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 is a story-forward game great for telling big creative dramatic fantasy stories together.
With customizable characters and easy online-friendly fast moving rules it requires little-to-no GM prep and gives the players agency in the collaborative world-building.
You play to find out the story, the world it's set in, the characters place in it, and what peril they are in.
Then if so inclined, you can come here and share those stories for all of us to enjoy!
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 Places, Contributed Forces, Contributed Enemies, Contributed Characters, and Contributed Art people have generously shared from their own games. Add your own as well to help inspire GMs and terrify Players!
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