{"product_id":"the-stygian-library-bookcloth-edition","title":"The Stygian Library (Bookcloth Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA dungeon in the extra-dimensional spaces between every library in the universe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInside, an Order of inhumane librarians guard the \"Sheol Computer\", a device said to contain all the accumulated knowledge in every book every written. Other bibliographic creatures lurk between the shelves: Archivist-Liches, Escaped Fictions, Origami Golems, and many more.. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the bookcloth, hardcover edition of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Stygian Library\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e by Emily Allen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Stygian Library is a point-crawl adventure set in an infinite extraplanar library. Each expedition randomly generates a new route as it explores, resulting in different vistas being unlocked with every visit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 160 page adventure location is a perfect toolkit for generating a zero prep session or campaign for fantasy adventurers, no matter the system or the sub-genre. Every room is stacked full of mystery, charm and baroque gloom, so that even the procedurally generated adventure is novel and tightly themed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Stygian Library is statted generically for Old School systems, allowing it to be easily converted into any fantasy adventuring system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKnowledge is power. Power corrupts. Nowhere is this more true than the Stygian Library.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs any physicist will tell you, power is a function of energy, and energy and mass are interchangeable. Put enough books in one place and it distorts the world around it into strange shapes. Eventually, it forms a wormhole, linking the library to other libraries. The space between is a pocket realm, budded off from reality, maintained by the sheer power of books.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomewhere in any big enough and old enough library, there will be an unmarked door. It is invariably locked, and probably hidden, perhaps behind a shelf against the wall, beneath wallpaper, in rooms the public are barred from entering, or under a painting or sign. Find it, unlock it, and on the other side the shelves continue. '\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScholars have known about this—or at least had their suspicions—for centuries. They know that if you spend too much time in the Stygian Library, you don’t come out.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indie Press Revolution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46100922728634,"sku":"9781916956223","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/2105\/7210\/files\/038688059059_big.jpg?v=1783319921","url":"https:\/\/gamesparadise.com.au\/products\/the-stygian-library-bookcloth-edition","provider":"Games Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}