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Elminster's Ecologies Appendix I is a 2nd-edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons accessory for the Forgotten Realms.

Ask the average dull peasant when and where the Battle of Bones took place and likely he will scratch his head and stammer that it was in the year 1090 Dale Reckoning, at a battlefield bordering on the southwest edge of Anauroch, the Great Desert. And that afterwards, the humans and their allies camped on the slopes of the Hill of Lost Souls, which has since been abandoned to all but the spirits of the fallen.

As if great wars erupted full-blown and ceased again in an instant's time! As if the places so named had no meaning before or after their enrollment in the savage carnage and waste we call war!

So begin Rolanda Invenweigh's and Tharnn Greenwinter's treatises on the regions surrounding these two famous sites. These individuals were hand-picked by Elminster himself to share everything they know about these two places, revealing tidbits of information about the land itself and its inhabitants today - information that just might save the life of an adventurer or two.

Between these covers are expansion booklets for the Elminster's Ecologies series, containing:

  • ecological features of The Battle of Bones region,
  • the Hill of Lost Souls region, and
  • a complete set of encounter charts
These materials follow the same format as the original Elminster's Ecologies boxed set and mesh with it perfectly. Elminster himself has even thrown in a few personal notes. So read on, traveler, and learn all the secrets of these mysterious locales!

Description[]

Elminster's Ecologies Appendix I focuses on the flora and fauna of the Battle of Bones and Hill of Lost Souls. It includes such encounters as the zombie ferret, lava ankheg, and dead grass snake, and also recipes for ruby blushrose potpourri and firebush spice paste. The package also includes a 5-page encounter booklet.

Contents[]

The Battle of Bones
  • Listen... Listen Well
  • Lay of the Land
  • What You Will Find at the Site
  • The Battle Itself
  • Life After Death After Life
  • The Rose Garden
  • The Bone Miners
  • The Gathering Undead
  • Turn, Turn, Turn
  • Necromantically Inclined
  • Unified Defiled Theory
  • Rumors and Legends
Appendix One The Hill of Lost Souls
  • Introduction
  • History of the Hill of Lost Souls
  • Possible Encounters
  • Orc Ceremony
  • Joining the Spirits
  • The Hidden Monster
  • The Lava Ankheg
  • Into the Tunnels
  • Thelarn's Tomb
  • The Mysterious Geyser
  • The Giants of the Hill
  • The Prairielands
  • Weather
  • Training on the Prairie
  • Denizens of the Prairie
  • Natural Dangers
  • Rumors and Speculations

Gallery[]

Credits[]

The Battle of Bones
  • Author: Donald J. Bingle
  • Original Realms Design: Ed Greenwood
  • Development: Karen S. Boomgarden and Elizabeth T. Danforth
  • Editing: Elizabeth T. Danforth
  • Creative Director: David Wise
  • Project Coordinator: Thomas M. Reid
  • Cover Art: Fred Fields
  • Interior Art: Matthew Cavotta
  • Cartography: Diesel
  • Typography: Nancy J. Kerkstra
  • Production: Paul Hanchette
Appendix One The Hill of Lost Souls
  • Author: Scott Davis
  • Original Realms Design: Ed Greenwood
  • Development: Elizabeth T. Danforth
  • Editing: Elizabeth T. Danforth
  • Creative Director: David Wise
  • Project Coordinator: Thomas M. Reid
  • Cover Art: Fred Fields
  • Interior Art: Matthew Cavotta
  • Cartography: Diesel
  • Typography: Nancy J. Kerkstra
  • Production: Paul Hanchette

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