The Stygian Library (bookcloth cover)

Exploring a place where knowledge is infinite, but the path is always new. Get ready to lose yourself (in the best way possible!) in The Stygian Library! This isn't just any library; it's a 160-page point-crawl adventure set in an infinite extraplanar space, perfect for truly unique fantasy expeditions.

The Stygian Library is a procedurally generated library dungeon nestled in the extra-dimensional space between every library in the universe. Each expedition you embark on generates its own unique route as you explore, resulting in new locations and forbidden knowledge being discovered with every single visit. It’s a complete toolkit for generating a zero-prep session or an entire campaign for your fantasy adventurers, no matter what system or sub-genre you're playing. Every single room within is stacked full of mystery, charm, and a beautifully baroque gloom, ensuring that even your procedurally generated adventures feel tightly themed and utterly fresh.

It's a big, spooky library full of dangerous knowledge, spiritual automata, and even ghost-fueled computers! The adventure includes stats and sparse amounts of mechanics intended to be broadly compatible with most old-school RPG systems, and easily adapted to any other fantasy RPG.

Included within, you'll find:

• Systems for generating unique locations within the library, such as Entrance Foyers, Map Galleries, Tea Rooms, Planetariums, Calculation Engines, Phantom Databanks, Paper Beehives, Phantom Pumps, Jarred Brains, and even the Sheol Computer.

• 40 terrifying monsters tailored specifically for the Library, including Lantern Bearers, Skeleton Crew, Origami Golems, Guardian Shades, Lost Souls, Ink Elementals, Animate Spells, Archivist-Liches, Infernal Merchants, Escaped Fictions, Educated Rodents, Conceptual Wells, and the mysterious orders of Librarians themselves.

• A robust system for searching for specific knowledge within the library's depths, along with 30 unusual books and the secret knowledge they contain.

• Tables for generating treasure, dreams, rumors, and various other useful details to enrich your story.

• A unique playable class: the Mummified Sages, post-human academics who've dwelled in the Library for decades or more.

Dive in, explore the endless shelves, and uncover secrets beyond imagining!