Heroes of Adventure Referees Guide

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 Referees Guide contains all the rules and tools needed for a referee to create and run their own adventure or campaign using the Heroes of Adventure game system. This book contains:

Part 1 - Running the Game

• Game Overview
• Running Game Sessions
• Managing Time & Travel
• Running Exploration
• Running Encounters
• Running Combat
• Ending the Adventure
• Managing Downtime

Part 2 - Creating Adventures

• Creating the Wilderness Region
• Creating Settlements
• Creating Adventure Sites
• Adventure Site Contents
• A guide to running adventures
• Creating Challenges (Hazards, Traps & Puzzles)
• Creating Treasures
• Creating Artefacts & Relics
• Creating a Scenario
• Creating Factions
• Creating Encounters

Part 3 - Miscellaneous

• Campaigns
• 4 Sample Adventures
• Hero Options
• 100 Amulets & Jewellery Artefacts
• 100 Armour & Clothing Artefacts 
• 100 Potions
• 100 Relics
• 100 Rods, Staffs & Wands
• 100 Weapon Artefacts
• 100 Scrolls
• Several template forms for creating your own adventures

Release Information

• Jan 25 - Version 3 released
• Aug 23 - Version 2 released
• Oct 22 - Version 1 released

Game Information

• Format: Downloadable PDF
• Page Count: 432

Important Note. This is the draft of version 3 of the Heroes of Adventure Referee's Guide and is currently a 'work in progress' version as the book is currently being reviewed, edited, polished and refined further. The version 2 (older version) link will be maintained for the time being whilst version 3 is revised further.