A downloadable game

Distant Lands  is a 44 page ttrpg rulebook for running sword & sorcery or dark fantasy games where magic is rare, and dangerous, and the threat of corruption always looms.

It includes rules for classless, random character generation, dungeon and wilderness exploration procedures, spellbooks, artifacts and a bestiary.

It is based on Cairn  by Yochai Gal and Weird North by Jim Parkin. All art is by Perplexing Ruins.

Text licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 4 days ago
StatusIn development
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
AuthorRiver Grimm
Tagscairn, cairn-hack, rules-lite, sorcery, swordandsorcery, Swords, swordsorcery, Tabletop role-playing game

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DistantLands_v1.pdf 44 MB
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DistantLands_CharacterSheet_Letter.pdf 737 kB
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Love it, thanks for posting about my game! 

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Good simple hack, I like the way the chaotic magic makes spellcasting feel more unpredictable and dangerous.

Love the cover art

Thanks for checking out! And yes, I'm a big fan Perplexing Ruins, his art is just the right amount of weird to me.