A downloadable game

THIS IS THE ART-FREE EDITION AND IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE.

A complete game in and of itself, PARIAH is nonetheless easily adapted to your preferred old-school system. Indeed, many of the tools provided would be useful in any RPG you think suitable for the weird world of proto-neolithic roleplay! 

PDF WITH NICER PICTURES AT THE LINK BELOW:

https://atelier-hwei.itch.io/pariah

HARD COPY (DIGITALLY PRINTED EDITION) AVAILABLE FROM SOULMUPPET:

https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/products/pariah-volume-1

OUTCASTS

The zine contains instructions for generating a band of pariahs - outcasts from mainstream human culture forced into the dangerous wilderness:

  •  Classless and level-less: develop characters through interaction with the environment, building alliances, developing skills and forging pacts with spirits.
  •  Lateral development: special curse templates that can lead your characters down unexpected paths including ghoul, jackalwere and blood-drinker... 
  •  Troupe play: control multiple characters, share them until they have grown into themselves, guide them as though you were their ancestral spirits.
  •  Build a community: foster young charges, care for the old, build the skill base of your pariah band, the better to face the challenges ahead.
  •  Die: lay down your lie for the good of your allies. Roll up another pariah!

ANIMISTS

Everything is alive: navigate a world where mountains, rivers, trees and even insects possess their own desires and ambitions!

  • Rules for generating spirits and determining their attitude to the PCs.
  • An original magic system based on conjuring, binding and bargaining with spirits.

PSYCHEDELIC   

This is a time of chaos: rationality has yet to force reality into a fixed form, and the boundaries between the corporeal and ethereal fluctuate...

  • Six psychedelic entheogens with unique properties!
  • Travel to the spirit world and find the true name of your enemies.
  • Create your own rituals, customs and traditions from afresh: this is a young world, and your characters are defining a new culture!

OLD SCHOOL

  •  Emphasis on player skill over character skill: play as the characters' guardian spirits,  not as the characters themselves.
  •  Highly lethal: get them out of danger quickly or be prepared to roll up another one.
  •  Sandbox style play: GMs are encouraged to create situations and challenges, not linear plots. Let the world come alive and happen around the PCs, with or without their participation!
  •  Rulings not rule: Take your pick of the guidelines within the zine, and fashion them to the tastes of your table. Use the tools for generating a world and populating it with danger and intrigue without being bound by mechanics.
  •  Familiar: Uses the traditional six ability scores and five saves so easy to pick up and easy to adapt to other old school systems.

Full text of book available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OtOLF4m8vQIcl5HyXeVMv51iYcWapPykyoJCGPEjT_Y/...

StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
AuthorATELIER HWEI (Alone in the Labyrinth)
GenreRole Playing

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There's an issue with the form-fillable pdf character sheet. For the sections "Weapons", "Skills", "Rituals [etc]" and "Other Notes", any text entered on a given line is automatically duplicated to every other line under that heading

Thanks—and sorry for the delay in replying—I'll have a look at this over the weekend

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There is no game file? A character sheet and a jpg?

that’s so weird- this has been up since 2020 and you are the first to comment! I will be able to amend within the next six hours… in the meantime, the free edition pdf is downloadable form DTRPG if you prefer, apologies for the inconvenience.


https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/327711/PARIAH--ART-FREE-EDITION

Game file now added, apologies once again- and thanks for reaching  out!

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Great! Thanks! 😀