The banes—the worst, most nightmarish evils imaginable. Long ago, a powerful saint gathered together objects of evil power and buried them away so no one could ever use them. But concentrating that much evil in one place was not a good idea, and now some of these unique malignant creatures, artifacts, and forces have been loosed upon the world. To bind them once again, you must brave the timelost Banewarrens. This mega-adventure takes characters from 6th to 10th level. Uncover new monsters and magic in its pages, including dozens of foul banes like the Phylactery of Forsaken Souls and the Malificite. But The Banewarrens is more than just rooms of evil creatures to bash: Its dynamic plot is full of intrigue and twists. Characters race against evil adventurers seeking to use the banes for their own gain. With every action they risk loosing even more malevolent forces upon an unsuspecting world. Some may call themselves their allies but, in the end, amid this deadly labyrinth both figurative and literal, who can they really trust? The Banewarrens includes new magic items, new monsters, and other tidbits, such as new poisons and diseases. This illustrated PDF features a streamlined page layout and art by Toren "MacBin" Atkinson, Lars Grant-West, Quinton Hoover, Robert Lee, Alan Pollack, and Arne Swekel.You'll achieve better results by printing the book in four segments of 35 pages, rather than all at once. If you're concerned about ink usage, set your printer to "Speed" rather than "High Quality" printouts. You may want to change your printer settings to black-and-white to save on color ink, and/or not print the covers (pages 1 and 138) and product ad (page 137). The layout of this PDF was designed for double-sided printing.
Author
The game designer Monte Cook started working professionally in the game industry in 1988. In the employ of Iron Crown Enterprises, he worked with the Rolemaster and Champions games as an editor, developer, and designer. In 1994, Monte came to TSR, Inc., as a game designer and wrote for the Planescape and core D&D lines. When that company was purchased by Wizards of the Coast, he moved to the Seattle area and eventually became a senior game designer. At Wizards, he wrote the 3rd Edition Dungeon Master's Guide and served as codesigner of the new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game. In 2001, he left Wizards to start his own design studio, Malhavoc Press, with his wife Sue. Although in his career he has worked on over 100 game titles, some of his other credits include Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, The Book of Eldritch Might series, the d20 Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game, The Book of Vile Darkness, Monte Cook’s Arcana Evolved, Ptolus, Monte Cook's World of Darkness, and Dungeonaday.com. He was a longtime author of the Dungeoncraft column in Dungeon Magazine. In recent years, Monte has been recognized many times by game fans in the ENnies Awards, the Pen & Paper fan awards, the Nigel D. Findley Memorial Award, the Origins Awards, and more. The author A graduate of the 1999 Clarion West writer's workshop, Monte has published two novels, The Glass Prison and Of Aged Angels. Also, he has published the short stories "Born in Secrets" (in the magazine Amazing Stories), "The Rose Window" (in the anthology Realms of Mystery), and "A Narrowed Gaze" (in the anthology Realms of the Arcane). His stories have appeared in the Malhavoc Press anthologies Children of the Rune and The Dragons' Return, and his comic book writing can be found in the Ptolus: City by the Spire series from DBPro/Marvel. His fantasy fiction series, "Saga of the Blade," appeared in Game Trade Magazine from 2005–2006. The geek In his spare time, Monte runs games, plays with his dog, watches DVDs, builds vast dioramas out of LEGO building bricks, paints miniatures, and reads a lot of comics.
