Campaign Variants

Variant Rules

Long-running campaign systems that track things beyond XP and gold — social standing, hex exploration, creeping corruption, psychological horror, and the politics of fame. Most of these work best when introduced at campaign start, not mid-arc.

Social & Exploration

Honor

An Honor point track that rises and falls with deeds, oaths kept, and oaths broken.

Ultimate Campaign
Reputation & Fame

Fame and Prestige Point tracks that unlock faction boons and social advantages.

Ultimate Campaign
Hex Exploration

Hex-by-hex wilderness exploration rules for mapping and claiming territory over time.

Ultimate Campaign
Bargaining

Extended valuation and negotiation rules for merchants, fences, and high-stakes deals.

Ultimate Campaign
Retraining

A structured optional subsystem for swapping feats, class features, skills, spells known, and more over downtime.

Ultimate Campaign
Kingdom Building

A full realm-management subsystem with build points, leadership roles, monthly turns, events, and optional edicts.

Ultimate Campaign
Race Builder

Create custom races by spending Race Points (RP) on qualities and racial traits.

Advanced Race Guide

Horror & Psychology

Sanity & Madness

Sanity score, disorders from exposure to trauma, and recovery over time.

Game Mastery Guide
Fear & Horror

Distinguishes fear (manageable) from horror (overwhelming) with separate conditions and effects.

Horror Adventures
Sanity (Horror Adventures)

An alternate sanity system with madness categories distinct from the Game Mastery Guide version.

Horror Adventures
Corruption

Corruption types (vampirism, lycanthropy, etc.) that manifest in stages as stain accumulates.

Horror Adventures
Curses

Extended curse mechanics, layered curses, and the specific conditions required for removal.

Horror Adventures
Occult Skill Unlocks

Psychic sensitivity skill unlocks available to any character who invests in the right skills.

Occult Adventures

Mythic Play

Mythic Overview

What mythic tiers are, how characters gain mythic power, and how it changes play.

Mythic Adventures
Mythic Power & Abilities

Mythic Power pool, surge die, hard saves, and universal abilities available to all mythic characters.

Mythic Adventures
Mythic Paths

Six paths — Archmage, Champion, Guardian, Hierophant, Marshal, Trickster — each with a full ability list.

Mythic Adventures