The following playtest material (the Exemplar class by Mike Myler) appears in Book of Celestial Heroes, a part of the Book of Exalted Darkness Kickstarter. Unlike BoED the supplement this appears inis for the D&D 5E players and GMs that dig on the holy decopunk utopian world of Askis but aren’t that keen to playing evil adventurers. There are builds for Simon Belmont (from Castlevania) and King Arthur of Camelot (really a very silly place) to illustrate some exemplars at work over on Mike’s website. All of the illustrations below are by the principal artist for the project, the talented artist Indi Martin.

(Note from James: I’m a part of this amazing Kickstarter too! I’m making magic items!)

Leaping to the stage, Daedrus looked out at the discontent villagers and raised his voice above the din of the angry crowd. “Hear me, good townsfolk,” he…