Welcome adventurer! Before you are the books of Fortunate Blades
Fortunate Blades is an open source Living Table Top Role Playing Game and a collaborative creative project.
It’s a story-forward RPG of wildly creative fantasy with customizable characters, big dramatic stories, and online-friendly rules. It requires little-to-no GM prep, gives the players agency in the collaborative world-building, and it's fast-moving so a lot can happen every play session. You play to find out the story, the world it's set in, the character's place in it, and what peril they are in.
Below are the free Books you’ll need to play:
Bathor the Fortunate’s Book of Basics
The basic book of rules of how to play Fortunate Blades. Start here if you're just learning what this is all about!
Horm’s Chronicles of Common Backgrounds
The book of common Backgrounds to create uncommon characters.
Al-Kibar’s Tome of Trades
The book of standard Trades that give your characters amazing Talents.
Neelah’s Opus on Wonderous Items
The book of stuff. What's an adventurer without gear and a magical item of some kind?
The Spheres of Magic
The book of magic, let's discover it's mysteries together as we play.
The Weary Game Master's Almanac
The book all about how to run Fortunate Blades, yet have just as much fun as the players.
The Book of Quests
The book of starting Quests to kick off your own epic stories.
Adventure Lore
Herein are the Contributed Settings, Contributed Places, Contributed Enemies, and Contributed Forces people have generously shared from their own games. Add your own as well to help inspire GMs and terrify Players!
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