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by sdonohue

D100 Forest Hooks is a 2023 release from Philip Reed Games and is intended for use with any fantasy setting. It was written by Philip Reed and the interior art is licensed from a variety of sources.

Presentation
This product is available in both PDF and print versions. The print version is A5 with a heavy-stock color cover. The interior pages are black & white on matte paper. There is no table of contents or index, but the format of the book makes that moot.

Content
This is what it sounds like: 100 different encounters which might take place in a forested area. The layout of the book is fairly standard for books of this type: it's a big table with a number in the left column and a description of the encounter in the right; the alternating columns are highlighted to make it easier to use. The encounters run the gamut from an elderly bard who can't seem to leave the area to a wheelbarrow leaning against a tree. There's also the pun-filled horror of the frogmen in entry 26 to a skeletal corpse hanging from a tree.

In addition to 100 encounter ideas, there is a second table of 100 forest-based rumors. They layout is the same as the encounters, but the entries are shorter; they don't address the veracity or implications of the claims; that's left for the GM. The rumors range from a secret trail which cuts days off travel times, but passes by a troll cave to stories of roaming villains, ants building a new home, and even a story that the god of forests has died.

Evaluation
This is a fun and useful product. There are a lot of encounters and rumors here and they run the gamut from easily handled or dismissed to things that could lead to a story are of several adventures. The encounters, while short, are evocative and reflect more than just finding two orcs near a stream -- this is a thinking person's selection of wandering encounters or it could be the basis for something bigger. Even entry 26, with its terrible puns, would make one of my players extremely happy.

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January 18

1778

- English explorer Capt. James Cook "discovers" Sandwich Islands [microbadge=1121]

1882

- English author A.A. Milne [microbadge=1680]

1904

- English actor Cary Grant [microbadge=13166]

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- Scottish inventor James Watt [microbadge=17196]

1809

- American short story writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe [microbadge=4264]

1839

- French artist Paul Cézanne [microbadge=8259]

2013

- Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA’s Curiosity Rover [microbadge=7778]

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January 20

1894

- Harold Gray (Little Orphan Annie creator) [microbadge=7327]

1920

- American actor DeForest Kelley [microbadge=29741]

1920

- Italian director Federico Fellini [microbadge=4631]

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- American actress Patricia Neal (Day The Earth Stood Still, Hud, etc. Also wife of Roald Dahl) [microbadge=27565]

1934

- Doctor Who actor Tom Baker [microbadge=6697]

1946

- American director David Lynch [microbadge=1546]

January 21

1884

- Roger Nash Baldwin (Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union )

1908

- "Sullivan Ordinance" is passed in NYC, making it illegal for a woman to smoke in public places. Vetoed 2 weeks later by the mayor. [microbadge=1586]

2008

- 'Black Monday' slams stock markets worldwide, leading to the Great Recession [microbadge=7937]

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1788

- English Romantic poet Lord Byron [microbadge=9594]

1934

- American actor Bill Bixby [microbadge=4916]

1940

- English actor John Hurt [microbadge=3125]

January 23

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- The Greenbrier Ghost: Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Resulting murder trial of her husband perhaps only case in US history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction. [microbadge=3513]

1977

- Haley's Roots premieres on ABC [microbadge=10059]

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- Caligula murdered, Uncle Claudius succeeds as Emperor [microbadge=22115]

1935

- Beer 1st offered in a can by Krueger Brewing (with love for USP45) [microbadge=10924]

1972

- Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. [microbadge=19312]

1984

- Apple debuts the Macintosh [microbadge=27864]

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