Vestige: The Story Begins When You Start Playing
The design philosophy behind Vestige: a science-fiction setting built to generate play, preserve mystery, and let tabletop campaigns create history.
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Vestige
An introduction to Vestige, the shared science-fiction setting behind my solo campaigns, miniature projects, and tabletop experiments.
Settling on Five Parsecs and Five Leagues
Why I am using Five Parsecs from Home for science-fiction gaming and Five Leagues from the Borderlands for fantasy, starting with a small Bug Hunt force.
A World Left Behind: My Bug Hunt Campaign Frame
The campaign frame for my first Five Parsecs: Bug Hunt games, built around a silent colony, recon exosuits, native creatures, and a deeper mystery.
One Hero Engine v0.20 Character Sheet
Current table-facing character sheet for One Hero Engine v0.20.
One Hero Engine
One Hero Engine v0.20 is the current coherent playtest edition: a roll-under solo fantasy RPG for one capable protagonist.
One Hero Engine: Changelog
Version notes for One Hero Engine, including the v0.20 playtest edition and the archived v0.12 draft.
One Hero Engine: Quick Reference
A compact rules reference for One Hero Engine v0.20.
One Hero Engine: Advancement
Milestones, level gains, HP growth, MP growth, and capstones for One Hero Engine v0.20.
One Hero Engine: Enemies
Enemy ranks, minion rules, encounter scale, and reusable sample foes for One Hero Engine v0.20.
One Hero Engine: Magic
MP, casting, sustained spells, and the tested v0.20 core spell list.
One Hero Engine: Classes and Paths
The tested core classes and paths for One Hero Engine v0.20.
One Hero Engine: Ancestries
Tested core ancestries for One Hero Engine v0.20, with legacy concepts separated clearly.
One Hero Engine: Solo Play
Oracle use, scene framing, Twist, and minimal note-taking for One Hero Engine v0.20.
One Hero Engine: Combat
The full player-facing combat procedure for One Hero Engine v0.20.