3.5 Upgrades for Previous Psionics Releases Also Available

July 9, 2004 (Renton, Wash.) —D&D psionics guru Bruce R. Cordell offers up more mind-warping creativity in Hyperconscious, a new d20 System adventure-sourcebook. In addition, Bruce has updated his previous award-winning books, If Thoughts Could Kill and Mindscapes, to be fully compatible with v. 3.5 and the Expanded Psionics Handbook. These upgrades are available today along with Hyperconscious in electronic edition from Malhavoc Press.

In Hyperconscious, an imaginative adventure for 7th-level characters, the institution known as the Oraculus splinters, sundering the Seven Sages. Now, each lone sage decries the others as frauds, proclaiming unique revelations of future eras -- a future that whispers back secrets of unimaginable power! Are these visions true, or are they merely insidious dreams? During play, Hyperconscious unveils valuable game material, including new psionic prestige classes and dozens of new psionic powers, feats, monsters, and items. Plus, it reveals more about the insidious entity known as the Dark Plea and its machinations in the world of Dream.

The book comes in two different versions to give customers new material and updated material in the formats they want while keeping their costs down:

Both versions are e-Books (PDF files) fully compatible with the Expanded Psionics Handbook. Their streamlined page design minimizes file size for faster downloading and conserves ink for quicker printing. The books feature the new black-and-white artwork of Todd Gamble and Kev Crossley and a cover illustration from Kieran Yanner. The books are available at DriveThruRPG.com (secure PDF) and the White Wolf Online Catalog (standard PDF). Sample the art, tables of contents, and prestige class preview free right here.

To go along with the release of Hyperconscious, Bruce has also updated If Thoughts Could Kill and Mindscapes. The new versions of these e-Books are now compatible with the Expanded Psionics Handbook. Those of you who already own these e-Books can purchase low-cost upgrades to update your copies to the new versions. For more details on how the upgrades work, visit our information page. Both the updated psionics e-Books and their 3.5 upgrades are available from online retailers today.

Born in Watertown, S.D., Bruce R. Cordell earned a degree in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado. While working as a research associate in process chemistry he learned to synthesize DNA, but he could not resist the call of game design. In 1995, after a few years as a freelancer and designer of online text-generated virtual worlds, he abandoned science for a designer position at TSR, now Wizards of the Coast. His many design credits include the Expanded Psionics Handbook, The Sunless Citadel, and the Epic Level Handbook. He won the Origins Award for Return to the Tomb of Horrors and ENnies for If Thoughts Could Kill, Mindscapes, and his work on Manual of the Planes. Bruce wrote the novels Oath of Nerull (under the house name T. H. Lain) and Lady of Poison, as well as the story "Hollows of the Heart" in Children of the Rune. Visit his website for more biographical details.

Malhavoc Press is the publisher of the award-winning Book of Eldritch Might and other d20 System titles by authors including Monte Cook, codesigner of 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons®. Hallmarks of Malhavoc products include unusual magic, monsters, and evocative game elements that go beyond traditional fantasy, as well as a mastery of the d20 System rules. The company was named Best Publisher at the EN World d20 System Award ceremony held at Gen Con 2003. All current Malhavoc Press titles are available in electronic format at this site. Print versions are published by Sword & Sorcery™.

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Malhavoc Press
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