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THE GAME

Tales from Old Oak Inn is a high fantasy tabletop roleplaying game set in the mold of Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, and Dungeon World. You take the role of a classic fantasy playbook such  and set out on adventures throughout the land. The game is a narrative first game built on the Forged in the Dark framework, so everything you say has weight on the story.

Choose from 11 playbooks, each fully fleshed out with starting and special abilities, specialist items, and contacts:

  • Alchemist: An eccentric genius and potions master
  • Artificer: A resourceful inventor and craftsman
  • Berserker: A brash and aggressive warrior
  • Bard: A charming artist and entertainer
  • Cleric: A caring healer and priest
  • Druid: A wise and enigmatic priest of the old ways
  • Fighter: A formidible warrior and master of arms
  • Mage: A strange practitioner of arcane magics
  • Paladin: a pious and devoted defender of the light
  • Ranger: A master tracker and rugged hunter
  • Rogue: A daring infiltrator and shadow

The game currently includes two crewbooks:

  • The Caravan: A collection of outcasts, travelers and adventurers travelling the world
  • The Fort: A military outpost crewed by mercs, soldiers, and warriors
  • The Hideout: A clandestine den of thieves and scoundrels
  • The Inn: Classic dungeon delvers and wanderers
  • The Temple: A group of devout believers

SETTING

Tales from Old Oak Inn is being designed so that the players can have a very strong influence on what factions and world their game takes place in. The only restrictions being that it is some form of classic, high fantasy world in the vein of the Forgotton Realms or other high fantasy world.

EARLY ACCESS

This game is currently in early development, and the player packet is free! As it is more thoroughly developed and we build out the full rulebook, it will be unlocked for a  five dollar payment, but the player packet (playbooks, crewbooks, and resources will always be free). Additionally, since this is under development, feel free to provide your feedback!

At this stage, Tales from Old Oak Inn requires a copy of Blades in the Dark by John Harper to play.

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Tales from Old Oak Inn Player Packet v0.64.pdf 474 kB

Development log

Comments

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Love these playbooks may give it a try to run some.improv one shots thanks for the development!

Just a quick update this week, I managed to get sick this past week, so the next update will be a Halloween drop, releasing next Tuesday, Oct 31!

Get well soon! All these additions are awesome 

Hey all! Just wanting to let everyone know that we have a new update with the first crewbook up!

Hey all, getting back into a headspace where I can put energy into this project finally. I'll be working on things again and working towards putting out a useable quickstart at some point here.

Great! I'm working on converting the 4e setting book Vor Rukoth with World of Blades as the core engine but this game definitely is big on inspiration!

Greetings! Just wanted to know if this game is dead in the water or if development is still happening. Out of all the High Fantasy Hacks I've looked over for BitD this one has the most promise of being exactly what I'm looking for! So was hoping it's not dead.

Hello! I really appreciate the intereste and I just wanted to let you know that I am picking development back up on this. It's been a while since I've worked on it, but I've had some interest and am starting back up. The first thing I'm looking at doing is working towards a useable quickstart document. Let me know if you have any other questions.

I would also be interested in an update. What is there looks very promising!

Third the request for news!! Looks really interesting!!

Seconding the request for a Dev update.

What is the status of game development?

Mage is repeated 3x and I think the crewbooks are missing

Thanks for the reply. Mage is repeated because there are three different tracks for mage. In the full version that will definitely be explained better. The crewbooks are still under construction, I just hit that point where I wanted it out there. 

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Ah, thanks for clarification!  The different Mages slipped my eye.

I think you've got something fun here - it's exactly the sort of thing I'd like to play, with the traditional tropes as far from d20 as possible :)