The Stormrider Revised

Overview

From the back cover:

A Creature of Legend

Loose upon the winds of the tempest, astride his evil black steed, is a creature of the storm. It is said you can see him galloping upon the gray storm clouds, urging the winds to greater ferocity. When his anger is especially fierce, he descends to the earth to wreak havoc, leaving a trail of flaming hoofprints behind.
Some say he was a man whose passion overcame him, others say that he is a foul demon, a Horseman of the Apocalypse. The Magus Grimgoth insists that he is an elemental, a magical incarnation of the storm itself. But whatever they think he is, they all known him as...

The Stormrider

Includes

• Complete rules for Elementals, including 16 different examples, such as the Storm Dragon and the Mud Hydra.
• Eight pre-generated Characters, complete with detailed backgrounds and personalities.
• Eight Briefing sheets, which explain the rules simply and succinctly. Your players only need to read these to play the game.
• A 32-page Story, which meshes intimately with the characters in the same way your homemade adventures do.

Ars Magica Jump Start Kit
With this kit, you can begin your first session of Ars Magica in less than half an hour. Rules briefings and characters are included on perforated sheets within.

Contents

Background Information

• There is a note about the merger between White Wolf Publishing and Lion Rampant into White Wolf inside the book.
• From the Editor's Pen mentions how there is a Ars Magica Comic Book in the works for February 1991, telling the first meeting between Grimgroth and the Stormrider.

Characters

• Torlen - Grog Sergeant, Lucienne's Companion, Mistridge Covenant
• Lucienne - Grimgroth's Apprentice, Mistridge Covenant, Wizard
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Rain of Stones
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Hornet Fire
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Broom of the Winds
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Circling Winds of Protection
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Rise of the Feathery Body
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Emotion of Reversed Intentions
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Confusion of the Numbed Will
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Whispers Through the Black Gate
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Unseen Arm
  • Lucienne's Grimoire: Supple Iron and Rigid Rope
• Pol - Grog, Died defending the Covenant, Lorine's Father
• The Stormrider, "Fallemon" - Air Elemental/Magical Human, Son to Baron d'Uverre
  • Power: Circle of Passion
  • Power: Way of the Winds (Spell)
  • Power: Way of Fire (Spell)
  • Power: Way of Water (Spell)
• Storm Steed
  • Power: Winds of Distraction
• Tomas - Caeron's Companion, Mistridge Covenant, Scholar
• Clavius - Scholar, Mistridge Magus
• Deritus - Magus
• Sante Fabía - Saint
• Caeron - Elder Apprentice of Grimgroth's, Mistridge Covenant, Wizard
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Twist the Living Tree
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Jupiter's Resounding Blow
  • Caeron's Grimoire: The Earth's Carbuncle
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Piercing Shaft of Wood
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Wall of Thorns
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Coil of Entangling Plants
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Curse of Rotted Wood
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Converse with Plants and Trees
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Curse of the Unruly Tongue
  • Caeron's Grimoire: Disguise of the Putrid Aroma
• Jeremé - Shield Grog, Caeron's Companion, Mistridge Covenant
• Ramón - Tracker, Caeron's Companion, Mistridge Covenant
• Lorine - Lucienne's Companion, Mistridge Covenant
• Clobi - Lucienne's Companion, Mistridge Covenant
• Sir William - Clobi's Lord
• Vulcris - Wizard
• Felix Necromius - Magus
• Grimgroth - House Jerbiton Mage
• Vancasitum - Magus
• Mierina
• Baron d'Uverre
• Brien Guifré - Son of Sir Guifré, Squire
• Sir Guifré - Lord
• Marie - Maiden
• Father Llorenç
• The Old Hag
• River Trolls - Water Elementals
• Lupus Mortus - Grimgroth's First Apprentice
• The Dogs:
  • Old One Eye
  • Big Gray
  • The Mongrel
  • Raggedy Ears
  • Young Ferocious

Terminology

Animál, Apprentices, Aquam, Armicsrar (Location), Auram, Cariel (Location), Castle d'Uverre, Companions, Córporem, Covenant, Creo, Doissetep, Elementals, Foix (Location), France, Grimoire, Grogs, Herbam, Hermetic, House Jerbiton, Javielle (Location), Ignem, Imágonem, Intéllego, Languedoc (Location), Lariander (Covenant), Loving Oak, Magi, Magic, Magus, Mentem, Mistridge, Mt. Tierné, Muto, On the Nature and Perils of the Soul's Dark Passions (Tome), Perdo, Rego, Riecrax (Location), River Vreis (Location), Spell, Storypath Cards, Terram, Tribunal, Val du Bosque (Location), Veritanis' Brief Historical Biography Concerning the Prima of House Jerbiton (Tome), Windgraven (Covenant), Wizards, Xanec (Location),

References

Previous release	Game Books	Next release
ArM: South of the Sun	Ars Magica books	ArM: Trial by Fire