If it is equal to the Attribute or higher, he fails or succeeds at a cost. He rolls the twenty-sided die and if under the appropriate attribute, his character succeeds. To have his character undertake an action, a player rolls an Attribute Test. ![]() Mechanically, the Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition is simple. Origin: Civilised (Born on the prison island where the monarch’s political opponents are sent)īackgrounds: Street Urchin, Sword Master, Storyteller Two must tie into his Origin, but the other not. To create a character, a player rolls to generate the value for his character’s Attributes, selects an Origin category and rolls for its specifics, and then selects three Background. Each gives a single attribute bonus and a skill or ability. In effect, Backgrounds replace the Classes of The Black Hack. A Player Character can only have a unique Background if from its Origin. There is one Background unique to each Origin, Berserker for Barbarian, Inventor for Civilised, and Assassin for Decadent. He also has an Origin, which is either Barbarian, Civilised, or Decadent, and three Backgrounds. These are initially rated between eight and thirteen. The Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition is standalone though, eschews the Classes of The Black Hack and thus Dungeons & Dragons, allows the Player Characters of all backgrounds to learn sorcery and enter into demonic pacts, and provides the Game Master with the tools to create her own world (or worlds) and have her Player Characters encounter runic swords, the fae, arcane science, and more.Ī Player Character in the Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition is defined by six Attributes-Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Although it uses the base architecture of Dungeons & Dragons, what this means is that the players are going to be making all the rolls-not just to attack, but also to defend, resist magic effects, and so on. Published by The Merry Mushmen-best known for the Old School Renaissance magazine, Knock! An Old School Gaming Bric-à-Brac-following a successful Kickstarter campaign, as its title suggests, the Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition is written for The Black Hack Second Edition, the player-facing retroclone originally published in 2016. The Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition is an update of the earlier Black Sword Hack. The Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition takes these influences-none more so than that of the Eternal Champion-and puts them front and centre. The influence of these stories is not just seen in these roleplaying games, but also Dungeons & Dragons going back to 1974, and thus to the Old School Renaissance. ![]() Howard’s Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, the Dungeon Crawl Classics Lankhmar Boxed Set from Goodman Games, and Dungeon Crawl Classics Dying Earth: Adventures in a Doomed World, also from Goodman Games. Most obviously Stormbringer from Chaosium, Inc., Robert E. Rather this is a roleplaying game of dark Swords & Sorcery fantasy inspired by them-rough and ready, decadent and dangerous… Several of these story series have had their own roleplaying games. Howard’s Conan, Karl Edward Wagner’s Kane, Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and Lankhmar, and Jack Vance’s Dying Earth. And it is, but it is also the tales of R.E. This sounds much like the classic Swords & Sorcery stories of Michael Moorcock and his Eternal Champion, most notably Elric of Melniboné and Stormbringer, the great blade he wields which infamously feeds upon the souls it kills and infuses the albino prince with their vitality. Their might and magics are yours to command one last time as you explore the dark streets and mausolea of the forbidden city, ride alongside a mercenary band in driving back the raiders from the north, entreat with the wealthiest of mercantile leagues for support lest all theirs be sunk by creatures summoned from the depths-and beyond, and more, for you are a champion of the age and the final fight will come to you. ![]() Whether a doomed prince, cunning vagabond, or greedy mercenary, you cannot escape the conflict to come, so where will stand as the final trumpet is blown? Take up your mighty sword infused with the power of demons, place the helm capable of shining the light of law upon world upon your head, remember the spells you stole long ago from the longest library of the age and slip onto the tip of your tongue ready to cast, and renew the pacts of power with the lords of law and counts of chaos and the elemental earls. What will be born in the wake of that mighty battle, who knows, but now there are enemy forces upon enemy forces arrayed before, threatening you, your loved ones, and your family. The world-nay, the universe-is drawing to its end, and the eternal struggle between Law and Chaos will come to its fruition.
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