Core Rulebook by Barrel Rider Games
Strike Your Torch.
Sharpen Your Blade.
Go Alone, If You Must.
Torch & Blade is a roleplaying game of dungeon-crawling adventure. Whether solo or with friends, this game recalls the earliest days of tombrobbing recklessness where death was one bad dice roll away – but if you risked it all you might walk away with fortune and glory!
Inspired by Maze Rats, Torch & Blade takes that game’s foundations and introduces classes, heritages, followers, strongholds, and a plethora of new spells and monsters to replicate an authentic vintage fantasy experience.
Everything you need for solo and group dungeon delving straight from the halcyon of fantasy is waiting for you – just grab your Torch & Blade!
Features Include:
- 12 Heritages: Eight Human Variants (Aristocrat, Caliban, Monastic, Ordinary, Scapegrace, Scion, Smallholder, & Reborn), Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, and Halfling.
- 10 Classes: Bravo, Druid, Forester, Friar, Inquisitor, Magician, Knave, Templar, Warden, and Warrior.
- Rules for multifacated character advancement that go beyond just gaining a level. Spend treasure to advance in level, hire companions, build a steading, go on class quests, or even invest in the local community to open up new character options.
- A simple but robust gear system where players must balance Supply, Rations, and Treasure to survive.
- A Spell Point-based system that allows any character to learn the arcane arts of magic.
- Over 80 new magic items.
- 50 monsters to challenge players!
- Procedurally generate dungeons on the fly as you play, populating them in the moment. This keeps Arbiter prep low and makes solo play easy when no one feels like being the Arbiter!
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