Just One Sword

You have ascended the mountain, your sword sharp and your empty coin purse begging to be filled. The tower looms in the distance, but a light bursts forth from the base as a door opens. A dark, hooded figure steps out, challenging you. Against this sorcerous darkness, you realize you only have Just One Sword

JUST ONE SWORD is a 96-page, OSR-Inspired Solo-RPG about delving into ancient dungeons and forgotten tombs to collect the treasure and return home triumphant. It is inspired by the greats before it such as:

1. Worlds Without Number
2. ShadowDark
3. Dragonbane
4. Ironsworn

It includes a full list of rules to help the solo-player experience the joy of playing an old-school game where death or glory are the only two options.

FEATURES

1. Classless character creation involving a background and a tragedy
2. Ability Checks that use 2d6+ATR Bonus system inspired by PbtA games (Full Success, Partial Success, Failure) so that the story is always driven forward
3. Additional Character Advancement options outside of XP for Treasure including exploring and cleverly avoiding fights.
4. 30 Non-Combat Skills to choose from that add +1 situational bonuses to your Ability check.
   
5. 10 Combat Skills to help make combat more interesting
6. Survival Mechanics - Getting lost isn't the only danger in the forest
7. Player facing d20 combat - Roll to hit, and then roll to block or dodge. Includes Modified combat rules to make sure you live to tell your tale!
8. Region Designer - Build a complete area to explore full of rumors, problems, and potentially warring factions
9. Settlement Designer - Each settlement will be unique, with the size determining what entertainment may be available
10. Dungeon Designer - Explore in a waypoint fashion that will naturally build loops you can use to avoid enemies, or even lead them into a trap. Includes rules for scavenging, searching, and even resetting those traps for your master plan.
11. Encounter Designer - Roll up the encounter strength, then pick your own poison, or use the provided spark tables to roll up something completely unique
12. Treasure Generator - A full generator that will determine whether you find some fancy statuary, a few coins, or that +3 Greatsword that absorbs the enemy health to replenish your own.
13. Full Bestiary (90 possible encounters!) that diverges from the classic fantasy to give a more "sword and sorcery" Conan-vibe.
14. 36 craftable magic spells that rely on herbs and proper preparation. You don't just wake up with "Turn Undead," you have to actually prepare it.
15. A full oracle system that includes an Aspect+Theme, a Tarot-inspired Concept roll, Adventure Seeds, and even names, goals, careers, and more!

This is, and will always remain, a FREE PRODUCT for anyone and everyone. It is also compatible with monsters, spells, and other effects from other OSR games like BFRPG or WBFMAG.

Cover Art by the very talented Silver Nightingale