Book of Bone and Ebony

Charms grant the dead their occult strength, and the
powers in this chapter greatly strengthen both the dead
in general and certain small groups, such the Lintha,
who possess the knowledge of specialized Arcanoi.
Chapter Three: The Wonders of the Dead covers
the many grave wonders that fall from the hands of the
dead. Though they are not as potent as gods, they dead
are far cleverer as creators of miracles that can work at
the command of any hand. The tool-craftiness of the
Dead has served the princes of the Underworld and the
Deathlords well. This chapter significantly expands
the catalog of such wonders available to Storytellers
and players for use in their games.
Chapter Four: Creations of Bone provides a transition
between material detailing the Dead and the
coverage of necromancy proper. Creations of Bone
covers both the advanced arts of the nemissaries —
ghosts who inhabit corpses and use them to travel the
world of the living — and the more morbid creations of
the Abyssal necromancers, the great war machines
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they construct of flesh, bone and metal to wield against
the living and the dead alike.
Chapter Five: Necromancy describes spells of all
three necromantic circles. While the focus of necromancy
is narrow, the individual spells are mighty within
their narrow sphere of effects.
Chapter Six: Creatures of the Underworld details
plasmics, creatures native to the Underworld.
These beings are horrifying spawns of the Neverborn’s
dark dreams and the natural processes of the Underworld,
and each is unique. With their unique ecologies
(or lack thereof) and their unusual powers, many
plasmics, particular those from deep within the Labyrinth,
are quite dangerous, wielding horrifying attacks
that can damage the souls of their victims. Even the
Exalted and the nephwracks must tread carefully when
faced with these horrors. This chapter also details three
different possible sets of statistics for the Mask of
Winters’ maggoty minions when they finish their breeding
cycle within the decaying flesh of his vast
corpse-citadel.
INTRODUCTION