Heroes of Adventure Players Handbook
A downloadable game
Introduction
Heroes of Adventure is a tabletop role-playing game about a group of travellers, explorers, mercenaries and treasure hunters who travel through the perilous wilderness from settlement to settlement taking on missions, jobs and adventures that others refuse to do.
The game is inspired by classic fantasy adventure games of yesteryear and is free to download.
About this Book
The Heroes of Adventure Players Handbook contains all the rules and information needed for players to create their own heroes and play the game. This book contains:
- A simple d20 core mechanic, with only 4 pages of core rules
- A setting guide to the Fallen Lands; a blank canvas which encourages collaborative world-building through gameplay and adventures
- Choose your race from; Human, Northmen (Dwarf), Wildfolk (Elf) and Wildling (Half-Elf)
- Choose your class from; Adventurer; Assassin, Barbarian, Bard, Beast Master, Bounty Hunter, Cleric, Crusader, Druid, Knight, Mage, Mercenary, Monk, Ranger, Rogue, Swashbuckler, Warlock, Warrior, Witch or Zealot
- Crafting and alchemy rules
- A risk vs. reward based magic system; using magic stresses the spell caster with 18 magic domains and spell lists
- A religious worship system; following ‘the ways’ of your faith grants divine favours
- Resource management elements including; equipment wear, crafting, alchemy and scavenging
- 12 sample heroes for you to use
- Heroes of Adventure is semi-compatible with other fantasy 'OSR’ type games
Release Information
- Aug 23 - Version 2.1 released
- Apr 23 - Version 2.0 released
- Oct 22 - Version 1.0 released
Game Information
- Format: Downloadable PDF
- Page Count: 64
Please note that an A5 version of the book has also been provided. This is a re-sized version of the main booklet and does not contain embedded .pdf links.
Feedback
Please visit the Heroes of Adventure community forum here.
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (17 total ratings) |
Author | Nameless Designer |
Genre | Role Playing |
Tags | dd, dungeons--dragons, heroes-of-adventure, OSR, Tabletop role-playing game |
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Development log
- Aug 23 Players Handbook UpdateAug 04, 2023
- Apr 23 Players Handbook v2 ReleasedApr 28, 2023
- Nov 22 v1.02 UpdateNov 11, 2022