For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Torchbearer PDF available Thread starter Tango Samurai Start date Sep 16, Tags dungeon crawling dungeon crawls dungeon delving dungeons torchbearer. If they are a point of reference, I've got one intro. If they aren't, I have another. Validated User. Re-post here from what I wrote somewhere else: It mechanically reinforces exploration in a way no other game does.
They aren't chores to track. Without the right stuff you will die. When your last torch goes out and you're down in the deep without a map, you feel fucked.
It's reinforced by a turn system. Turns are single rolls. When someone rolls the dice in a dungeon, it eats up a turn except under specific circumstances. Want to sit down and recall the lore about the statue? You've used up a turn.
Want to drive off that giant slug? You've used up a turn and you're one step closer to a condition. Turns are not strict measures of time. They could be as short as a few minutes or hours or days. The mechanical repercussions are the same. So that's one of the main cool things that's different from other games on the market.
Last edited: Sep 16, Fuseboy Trilemma Adventures Validated User. Torchbearer is a fantasy RPG that's expressly designed to recreate the feeling that dungeoneering is difficult and dangerous. Not just because there are monsters, but because it's an environment inherently hostile to human life - it's pitch black, slippery, and there's nobody to help you. The central insight of the game, IMO, is its really nice, chunky handling of light, time and food. Rather than worry about minutes or hours, each 'turn' is any notable action by the players.
The focus on descriptive interaction and characters really lines up with the spirit of the hobby. This makes it easy for new players to jump in without having to do any research.
Experienced role-players face more complex issues when getting into Torchbearer. In our own groups, many players have had to unlearn some habits from a lifetime of fantasy RPGs. The emphasis on description over game mechanics can feel limiting at first, and the role of failure in Torchbearer is radically different from other games except perhaps Mouse Guard.
Even so, most experienced players come to love the game as it brings them back to a more freewheeling and creative era of the hobby. Torchbearer is a great game, but it has even greater potential. BWHQ has provided an open license to commercially publish materials for the game under their editorial veto, called Torchbearer Sagas.
This means anyone can write and publish Torchbearer adventures and rules! And you should publish! We plan to talk a whole lot more about the open licenses here on this blog, including some collected advice on how to use the tools that are out there and get your module to release.
It's our plan to aggressively promote not only the Torchbearer RPG but every Sagas and free product for the game — from Mordite Press or anyone else. If you've only just heard of the game or you're thinking of revisiting it after some time away, it can be very challenging to piece together all of the materials that are available. Below we're going to explore all the different products and accessories as of Fall !
It may not be comprehensive, but we'll cover all the big points. All you really need to start with Torchbearer is a copy of the rulebook either printing and a bunch of six-sided dice.
There are two printings of the rulebook. The first printing has metallic gold lettering on the cover and no byline. The second current printing has a purple stylized logo and a byline for Luke and Thor. There is also a PDF version available. The core rulebook covers the basic classes from 1st to 5th levels. Along with those higher level classes come Spells and Prayers for them to use!
In addition to a few spells for magicians of levels 6th—8th, the playtest spells include more spells to be learned during the first five levels as well. They won't be on the starting spell table, but they will make for excellent loot! Note that although 5th level spell slots are available in the playtest Magician 1st—10th, no 5th level spells have been revealed yet. Your GM will have to invent some! As for Clerics, the new 3rd Circle prayers have them covered for 6th—8th levels, as well as some indispensable spells in the lower Circles.
No 4th Circle prayers have been completely revealed — however, The Terrible Price playtest rules reveal the existence though not the details of the mighty Raise Dead prayer. This is an optional rule for replacing or saving high level characters in the event of their untimely demise. While the rules in question are not central to the game and it is not essential to reference Mouse Guard to play Torchbearer, a real completionist will want to have a copy of Mouse Guard 2nd Edition to help fill in the gaps.
Below, we explore the sources of those classes, but if all you're interested in is a list, the Underworld Torchbearer Wiki has it covered. A city-based Torchbearer adventure for 3rd level characters. The Petersen Bestiary, Vol. Playtest Torchbearer Characters Classes. Rules and level benefits to take all eight core Torchbearer character classes including the Thief and Paladin to level New Torchbearer Spells Playtest.
Revisions and additions to first and second circle spells, a suite of third circle spells and a couple fourth circle spells to whet your appetite for more. New Torchbearer Prayers Playtest. A suite of new second and third circle prayers for higher-level clerics. New Death Rules Playtest. New options for meeting death and coming back.
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