Publisher Blurb:
Master fate, seize your destiny and embark on a journey to find the greatest discovery in a world of mystery, opportunity, and adventure!
Fated Seas combines elements of traditional role-playing games with the easy-to-learn mechanics of table-top card games. Fused together with a tight and fast-paced combat system, it aims to give players flexibility, freedom of expression and agency in a world of high adventure and exploration.
Players create their characters from a variety of choices based on their class, their origin species and their background. After making these decisions, players craft a custom deck of cards representing their character’s various offensive and defensive and abilities. Players are encouraged to tell their own stories by crafting a heroic destiny for their character and guiding their fate throughout the experience. As they fulfill their goals and aspirations, complete milestones and advance the story, they have the opportunity to add additional cards to their deck, further expanding their character’s roles and capabilities.
By using cards as a fundamental element in the gameplay, players spend less time flipping through books and more time chucking dice on the table. While this makes things easy to learn, it also makes it difficult to master by encouraging players to experiment with various card combinations to find unique and powerful synergies. No two decks are alike.
Book Contents
Full rules on how to play Fated Seas, including rules for combat, social encounters, and crafting.
Character Creation rules and player walkthrough.
6 Character Classes, 7 Origins and 6 Backgrounds to choose from when creating your character, with a variety of options to choose from within each category to make your character unique.
Detailed rules on Destiny and Fate and how they influence your character, determining their goals and aspirations.
Full rules and descriptions for armor, weapons, bombs, potions, pets and varied other gear necessary for adventuring above and below the surface of the ocean.
Easy to learn rules for supplemental mechanics like encumbrance & gathering information to keep the game flowing.
Comprehensive descriptions of the numerous regions, major cities, and strongholds of the Austral Expanse. Includes a map.
In depth description of the most prominent deep city in the Austral Expanse, Tristania. Describes the layout of the city, its government, organizations and various notable people that call it home.
Details on the seven major Guilds, their influence in the world and how the players get entangled in their machinations as they search for the Dreamlands.
Bestiary of over 40 different creatures.
An introductory adventure requiring very little knowledge of the universe or setting allowing players and GM alike to rapidly jump in and begin playing.