Champions of Ruin is an accessory for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting using the 3.5th-edition Dungeons & Dragons® ruleset.
Every corner of Faerûn harbors its own sinister element. When opportunities arise, malevolent groups and nefarious individuals emerge from the shadows to make their infamous marks on the Realms. Within these pages, you will discover everything players and Dungeon Masters need to create the most evil organizations, treacherous villains, and morally ambiguous antiheroes to ever afflict the Forgotten Realms game setting.
- 3 new races
- Over 30 new spells
- New feats and prestige classes
Contents[]
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Races
- Chapter 2: Tools of Evil
- Chapter 3: Prestige Classes
- Chapter 4: Evil Organizations
- Chapter 5: Evil Places
- Chapter 6: Encounters with Evil
- Chapter 7: Champions of Evil
Description[]
Champions of Ruin provides details on the role of evil in the Realms. It has information of various villains, evil-oriented organizations and introduces three new evil-aligned races. It also contains new spells, feats and prestige classes.
Index[]
Characters[]
- Alon • Aumvor • Bazim-Gorag • Chazzar Ne • Damian Krale • Daren Timbide • Dendar • Dorad ain Vereet • Eltab • Horrsin Zespar • Imbrar Heltharn • Ityak-Ortheel • Kezef • Leargath • Malkizid • Qooql • Soneillon • Vargo Kent
Creatures[]
Locations[]
- Bloody Rock • Caverns of the Serpent Mother • Death Shallows • Pit of Many Colors • Thunder Room • Vale of Whispers
Magic[]
- Spells
- air breathing • anathema • arrowsplit • Aumvor's fragmented phylactery • Aumvor's soulshatter • battle line • bedevil • bloodfreeze arrow • bloodspear • bonfire of insanity • brilliant energy arrow • cataract of fire • control darkness and shadow •darkflame arrow • diluvial torrent • doublestrike arrow • enrage animals • horrendous dessication • locate node • love's lament • mantle of the slime lord • mark of the unfaithful • necromantic singularity • necrotic skull bomb • node door • node genesis • node lock • pocket cave • ravage • remorseless charm • scourge of force • serpent arrow • shadow arrow • shadow trap • slashing darkness • slime hurl • spellslayer arrow • symphonic nightmare • Tvash-Prull's bonefiddle • undersong • unholy beast • whip of thorns • woodwisp arrow
Organizations[]
- Cult of the Dragon • Eldreth Veluuthra • Monks of the Dark Moon • Sharran cells • Unworthy of Ilsensine • Zhentarim
Miscellaneous[]
- Prestige classes
- Black Blood cultist • justice of weald and woe • Night Mask deathbringer • shade hunter • Thayan gladiator • vengeance knight
Gallery[]
Credits[]
- Designers: Jeff Crook, Wil Upchurch, Eric L. Boyd
- Additional Design: Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel, Christopher Perkins
- Developers: Richard Baker with Eric L. Boyd and George Krashos
- Editor: John Thompson
- Managing Editor: Kim Mohan
- RPG Design Manager: Christopher Perkins
- Senior Art Director RPG R&D: Stacy Longstreet
- Director of RPG R&D: Bill Slavicsek
- Production Managers: Josh Fischer, Randall Crews
- Forgotten Realms Art Director: Mari Kolkowsky, Robert Raper
- Cover Artist: Lucio Parillo
- Interior Artists: Thomas M. Baxa, Wayne England, Jason Engle, Ralph Horsley, Warren Mahy, Raven Mimura, William O’Connor, Lucio Parrillo, Marc Sasso
- Graphic Designer: Dee Barnett
- Cartographer: Dennis Kauth
- Graphic Production Specialist: Angelika Lokotz
- Image Technician: Jason Wiley
Appendix[]
External links[]
- Champions of Ruin Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2005-05-13). Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved on 2021-10-30.
- Excerpts: Champions of Ruin (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2005-05-04). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-10-30.
- Dungeon Masters Guild product page
References[]
- ↑ Jeff Crook, Wil Upchurch, Eric L. Boyd (May 2005). Champions of Ruin. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 132. ISBN 0-7869-3692-4.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 260. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
Adventures
Anauroch: The Empire of Shade • City of the Spider Queen • Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave • Into the Dragon's Lair • Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor • Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land • Sons of Gruumsh • The Twilight Tomb