Ittania

The Church of Cidia controls the kingdoms with an iron fist. Slavery is legal. Magic is feared. And somewhere in the volcanic wastes of the Ruinfields, something ancient is awakening.

You are adventurers: mercenaries, outcasts, escaped slaves, scholars, and wanderers, trying to survive in an unwelcoming world.

THE GAME

Ittania uses a simple 2d6 roll-under system. Roll your skill level or below and succeed. Everything else follows from there.

• Three stats: Brawn, Agility, Wit. They govern everything from swordplay to spellcasting to social manipulation.
• Active defences: Dodge, Parry, and Block give you real choices when steel starts clashing. A single unlucky blow can end your story.
• Skills and Expertise: Four trained skills and one expert skill at creation. Specialists excel. Generalists survive.
• Magic that costs: Light Mages serve the goddess Cidia. Dark Mages are bound to the arch-demon Ezroth. Both traditions trade a piece of themselves for their arcane gift.
• A world with teeth: Structural inequality is baked into the setting. The Church, the Crown, the Blackfeather Market, the Covenant of the Veil and the Holy Inquest all have opinions about who gets to live freely.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• The Ittania Core Rulebook: Character creation, combat, magic, equipment, travel, advancement, a full bestiary, and the world of Ittania in full.
• Six Words of Power:  A complete campaign taking characters across six dungeons, several cities, a dragon's lair, a vampire's court, and the volcanic wasteland at the end of the world.
• The World Map: A full illustrated map of Ittania's kingdoms, forests, and ruins.
• The Hex Map: A GM-facing travel and exploration map for overland journeys.
• Dungeon Maps: Gridded battle maps for the Burial Complex and more.
• Printable Character Sheets: Everything you need to track your adventurer.

THE CAMPAIGN: SIX WORDS OF POWER

An ancient evil stirs in the Ruinfields. Six servants each carry one word of a ritual that  seals the door between worlds. You must find them and speak them before the army marches through.

Six Words of Power takes a party of adventurers from a burning market town to the depths of a drowned city, the court of a dragon, a vampire's manor house, and finally to the volcanic door at the edge of the world. Every chapter asks something different of your characters.

It's a campaign about a world that grinds people down, and the small group of people who decide, for reasons of their own, to push back.

THE SYSTEM

Ittania is designed for fast, lethal, narratively rich play. It takes inspiration from old-school RPGs and modern indie design in equal measure. Combat is dangerous and tactical without being slow. Magic is powerful and costly. The world has history and texture without overwhelming new players.

If you have played Dungeons & Dragons, you will find the bones familiar. If you have played OSR games, you will feel at home. If you are new to tabletop RPGs entirely, the rulebook will teach you everything you need.