Publisher's blurb: Killers, Volume One: Cold Hearts & Hired Knives: Second Stab! is a revised and expanded collection of memorable NPC assassins, murderers, bandits, hired thugs, and other miscreants for use with any fantasy d20 campaign, featuring 18 NPCs of various races, sexes, and murderous habits, each with complete stat blocks and background stories in the usual obsessively thorough Cryptosnark fashion. Each NPC is also given a portrait. Killers, Volume One also offers 3 new spells, a new minor god and his attendant cult, 14 unique new magic items or weapons, and 14 new poisons, as well as other juicy details mingled with the cold, hard facts! The Second Stab edition has been prepared to fix a problem with washed-out illustrations in the first version of this PDF - the images are now as sharp and rich as they should be. Plus, we've added two new NPCs, an optional appendix for use with The Book of Distinctions and Drawbacks, and a companion PDF containing all 18 NPC stat blocks in printer-friendly black-and-white!