Marvelous Tales of Swords & Sorcery

Adventure awaits - will you seize it?

Marvelous Tales of Swords and Sorcery invites you to craft legendary tales that will be sung for generations. Will you play as a cunning merchant weaving webs of intrigue in the grand city-states? A daring treasure hunter unearthing relics from forgotten tombs? Or a warrior driving dark foes back with slashing steel.

Marvelous Tales of Swords and Sorcery is a complete high fantasy Forged in the Dark game that incorporates downtime rules from John Harper's Deep Cuts expansion and modifications from the Charge RPG. 

In Marvelous Tales of Swords and Sorcery you can create a character from one of 10 heritages and 12 playbooks or mix and match from playbooks to build something unique.

• Champion
  
• Hunter
  
• Mastermind
• Merchant
  
• Priest
  
• Skirmisher
• Spirit Caller
  
• Storyteller
  
• Thief
  
• Traveling Scholar
  
• Warrior
  
• Wizard

(+ 2 special abilities to create a sorcerer)

Download the playbooks for free - Demo files

Your characters can come together as one of 4 types of parties.

• Adventurer
• Jackals (troubleshooters)
• Merrymakers
• Thieves

GM Help

The text includes helpful guidelines for GMs to customize their setting, prepare for sessions, craft dungeons, and forge villains.

Setting

The core book contains a 68 page setting for the Esharran Empire, including the starting village of Tel Kereth, the city of Baku Silas, the Caravan Road, and the Great Desert. The setting includes a full pantheon, 30 factions, potential adventuring sites, and more than 50 secrets and clues to help players discover the world.

Common Heritages

In addition to the 10 unique heritages in the core book, a file containing 9 common fantasy heritages is included. The file also contains brief descriptions of the dwarven and elven homelands. 

Map Pack

A folder of curated maps from Dyson Logos is included. These maps have been released for personal or commercial use.

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