''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, grottos, swamps and such. Watery hazards such as waves, storms, exposure, rain and the like are deeply explored. Several new sea-affiliated races, the

darfellan ''Stormwrack'' is a supplemental source-book for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents The book has detailed information and descriptions on various types of both realistic and fantastical watery en ...

, the aventi are introduced. Old races, such as the hadozee (a yazarian-like race from the

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setting) and Sea elves are detailed for use as player characters. 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, Joseph D. Carriker Jr., and Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, and published in 2005. Cover art was by

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, with interior art by Chris Appel, Drew Baker,

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, David Griffith, Fred Hooper,

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, Joel Thomas,

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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 desert/waste and arctic environments, ''

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'' and '' Dungeonscape'' 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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* 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