Commissioned in death to save a world in peril, a tabletop RPG fanatic is reborn as a humble farm boy with the rulebook for the universe at his fingertips! Young Erich’s quest for an invincible character build will require more than his decades as a number-crunching munchkin, though. Even with power-leveled skills, feudal life is no cakewalk—especially when you keep drawing more attention than you can handle…Can Erich adapt to his strange new world before his worst impulses take th...

The Fellowship returns home to Marsheim in one piece, but their boss is at the end of his rope in the wake of their last rain-soaked job. Tired of political power plays, Erich decides that it’s time to take on what he hopes to be a more typical adventure outside of Marsheim. Of course, given our favorite optimizer’s infamous luck, he might just get pushed into finally showing his Fellows what he’s truly capable of. Keep your eyes peeled as Erich’s adventures continue!

This book offers an introduction into quantum machine learning research, covering approaches that range from "near-term" to fault-tolerant quantum machine learning algorithms, and from theoretical to practical techniques that help us understand how quantum computers can learn from data. Among the topics discussed are parameterized quantum circuits, hybrid optimization, data encoding, quantum feature maps and kernel methods, quantum learning theory, as well as quantum neural networks. The b...

With Schnee safe and recovered, she unveils Kykeon’s true purpose—someone is using the drug crisis to spur an all-out war in Marsheim! Pitted against a faceless enemy, Erich devises a grand conspiracy that might save his new home—should the dice fall in his favor. But he can’t do it alone. With the Fellowship of the Blade and Marsheim’s veteran clans, Erich makes his move to put an end to Marsheim’s most pernicious enemy. Hold on to your character sheets and find out how the latest act of ...

The arrival of spring brings with it unexpected reunions: Mika and Dietrich have arrived in Marsheim and rejoined the campaign! However, it isn’t all familiar faces. The heroic tales of Goldilocks have spread far and wide, and the aspiring ogre adventurer Yorgos has traveled all the way to Ende Erde in search of fame and glory under Erich’s leadership. As the Fellowship adjusts to its renewed roster, the next stage of Erich’s adventure begins in earnest!

The magus Agrippina saves the munchkin hero Erich by the skin of his teeth. But this favor does not come without a cost—she brings news that little Elisa is actually a changeling! To protect his sister’s future, Erich’s only choice is to accompany the magus to the imperial capital as a servant, leaving his hometown behind...but not before making an oath to his childhood friend. When fairies suddenly appear on his path to the capital, will he be able to avoid a critical failure?! The Hender...

Putting the fey tragedy behind him, Erich arrives at the Rhinian capital and begins his term of service under Lady Agrippina at the Imperial College of Magic. There, he draws the attention of a troubling wardrobe connoisseur but has no choice but to press on and earn his sister’s tuition.After befriending a student at the College, the two set off on one of Agrippina’s simple errands—until the Goddess of Dice turns their quick chore into a full-blown dungeon crawl! How many lovely pi...

After a grueling stint navigating the meteoric rise of Agrippina von Ubiorum as her right-hand-man, Erich is finally freed from his indentured servitude. Though his farewells with Elisa, Mika, and Cecilia cling to his heart, he steels himself to put the capital behind him and set off on his journey—but what sort of misadventures await him on the way home?! Let the folding screen rise on a rough and scrappy sixth campaign!

After saving a runaway maiden from a series of mysterious pursuers, Erich and Mika whisk Cecilia away into the sewers of Berylin. As the chase approaches a finale, they uncover a secret like no other: Cecilia is no normal mensch.Upon finally escaping to Erich’s lodging, the duo of old friends learn that the girl is running from an “unwanted marriage.” Unwilling to cast her aside, they call in for fey and changeling support alike in an attempt to get her out of the capital! The thril...

Erich and his party (not that Siegfried would admit to being a part of it) have made it back to Marsheim from the ichor maze, battered and bruised but all in one piece. However, the plucky munchkin’s luck is as bad as ever—a looming shadow threatens to end his adventuring career. With a little “nudge” from his oldest friend, Erich takes up a new scheme to rescue not just his own future, but those of all the friends and allies he’s drawn into his wake. Erich’s a scrappy young rookie no long...

Our munchkin hero Erich returns home after a long, dark night of bedlam, bloodshed, and intrigue in the capital. Cecilia’s conundrum stands resolved, but the ripples of the incident persist...and whose boat should they rock but that of Agrippina, his shiftless employer? Omens of trouble loom on the horizon, but escape was never an option. How will Erich’s saving throws fare when he is plunged into yet more turbulent waters?!

After a road home full of new meetings, farewells, and all sorts of chaos, Erich has finally made his way back to Konigstuhl. His brothers may have grown up a bit, but his friends and family haven’t changed much at all. Although the warm welcome from his little canton is comforting...the show must go on! Finally ready to fulfill his promise to himself and his childhood companion, how will everyone’s favorite Level 1 Fighter fare as he sets off on his adventure?!