{"product_id":"a-tower-made-of-sky-hardcover-edition","title":"A Tower Made of Sky (Hardcover Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn illustrated, system-neutral bestiary of allegorical monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover 30 impossible beings:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e- an extinct city reconstructing itself from memories stored in mycelium,\u003cbr\u003e\n- an unseen beast that never is but always was, the doom of every hunter,\u003cbr\u003e\n- a sorrowful flower that tells histories that almost happened,\u003cbr\u003e\n- a three-eyed spirit of narcissism in the body of a toad,\u003cbr\u003e\n- shadow-grass from the heat death of the universe, ensnaring the present day,\u003cbr\u003e\n- and things stranger still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery entry is accompanied by a lavish, full-page, full-color illustration by Waclaw Traier in his signature, darkly beautiful style as well as 10 story hooks for introducing the creature into your own campaigns or creating variant monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach monster doubles as an allegory or a thought experiment. Those who like to add emotional depth and weight to their RPG adventures will discover themes including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e- the birth of ÒmonstersÓ through social alienation,\u003cbr\u003e\n- the burdens of memory and forgetting,\u003cbr\u003e\n- the horrors of utopian thinking,\u003cbr\u003e\n- the ways language constrains us,\u003cbr\u003e\n- and the value of grief and sorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe entries are wildly diverseÑpsychological spirits, philosophical beasts, and things that stretch the definition of ÒcreatureÓ to its breaking point. Yet one thing unites them: each says something important about its world. Introduce any of them into your game, and youÕll push your campaign setting in a surprising new direction. Or set your next campaign in the bestiaryÕs own mysterious world of the Tower to play out fresh and alien adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNote: This is the print edition of A Tower Made of Sky. The digital edition is available as a PDF on Itch.io at https:\/\/sam-hollon.itch.io\/a-tower-made-of-sky.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44597983051937,"sku":"9798991038812","price":59.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/652jy89-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1725404291","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/a-tower-made-of-sky-hardcover-edition","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}