BROKEN WONDERS - Fantasy Forged in the Dark

Broken Wonders  is a Roleplaying Game about a crew of adventurers in a medieval fantasy world.

Adventurers as underdogs

There are terrifying beasts, ruthless undeads and fucking gods out there. You’re going to lose sometimes. You’ll get bloody a lot. You’ll probably stress to death. Life as an adventurer isn’t easy.

This game was inspired by the similarities between the Forged in the Dark and OSR games, notably the importance given to fictional positioning. As a Forged in the Dark game, Broken Wonders takes certain OSR codes and modernizes them with an approach that gives characters greater importance and chances of survival, without denying their mortality or the difficulties of their endeavors. Other common features include: An open world, a lack of pre-written plot, an emphasis on creative problem solving, and disregard for “encounter balance”.

It’s a toolkit, and you can hack the hell out of it to build a sandbox specific to your game and your players.

As a standalone game based on Blades in the Dark, the rules have been widely adapted to offer a new game experience focused on adventure and medieval fantasy.

The rules are mostly setting neutral and can be easily adapted to your favorite setting.

Main Content

• Bookmarked PDF, 100 pages
• Character sheet (PDF, and high-resolution image file to play on virtual boards)
• Fast character and crew creation
• 4 unique backgrounds: Cleric, Fighter, Mage & Rogue. Each contains options to differ even from identical backgrounds.
• 50+ background abilities to empower your characters
• A free-form magic system with 3 faiths and 3 magic paths as starting examples
• Useful list of items with price and load
• GM guidelines and advices
• All the basic rules you need. Check the Table of contents screenshot for more details
• Rules for epic play
• A versatile system for playing complex scenes quickly with little or no preparation.

What is different from "vanilla" Forged in the Dark?

• Actions have been reduced to 6
• A free-form magic system
• New rules for harm and recovery
• Trauma replaced by exhaustion allows for characters with a much higher potential campaign lifespan, while keeping the importance of stress management
• A new mechanic: Endurance reserve to soak harms (replaces special armor and offers new tactical possibilities for the players)
  
• New special abilities
• Group actions are no longer overpowered, some teamwork actions are simplified
• The addition of fumble as opposed to critical success
• A way to manage downtime and resources adapted to the adventurer's life

Information

• Recommended Players: 3-5
• Recommended Age: 15+
• Playtime: 2-6 hours per session
• Display: the PDF is designed to be displayed in double-page format and with "separate cover page" in your PDF reader's options