Trials of the First Moon is a "martial arts-meets-fantasy" genre role-playing gamebook complete with illustrations. The 250 page, 91,000 word adventure includes character sheets, random number table, combat results table, bestiary, glossary, FAQs, 500 numbered sections and excellent replay potential. Trials of the First Moon is the first of a lengthy saga planned by the author. Introduction . . . You are Tsai (pronounced "/tsaI/" and rhyming with "sky"), a promising young Shinte warrior preparing for your black-sash examinations. You are anxious about undertaking these trials, but know the...

You are Tsai-a promising black-belt practitioner among the Shinte warrior monks . . . Welcome to the world of Shanoong. Since childhood, you have trained to master the esoteric martial arts practiced within the Shinte monastic guilds of Escrinn. Only a few short weeks ago, an army of monsters, having marched south from the mountains, pierced the fog shrouding one fateful night to launch a massive assault against your people. Though brief, the battle that ensued carried grave consequences. Upon those battlefields, more than two-thirds of your brothers- and sisters-in-arms were massacred. Many...