These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable.
The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. The examples shown in the youtube video are from all three parts. This Compendium ist meant to be purchased together with the Norse campaign "The March of the Warden" and the map bundle for the campaign. A condensed Fact Sheet and the World Map are delivered with the Compendium. The second version contains information about the world, which is revealed in the campaign. The compendium is delivered in two versions, a Player Version and a Dungeon Master version.
The 24 rune alphabet of the Norse can be found in the Appendix. The compendium is divided into four chapters, the Norse Society, the Land and Creatures, the Norse Pantheon and the Character Creation. The world is very closely based on the world of the Norsemen inhabiting Scandinavia from the 8th to the 11th century, from the beginning of the Viking age until the christianization of Scandinavia. This compendium provides background information of Yggdrasil, the world of the Norse. So its about time to bring it all the way back to the northern roots. Martins Game of Thrones and several pen and paper RPGs. The influence of the Norse society and especially their mythology on today's fantasy literature, television and games can hardly be overestimated, heavily influencing fantasy legends like Tolkiens Lord of the Rings, R.R.
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