SWORDS AND SHADES

In the land of Tenea, a divided realm of progress and barbarity, of feuding kingdoms and city-states, a wandering Sell-Sword can only rely on their blade, their courage, their wits... ...and the deviousness of the spirit they've made a pact with. _____________________ SWORDS AND SHADES is a collection of one-page fantasy roleplaying games designed to tell stories about mercenaries and spirits adrift in a magical land consumed by a continent-spanning war. Using the one-page RPG rules of SWORDS AND SHADES, groups of 1 to 3 players can tell stories of... – Gallant duels between bittersweet rivals. – Passionate rendezvous between friends, lovers, and family. – Grueling, frightening, and morally compromising military campaigns. – Frantic chases where the hunter pursues their quarry through glen, field, and city street. – Epic sword-smithing sequences  where a Sell-Sword and their Shade forge a blade from steel and quench it in magic. – Tenses clashes of wills where the Sell-Sword bargains with their Shade for more powers and services. – Good, old-fashioned dungeon-crawling (it's a fantasy RPG, after all!) ____________________ SWORDS AND SHADES version 0.3 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . Share, use and adapt as you please while citing the original source!