Heirs to Heresy: The Fall of the Knights Templar: A Roleplaying Game

Description

You are one of the thirty Knights Templar, who awoke on Friday, 13 October 1307, only to find yourself a wanted criminal and branded a heretic by the King of France. Sent away early in the morning, you must leave Paris on a day of reckoning and try to find your way across a dark, mythic Europe to a mystical utopia where you can rebuild! The secrets of the Templars are yours to safeguard, even if you can't comprehend the depth of their mysteries. Thirty by Fire starts as a historical themed roleplaying game, but is heavily influenced by the wuxia genre, Gnosticism, European Folklore, and esotericism, as your Knights undertake a mystical journey to the center of themselves along the road to Avallonis. The mechanics are a blend of narrative, storytelling rules, and classic old-school inspired roleplaying rules that work to create rich aspect-driven characters. All the knights can swing a sword or fight, so the game focuses on what the knights can do outside of that. Access to gnostic spells, unique powers, or intensely powerful faith sets you apart from your compatriots. Faith, spells, and your entire identity are powered by decreasing resources that you have to risk when you tap into your greatest potential on this last quest you'll take for the order...

Alan Bahr is the lead designer and founder of Gallant Knight Games. A game designer best known for the bestselling TinyD6 line of games, along with other games such as Cold Shadows, For Coin & Blood, Planet Mercenary, Eorathril, and many more, Alan has been working in the RPG industry on a multitude of projects and has dozens of titles and writing credits to his name. He's an avid fan of Noir films, Arthurian mythos, smooth jazz, clever roleplaying games, and his amazing wife.