Dungeon Dressing: Lights & Illuminations 2.0 (P1) by Jeff Erwin, Jacob W. Michaels and Brian Ratcliff is a role playing game supplement published by Raging Swan Press for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available as a 16-page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $3.75 but was purchased at a reduced price as part of a special bundle. Two pages are the front and rear covers, two are ads, one the front matter and Contents and one the Open Game License. The PDF comes in two versions, one intended for print and high-end devices, one intended for low-end and mobile.
Lights & Illuminations looks at these, managing them and what different kinds of light are vulnerable to.
Lights & Illuminations: Braziers is intended to generate interesting features for such. This is a d100 with 46 results.
Lights & Illuminations: Candles is similar for candles and candelabras. This is another d100 table with again 46 results.
Lights & Illuminations: Fireplaces is again the same type of table, aimed at fireplaces, and is a d100 table.
Lights & Illuminations: Lanterns this time covers lanterns and is another d100 table with 46 results.
Lights & Illuminations: Magical Light covers magical light sources and is another d100 table with 46 results.
Lights & Illuminations: Torch Sconces this time covers interesting features of sconces and is a d100 list with 46 results.
Lights & Illuminations: Tricks & Traps has three different traps for sources of illumination.
Dungeon Dressing: Lights & Illuminations 2.0 (P1) in Review
The PDF is bookmarked with the major sections and subsections linked. The Contents is to a similar level of depth and is hyperlinked. Navigation is good. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are a number of black and white stock illustrations up to full page in size. Presentation is decent.
This may be classed as a Pathfinder supplement, but there are very few Pathfinder stats in it, making it more generically useful. Most of the tables, despite being d100, lack 100 results. This may be a revised version, but it is little different from that in GMs Miscellany: Dungeon Dressing. The main differences appear to be in the introductory paragraphs; in the older supplement, this has less fluff and more details on illumination crunch, which is essentially duplicated from elsewhere, whilst the new supplement gets rid of the crunch and has more fluff. If you own the compilation, it is not worth getting this. Dungeon Dressing: Lights & Illuminations 2.0 (P1) can be found by clicking here.
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