Our Spell Is Steel | A Forged In The Dark TRPG
A downloadable tabletop RPG
Our Spell Is Steel (OSIS) is a tabletop RPG built with the Forged In The Dark system, utilising a d10 dice mechanic influenced from World of Darkness.
You play as an Imperial Mancer, a mage who serves an Empire built on magic. Your world is surrounded on all sides by the three ancient Powers: the godlike Dragons, Spirits and Fey, locked in an eternal struggle for supremacy over each other. The Mancers learned the mysteries of magic from these Powers, which is now their only means of defending humanity from the overpowering beyond.
Your group forms a team of Mancers called a Clave. Mancers are born to serve the Empire, ruled by callous and ambitious Trueblood bloodlines who would be more than happy to sacrifice Newbloods like you as fodder and bargaining chips against the Powers.
Caught in the bloody game between gods and mages, will your Clave be the one to fight back against your fate and topple the board, lighting the fires of a magical revolution? Or will you perish before your time, your soul bound into servitude to the Powers, or your own magic killing you as arcane bloom chokes your veins?
More info on OSIS and its world can be found on the Switchback YouTube channel. Feel free to joint the Switchback tabletop Discord server and meet fellow Mancers!
Content:
- 96 pages
- Full core rules featuring a d10 dice system, which can be easily reverted back into standard FitD d6 rules. Success is determined by the number of dice rolled at 7 or above.
- 7 playsheets for playable Mancer archetypes - available in colour and black-and-white printable versions. Play as the academic Wizard, the martial Ironheart, or the homunculus Hollow, among others!
- A magic system with 9 flavourful disciplines called Mysteries, each with a list of core spells (61 spells total). Coat yourself with sword-breaking scales, create golems and conjure weapons of legend.
- Greater Spells - 17 powerful spells that can only be cast by yourself and another Mancer. Use your bonds to reach greater heights of magic!
- Optional rules for turn-based combat for groups that prefer a dedicated tactical phase in their RPGs.
- A list of official factions and important figures to jumpstart your campaign.
- An artbook section featuring 15 pages of illustrations, sketches and descriptions of the OSIS world to help inspire your campaigns!
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An extra community copy will be added for every purchase of OSIS, with bonus copies for purchases above $15. Thank you for your support!
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Hey, provided relationships are a crucial part of the game, but since they can involve external elements as well, would you deem OSIS playable with 1 player / 1 GM? I generally feel FitD games one2one friendly but I wanted to hear your opinion!
Mechanically I wouldn't be sure, but I don't see why not if you can make it work! Your Bonds would simply be made with GM-controlled characters instead.
Usually I judge if a TTRPG is good by how hard I'm daydreaming about making a campaign with it, and this one has given me lots of ideas.
A nice and light system, with an intriguing setting and full of inspiration to draw from, and a mythology and lore interesting while leaving enough room for you to introduce whatever you want into it.
That sounds awesome to hear! Thanks so much. I was worried I wasn't giving enough material to build off of, lol.
An awesome light, but still deep, implementation of the FitD engine! Lovely theme, nice sandbox approach and exciting ruleset! Gonna play this soon! Kudos!!!
Awesome! Thanks so much for the kind feedback :D
Do feel free let me know what else stands out to you so I know what mechanics are gold and what to polish for future games.
I tried to pick this up today and I got an error saying: PayPal failed to create payment, not sure what's going on there.
Hi! Check back in a few business days (about 3 days to be safe) and it should be settled.
Okay sounds good thank you!
This is a really great game! Cool premise, Switchback Worlds team!
Thanks! ^^ Feel free to join the Discord server to discuss the system or setting with me or other players!
Amazing!
Thank you! ^^