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Saturday 31 August 2019

Domains Horror Roleplaying System Core Rulebook $5.56

Domains Horror Roleplaying System Core Rulebook:

Domains Horror Roleplaying System Core Rulebook
Publisher: Ordoalea

This is the Domains Horror Roleplaying System Core Rulebook Crowdfunding!

Yes Crowdfunding.

What does that mean? It means that this book with the 4.99€ price is in fact the complete ruleset. It contains everything you need to play the game.

BUT, due to the country restrictions and legal things where I'm from, I cannot start a Kickstarter or any other crowdfunding site. And if I go with a 3rd party I need to pay some 67% of tax in my country.

So to counter that I decided to put my game on here in it's current state.

What is the current state?

The layout and rules are done. But I will need a few other things before I can finalize the whole game. Here is the actual cost list of the game that I calculated and already coordinated with the other parties:

  • Translator [300€] - As I'm not an English speaker, and English isn't even my second language, I employed a translator to help fix up the text fully, I need to compenstate him for that
  • Editing [1500€] - The rulebook isn't edited yet and thus has a few discrepancies. Most of them will be fixed with the full editing of the rulebook by the editing team which are going out of their hand to help me. They are ESL specialists so I'm expecting quality work like they displayed on prior projects
  • Art [1000€+] - This would be the baseline art required to call the book complete. As the artist is also from my country, this looks a bit of a low price. But multiply that by 10 and you have about the correct cost.
  • Additional tools and resources [200€] - While the layout right now is done, I would need some additional tools, typefaces, brushes, and other things to fully complete the rulebook
In total that is 3000€ that I need to finalize the rulebook. While that might be easily done with a crowdfunding, I cannot do that and will therefore resort to this platform as that.

What does that mean for the buyer?

Well if you bought this book, it means once the 3000€ have been successfully raised, you will get the WHOLE and FULLY COMPLETE WITH ART version of the game on this purchase. The game currently is in v0. I will update and "artify" every chapter and update the PDF accordingly. Meaning YOU as the purchaser will get the full version of the game for 4.99€.

Once the game is fully founded. The cost will be set to the original 9.99€ and then any other buyer will have to buy it at full price.

Goals

So with this here are my goals for this game. Until all goals have been fulfilled I will be keeping the game at the current 50% off price.

  1. Get all tools needed to finalize the game, this would take 58 purchased copies
  2. Pay off the translator, this would take 145 purchased copies
  3. Edit the rulebook, this would take 572 purchased copies
  4. Buy the art and finalize the book layout, this would take 858 purchased copies
The full rulebook will then contain all the chapters currently present, an introduction scenario, and two appendices. The fully finalized book would also include reference lists at the back and other tools to make searching the book easier.

Now we get to the actual game part!


Welcome to the Domains Horror Roleplaying System

This is the Core Rulebook of the Domains Horror Roleplaying System, a framework made to create a narrative horror experience. The system uses a single 4d10 roll to give the players and game master the opportunity to weave an intricate story.

The characters are created with a simple and fast system offering character costumisation with 120+ traits in 5 Aptitudes: Survival, Awareness, Larceny, Knowledge, Social.

These characters will progress via a natural growth mechanic which allows the chracters to progress depending on the story and how the player invisions them, while not alowing a fast increase in power.

Shape the very story with powerful Abilities that allow you to add unchangeable narrative structures to the game at the cost of Threat, a resource the GM can use to do the same with negative story structures!

Explore a full NPC and Monster creation system allowing you to handcraft the perfect horror experience for your pary, and delve into various tools that allow the GM to fully induce Bleed with the players by letting them scare themselves!

So grab your pen, paper, and dice; and get ready to be scared!

The Core Rulebook

This book contains all you need to:

  • Make characters
  • Make them grow in a natural manner
  • Gear them out with tools required for them to survive
  • Make them delve into ancient magics
  • Prepare a Story
  • Create a Domain of your own
  • Create NPCs and Monsters
Furthermore once the v1 is out the book will contain:

  • An introduction Story
  • Sample NPCs and Monsters
  • Full lists and references for easy character creation
  • Character creation guide with Charater sheet explanations
Price: $5.56


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