Esoterica of Mars
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Abundant water! Rampant crime! Wealth and squalor beyond compare! And the best place on Mars to drink when you're broke. Welcome to Vance¸ city of canals and chicanery!
Meanwhile¸ the exiled queen dwells deep in the Labyrinth of Night. She is Yazora¸ witch-warlord of Venus¸ and though she has built a cathedral city to her own glory¸ her very palace imprisons her. The heroes could free her¸ and her wish to travel Mars with them is sincere... but her power is unfathomable¸ and her courtiers love her too dearly to let her go.
Esoterica of Mars combines City of the Towered Tombs and Witch-Queen of the Shadowed Citadel into one convenient volume. No new material is added if you've already purchased those texts¸ but if you wish to hold the secrets of Mars in your hands¸ this volume is ready and waiting for you.
Features:
- Archetypal Shakespearean characters to meet in the city¸ with full examples for each one.
- New locations with characters and story seeds¸ including the Palace of the Prince and the looming presence of the Prison Spire.
- Rival factions¸ with plot hooks for both their rises and their falls
- New locations in the Labyrinth of Night and the Shadowed Citadel¸ each with characters and plot hooks.
- A complete adventure featuring several factions with both parallel and conflicting goals¸ all set at a party to make Nero swoon.
- The new Bond rules¸ attaching heroes to supporting cast and guiding the flow of the adventure.