi and see what happens. I don’t think it would get it, but it will blow their minds!
That would be absolutely badass!
Check out the review: http://skylandgames.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/fourthcore-alphabet-brutally-delicious/