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Here's a new endeavor for the World of Calidar -- fourth book in the series.
A 132 pg. Gazetteer packed with info about a realm of wizards and demons for use with any RPG.

80% funded in less than 24 hours. Not bad.

Some of you may remember CAL1 "In Stranger skies." Imagine a gazetteer about a magiocracy not unlike Glantri, but with demons AND undead walking the streets, rival schools of magic, specialized wizard guilds, secret sects, and an order of mage knights endeavoring to control the flow of dangerous mana erupting from the land for the benefit of a despised aristocratic elite. That's Calidar's Caldwen. Little chance of survival. Certainty of something worse than death happening. What are you waiting for?

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Greetings from Bruce Heard,

The World of Calidar, a new project compatible with Pathfinder will soon become available via DTRPG. Here is the project description.

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First in a series of RPG accessories describing the World of Calidar and the adventures of the skyship Star Phoenix.

The World of Calidar combines two parts: the story of the skyship Star Phoenix and a fantasy campaign setting for use with role-playing games. This new fictional world focuses on air- and space-faring ships. In Stranger Skies is the title for the skyship's first story, which introduces the vessel and her journey in the skies of Calidar. The crew’s mission is one of exploration fraught with mystery and danger. The fantasy setting section gives an overview of the Calidar Universe and its central world, Calidar, with a focus on the Kingdom of Meryath, the future home of the Star Phoenix.

World of Calidar is intended as the first in a series of releases, each describing a new adventure for the Star Phoenix and providing an expansion to the campaign setting. This unusual format is inspired from the stories written for Dragon Magazine, Voyages of the Princess Ark, and of course vastly expanded here. These were very popular in the 80s and 90s and a major selling point for the magazine. Although written with role-playing games in mind, contents are non game-specific, therefore easily adaptable to most RPG systems. Guidelines are nonetheless provided in the book for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

This product includes a 132-pg premium color book, which provides the skyship's story and the fantasy setting, along with beautiful maps of the world and six color deck plans of the main types of skyships in Calidar's universe. Two related poster maps will become available on Amazon.com, one depicting the Great Caldera (Calidar's "known world"), and the Kingdom of Meryath. The latter is depicted in the popular hex-style format. The 22"x28" poster maps are produced and sold separately from the book due to limitations with print-on-demand.

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The book was submitted to the printer yesterday, Aug 19th. Poster maps have already been printed. A detailed project update is available here:

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The original project description appeared last January on the Calidar's Kickstarter page:

Kickstarter Page

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