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Product Line: Shadow World
Product Edition: SW
Product Name: Shadow World Master Atlas, 3rd. Edition
Product Type: Sourcebook
Author: Terry Kevin Amthor
Stock #: 6003
ISBN: 1-883716-21-7
Publisher: ICE
Page Count: 222 + maps
Release Date: 1989, 2001
Language: English

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Cover/Jacket Text:
…A planet hangs on the threshold between Order and Chaos, a focus of strange powers and portals to alien dimensions. Sorcery clashes with ancient technology while capricious deities make war and the Dragonlords walk as men. Against them all rises the Unlife, a force whose dark servants seek the destruction of all that lives…

The long wait is over…
Return to the Shadow World, home of Dragonlords and Loremasters, mysterious ancient civilizations and Navigators who ride the magical Flows of Essænce. The Master Atlas Third Edition has arrived, completely updated and revised.
? More beasts, demons, plants, poisons, rare gems and magical elements.
? Complete race listings and statistics.
? Greatly expanded history, updated to 6054 Third Era of Ire.
? Geopolitical overview of the entire Western Hemisphere.
? New information about the East
? Vocabulary of five languages.
? Exhaustively indexed
? Info on the major good and evil deities, stats on selected Loremasters, Navigators and other NPCs.
? Many new illustrations, including 3D renderings.
? Color maps of the western hemisphere.
? Designed for Rolemaster, but includes conversion information to other systems.

Table of Contents:

CONTENTS
PART I: INTRODUCTION .....................5
1 Abbreviations ..........................6
2 Keys to System Codes ...................6
3 Key to the Beast Table Entries .........6
4 General System Conv. Notes ............11

PART II: THE HEAVENS ....................15
l Constellations ........................16
2 The Kuithean Solar System .............16
3 The Kulthean Moons ....................16
4 Celestial Events ......................18

PART III: WEATHER & CLIMATE .............19
1 Climate Overview ......................20
2 Seas ..................................20
3 Atmosphere & Weather ..................22

PART IV: THE LANDS ......................25
1 About the Maps ........................26
2 Key to the Text .......................26
3 Special Features ......................28
4 The Eastern Hemisphere ................29
5 Mulira ................................30
6 Agyra .................................32
7 Thuul .................................34
8 Mythenis ..............................37
9 Jaiman ................................38
l0 Emer .................................40
l1 Iyxia ................................43
l2 Falias ...............................44
l3 Kelestia .............................46
l4 Gaalt ................................47
l5 Govon ................................48
l6 Murlis ...............................49
l7 Palia ................................50
l8 Folenn ...............................51
l9 North Polar Region ...................51
20 South Polar Region ...................52

PART V: MINERALS, GEMS, METALS ..........53
l Mineral Formation .....................54
2 Specific Stones .......................54
3 Gems ..................................54
4 Useful/Precious Metals ................57

PART VI: PLANTLIFE ......................59
l Vegetation Overview ...................60
2 Medicinal Herbs .......................60
3 Dangerous Plants ......................65
4 Unusual & Enchanted plants ............68
5 Poisons & Venoms ......................70

PART VII: CREATURES .....................73
1 Land & Air Arthropods .................74
2 Aquatic Beasts ........................76
3 Reptiles & Amphibians .................78
4 Herbivorous Land Mammals ..............80
S Carnivorous Land Mammals ..............82
6 Flying Beasts .........................84
7 Dragons ...............................86

PART VIII: THE UNDEAD ...................91

PART VI: ARTIFICIAL BEINGS ..............95
1 Kaeden ................................96
2 Sentinels .............................97
3 Gogor .................................98
4 Shards ................................98
5 Neng .................................101
6 Elementals ...........................102
7 Golems ...............................103

PART X: DEMONS OF THE ESSIENCE .........105
l About Demons .........................106
2 Elemental Demons .....................106
3 Thematic Demons ......................107
4 Singular Demons ......................110

PART XI: DEMONS OF THE VOID ............111
l The Void: an Overview ................112
2 The Planes of the Known Void .........112
3 The Outer Planes .....................114
4 The Outer Void .......................115

PART X PEOPLES .........................119
l Mortal Races .........................120
2 Immortal Races .......................128
3 Alien Races ..........................131

PART XIII: GODS ........................138
l Interpretation .......................138
2 Involvement ..........................138
3 Lords of Orhan .......................138
4 Greater Spirits of Orhan .............142
5 Nymphs ...............................144
6 Children of Gods .....................144
7 The Dark Gods ........................144
8 Dark Spirits .........................147
9 Local Gods ...........................148

PART XIV: GOOD & EVIL, ORDER & CHAOS ...149
l Good and Evil ........................149
2 Unlife Origins .......................149
3 Manifestations .......................149
4 Other ‘evil’ Forces ..................150
5 Evil Essaence ........................150
6 Order And Chaos ......................150

PART XV: ESSAENCE & SPELLS .............151
1 Essaence Barriers ....................153
2 Foci .................................153
3 Flow-storms ..........................153
4 Spells & Spell Lists .................156
5 Channeling Notes .....................159

PART XVII: HISTORY .....................161
l The Kulthean Calendar ................162
2 AboutTime ............................162
3 A Timeline of History ................164

PART XVIII: POWERS OF NOTE .............189
l Powers overview ......................190
2 Loremasters ..........................190
3 Navigators ...........................191
4 The Jerak Ahrenreth ..................194
S Dragonlords ..........................195
6 Heralds of Night .....................196
7 Individuals of Note ..................196

PART XX: APPENDICES ....................199
l Languages ............................199
2 Vocabulary ...........................200
3 Special Weapons & Criticals ..........207
4 Index ................................216

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