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Heroes & Hardships Core Rulebook Pre-Order Store

Created by Jason Duff

A Universal RPG System using d10 dice pools that supports any genre. With hundreds of options, create any character you can imagine.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Combat Action Cards coming this week!
7 months ago – Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 10:19:09 AM

Combat Action Cards

Our last goal of this campaign are the combat cards for early-bird backers and for those who picked it up as an add-on in BackerKit. The digital files will be ready this week. It could be today, but more likely later in the week. You'll be sent an email with your code from BackerKit as usual. The Print-on-Demand part of the cards will be a few weeks later. When they are ready, you'll get those at-cost codes as well.

3rd-Party Adventure Codes Reminder

I plan to remove all the codes for 3rd-Party adventures at the end of this month. If you need them afterward you'll have to contact me directly. Please grab them soon if you want them. This was for Print Hero and above tiers.

Champions of the Goblin Market

A 0-Level DCC-compatible funnel packed with wild roleplay and moral dilemmas, now featuring an original wraparound cover by Stefan Poag, plus interior art by Brad McDevitt, Poag and Brett Hess when stretch goals are met!

Defying age-old warnings, the characters delve into time-haunted ravines on a night when peril is said to be greatest, Midsummer Eve, in pursuit of missing girls and mystical fortunes. The girls’ trail leads to a wonderful and gruesome festival gathering, the Goblin Market, held Midsummer in prehistoric elven ruins. The characters use cleverness and combat skill to overcome sin-eating bugbears, demonic rabies, countless conniving goblins and an enslaved legend to save the girls and unearth the ancient secrets hidden in the Goblin Market.

Corsairea

This is a new campaign setting that can be used with virtually any fantasy RPG system.

Corsairea is a city built by, and run by criminals. It is a place where danger and secrets hide behind every corner.  This is a place where characters go to find that rare (and often illegal) item they've been searching for. This is where thieves and rogues go to hide from the law. This is the city that looks the other way on pretty much any activity.

Deathseekers Free Download!
7 months ago – Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 11:09:32 AM

The Combat Cards are nearing completion. I'm just doing some final design work before they are released digitally and sent for proofing via DriveThruRPG. 

Deathseekers

Get your free download

Did you see we released a free PDF with supplemental setting information for Dungeons Deep & Caverns Old?

You can get it HERE.

Curse of the Emerald Shadows

The Marches of Bereria is a vast dwarven kingdom renowned for its skilled craftsmen, its mighty armies, and its formidable fortresses. The kingdom spans across rugged mountains, deep valleys, and a vast underground cavern, where the dwarves have built their precious mines.

One of the most famous stories from the kingdom is that of the Emerald Shadows, a band of legendary adventurers who rose to fame a century ago. The Emerald Shadows were a group of dwarves, humans and elves who banded together to fight against the dark forces that threatened the kingdom.

The Emerald Shadows adventures took them across the kingdom and beyond and their exploits became the stuff of legend, and their deeds celebrated in songs and stories for generations to come.

Recently, rumors have emerged that the Emerald Shadows have been seen in the hinterlands of the kingdom, more than a century after their supposed deaths. The story begins in the small village of Bunbab, where a group of adventurers have arrived seeking information about the Emerald Shadows…

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Midnight Mayhem: Ultimate Crime Spree

One night. Three jobs. Through coercion or free will, your party has been tasked by the Thieves Guild to carry out jobs during Alderbrook's Festival of Lights. Plan your heists, equip yourselves in the black market, and take anything that isn't bolted down! But beware - the city guard will be on the lookout, and cause too much mayhem, and bounty hunters will start to hunt your party down!

An Adventure for Level 6 Characters In the World's Greatest Roleplaying Game.

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Status, Tease & More Kickstarters
8 months ago – Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 07:43:56 AM

Hello backers and friends, I have a few things today to discuss.

Status

The Action Cards are still being put together. It is a little bit of a monotonous task, and there are a lot of actions. So I'm going through everything and putting it together. Once the digital side is ready, I'll send those over via BackerKit while I send off the files for a proof copy. You'll receive at-cost print-on-demand codes to get a physical deck once the proofs are back, if desired.

3rd-Party Adventure Links

Print+ tier received all our 3rd-Party adventures we released before the Kickstarter for free. Those links are going away at the end of September. If you need the links after they are removed, you'll need to contact me directly. So if you don't have them yet, go to BackerKit and download them!

Dungeons Deep & Caverns Old

You probably know by now I'm working on a new Kickstarter. Hopefully to be launched in the next month or so (that is TBD). Regardless, I'll have a freebie coming in relation to this Kickstarter everyone can grab. By the way, please follow the project HERE.

Tombpunk RPG: The Mausoleum Edition

TOMBPUNK is a lo-fi, high-action, rules-light, roleplaying game. Welcome to a world that will do its damndest to kill you, full of tomb-raiding adventures, armored skeletons, dangerous cultists, unpredictable blunderbusses, and you, armed with a trusty old mace and a slightly rusty helmet you stole off of a corpse.

Tombpunk: The Mausoleum Edition is a 120+ page, 5.5x8.5 full-color hardcover book that contains all rules you need to play the game!

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Guillman's Guide to Speed

250+ page sourcebook for Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons sparks the thrill of velocity, the heat of racing, and the power of speed as never before. Going fast is a basic human instinct and an under-utilized D&D mechanic.

We've created detailed mechanics for in-game vehicle building and racing. Picture a magically-powered Grand Prix in an arcane-punk world, a world complete with its own pantheon, history, myths, legends, and factions.

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Action Cards & Kickstarter
8 months ago – Mon, Sep 04, 2023 at 05:11:50 PM

Combat Action Cards

I have been working on getting the design down for the Combat Action Cards Early-Bird reward. I want it to readable and useful as a tool, but still look good. I'm hoping to get these into the hands of Early-Bird (and add-on) backers next week.

Here is an example of an offensive action.

Defensive Actions will have a different backing to be determined.

Dungeons Deep and Caverns Old: Secret of the Sacred Stone

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Don't forget to follow our upcoming Kickstarter to get notified of when we go live.

Dungeons Deep and Caverns Old: Secrets of the Sacred Stone is a dwarven campaign setting and adventure for the universal RPG system Heroes & Hardships. In Secrets of the Sacred Stone, you will explore ancient underground ruins, navigate clan rivalries, experience mysterious magics, and fight dark denizens from the deep.  This campaign setting and adventure will be an estimated 100 pages, and will include various digital handouts, maps, and extras to enhance play. This perfect bound, softcover book features thick and durable FSC paper with satin coating, premium color interior, and gorgeous hand-crafted art.

Friends' Kickstarters

Please check out our friends projects and support them if able!

Sky Zephyrs for 5E

Sky Zephyrs is a 250+ page tome that reimagines how vehicles and airships operate in DnD5e. Unlock a whole new way to experience swashbuckling, dynamic 3-dimensional vehicle movement and combat as you take your adventures to new uncharted heights. Soar across the skies in your custom-built Zephyrs and hand-selected Aircrew. Use our vast collection of items, spells and player options to turn the tide as you face a menagerie of creatures and NPC Zephyrs.

Sky Zephyrs also includes the first ever TTRPG "vehicle builder webpage application" In the builder app, you'll be able to select from over 200 parts to customise your own airships. In the future, we'll expand the app for you to create other types of custom vehicles.

The Swamplights of Erestes (5E/OSR/Shadowdark/Pathfinder)

$2 D&D 5E Adventure The Swamplights of Erestes

Mysterious lights have been appearing at the border of the Blasted Mire (Alegrian Swale), a foul, dreary marsh east of the village of Kethwick and south of the Forest of Legressia. The lights are leaving witnesses with horrible visions of disaster. Some say these lights are will-o-wisps or corpselights, but is the truth far more sinister?

Strap on your marshboots, for heroes (or intrepid fools) are needed to uncover the mystery of The Swamplights of Erestes, a 5E adventure!

New Adventure, Friends Kickstarters
8 months ago – Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 07:50:34 AM

New Adventure

Hello all, I've released a new adventure, Fat of the Lamb, which was listed as an add-on. Only a couple folks grabbed that one, but if you did, the link was emailed to you. If not, you can get it at our website or DrivethruRPG.

Our Next Kickstarter

If you missed last weeks announcement, check out our newest Kickstarter which is coming soon. You can follow along and get notified as soon as it launches. 

Coming soon to Kickstarter .. Dungeons Deep and Caverns Old: Secrets of the Sacred Stone!

Dungeons Deep and Caverns Old: Secrets of the Sacred Stone is a dwarven campaign setting and adventure for the universal RPG system Heroes & Hardships. In Secrets of the Sacred Stone, you will explore ancient underground ruins, navigate clan rivalries, experience mysterious magics, and fight dark denizens from the deep.  This campaign setting and adventure will be an estimated 100 pages, and will include various digital handouts, maps, and extras to enhance play. This perfect bound, softcover book features thick and durable FSC paper with satin coating, premium color interior, and gorgeous hand-crafted art.

Friend's Kickstarters

Please take a few minutes to check out these other projects. 

Fane of Ash

At the time of posting, there’s only 2 days left to grab Fane of Ash on Kickstarter. Fane of Ash is the third entry in the highly successful Dungeon Domains series; hand-drawn geomorphs representing sections of dungeons, caverns, sewers, or catacombs, fleshed out with flavourful and detailed descriptions of each area as well as a unique legend explaining the dungeon’s history!

Every Dungeon Domain has been designed to connect seamlessly with any of its sister products, allowing GMs to construct or expand dungeons of any size with minimal effort.

Fane of Ash is currently over 1000% funded and fully stretched! A mere €2 pledge already nets you a ton of additional material, including handouts, virtual tabletop assets, and even sound effects!

Back it here to build and expand your dungeons deep, and caverns old!

Tales from the Astral Plane

Few places in the multiverse are more mysterious and unexplored than the Astral Plane. Introducing an action-packed astral adventure, new rules for exploration & combat on the plane, and comprehensive resources for creating your own adventures. Featuring epic encounters, new rules, classes, spells, feats, backgrounds, monsters, magic items, locations, and more. 

Bandits of Siege Tower

You get TWO one-shot 5e adventures that include new battle maps, monsters, artwork, NPCs, magic items, and more! This project will come in at approximately 40 pages between both adventures.

The Bandits of Siege Tower:

This is not your average clear the bandit camp adventure!

Bandits have been terrorizing the roads, before the adventurers can clear out the bandit camp they must pass through the haunted ruins of castle Valamar.

At the bandit camp an old fortified siege tower looms over it and the undead roam freely. Will the heroes survive the bandit's attack from the fortified siege tower and the undead? Will they survive exploring the fortress that was once a siege tower? Will they be able to stop the necromancer who leads the bandits... and her minions?

Azkarr’s Prison:

A group of archaeologists have disappeared while excavating an ancient temple. While searching the temple for the archeologists, the adventurers discover the ancient temple is the prison of Azkarr, an ancient demon.  Azkarr seeks their help to escape. Will the heroes aid him or vanquish him for good?