Five Fingers: Port of Deceit (Iron Kingdoms) [Hardcover]

Douglas Seacat (Author), Bryan Cutler (Editor), Nathan Letsinger (Editor), Brian Snoddy (Illustrator), Adrian Smith (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 20, 2006 | Series: Iron Kingdoms

Bring gritty and dark urban adventuring to your Iron Kingdoms campaign with the premier city source book for all Full-Metal Fantasy role playing.

This guidebook for adventure in the city of Five Fingers provides a tool box of options for any urban campaign, including chase rules (over rooftops too!), how to build your own criminal empire, how to run gang warfare.

Though it is a place of vibrant trade and rampant opportunity, it is also a haven for pirates, thieves, and dark cultists. One day you could be socializing with the political elite, and the next day you could be running for your life from enforcers demanding tribute. Five Fingers is an active port city filled with mystery, intrigue, and danger where an adventurer can make his fortune, build a criminal enterprise, or meet a dubious end.

Within the pages of this 208 page hardback Iron Kingdoms city source book:
Chapters narrated by characters from the city, designed to give players a street-level look at this city. Included is a full color fold-out map of the city , three new prestige classes: the Agent, the Enforcer, and the Malefactor of Thamar, and all manner of shops, mercenary companies, gambling halls, gangs, coves, and cults to discover, as well as nearly 200 NPCs to meet.

Editorial Reviews

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This is an excellent book, even if you never set foot in Five Fingers. You might not use everything if you avoid the city, but it will still prove useful for handling cities in the Iron Kingdoms in general. If you head into Five Fingers this is going to offer a lot of useful detail, and a good amount of adventure opportunities without ever opening another book. If I ever ran a game outside the IK, I still might find it useful for setting up cities for game play. As I was reading this book I was itching to play a character in a Five Fingers game- or any city, really, just because of the opportunities to enjoy it. Second Story Man all the way, it just sings for such a character. To say nothing of assassins, street toughs, backalley sorcerers, and more. --Wraithshadow, rpg.net

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Privateer Press; 1 edition (May 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933362073
• ISBN-13: 978-1933362076
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Fingers: Port of Deceit (Iron Kingdoms), August 12, 2008

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I really enjoy the rich history of the isles of the Five Fingers. It puts into play a lot for the imagination in entertainingadventure hooks that I personally plan to make 'come to life'. Yes, I would recommend this book for you and your players' fix in villiany, piracy, and organized crime. It is quite compatible with other source books, such as 'The Complete Scoundrel' and 'Cityscape', to name a couple. It has a great campaign setting laid out for you and makes a great basis in creating one of your own design. The book includes many extras as well: Feats, Prestige classes, etc. Get it whilst you can, because a lot of the earlier publications from Privateer Press are quite expensive and putting off the purchase of this gem could result in having dish out a lot of extra money in the future when it becomes out-of-print, much like its predecessors.

4.0 out of 5 stars iron kingdoms to the max, January 23, 2011

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this product was pretty epic!!! good content beautiful artwork, awesome presentation. a good bang for the buck. wish it had alittle more artwork but all in all good. privateer press makes good products, just wish they were still writing and supporting the 3.5 module.