Publishers blurb:
Your actions define you. When you choose to solve problems with empathy before brawn, how does that shape who you become? How does that change the world around you?
Praxis Arcanum is a deckbuilding roleplaying game for 2 to 6 players, focused on the co-creation of characters and setting through play. In Praxis, players take creative ownership of a troubled fictonal world they will explore and influence through the eyes of a character that hasn’t yet come into their own. Who that character becomes depends on each player’s choice of actions, and how those actions impact the world.
Praxis starts by collaboratively designing a custom world featuring an abnormal power called The Weird. The Weird can range from mutant superpowers, to elements of magic, to the existence of paranormal entities. Whatever you decide it is, the Weird has significantly shaped the world and the characters within it.
The details of this custom world will be written on a deck of cards. New cards are added to the deck to reflect the players’ exploits and discoveries. Similarly, each player has their own deck made up of cards describing their character’s passions, skills, and powers.
Your character's thoughts, skills, and powers exist as cards in your hands, to be played when needed. Characters learn from each action they take as they struggle through stories of self-discovery. Play to discover your character's changing personalities, abilities, and desires through their actions.
At the core of Praxis Arcanum is this simple principle: your actions define you, whether you make them whimsically, or out of dire necessity.
The world is your own. Who will you become?