Iron Heroes

Great heroes need great foes! The Iron Heroes Bestiary contains more than 30 new monsters designed for use in Iron Heroes. They fill a variety of roles, from intelligent, thinking foes to brutal, mindless beasts that spread misery and destruction. What they all have in common is a mixture of martial and arcane power to challenge the player characters.

The book also includes some basic advice on using monsters in Iron Heroes, such as mathematical methods you can use to judge whether a creature offers the proper threat to the party and new feats designed to work with monster abilities.

The Iron Heroes Bestiary also presents several new villain classes, an innovative concept introduced in Mastering Iron Heroes. Villain classes are a useful tool for generating challenging NPC villains or opponents for the PCs with a minimum of work. And don't miss the comprehensive monster table, featuring all published Malhavoc Press monsters!

Compatible with Iron Heroes and any game that uses d20-based mechanics.

WELCOME TO MALADOR!

A corrupt city built on the sunken remains of an opulent empire; nefarious politicians and mercenary guardsmen profiting on the backs of the downtrodden; mysterious pirates, multi-headed monsters, and body pits filled with the living dead; secret arena death-matches, a mobilizing neighbor, a proposal for peace, and a suspicious murder. And that's just for starters...

DARK HARBOR is an adventure written by one of the key playtesters who helped develop the system for Iron Heroes, Adam Windsor. Incorporating key systems and concepts introduced in Monte Cook Presents: Iron Heroes, DARK HARBOR also utilizes the unique zone system and villain classes from Monte Cook Presents: Mastering Iron Heroes. An adventure designed to introduce new and experienced players to the world of Iron Heroes, DARK HARBOR presents the corrupt city of Malador, filled with enough adventure and intrigue to take characters from 1st- to 5th-level. Packed with action, intrigue, fabulous treasure, frightening monsters, pirates, mercenaries, fish-men, gladiators, crazy cultists, a murder investigation and more, DARK HARBOR is the adventure that will test the mettle of new characters and help forge them into heroes... Iron Heroes!

Is nothing but a steel blade and an iron will enough to defeat the mightiest monster of all? In this all-new adventure module for Monte Cook Presents: Iron Heroes, the PCs are called in to locate a missing child -- the child of a dragon, that is. They must explore an ancient dragon graveyard and defeat a mighty evil wyrm using only their wits and their weapons. Like all Iron Heroes adventures, this one uses a low-magic, high-action setting to give heroes a true chance to become -- Iron Heroes.

A Rules Expansion by Mike Mearls

This is a must-have book for DMs and players who want to get the most out of the high-octane variant action fantasy rules of Monte Cook Presents: Iron Heroes. The book’s in-depth rules discussion teaches you not only how to use the rules of the game, but how to change them.

These pages include new options and ideas for existing rules, expansions of some concepts presented in Iron Heroes, and all-new material to supplement your Iron Heroes games. The useful design commentary helps you run a successful heroic combat character or campaign by showing you how every change can alter the nature of the game and offering suggestions of how best to apply them. Now you can see how the system really works!

The Iron Heroes BattleBox contents include: