7th Sea, Shadowrun, Dungeons & Dragons, and lots more - DriveThruRPG.com Weekly Newsletter (12-15-2016)

Having trouble viewing this newsletter? [Click here to read it online] to read it online. [[DriveTHRU Logo]The Largest RPG Download Store!] NOTES FROM SCOTT´S DESK Christmas Deals Are Here! Hi friends! Boy, the Christmas savings are adding up! Just check out our [On Sale Now] saleguide page to see some of the terrific offers from publishers currently on our store. Get all sorts of books at bargain prices ranging from 20% to 80% off! For instance, see[A Fat Dragon Christmas Carol] sale, with a wide selection of titles ranging from 30% to 50% off, now thru the end of the month. Tons of other great deals are there to be had as well, though, with titles from Knotty-Works, Cakebread & Walton, Alluria Publishing, Stygian Fox, New Realms Publishing, and many, many more! *** THE BUNDLE HEADS THROUGH THE BREACH The Bundle of Holding has launched a new offer featuring [Through the Breach], the Gothic-steampunk-horror RPG based on the Wyrd Miniatures game Malifaux. You don't need miniatures to play the RPG, just a standard poker deck. This collection, with a total retail value of over USD$160, has all the rulebooks and many "penny dreadful" one-shot adventures. As well, last week's [Valiant Universe Bundle] is still running through Monday. This big offer presents the Valiant Universe RPG from Catalyst Game Labs and a big selection of the Valiant Entertainment comics that inspired the game. This Bundle offer is hosted not only here at DriveThruRPG, but also through our sister site, DriveThruComics. And as always, when you buy a Bundle of Holding offer, the titles are added automatically to your DriveThru Library — whether the books come from DriveThruRPG or DriveThruComics! *** Game on! ~ SJH (12-15-2016) For all correspondence, please feel free to contact me, Scott Holden, at [scott@onebookshelf.com]. In this Issue - [Free Product of the Week] - [Pick of the Week] - [Other Picks] - [Also of Note] Free product of the Week [Free weekly product] [Neighborhood Watch: Savage Edition] by [Aegis Studios] System [System: Savage Worlds] Neighborhood Watch is an adventure seed for use with Contagion Savage Edition When a group of teenage girls try out an urban legend at a sleepover, it ends in tragedy. A quiet neighborhood is rocked by the death of one of their children, and the characters are left with questions that the authorities cannot answer. [Read more about Neighborhood Watch: Savage Edition] FREE [Get It Free: Neighborhood Watch: Savage Edition] Pick of the Week [Free weekly product] [7th Sea: Heroes & Villains] by [John Wick Presents] System [System: Other systems] A great power summoning forth the brightest souls, and the darkest. These are the Heroes and Villains of Théah. For every knife-twisting assassin, there is an vigilant bodyguard. For each great act of courage and hope, there is a dastardly deed performed in darkness. For every Hero there is a Villain. 7th Sea Heroes & Villains gives you 40 Heroes and 40 Villains to use in your game. It discusses heroism, villainy, and possible redemption for lost souls who have fallen into darkness. It also includes new Advantages, Backgrounds, and other rules, all for use with 7th Sea: Second Edition. **Better yet, to celebrate this new title, now thru Sunday, 12/18, you can get the [7th Sea: Second Edition core rulebook for 20% off]!** [Read more about 7th Sea: Heroes & Villains] $19.99 [Get It Now: 7th Sea: Heroes & Villains] Other Picks [The Dark Eye - The Vampire of Havena] [The Dark Eye - The Vampire of Havena] by [Ulisses Spiele] A Solo Adventure! You hear footfalls on wet cobblestones, then the sound of heavy boots stepping through puddles. You can’t see farther than ten yards in the thick fog that billows through the dockyards of Havena. You’ve lost track of your pursuers, but you’re sure they haven’t lost track of you. How can you get away? "The Vampire of Havena" is a solo adventure that lets you dive into the action when other players are not available. Every chapter presents new challenges, and you will need to muster all of your abilities if you wish to escape with your skin intact! Familiarity with The Dark Eye RPG or the world of Aventuria is not required: This scenario includes a ready-to-play pregen character and all the necessary rules. System [System: Other systems] $9.99 [Get It NOW: The Dark Eye - The Vampire of Havena] [Achtung! Cthulhu Fiction: Before the Flood -] [Achtung! Cthulhu Fiction: Before the Flood] by [Modiphius] "Pick up Before The Flood and devour it, then go onto the rest of the Seraph Chronicles. You’ll be in for a hell of a ride!" —Scifi and Fantasy Reviewer The year is 2034 and Britain is a drowning isle, after a cataclysmic wave destroyed her cities, killing millions, raising the sea level by 60 metres and changing the landscape forever. The Flood has brought Albion to her knees and now the Devils, a race of malevolent sea creatures, haunt her coasts as the survivors retreat inland, struggling for their very existence. Mankind learns once again to fear the sea. System [System: No rules system associated with this product] $8.99 [Get It NOW: Achtung! Cthulhu Fiction: Before the Flood -] [Shadowrun: Cutting Aces (Deep Shadows Sourcebook)] [Shadowrun: Cutting Aces (Deep Shadows Sourcebook)] by [Catalyst Game Labs] Hit Your Marks The hotel bartender who slips you a guest’s room number because he thinks it will help him get lucky. The security guard who lets a team into a top-secret facility because he thinks he’s pitching in on covert-ops training. The business suit who drops ten thousand nuyen on a project because he thinks it’ll earn him fifty thousand. Marks, all of them, and the Sixth World is full of them. With tips, plot updates, spells, gear, and more to improve characters’ con abilities, Cutting Aces gives players the swagger and skills they need to swindle the world. It also includes information on one of the Sixth World’s hottest spots for running a con — Istanbul, City of the World’s Desire. System [System: Shadowrun] $44.99 $25.00 [Get It NOW: Shadowrun: Cutting Aces (Deep Shadows Sourcebook)] Gift Certificate [Gift Certificate] [Get Your Favorite Gamers What They REALLY Want...] Also of Note [Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling] [Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling] by [Apex Book Company] System [System: No rules system associated with this product] Over two dozen authors, ranging from NYT-bestsellers and award-winners to debut writers, chose a tired trope or cliche to challenge and surprise readers through their work. Read stories inspired by tropes such as the Chainmaille Bikini, Love at First Sight, Damsels in Distress, Yellow Peril, The Black Man Dies First, The Villain Had a Crappy Childhood, The Singularity Will Cause the Apocalypse, and many more... and then discover what these tropes mean to each author to find out what inspired them. Join Maurice Broaddus, Adam Troy-Castro, Delilah S. Dawson, Shanna Germain, Sara M. Harvey, John Hornor Jacobs, Rahul Kanakia, Alethea Kontis, Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Haralmbi Markov, Sunil Patel, Kat Richardson, Nisi Shawl, Ferrett Steinmetz, Anton Strout, Michael Underwood, Alyssa Wong, and many other authors. $4.99 [Get It NOW: Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling] [Deep Magic: Battle Magic for 5th Edition] [Deep Magic: Battle Magic for 5th Edition] by [Kobold Press] System [System: Dungeons & Dragons] As a battle mage, you know that fire and lightning can decimate an enemy’s forces; but a well-placed defense, the quick movement of allies, and a curse that crushes the enemy’s will to fight can be even more devastating. Battle magic is not just about killing an enemy: your true power is in controlling the flow of combat. Deep Magic: Battle Magic brings the secrets of battle magic into your 5th Edition campaign, featuring 8 new feats, including Battlecaster, Eldritch Lifesaver, Elemental Trapper, and Merciful Caster; and 25 new spells, including hobble mount, instant fortification, outflanking boon, and thunderous wave. $3.99 [Get It NOW: Deep Magic: Battle Magic for 5th Edition] [Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows of the Vampire #4] [Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows of the Vampire #4] by [IDW Publishing] System [System: No rules system associated with this product] Trapped in the menacing lands of Ravenloft, our heroes are hunted by the minions of Count Strahd. With nowhere left to hide, it’s time for battle! Intended for readers 9+ © 2016 Wizards. All associated character likenesses and character names are property of Wizards of the Coast LLC. Used with permission. $3.99 $1.99 [Get It NOW: Dungeons & Dragons: Shadows of the Vampire #4] [Chronicles of the Demon Lord] [Chronicles of the Demon Lord] by [Schwalb Entertainment] System [System: No rules system associated with this product] The Demon Lord’s shadow has fallen upon many worlds in many different universes beyond the one containing Urth. Chronicles of the Demon Lord presents a collection of short stories, each describing the kinds of horrors the shadow creates across the span of the multiverse. Penned by Elizabeth Bear, Richard Lee Byers, Erik Scott de Bie, William King, and Erin M. Evans, these writers interpret the tabletop roleplaying game in sinister ways, with chilling tales of desperation, violence, fear, and, of course, death. Read on for the first collection of fiction inspired by the wildly popular RPG Shadow of the Demon Lord! $7.99 *** Also new! 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