{"product_id":"oldskull-underworld-generator-book-i-kent-david-kelly-9798325266751","title":"Oldskull Underworld Generator, Book I - Rats in the Walls","description":"Mega-dungeon design made easy! \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oldskull Underworld Generator, Book I: Rats in the Walls \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efeatures interlocking systems to generate all rooms, corridors, tricks, traps, lore, secrets, monsters, and treasure for level 1 of a gothic mega-dungeon, intended for adventurer experience levels 1 to 3. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHerein you will find an entire regional setting for a mysterious haunted castle, evoking the weird fiction of Dunsany, Grimm, Lovecraft, Howard, Machen, Merritt, and Perrault, alongside the classic dungeon design sensibilities of Arneson, Gygax, Holmes, and Moldvay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRandom tables allow for thematic generation of rooms, monster lairs, traps, tricks, treasures, and the prisoners in need of rescue. The author's bestselling systems from \u003ci\u003eThe Classic Dungeon Design Guides\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOldskull Dungeon Generator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCastle Oldskull\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrimrook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTyrrhenia\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eRealms of Entropy\u003c\/i\u003e are distilled here into a lean yet richly detailed set of creation tools following the Moldvay\/Cook Basic\/Expert (BX) paradigm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll of the in-depth history, secrets, mysterious rumors, and bestiary lore are laid out for you. Explore the ruined Exham Priory, now the Maw of the Skull, where monstrous rats scurry behind the walls, down through ghoulish sub-cellars, into the Haunted Kingdom of the Wererats, in search of the Majestic Domed City which crowns the Underworld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis setting is home to Arthurian warriors and magi, Death Cults, Dunsanian gnoles, Gullygugs of Tsathoggua, Norvegian beast cult berserkers, Bwg-Bera bugbears, Lovecraftian daemon rats, Ghost-Slithes, Redcap creepers, Simonside Dvergar and Tomten, Shirelond halflings, elves of the Tylweth Teg, Old Guard Kloker kobolds, lizard men of Ba'al Molochai, mutoid Lubberkins, mycelians of the Seelie Court, grimalkin cats of Ulthar, Aklo undead, Orcneas of the Grendel Modor, Piskies of the Zoogs' Enchanted Wood, Bloody Bones undead, Hecatean Strixes, troglodytes of the Formless Spawn, and much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the players' characters advance, they will descend from the Maw into the Ghoulish Crypts in search of imprisoned friends and family. These innocents have been stolen away by wererats to serve as sacrifices of blood and souls in order to awaken the Great Old Ones. What horrors of dream and madness rise, swirling down below? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eOldskull Underworld Generator\u003c\/b\u003e series can be used as a set of learning tools for Game Masters, as a prep tool (create an entire unique setting over a weekend for months of play), or as a solitaire storytelling and adventure system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRats in the Walls\u003c\/b\u003e offers everything you need to begin. Every step of design is welcoming and guided. It is all included here, and it all works together. Another fine release from Kent David Kelly and Wonderland Imprints, \u003ci\u003eOnly the Finest Works of Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e. (64,500 words, 260 pages, in full color with 180+ graphics and illustrations.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent David Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798325266751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Kent David Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401583939839,"sku":"9798325266751","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b6ead98-8996-4e4d-afc5-6fb74ea2a145.jpg?v=1733888024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oldskull-underworld-generator-book-i-kent-david-kelly-9798325266751","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}