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The Shaman's Handbook (d20 System) (Master Classes)
Steve Kenson , and Stephanie Pui-Man Law Manufacturer: Green Ronin Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0971438013 |
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The Shaman's Handbook, by Dragon Magazine regular and Shadowrun novelist Steve Kenson, is the first volume of Green Ronin's Master Class series. Each book in the series introduces a new core class for the d20 System and provides everything you need to fully integrate that class into your campaign. The shaman is a master of the Spirit World and a powerful addition to any adventuring party. The Shaman's Handbook provides not only the class itself, but new prestige classes, spells, skills, feats, and magic items (including such new types as charms and fetishes). The book also provides useful information on the Spirit World and real world shamanic traditions, a bestiary of spirits and ghosts, and several new monster templates. Perfect for players and game masters alike, the Shaman's Handbook opens up a whole new world for your d20 campaign.Customer Reviews:
A wonderful addition to the d20 family.......2002-10-08
This isn't a class that simply begs, borrows and steals from other classes to make an amalgam. This is a new, unique and interesting class, one that was definitely missing from the spiritual worldview of the d20 universe.
Well-written, intelligent and obviously well-researched, I recommend this book to any players interested in playing a spiritist character and to any DMs looking to add some dimension to their "primitive" or indigeneous cultures.
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The Shaman's Game (Shaman Mysteries)
James D. Doss Manufacturer: Avon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0380790300 |
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For tribes of the American Southwest, the annual Sun Dance is among the most solemn and sacred of rituals. But lately Death has been an uninvited guest at the hallowed rite.
Ute tribal policeman Charlie Moon is puzzled. The deceased Sun Dancers sustained no visible, life-ending injuries, so he is reluctant to call it murder -- though there is surely nothing "natural" about the sudden, inexplicable deaths of two strong and healthy men. Unlike her skeptical nephew, however, Charlie's aunt, shaman Daisy Perika, trusts the signs the spirits have sent her of a great evil in their midst. And Moon's matukach friend, Police Chief Scott Parris, believes the stubborn, good-natured Ute lawman should look beyond the rational for answers. Yet Charlie Moon knows too well that hatred, bitterness, and delusion are often behind lethal acts -- and he hopes these very human failings will reveal to him a killer. But now a beautiful childhood friend has stepped into harm's way and time is running out. For death is on the prowl once more -- and it will surely darken the Sun Dance again.
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not bad, not the best.......2006-09-05
Real Fun Book!.......2004-03-27
Good buy and great read.......2002-01-15
Navajo versus Southern Ute.......2001-04-27
Not much of the shaman, and very little mystery, either.......2001-02-22
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Shaman (Ad&D Accessory)
Kevin Hassall Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0786903260 |
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Great Book, interesting concepts........1999-10-22
First thing first. This book is packed with information on bringing Shaman characters into the game with not one, not two, but three different shaman classes. Each has a separate spell list though the other shaman's can gain those spells as though they were one level higher than if they were that specific shaman. Itis 96 pages that fits in a Players and DMs section, as well as a mini Monstrous compendium for Spirits (which take up about the last fifth of the book. Needless to say, this is definately well worth getting, especially if you want to take your campaign in previously unexplored territory.
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The Shaman's Game (Shaman Mysteries)
James D. Doss Manufacturer: William Morrow ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0380974258 |
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On a parched plain, encircled by a dry embrace of willow bones, the ritual begins. Here, there is searing heat, bleeding feet, unimaginable thirst This is the Sun Dance.Author James D. Doss blends spinetingling mystery with Native American mysticism as no one else can. Through his expert and justifiably acclaimed storytelling abilities, two very different worlds come together: the modern world, where human greed, anger, and jealousies can drive mortal men and women to commit terrible crimes; and the spirit world of dreams and omens, and a Power older than civilization. The former is the realm of tribal policeman Charlie Moon and his sometime associate Granite Creek, Colorado, Police Chief Scott Parris. The latter is the province of Charlie's aunt Daisy Perika, Ute elder and shaman.
For the Ute of Southern Colorado, the annual Sun Dance is among the most solemn and sacred of rituals. But too often recently Death has been an uninvited guest at the hallowed ceremony. None of the deceased has sustained visible, life-ending injuries, so Charlie Moon is reluctant to call it murder. Yet he knows there was nothing "natural" about the unexplained deaths of young and strong dancers, like the blue-armed Shoshone, Joseph Sparrow.
Daisy Perika is also aware of the events unfolding around her, but unlike her skeptical policeman nephew, she trusts the rumors of sorcery that travel like smoke on the wind. For there is much the eyes cannot see and the hands cannot touch; and the spirits have sent her words and signs warning there is great evil in her midst. . .and that there are many more corpses to follow.
The return of a childhood friend--a beautiful Ute woman back from college to write a newspaper story revealing who, or what, is stealing men's lives--has raised the stakes in Charlie Moon's investigation. With those he cares for deeply suddenly in harm's way, perhaps he should heed his friend Parris's suggestion that he look beyond the rational for a
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Needs to improve female characters........1999-02-01
A mystical mystery.......1998-08-24
However, the skeptical Charlie refuses to accept the explanation of his shaman aunt Daisy, who believes that an evil presence amidst the tribe is killing the participants. While Charlie continues to investigate the deaths, tribal reporter Delly Sands feels that she can ferret out the identity of the witch behind the recent deaths. However, Delly soon becomes a target and is hurt. Charlie begins to take Aunt Daisy seriously as he realizes that he is fighting something outside his understanding.
The fourth entry in the Moon mysteries, THE SHAMAN'S GAME, is a great new edition to one of the best Native American detective stories on the market today. The characters feel genuine, even though their beliefs are very diverse. Some believe deeply in the Indian spiritual world while others have been Anglicized. The story line brilliantly balances the dance between police procedural and ethnic heritage. However, what makes this particular novel stand out is James D. Doss's delightful description and dazzling deference to the power of the Sun Dance.
Harriet Klausner
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Old John Neptune and Other Maine Indian Shamans
Fannie H. Eckstorm Manufacturer: University of Maine Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0891010440 |
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Encyclopaedia Divine: Shamans The Call Of The Wild (Encyclopedia Divine)
Alejandro Melchor , and Ralph Horsley Manufacturer: Mongoose Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1903980259 |
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Shaman King: Legacy of Spirits, Soaring Hawk and Sprinting Wolf (Prima Official Game Guide)
Greg Kramer Manufacturer: Prima Games ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0761547665 Release Date: 2005-02-15 |
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Get Ready for a Spirited Battle
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Shaman King: Master of Spirits (GBA) and Power of the Spirits (PS2) (Prima Official Game Guide)
Eric Mylonas Manufacturer: Prima Games ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0761545654 Release Date: 2004-11-16 |
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Harness the power of the spiritsCustomer Reviews:
Two guides in one........2005-03-23
very detailed very usefull!!.......2005-01-30
the best.......2004-11-14
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Shaman Sudoku
Cheryl, L Kirk , and Barry Herem Manufacturer: Expanding Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0972176462 |
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Shaman Sudoku is there to guide you thru solving over 150 different Sudoku puzzles of all levels. He will give you hints, along with encouraging words of wisdom from fellow 'world-wide' shamans. And if that's not enough, Barry Herem, whose artwork is featured in international galleries nationwide, and in major airports like Seattle and Portland's international airports provides the inspiring artwork. Each page is carefully design to include a black and white piece of Barry's Pacific Northwest Native artwork. The book is beautifully adorned with his images and his spirit. This treasure box contains 160 Sudokus of varying levels, both challenging and easy, along with supernatural powers to help you solve them. Let the Shaman Sudoku guide you every step of the way. This is a great book for anyone who lives or is traveling thru the Pacific Northwest including Washington, Oregon, Idaho or Alaska. It's truly a piece of artwork itself with a beautiful black and red cover depicting a Shaman Spirit on the front.
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The Shaman's Game
James D. Doss Manufacturer: NY Avon 1998. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000GQQZV6 |
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Daughter of the Shining Isles (The Magdalen Trilogy, Vol. 1)
Elizabeth Cunningham Manufacturer: Barrytown Limited ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 158177060X |
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With keen psychological insight and disarming humor, Elizabeth Cunningham re-imagines the beginnings of Christianity from a Celtic point-of-view. Her Celtic Magdalen invites us to wonder how a woman trained in the mysteries of Druidism and ancient Celtic spirituality might have fallen under the spell of the young Jesus of Nazareth and cast her own magic over him. The evolving tale of love, challenge, and triumph will captivate readers seeking fresh perspectives into the Celtic and Christian elements of our Western spiritual heritage.-Tom Cowan, author of Fire in the Head, Shamanism and the Celtic Spirit"Cunningham wears her reverence at a such a rakish angle that it's easy to overlook the deeply religious sensibility that informs her work. In treating the pious and priggish denial of Christ's physicality as the set-up for her outlandish comic effects, she is fall-out-of-your-chair funny. She could crack up the Mater Dolorosa. But she is also mounting a serious challenge to that denial. Nor does she spare the more recent pieties of New Age spirituality, which tend to bury the personality of Magdalen under a mawkish heap of female archetypes. Her mouthy Magdalen won't sit still for being anyone's icon or emblem. She is here to tell you that Jesus, her friend, sweetheart and "cosmic sibling rival" was adorably, poignantly--and sometimes annoyingly--human. In less grace-full hands, this sassy treatment might amount to no more than a smart-aleck deconstruction of Christ's divinity. But Cunningham is up to no such thing. She insists on humanity as one who sees in its every awkward aspect the image and likeness of God. Beneath her sense of the ridiculous and the ribald, is a subtext that sings "Alleluia!" -Catherine MacCoun, author of The Age of Miracles
"Cunningham has outdone herself. Always an imaginative writer, as such books as The Return of the Goddess and The Wild Mother show, Cunningham here mixes Celtic mythology with the emergent feminist tradition of the Magdalen to create a powerful and spiritually charged visionary novel. Red-haired Maeve was born on the legendary Isle of Women, where her weather-witching mothers (yes, the plural is intentional) raise her to be utterly self-assured as
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Spoiler Alert: Book contains sexual violence.......2007-03-16
BRAVO !.......2005-04-03
Excellent start!.......2005-01-09
Bawdy, but entertaining.......2003-08-09
If this is a startling image for you, then you should avoid the book. Cunningham's Maeve Rhaud is a headstrong, earthy character with no qualms about speaking of bodily functions, and she does so with great frequency. They are, in fact, important plot points in the story. This was a great drawback for me when I first started the book, and it wasn't until I was halfway through it that I decided the story was entertaining enough to compensate for Cunningham's Celtic witches' apparent scatalogical fascination.
A majority of the story takes place at the legendary Druid college of Mona, where Maeve Rhaud undertakes bardic training. The author accounts for the "lost years" of Jesus (Esus) by placing him in the college with her. He has a difficult time believing that his cosmic twin is someone so "unclean," and they have frequent theological arguments about monotheism versus her polytheistic ways. Maeve is constantly in trouble with the faculty of the college, clashing with personalities and breaking taboos. It is in this setting that she falls in love with the 15 year old man from Jerusalem and pledges her life to him.
Cunningham's novel is narrated by Maeve, who uses modern metaphors to describe the events in her tale. In spite of this chronological inconsistency, the story is extremely entertaining and told with good humor. It moves along quickly, and the main characters are well developed. If you are familiar with biblical accounts of the life of Jesus, you will be amused by the references to how his legend was shaped by people after his death.
If you're able to laugh at bawdy humor and don't have an easily tweaked sense of the blasphemous, this book will leave you satisfied and waiting eagerly for the next novel in the series.
Blessed Be !.......2003-07-26
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Shining Isle (Urban Fantasy)
Ly De Angeles Manufacturer: Llewellyn Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0738708348 |
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Among us walk a race older than time-called the Travelers, Tuatha d Dannan, the Sidhe, the Fair Folk, and the Fdh, they are the magical beings who remember when forests covered much of the earth and people revered the older gods and goddesses.The Shining Isle is the story of Holly Tremenhere and the small island of Inishrm. Holly was awakened to the mysteries at a young age, but could not cope with their seemingly alien reality and turned away from them. Now, disillusioned with the senselessness of day-to-day existence, she is ripe for change. Meanwhile, Inishrm has been targeted for takeover by those who do not understand its significance. The isle and its inhabitants harbor an ancient secret-one they will fight to the death to keep safe.
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A Satisfying Surprise.......2007-06-04
Needs A Bit More Shine.......2006-05-24
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Daughter of the Shining Isles
Elizabeth Cunningham Manufacturer: Station Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KBHBRE |
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Shining Isle
Ly De Angeles Manufacturer: Llewellyn Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MC4CQE |
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