Ferocious terrifying or just plain weird 140 new creatures for the Numenera setting Featuring more than 140 creatures & characters the Ninth World Bestiary is lavishly illustrated & wildly imaginative With GM advice on using pre-made creatures as well as creating your own it also

Includes:: lots of additional details about the Ninth World’s complex far-future post apocalyptic ecology Ninth World parasites transdimensional creatures mechanical automatons extraterrestrials & loads & loads of monsters for characters to face & fight are just the beginning in the weird & wonderful setting of Numenera

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Create characters explore the setting & learn the rules in this inexpensive second copy of key rules & setting material This 64-page softcover delivers a taste of the game & gives you an extra copy of key material for the gaming table ...

Calaval’s Parable of the Spider holds this lesson We can no more comprehend the remnants of the prior worlds than a spider can comprehend the cathedral in which it happens to have built its web Just as our works are beyond the understanding—or even complete perception—of the spider we cannot understand or even fully perceive the works of the ancients Calaval was of course the first Amber Pope the founder of the Order of Truth & the first leader of the Aeon Priests How well do you understand them? Explore the Order of Truth Learn its many secrets Work with the Aeon Priests discover how they can optimize your character’s abilities & equipment or even join the Order as they seek to bring the wonders of the prior worlds into the Ninth World ...

Three lengthy adventures wrapped in a thrilling frame story with a life-&-death twist! It begins simply enough Doesn’t it always? A nobleman’s estate needs tending in his absence But what secrets lurk in its shadows? What deals has this man made with whispered voices in that darkness? & once such a discovery is made can it be undone? The Devil’s Spine wraps three distinct adventures in a thrilling hard-driving frame story The terrifying devil’s spine graft will claim a life & the clock is ticking Removing it will send the characters to the depths of the Mechanized Tomb into a web of Viral Transmissions & ultimately off the corebook map & into uncharted territory when they go Beyond the Maelstrom ...

Numenera&s Ninth World is a fantastic vision of a world in which hyper-advanced civilizations have risen & fallen & left their inventions behind Their achievements became part of the accumulated detritus of eons
- & now this assortment of ancient power is there for the taking! One of the denizens of the Ninth World has discovered a way to use the numenera to grow strong cheat death & skip across the face of centuries in a succession of bodies But he discovers an unexpected side effect You! Set in the world of Monte Cook&s roleplaying game setting Numenera Torment Tides of Numenera is a game of deep reactivity & immersion into a new & strange vision You will chart a course through bizarre landscapes across the face of a vastly different world You will face adversaries who harness incomprehensible powers & who will ultimately force you to face yourself & answer the question What does one life matter?
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Science fiction adventure in a decaying far future setting in the new tie-in novel from the popular Numenera tabletop & PC roleplaying games In the far-future Ninth World claves of Aeon Priests help their community understand & use the mysterious technologies of the past But what happens when a group of these priests uses this knowledge & power to exploit the people who depend on them? In the region of Steremoss a group of brave individuals are determined to resist this oppression from the shadows They call themselves the Night Clave File Under Fantasy Protect the Clave Devices & Designs Death Walkers World's End ...

A working grasp of numeracy andbasic mathematical skills is vital in modern nursing Many student nurses haveonly a limited knowledge of the subject & struggle to get to get to gripswith the key principles & calculations they need to know Numeracy & Clinical Calculations for Nurses is a user-friendly introduction to the subject whichguides the reader from the basics through to the core calculations required ina healthcare setting Using extensive worked examplesthe author links the abstract mathematics to real-world situations to help thereader understand the subject in the context of their nursing practice Rather than simply training byrote the book features Sense Checks' Top Tips' & Error Alerts' toencourage the reader to develop theiroverall numeracy skills & thus minimise the possibility of future errors ...

Numerical Algorithms Methods for Computer Vision Machine Learning & Graphics presents a new approach to numerical analysis for modern computer scientists Using examples from a broad base of computational tasks including data processing computational photography & animation the textbook introduces numerical modeling & algorithmic design from a practical standpoint & provides insight into the theoretical tools needed to support these skills The book covers a wide range of topics-from numerical linear algebra to optimization & differential equations-focusing on real-world motivation & unifying themes It incorporates cases from computer science research & practice accompanied by highlights from in-depth literature on each subtopic Comprehensive end-of-chapter exercises encourage critical thinking & build students' intuition while introducing extensions of the basic material The text is designed for advanced undergraduate & beginning graduate students in computer science & related fields with experience in calculus & linear algebra For students with a background in discrete mathematics the book

Includes:: some reminders of relevant continuous mathematical background

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This well-respected book introduces readers to the theory & application of modern numerical approximation techniques Providing an accessible treatment that only requires a calculus prerequisite the authors explain how why & when approximation techniques can be expected to work-and why in some situations they fail A wealth of examples & exercises develop readers' intuition & demonstrate the subject's practical applications to important everyday problems in math computing engineering & physical science disciplines Three decades after it was first published Burden Faires & Burden's NUMERICAL ANALYSIS remains the definitive introduction to a vital & practical subject ...

Optimization is an important tool used in decision science & for the analysis of physical systems used in engineering One can trace its roots to the Calculus of Variations & the work of Euler & Lagrange This natural & reasonable approach to mathematical programming covers numerical methods for finite-dimensional optimization problems It begins with very simple ideas progressing through more complicated concepts concentrating on methods for both unconstrained & constrained optimization ...