Kill all the Orcs, Hack all the Things on Cryptomancer RPG

Been There, Done That

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Cryptomancer™ takes place in a fantasy setting very similar to most fantasy settings you are accustomed to. This was by design. We kept things simple so gamers both seasoned and new can jump right in and start hacking things. We have made some subtle tweaks to fantasy norms, based on what we think fantasy races would look like in a connected fantasy world.

Elves - Sylvan Parasites

Contact info/Social Media

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Email: cryptomancer.actual@gmail.com
Reddit: r/Cryptomancer
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Cryptomancy

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Shards and Shardnets

Shards are magical gems that allow mortals to interact with the Shardscape. Think of them as mobile endpoints, like smart phones. Small shards that are split from a single, larger shard form a shardnet: a private network where each mortal holding one of these shards can communicate with each other silently and instantly, regardless of the distance between them. However, each shardnet operates as if each of the endpoints were connected by a hub. That means that everyone using the shardnet can see everyone else’s communications. Achieving privacy and security over a shardnet requires cryptomancy.

Downloads

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Character Sheet [PDF, 77 KB]
Character Sheet - Fillable [PDF, 116 KB]
Safehouse Sheet [PDF, 86 KB]
Safehouse Sheet - Fillable [PDF, 124 KB]
Pregenerated Character Sheets [PDF, 406 KB]

Game Mechanics

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Cryptomancer™ is a full role-playing game, complete with its own unique game mechanics using six-sided and ten-sided dice. Characters in the game are composed of skills, spells, and talents that emphasize the realms of stealth, espionage, and creative problem solving (as well as creative problem creating). Don’t worry, we also got the traditional fantasy stuff covered, like killing orcs and chucking fireballs.

Same Roll, No Matter What

When a player has her character do something that is dramatic (that is, the outcome matters to the story), that player will probably have to chuck some dice, the results of which will determine the severity of that the character’s success or failure. We call this a skill-check. Of course, skill-checks manifest in many ways: