Tales From The Magician's Skull 3 (d20)
Tales From the Magician's Skull is a fantasy magazine dedicated to presenting all-new sword-and-sorcery fiction by the finest modern crafters in the genre. These stories are the real thing¸ crammed with sword-swinging action¸ dark sorceries¸ dread¸ and ferocious monsters - and they hurtle forward at a headlong pace.
Issue #3 features fiction by William King¸ Joseph McCullough¸ John C. Hocking¸ James Enge¸ Violette Malan¸ Howard Andrew Jones¸ Sarah Newton¸ Terry Olson. The magazine is edited by Howard Andrew Jones and published by Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games¸ with layout by Lester B. Portly.
Each story is lovingly illustrated by industry stalwarts¸ and issue #3 continues the amazing high standards of art from the first issue.
Here are the stories in this issue:
The Face That Fits His Mask¸ By William King
He could change in mid-spring¸ tear out the man's throat¸ feast on his bones¸ drink his blood. The beast of the change gibbered in the back of his mind¸ begging to be unleashed. His fingers splayed¸ his nails began to lengthen….
By That Much¸ By Joseph A. McCullough
"You claim not to know me¸ and that is probably best for you¸ but do me a last service. If you can¸ gather what remains of my body and give it a suitable place to rest."
Tyrant's Bane¸ By John C. Hocking
Someone in the garb of a royal guardsman came out of the stairwell. His blue armor was covered with blood and there was a fist-sized hole in his cuirass through which Benhus could see the wall behind him. There was a sword in each hand and¸ as he advanced¸ the dead man lifted both weapons.
Five Deaths¸ By James Enge
The heavy stone door moved easily upon its hinges; Morlock pulled it open and stepped through cautiously. Lernaion was about to follow when there was a sudden bodiless screaming and the door slammed shut.
The Forger's Art¸ By Violette Malan
His head wore a surprised look when it landed a few feet away. The body slumped to the ground¸ pumping out blood onto the grass.
"Why do people always talk too much?" Parno wiped his sword clean on the dead stranger's tunic.
The Second Death of Hanuvar¸ By Howard Andrew Jones
Hanuvar twisted¸ parried a blow that would have caved in his skull¸ and lost his balance. He saw the pit yawning¸ and the flame more than twenty feet below.
The Wizard of Rememberance¸ By Sarah Newton
The memnovore towered over him¸ its mouth distending into a translucent sleeve of slime. Acid burned Suven's flesh¸ and he screamed. In the demon's larval embrace¸ he prayed for oblivion.
Appendix: Game Statistics
by Terry Olson
In each issue¸ we present an appendix of game statistics for the various creatures¸ spells¸ and items described in each issue. All of these stats are for the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game system.
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