Gamers like ’em. I think a clear TOC does the trick. I’m compromising. An index for HotB.
I’ve been burning on this for about 6 hours and this is what I’ve got so far. I count six more hours until I’m completely done, but I’m handing it over to my editor first so he can make suggestions.
I got offers from a lot of people who build these things in the game industry, and quite frankly, I couldn’t afford them. Most offered to build an index for $3,000-$5,000.
My reply: “Buddy, I ain’t makin’ that much money off this book.”
So, I decided to do it myself. I went through, page by page, and picked out all the headers. Then, I went back and did a word search for all those headers. I also found pertinent terms that would be useful and put them in there as well.
(For some reason, LJ won’t copy the formatting, so you get none of the headers/sub-headers.)
Estimated time of completion: 12 hours. Wish I could make $5,000 in twelve hours. Jeebus. Anybody looking for an indexer?
Accounting Books 49
Age of Clandestine Blood, The 23
Age of Quiet Poison, The 22
Apothecary (Vassal) 258
Art
Artifacts 294
Building with Bonus Points 297
Example 296
Values 297
Artisan (Vassal) 258
Aspects 139
Academy Educated 150
Actress, The 249
Adrente 157
Athlete 150
Bad Aspects 146
Blacksmith 292
Bureaucrat 147
Burghe 152
Chance-Taker 151
Compelling & Style 143
Court Gossip 151
Courtier 96
Dalada (Thief) 166
Dangerous (Yvaltae) 228
Denying the Compel 143
Discovering Aspects 162
Dolt 152
Dowager Duchess, The 250
Duty to My Liege 148
Even More Aspects 164
Free Aspects 146
Giving an Aspect to the Scene 159
Heinig Defense, The 164
Home-Wrecker 152
How Can you be Compelled by Your Aspect? 142
How do you invoke your Aspect? 141
How does someone else tag your Aspect? 141
Husband, The 250
I Kill You in the Face! 147
I Know How to Hurt You 98
I Know What You Want 98
I Pull the Strings 153
I Rule! 147
Ikhalu’s Kiss 153
Introducing New Aspects 159
Kind-Hearted 154
Large or Small 154
Limp 98
Love the Shoes 154
Making Your Own Aspects 150
Meticulous 155
Mwrr 156
My Mother’s Diaries 148
Names as Aspects 141
Obsessed Sorcerer 149
Old Sword 155
Politically Voracious Wife 155
Queen of Thieves, The 156
Rajan (Paladin) 166
Rake, The 250
Refreshing Aspects 143
Righteous Fury of Youth, The 156
Rivalry 156
Road is My Home, The 157
Savage Lover (Vazhna) 227
Self-Destructive 157
Senvada (Sorcerer) 166
Senvu (Fighter) 164
Solace Aspects 146
Steele 153
Strange Intuition 158
Strong 148
Style Points 142
Swordsman 96
Swordsman, The 250
Tagging & Style 143
Talashan 164
Talia’s Eyes are Upon Me 158
Tavala (Bard) 163
Thorne 154
Three Elements 140
Throwing Insult 161
Treacherous 158
Twins 293
Ushalaven (Barbarian) 163
Veiled Rose 141
Vendetta 158
Well-Known 159
Well-Mannered 159
Wife, The 251
Wise Man, The 251
Wrath of Me, The 326
You Want Me 300
Yvarai 155
Avreda & Ylvayne 215
Bad Form 56
Bearing the Spear 213
Beauty 133
Betrayer War, The 21
Bold Lords 52
Build a Holding (Season Action) 242-244
Hire a Vassal (Season Action) 253
Caravan (Vassal) 258
Character Aging (Season) 274
Character Creation Cheat Sheet 107
Compose Opera (Season Action) 249-252
Conquer a Region (Season Action) 245, 271
Contested Risks 118
Example 120
Ties 119
Courage 132
Court Scholar (Vassal) 258
Courts of Love 217-218
Craft Goods (Season Action) 246
Craftsman (Vassal) 259
Create Art (Season Action) 247-249
Creating a Character Step-by-Step 85
Aspects 94
Background 86
Background Example 91
Bonus Points 103
Contacts 96
Determining Age 88
Devotions 99
Devotions Example 99
Domain 100
Family Standing Chart 87
Name 88
Parent’s Chart 86
Phases 93
Phases Example 97
Picking a House 87
Region Types 101
Siblings 86
Spouse & Children 88
Starting Style Points 103
Title 90
Vassal Types 102
Virtues 91
Cunning 130
Dalven Suena (“What You Have is What You Deserve”) 80
Devotion 304
At Character Creation 99-100
Devotion Example 99
Dividing Devotion 307
Gaining Devotion Points 307
Duels 193
Earls, The 70
Economy 74
Education 59
End of the Year (Season) 272-273
Espionage Actions 264-270
Espionage Actions 267-270
Explore (Season Action) 252-253
Exploring Ruins 253
Face and Fan 59
Fashion 70
Colors & Their Meanings 71
Roses 73
Fashuva (see Forbidden Suaven)
Fell Ones (see Forbidden Suaven)
Fire (Violence) 212-213
Forbidden Suaven 413-419
Afhil 417-418
Ikhalu 413-415
Jaymen Steele 415-416
Mahl 416-417
General (Master Vassal) 212, 259
Getting Dice (Full Page) 127
Herald (Vassal) 259
Horses 35
Grusha 36
Ilderim 35
Hospitality 77
Houses, The 46
Bear 46
Elk 46
Falcon 47
Fox 47
Serpent 48
Wolf 48
Ikhalu 213, (Cult Plot) 395, 413-415
Injury 201
As a Free Aspect 114, 146
As a Legal Definition 79, 186-190
Causing Injury in a Duel 199-200
Scars 202
Tagging 127, 201
Vassals & Injury 202
Insult, Injury & True Pain 187
Jury, The 186
Language 34
Loyalty (Vassals) 263-264
Maid/Valet (Vassal) 259
Make a New Contact (Season Action) 254
Maneuvers (Advanced) List 205-208
Maneuvers 203
Mass Murder 208-212
Master of the Road (Vassal) 260
Master Spy (Vassal) 260
Mayor (Vassal) 260
Murder (Zsanstozs) 38
Na Nanva (“Not now…”) 55
Names 49
Blooded Names 49
List of Names & Meanings 103
Unblooded Names 50
Narcotics (Shutha) 173
Addiction 174
Attar of Poppies 175
Foxwine 176
Icefire 175
Recovery 174
Silken Veil, The 176
Noble Rank 53
Baron/Baroness 55
Count/Countess 56
Duke 56
Earl 57
Marquis/Marquise 56
Master of the Road 55
Roadman 53
Olivana: Sacred Animals 28
Opera 60
The Seven Fools 62
Organized Religion in Shanri 24
Orichalcum 27, 290-291
Ork 406-412
Ork Traits 407-412
Terror 406
Other Cultures 37
Personal Training (Season Action) 254
Poison 169
Arsenic 171
Cyanide 171
Hemlock 171
Lesser Poisons 172
Making Poison 170
Oleander 172
Poison for Wimps 169
Strychnine 172
Prowess 136
Puzzle House 279
Q’naldinir: Capital City 25
Quell Trouble (Season Action) 254
Region Development (Season Action) 255
Regions 233-235
Rules 233
List 234
Titles 235
Espionage
Research Sorcery (Season Action) 255
Revenge 77, 179
Jonan Drax’s Laws 181
Dueling Ritual 188
Insult & Injury 79
Cleaning Up Ven Law 187
Rights of Nobility 52
Risk 109
Beat a 10 109
Privilege 109
What are My Chances? 110
Taking a Risk 112
Effect 115
Wagers 115
Simple Risk Example 116
Risks without Wagers 117
Contested Risks 118
Ties 119
Contested Risk Example 120
Lying 121
Example Risks 122
Getting Dice (Full Page) 127
Roadman (Vassal) 260
Romance 80, 221-229
Vrentae: “Holding My Heart” 81
Sex & Taboo 82
Seven Kisses 221
Mechanics 221-229
Ruins 32, 279
Exploring Ruins 253
Season Actions 242-255
Seasons 231
Actions 242-255
Regions (Description) 232
Phases 236-240
Character Aging (274)
The Party (Althua) 275
Resources (complete list) 241
Espionage Actions 267-270
Season Bonuses (Character) 279
Secret Army (Vassal) 260
Senate, The 65
How Many Votes per Seat? 68
Vashna (Senate Investigators) 69
Seneschal (Vassal) 261
Seven Kisses, The 221
Seven Laws, The 179 -185
Shara (Sample Character) Character Sheet 106
Sheriff (Vassal) 261
Solace Aspects 146
Sorcerer-Kings 19-20, 23, 32, 35, 57, 70
Sorcery 285-301
Description 55
Doom! 297
Artifact Values 297-301
Spear & Shield 213
Spectres 26-27, 416, 419-421
Spy Network (Vassal) 261
Storm, The (“Anguish”) 22
Strength 129
Strike Bid 198
Style Points 110
Earning Style 110
Spending Style 111
Banking Style 111
Refreshing Aspects 143
Tagging Aspects 143
Compelling Aspects 143
Losing Style 160
Is it worth a Style Point? 122
Suaven 303
Devotions (Character Creation) 99-100
Devotions Example 99
Blessings and Wrath 307
Greater Suaven 308-313
Ashalim Avendi 308
Falvren Dyr 309
Manna Renay 310
Talten Steele 311
Talia Yvarai 312
Tyan Bran 313
Blessings 314-324
Becoming a Suaven 324-326
Wrath 326
Devotion (Rules) 304-307
Swordsman, The (Book) 188
Terror (Ork) 406-407
Theater 65
Throwing Insult 161
Time 9
Titles 50
Gaining Title 51
Liege Lord 50
Rights of Nobility 52
Noble Rank 53
Roadman 53
Master of the Road 55
Yvtavia: “Lady’s Guard” 54
Count/Countess 56
Marquis/Marquise 56
Duke 56
Earl 57
Totem Rex 24-25
Transport Resources & Goods (Season Action) 255
Travel in Shanri 32-33
Vassal Training (Season Action) 255
Vassals 102, 257
Apothecary 258
Artisan 258
Caravan 258
Character Creation (Five Points) 100
Court Scholar 258
Craftsman 259
Description 257
General 259
Herald 259
List 102
Loyalty 263-264
Maid/Valet 259
Master of the Road 260
Master Spy 260
Mayor 260
PCs as Vassals 262
Roadman 260
Secret Army 260
Seneschal 261
Sharing Vassals 263
Sheriff 261
Spy Network 261
Staff 261
Ven, The 38-44
Biology 38
Solace 39
Hypocrisy 181
Cosmetics 39
Murder 40
Suicide 40
Trader’s Tradition, The 44
Castes 40
Villages & Cities 256-257
Virtues 91, 127
Beauty 92, 131
Courage 92, 130
Cunning 92, 128
Prowess 93, 134
Strength 91, 127
Wisdom 93, 132
Wagers 115
Golden Wager Rule 116
How Much Can I Say? 117
Risks without Wagers 118
Using Wagers to Add Details 118
Bonus Effect 116
Contested Risks 119
Example of Using Cunning Wagers 131
Courage Risks 132
Beauty Risks 134
Wisdom Risks 135
Adding Details to Other Characters 135
Prowess Risks 136
Insults 161
Poisons 173
War 76, (Mass Murder) 208-212
Weapon or Tool? 179
Weights and Measures 56
Wisdom 132
Zhivali Deck, The 61
