Pyramid Review
Eastern Territory (for Palladium Fantasy RPG)
Published by Palladium Books
Written by Steve Edwards (with Kevin Siembieda)
224 pages; $20.95 U.S.
If you are a fan of the Palladium Fantasy RPG then you have undoubtedly been awaiting the release of Eastern Territory for some time. Palladium promised us the book a while ago, but it seemed to have hit quite a few snags in seeing print. Well, at long last the book is here, and Palladium FRPGers now have the source material available to make good use of that hotbed of activity known as the Eastern Territory.
The book is done in the gazetteer format that has more or less become the standard with most Palladium FRPG books. The book starts with an overview of the whole area, then goes through it by sub-region, and ends with a dab of monsters and magic items. The folks at Palladium have become quite adept at this style of development, and they provide another dynamic mix of places in this book, which should prove useful to most gaming groups up and down the scale.
The Eastern Territory is presented as a booming land, with lots of opportunity for adventure and little homogenous order. The nations of the Eastern Territory are bound together by a loose agreement called the Charter of Dominion, which is primarily a formal agreement on such things as trade and defense.
Most importantly, the charter outlines who within the region is recognized as a separate political entity (basically, if you sign it, then you're recognized), and . . .
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Article publication date: August 31, 2001
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