ypher Deck XP Deck & Creature Deck for Numenera Cyphers are among the most common type of numenera devices in the Ninth World Usually single-use & frequently cobbled together or used in ways completely unrelated to their original intent cyphers are a great opportunity for characters to discover & use the numenera as one-time weapons wearable devices quick heals & more This deck of 120 full-color cards allows GMs & players to randomly generate cyphers on the fly Twenty item cards are lavishly illustrated with different device types while each of the 100 power cards offers multiple power options to match the device In Numenera exploration & risk are everything Players earn experience points not for killing monsters but for making discoveries & facing unexpected challenges You might rack up your XP between sessions but most commonly you receive experience points during play when events take an unexpected turn or you make a remarkable discovery & XPs are a sort of currency often changing hands between players The Numenera XP Deck gives you a set of tangible tokens to represent experience points This 30-card deck is a simple but useful tool at the game table Build encounters quickly & easily or create them randomly on the fly Then give your players a look at their foes before plunging into combat This deck contains 100 of the most commonly encountered creatures in the Ninth World drawn from both the Numenera corebook & The Ninth World Bestiary When you need to build an encounter (either when prepping your game or at the gaming table) simply draw a card from this deck You’ve got basic stats (with a reference to the corebook for full stats & info) on one side & an image to share with your players on the reverse ...

The lands of the Ninth World are vast & filled with the leftover marvels of prior worlds But the ancients didn&t live & work their strange ways only upon the land & the secrets treasures & deadly dangers of the past also lie beyond the vast horizons
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- of the Ninth World&s great ocean Ancient ruins? Secrets? Treasures? Gods? Any of these & rewards yet unimagined may await discovery for those willing to leave the comforting familiarity of dry land & accept the ocean&s cold dangerous embrace Into the Deep introduces new creatures cyphers & artifacts usable in any Numenera campaign

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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 ...

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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Players love new options for their characters This followup to the very popular Numenera Character Options contains over 50 new foci & descriptors including location-based & racial descriptors But players will be especially excited about two entire new typesthe glint & the seeker They&re the first new types ever added to the game making this a real must-have for players! ...

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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