Journeys Into the Unknown

A 4-Stat, Point-Buy, OSR-Inspired Game of Deadly Adventure.

Designed to be easy to pick up for new players. Journeys into the Unknown is quick, thematic, and deadly.

Inspired by games made by: Ben Milton, Brandish Gilhelm, Chris McDowall, and Gavin Norman.

But unconstrained by the original B/X game!

Features:

• Four easy to understand stats for new players. No derived stats!
• Point buy for character creation. Players sometimes want a little more control over their characters.
• A morality tracker that's more intuitive than standard alignment.
• Low character health. Max health is 40 for player characters!
• Death at 0 health! No saves!
• 10 lineages (races) to choose from!
• No classes! Create the character you want by advancing and gaining up to 9 of the 32 different traits in the game.
• Diegetic advancement. XP is granted when characters perform certain actions within the game.
• Gear that uses item slots for meaningful, but easy encumbrance tracking.
• No rolling to hit! Just roll your damage!
• Player skill and description is paramount.
• 64 spells to be found while adventuring!
• Two booklets! One for players and one for the referee.
• Use of all the dice in a standard set of polyhedrals. We bought these dice, let us use them!

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