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<blockquote data-quote="SAKE ttrpg" data-source="post: 9559083" data-attributes="member: 7043954"><p>Affiliated link: <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/498064/sake-sorcerers-adventurers-kings-and-economics-full-rules?affiliate_id=4178266" target="_blank">DriveThruRPG</a></p><p></p><p>Video preview of the whole book: </p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]xK6O2wJsoj4[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><h2>What is SAKE?</h2><p>SAKE (Sorcerers, Adventurers, Kings, and Economics) is a traditional tabletop roleplaying game with a touch of strategy game. It is a crunchy, modular, d20 point-buy game set in an early-modern fantasy world, with detailed systems for domain-building and overseas trading.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In SAKE, you play the <strong>ruler of a domain</strong>, <strong>a merchant prince</strong>, <strong>a pirate lord</strong> or start as <strong>an adventurer </strong>with the<strong> goal of rising to power</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You <strong>delve into dungeons</strong>, explore pockets of the Otherworld to find treasures, make <strong>pacts with fickle gods</strong>, study <strong>dangerous magic</strong>, scheme to assassinate rivals, trade to gather resources and raise an army to fight wars.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SAKE is a full pointbuy<strong> system</strong>, which means all character development happens by buying skills and abilities using <strong>EXP gained from your character's personality traits and events</strong> during gameplay.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The game is modular – start simple and add rules as you grow more accustomed to the game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SAKE is designed to take place in an early modern (fantasy) world, with <strong>muskets</strong> and <strong>plate armour</strong>, <strong>cannons</strong> and<strong> galleys</strong>, <strong>rising capitalism</strong> and <strong>waning feudalism</strong>. With magic and gods mixed in.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The game's rules support more <strong>serious types of campaigns</strong>, like balancing between different political interest groups when playing domain ruler, or deciding how far one is ready to go when meddling with gods or magic for power that could save their party and/or domain.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SAKE comes with its own world – <strong>the </strong>Asteanic World – but it is by no means exclusive to it. It can be used to play in other early modern fantasy worlds, or even in Earth's similar historical period.</li> </ul><h2>Core Mechanics</h2> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SAKE uses the <strong>standard 7-dice set</strong>(d4, d6, d8, d10, d%, d12, d20).<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most rolls are made with a <strong>d20</strong> (skill checks, Attack rolls, spell rolls, etc.).</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SAKE is a <strong>point-buy system</strong>. During play, PCs earn Experience Points (EXP), which they can use to purchase Skill Ranks, abilities, Health Points (HP), spells, and more.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>EXP is gained through events and based on the personality traits of the Player Character (PC).</strong> At the end of each session, the Game Master (GM) and players evaluate how much EXP was earned individually.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hex crawls and dungeon crawls are divided into Turns. Each PC gets <strong>one Action per Turn</strong>.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The PCs’ combined skills and abilities determine the group’s overall capabilities, from which <strong>Opportunities</strong> and <strong>Hazards</strong> arise. T<strong>hese are rolled using a d100 (percentile dice).</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Encounters depend on the PCs’ Actions or the results of Opportunity and Hazard rolls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To prepare, the GM uses dungeon or region sheets. These sheets are partly pre-filled, speeding up and simplifying preparation work.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Combat is divided into <strong>10-second Combat Rounds</strong>, where each character has <strong>one Action</strong> and <strong>one Reaction</strong>.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Order of Actions is determined at the start of combat.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Actions are used for movement, spells, attacks, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Reactions are used during an opponent’s Action</strong> to disrupt them (e.g., shooting while an opponent moves).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Attack</strong> and <strong>Parrying</strong> are resolved by opposing rolls.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Armour provides<strong> Damage Reduction (DR)</strong>, subtracted from Damage dealt.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In chase situations, distance isn’t measured in meters or time in Rounds. Instead, the fleeing character must accumulate <strong>5 Escape Points</strong>. They can attack with ranged weapons or avoid being hit by sacrificing Escape Points.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Persuasion.</strong> PCs can attempt to persuade NPCs to do something, change their opinion, or believe something. If the GM deems the NPC unwilling but influenceable, they set static Difficulty Levels (DL) based on the reasons for their reluctance. PCs can overcome these by taking certain actions or arguing their case. Arguing uses different skills depending on the subject – e.g., Theology for matters of faith; Social Skills can always be used.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Magic is treated like other skills</strong>. PCs can advance their mastery of schools of sorcery (skills) by acquiring Ranks.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spells are individual abilities that must be obtained separately.</li> </ul></li> </ul><p>The core mechanics are similar across all modules. For example, the percentile rolls for Opportunities and Hazards during dungeon exploration are similar to <strong>Prosperity</strong>, <strong>Discontent</strong>, and <strong>Corruption</strong> percentages used in domain play. Just as individual characters have <strong>Actions</strong> and <strong>Reactions</strong> in combat, <strong>military units also have Actions and Reactions in large-scale battles</strong>. Escape mechanics apply similarly, whether it’s characters, armies, or ships fleeing.</p><p></p><p>As SAKE is modular, it’s easy to focus on only the necessary parts, preventing the game from overwhelming players. If you prefer classic dungeon crawling, you don’t need to worry about world economics or domain management. On the other hand, you can play SAKE as a domain strategy game, using the random events system in the Domain and Warfare module to generate the adventure, operating by Domain Turns, and only engaging in army-scale battles when launching campaigns against neighbouring kingdoms – never needing to fight hand-to-hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SAKE ttrpg, post: 9559083, member: 7043954"] Affiliated link: [URL="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/498064/sake-sorcerers-adventurers-kings-and-economics-full-rules?affiliate_id=4178266"]DriveThruRPG[/URL] Video preview of the whole book: [MEDIA=youtube]xK6O2wJsoj4[/MEDIA] [HEADING=1]What is SAKE?[/HEADING] SAKE (Sorcerers, Adventurers, Kings, and Economics) is a traditional tabletop roleplaying game with a touch of strategy game. It is a crunchy, modular, d20 point-buy game set in an early-modern fantasy world, with detailed systems for domain-building and overseas trading. [LIST] [*]In SAKE, you play the [B]ruler of a domain[/B], [B]a merchant prince[/B], [B]a pirate lord[/B] or start as [B]an adventurer [/B]with the[B] goal of rising to power[/B]. [*]You [B]delve into dungeons[/B], explore[B] [/B]pockets of the Otherworld to find treasures, make [B]pacts with fickle gods[/B], study [B]dangerous magic[/B], scheme to assassinate rivals, trade to gather resources and[B] [/B]raise an army to fight wars. [*]SAKE is a[B] [/B]full pointbuy[B] system[/B], which means all character development happens by buying skills and abilities using [B]EXP gained from your character's personality traits and events[/B] during gameplay. [*]The game is modular – start simple and add rules as you grow more accustomed to the game. [*]SAKE is designed to take place in an[B] [/B]early modern (fantasy) world, with [B]muskets[/B] and [B]plate armour[/B], [B]cannons[/B] and[B] galleys[/B], [B]rising capitalism[/B] and [B]waning feudalism[/B]. With magic and gods mixed in. [*]The game's rules support more [B]serious types of campaigns[/B], like balancing between different political interest groups when playing domain ruler, or deciding how far one is ready to go when meddling with gods or magic for power that could save their party and/or domain. [*]SAKE comes with its own world – [B]the [/B]Asteanic World – but it is by no means exclusive to it. It can be used to play in other early modern fantasy worlds, or even in Earth's similar historical period. [/LIST] [HEADING=1]Core Mechanics[/HEADING] [LIST] [*]SAKE uses the [B]standard 7-dice set[/B](d4, d6, d8, d10, d%, d12, d20). [LIST] [*]Most rolls are made with a [B]d20[/B] (skill checks, Attack rolls, spell rolls, etc.). [/LIST] [*]SAKE is a [B]point-buy system[/B]. During play, PCs earn Experience Points (EXP), which they can use to purchase Skill Ranks, abilities, Health Points (HP), spells, and more. [LIST] [*][B]EXP is gained through events and based on the personality traits of the Player Character (PC).[/B] At the end of each session, the Game Master (GM) and players evaluate how much EXP was earned individually. [/LIST] [*]Hex crawls and dungeon crawls are divided into Turns. Each PC gets [B]one Action per Turn[/B]. [LIST] [*]The PCs’ combined skills and abilities determine the group’s overall capabilities, from which [B]Opportunities[/B] and [B]Hazards[/B] arise. T[B]hese are rolled using a d100 (percentile dice).[/B] [*]Encounters depend on the PCs’ Actions or the results of Opportunity and Hazard rolls. [*]To prepare, the GM uses dungeon or region sheets. These sheets are partly pre-filled, speeding up and simplifying preparation work. [/LIST] [*]Combat is divided into [B]10-second Combat Rounds[/B], where each character has [B]one Action[/B] and [B]one Reaction[/B]. [LIST] [*]The Order of Actions is determined at the start of combat. [*]Actions are used for movement, spells, attacks, etc. [*][B]Reactions are used during an opponent’s Action[/B] to disrupt them (e.g., shooting while an opponent moves). [*][B]Attack[/B] and [B]Parrying[/B] are resolved by opposing rolls. [*]Armour provides[B] Damage Reduction (DR)[/B], subtracted from Damage dealt. [/LIST] [*]In chase situations, distance isn’t measured in meters or time in Rounds. Instead, the fleeing character must accumulate [B]5 Escape Points[/B]. They can attack with ranged weapons or avoid being hit by sacrificing Escape Points. [*][B]Persuasion.[/B] PCs can attempt to persuade NPCs to do something, change their opinion, or believe something. If the GM deems the NPC unwilling but influenceable, they set static Difficulty Levels (DL) based on the reasons for their reluctance. PCs can overcome these by taking certain actions or arguing their case. Arguing uses different skills depending on the subject – e.g., Theology for matters of faith; Social Skills can always be used. [*][B]Magic is treated like other skills[/B]. PCs can advance their mastery of schools of sorcery (skills) by acquiring Ranks. [LIST] [*]Spells are individual abilities that must be obtained separately. [/LIST] [/LIST] The core mechanics are similar across all modules. For example, the percentile rolls for Opportunities and Hazards during dungeon exploration are similar to [B]Prosperity[/B], [B]Discontent[/B], and [B]Corruption[/B] percentages used in domain play. Just as individual characters have [B]Actions[/B] and [B]Reactions[/B] in combat, [B]military units also have Actions and Reactions in large-scale battles[/B]. Escape mechanics apply similarly, whether it’s characters, armies, or ships fleeing. As SAKE is modular, it’s easy to focus on only the necessary parts, preventing the game from overwhelming players. If you prefer classic dungeon crawling, you don’t need to worry about world economics or domain management. On the other hand, you can play SAKE as a domain strategy game, using the random events system in the Domain and Warfare module to generate the adventure, operating by Domain Turns, and only engaging in army-scale battles when launching campaigns against neighbouring kingdoms – never needing to fight hand-to-hand. [/QUOTE]
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