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WHAT IS THE ECHOES OF HEAVEN CAMPAIGN SETTING?The Echoes of Heaven is a game world of darkness and danger, where a monolithic church has split into dozens of quarreling factions and holy war looms like a shadow. Here, strength and brutality win the day and only those with the most faith, honor, and courage can stand against the terrible tyranny of those who would enslave everyone of a different belief, a different philosophy, a different race.

Worse, it is a world infected by the very fabric of Hell it-self.

It’s a world that once knew wonderful, perfect grace, where Mortals and Angels labored side by side and all spent their days basking in the light of God. There was no Mortal Realm. Hell was nothing more than a province of Heaven. All lived in Paradise and they knew what it was like to wander in Grace.

Then came the War.The Fall of the first third of the Host of Angels nearly de-

stroyed Heaven. The Fall of the second third came as a death knell. Only the foresight and planning of the Five Prophets saved everyone from languishing under the rule of the Fall-en . . . but it came at a terrible, terrible price.

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WHAT TO BUY FIRST IN THE ECHOES OF HEAVENThe Echoes of Heaven now contains five separate elements. First there are sourcebooks, which outline the setting material. Second come the adventures, which form a ten-part campaign called The Moving Shadow. Next are Adventure Seeds, free products that contain a fully outlined adventure plot, suitable for use in any system and fitting neatly between the full adventures. There is the official fiction. Finally, there are additional adventures published in The Guild Adventure, by Guild Companion Publications.

This can get confusing. So we’ve built this file to make sense of it all. Here’s how to choose what to get in three easy steps:

Step 1) Choose a SystemThe Echoes of Heaven is built using licenses for four different game systems. Choose which system you’d like to play. They are:

The d20 System game (Wizards of the Coast): Look for “OGL Version” in the download title.

High Adventure Role Playing (Iron Crown Enterprises): Look for “HARP Version” in the download title.

HERO System (HERO Games): Look for “HERO Version” in the download title.

Rolemaster Fantasy Role Playing (Iron Crown Enterpris-es): Look for “Rolemaster Version” in the download title.

Tip: Can’t decide? Our Multisystem Bundles contain all four versions, never for more than the cost of two. If you are interested in more than one of these systems, get the bundle! Look for “Multisystem Bundle” in the download title.

Step 2) Choose a product typeAt this point decide why you are buying The Echoes of Heaven. There are three general types of products:

Sourcebooks: Books detailing the setting itself. These often include elements you can use in your own setting. For instance, The Lost Kingdom of the Dwarves contains a wealth of information useful for Dwarves in any world.

Tip: Sourcebooks and Adventures come in products to-gether. If you buy one, you get the other for free. At this point, you’re just choosing which is more important to you.

Adventures: There are full adventures, which are statted for one of the above systems. There are also Adventure Seeds, which are adventure plots without stats, usable in any game and any setting.

Tip: Adventure Seeds are free. Why not download them all?

Fiction: These short stories allow you to get a feel for The Echoes of Heaven setting.

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Step 3) Choose a productNow that you know what kind of product you’re buying, choose one that’s right for you:

Tip: For sourcebooks and adventures, the sourcebook is listed first, the adventure second.

The sourcebooks are:

The Echoes of Heaven Campaign Setting—The Echoes of Heaven Campaign Setting details the Mortal Realm and includes a bonus supplement describing the Kingdom of Ludremon at no extra charge.

The Last Free City—This book depicts the city of Felric’s Redoubt, known as the City-State to many. Sheltered in the lands of Ingrast but beyond the woods of the Elves, this city has remarkable freedom . . . but with freedom comes danger.

The Lost Kingdom of the Dwarves—Centuries ago an Ulcer opened inside the Dwarven kingdom of Uzarâg. Now this land is more Hell than earth, and it fills to overflowing with a multitude of dark and evil creatures, most notably the Cambionic Orcs and worse yet, the Great Fiend known as the Warlord.

Bestiary—(upcoming) The Mortal Realm is filled with many horrific creatures and some that merely terrify. Here you will find creatures unique to The Echoes of Heaven from the Nephilim to Angels and Demons, to the Cambionic Beastmen and beyond.

The adventures are:

The Throne of God (Episode 1)—A story that spans 10,000 years, here the players learn the lay of the land in the Mor-tal Realm and fight to find an ancient relic—a diamond splinter said to come from the Throne of God Himself.

The Festering Earth (Episode 2)—The characters travel to Felric’s Redoubt, the City-State. There they must solve a series of murders before the serial killer brings the entire city to its knees.

On Corrupted Ground (Episode 3)—Still reeling from their adventures in Felric’s Redoubt, the characters must now delve into the heart of Hell on earth—Uzarâg. Inside the fallen kingdom, it will take all their skill, faith, and mettle to survive.

The Tainted Tears (Episode 4)—(upcoming) With the char-acter’s success in Uzarâg, they must now make a mad dash across Belkanâth in an attempt to stop the end of the world.

The fictional stories primarily deal with Shorvan Leonedovich, a Yevgenian Witch-Hunter as he struggles to survive in a brutal world of Men and Demons. They are, in order:

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Tip: If you want to run The Moving Shadow campaign, the adventures and Adventure Seeds fit together neatly into an ongoing story. They are, in order:

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