Sorcerer & Sword

SORCERER AND SWORD
Paperback, 112 pages, published by Adept Press
$15.00 U.S.
ISBN 0970917619

The new version includes many text expansions and other revisions from the original PDF, as well as stunning new art, with cover by Raven and interiors by Les Evans.

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CONTENTS of SORCERER & SWORD

Chapter One: FANTASTIC ADVENTURE
Definitions
How role-playing this genre works
Doctrinal pronouncement
Creating a setting

Chapter Two: THE LITERATURE
The Literature
The originals
The fans
Betrayal: sometime in the late 70s and beyond
Are you ready?

Chapter Three: THE SETTING
The basics
What's it like?
Where and when?
Maps
Atmosphere
Don't sweat it
Mystic otherworlds

Chapter Four: THE HERO
Those heroic names
Destiny
Position
Crux of the conflict
Unchanging star
Descriptions
Stamina
Will
Lore
Past
Price
Kicker
Female heroes
Humanity
Definitions
Humanity trading
Heroic overview

Chapter Five: SORCERY
Demons
Immanents
True demons
Undead
Demon desires
Sorcery itself
The pact
Swords
Necromancy
Humanity for necromancers
The token
A disturbing consideration
So you want to be an undead?
Other stuff
Unnatural tech
Prestidigitation and gadgets
Hypnotism
To summarize

Chapter Six: MECHANICS AND STORY ELEMENTS
Metagame stuff
Failed rolls
Bonus dice
Combat
Muscles vs. magic
Creatures
Poisons and drugs

Chapter Seven: THE ANATOMY OF AUTHORED ROLE-PLAYING
Authorship
Stances
Structure and goals
Overall preparation
The scale of operations
The number of protagonists
Sequence of adventures
Scenario preparation and play
The situation
Driving with Bangs
Do not railroad

APPENDICES
The role-playing indie manifesto
The idea
So what?
The mini-supplement program
What's a mini-supplement?
Interested in writing one?
What to do
Music
Get that game going

Sorcerer & Sword

$ 15.00