Swords against Demons

Devlog

• Made demons cooler and wizards more potent
  August 06, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  For this game, the paradigm of magic is that it's favors done by demons, who are weird hyper-real beings who enter the world through the moon. Wizards bind them by luring them into long conversations... Continue reading
• Made clerics more potent
  July 21, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Now they roll with Advantage on the tasks of their deity. Thinking about democratizing wound healing, which generally would just increase the risk of getting a scar ... Continue reading
• Demons and Scars
  July 08, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Adjusted wound healing so that you get two chances to heal a wound before it becomes a scar. Adjusted magic so that every time you release a demon, you take Wounded 1. Wizards gradually accumulate sca... Continue reading
• SO Sorry, Folx
  June 25, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  I revised magic again. Why? Because for the first time I had a player roll a Wizard, and we were figuring out how to equip that. The folx on RPG_Talk were right - risking death off screen just sucks... Continue reading
• Changed Cleric
  June 16, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  I dumped the Artisan to bring on the Bard. But one of my current players has an Artisan, a winemaster. I felt bad about leaving him out in the cold. So I thought - what class could accommodate a winem... Continue reading
• Axed Artisan, Birthed Bard, Session Specials
  June 15, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  The Artisan option was always a bit quirky, and I decided to just lean more into the old school concept of these rules. Also, because tracking days of game time is a bit fiddly and not fun, I decided... Continue reading
• Cheating Death
  June 15, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Updated the Death Roll mechanic. Now you try to roll one die equal or over your worst wound. If you fail, you die. Reavers get to roll two dice and pick the higher for themselves, or the lower for an... Continue reading

  
• Modified Magic
  June 13, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Updated Magic rules to provide an example that hopefully clarifies how it's supposed to work... Continue reading
• Reviews Request
  June 11, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  If you've had a chance to play this - solo, or in a group - please post a comment on the game page. If you really liked it, please consider posting a review to rpg.net. Thank you!... Continue reading
• Moonlit Magick and Laborous Learning
  June 10, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Binding a demon starts at moonrise and ends at moonset. And advancing your character takes a certain number of days in-game... Continue reading
• Clarified Combat Confusion; Declassified Demons
  June 08, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  1. It could be helpful to explain how combat works between groups of opponents. So now that's in the rules. 2. Went full-on FKR with the magic system. Players pick what sorts of demons their wizards c... Continue reading

  
• Reaction Rolls Redacted; Artisan Amped
  June 04, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Had a convoluted mechanic for reaction rolls that incorporated some of that bad old "innate racial enmity" from old school D&D. Got rid of that. Also, made the Artisan calling more Vigorous... Continue reading
• Reaver - revised
  June 03, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Revised the Reaver opponent for better balance. It was just too deadly... Continue reading
• Revised Magic
  June 02, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Like many people, I tend to grind on the Rules of Magic for a given setting. What are the bounds on impossibility? Neither total freeform magic nor old-school D&D rote casting really satisfy me. I als... Continue reading

  
• Improved the Character Sheet!
  May 12, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  I made the character sheet look better. Better font, bubbles ... Continue reading

  
• Sample Character
  May 10, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp#rpg, #character generation, #fantasy, #swords and sorcery, #demons, #swords

  This is an example of a character randomly rolled with Swords against Demons. I guess if I expand this game I could put in random tables for a lot more of this stuff. A Barkskin Cleric who's made a di... Continue reading
• Changed Death Rolls to reduce the chance of player death
  May 10, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp#instakill

  Well that's a little ominous ... What I really mean is player character death, but that's not as cool of a headline. I tweaked the Death Roll mechanic so that on the first wound there's at most only a... Continue reading
• Adjusted random encounters in sample adventure (the Viscous Foe)
  May 09, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Just wanted to have a chance that the "boss" opponent might show up outside its hidden lair... Continue reading
• Posted files!
  May 09, 2021 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  The game is live. All hail the game. An exercise in 2d6... Continue reading