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by sdonohue

100 Books for a Pirates of Pugmire Bookshelf is a 2023 release for Realms of Pugmire. It was written by Adrian Kennelly and published by Azukail Games. it is part of the Canis Minor community content program.

Presentation
This PDF is 9 pages, with a cover, 2 pages of OGL declarations, and a page of advertising, leaving 5 pages of content. It's has a 7x10" form factor in portrait orientation. The content is primarily a in two column layout.

Content
This item is as described by the title, 100 books. Each book has a number, name, author, and a sentence or two of description. We are told that it's up to the GM to determine the accuracy of any of the books contained herein. The books cover a wide array of subjects from a simple tome on knots to a book on the government and politics of Port Matthew. Other books cover even more exotic topics like Alternatives to Plastic which talks about different materials for ship's hulls or The True History of Rats and Mice and the Acid Sea which explains that every important discovery about the Acid Sea was made by rodents and stolen by other species.

The list of books is impressive and with each book given an author, there's also the potential for 100 characters to be found in the game, albeit with only their writings to explain what they might be like.

Evaluation
This is a pretty good source of adventure hooks or perhaps a way to provide characters with additional knowledge. Books about knots or hulls might easily become an excuse to improve or acquire a skill while others might lead characters to seek out adventures or to try to find the authors of the book. Rumors of these books might also lead to adventures as characters seek the books themselves or at the request of others.

It's probably not a mandatory resource for GMs, but it is one that could be fun and inspirational.

by sdonohue

100 Birds for Pirates of Pugmire is a 2024 release for Pugmire. It was written by Adrian Kennelly and release by Azukail Games as part of the Canis Minor community content program.

Presentation
This is a 17 page pdf presented in a 7x10" portrait form factor with the most of the layout being two columns. There is a cover, a page of advertising and two pages of OGL information, leaving 13 pages for content,

Content
This is very similar to other products from this publisher. There are 100 entries each of which has a number, the name of a bird, and about a paragraph describing that bird's history, personality, and skills. Sometimes there's an adventure hook and other times it must be inferred. The entries are many and varied from Barak of the Eight Broken Bones, a crow who works as a mob enforcer and loves violence, to Miria of the Exposed Teeth, a parrot who hates cats and loves exposing their secrets. And from Yasmin of the Cages, an architect and interior designer of bird dwellings (which birds call cages) to Pia of the Broken Bones, a thug parrot who enjoys hurting others.

There are 100 different birds here and they follow the typical naming conventions for birds in Pugmire. There are no stats given for the birds, just a description. This means the characters are most useful for GMs who have access to Pirates of Pugmire which includes rules for creating bird characters.

Evaluation
This book is perhaps best used when the GM needs a quick NPC for an encounter and feels a bird is necessary. Many of these encounters will be one-offs or non-confrontational so that stat blocks wouldn't be necessary. Some birds will become important characters in a game and so might require a stat sheet. Another use might be for players looking for inspiration for new characters. Either way, this is a good addition to the library of anyone involved in a Pirates of Pugmire game.

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