''Stormwrack'' is a supplemental source-book for the 3.5 edition of the ''

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The book has detailed information and descriptions on various types of both realistic and fantastical watery environments, including underwater, the open ocean,

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s, swamps and such. Watery hazards such as waves, storms, exposure, rain and the like are deeply explored. Several new sea-affiliated races, the darfellan, the aventi are introduced. Old races, such as the hadozee (a yazarian-like race from the Spelljammer setting) and Sea elves are detailed for use as

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s. There are new prestige classes, new magic items, new spells, new monsters, and various other rules additions. Finally, a few pre-made adventures are included at the end, set in aquatic/coastal environments, for players to test the new content on.

Publication history

''Stormwrack'' was written by Richard Baker,

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, and published in 2005. Cover art was by Jeremy Jarvis, with interior art by Chris Appel,

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. It is one in a series of five source-books for the game which deal with particular environments, as to give adventures set in such environments more depth. ''

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'' dealt with city/dungeon environments, while Stormwrack deals with ocean/sea/water/aquatic environments. Stephen Schubert explains what weaponry pirates might outfit their ships with: "Piracy on the high seas is more a way of life than a choice of explosives. ''Stormwrack'' does not describe massive cannons and twenty-four-gun ships, but a number of ships in its pages could be outfitted with bombards -- an early form of cannon. Still other ships might be equipped with catapults, ballistae, or even the flame-throwing firespout."

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External links

* http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11472.phtml * http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11984.phtml * http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11618.phtml Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2005 {{D&D-stub