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Torchbearer RPG (with cards and scripted character sheets)

Torchbearer is a dungeon crawling RPG by Luke Crane and Thor Olavsrud, which shares many flavour similiarities with old school style, but with a modern game design. Every choice has costs and benefits and must be carefully pondered - the management of the really (smartly) limited space in the inventory; what to use (and when) among torches, candles and lanterns; the expensive downtime activities when returning in town (hopefully with some treasure!). Many persons compare Torchbearer to the Darkest Dungeon videogame.

Every single skill is fundamental (even Cook and Laborer), weapons and armors have different effects based on which weapon and armor they are facing (bows and crossbows are particularly effective agains leather armor, while maces and hammers are better against chain and plate ones; flails can negate shield benefits, and so on).

Conflicts are based on simultaneous and secret actions selection (with cards), and there are several kind of conflicts. You won't stay alive long if you go straight with "kill or be killed" conflicts, but you can also attempt to make enemies flee, or capture them, or convince them, or banish them - or, if you're really in danger, it may be a good idea to have a conflict to escape from them. Every monster has different strenghts and weaknesses based on the conflict that has been triggered. Gnolls, for example, are really strong in conflicts where you are trying to escape, while dragons are really difficult to capture.

This mod has working character sheets, cheat sheets, cards, and a parchment-flavoured sheet for the party's cartographer.

You can buy the rules here: https://www.burningwheel.com/store/index.php/torchbearer.html or here: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/116482/Torchbearer

Thanks to MrStump for the character sheet template I used to make these sheets.

Sorry for my english, I'm italian!

Enjoy :)