The Latter Age

Behold! My heartbreaker homebrew ruleset, inspired by the works of Gene Wolfe and Jack Vance.

Selling Points:

• d20 roll-under for fast resolution.
• Blackjack style risk mechanic for additional resolution depth.
• Procedural advice for travel, exploration, combat, and magic.
• Downtime activities (research, crafting, enterprise, and politics).
• Open-ended, non-combat oriented magic system.

Still in active development and in need of much polish and playtesting. Final features may be missing or incomplete. Constructive feedback always appreciated in the comments!

The Latter Age is an adventure roleplaying game that emphasize exploration, discovery, and creative problem-solving. Daring tales of foes vanquished, secrets uncovered, and treasures plundered will emerge as players quest across vast, ancient, and strange realms.

The Latter Age is  set in the far future of Earth, during a dark age of magic and mysticism. The setting blends elements of classic fantasy and science fiction; knights in shining armour brandish charge lances, wizards wield long forgotten technologies like magic, and monsters, mutants, and alien beings are one and the same.

The realms of The Latter Age are littered with the ruins of long-forgotten civilizations, their monuments, and their treasures. As countless epochs have waxed and waned an inscrutable archaeological strata has formed, whereupon the peasantry live out their mundane lives, ignorant to the ancient mausoleums that decay beneath their fields, which themselves give way to vaults of wondrous technologies far more ancient.

But not all are blind to the past; ambitious, savvy, and at times unscrupulous, Adventurers seek out these hidden places in search of power, glory, and riches.

Inspirations:

• Knave 
• Maze Rats
• Vaults of Vaarn
• Troika!
• Errant
• HyperspaceD6