Lost Fable - Early Edition

Dangerous are the roads, dark are the waters,
demons roam freely, and hope seems a sharp thing,
as likely to cut ourselves as our foes...

Why Lost Fable?

Lost Fable is a game of Hope in wicked times, with core rules focusing on simple-but-sufficient adventure mechanics, player creativity, and a world changing as the seasons pass.

A complete section for Referees is included, focusing on the essentials of Refereeing, guidelines for building adventures, monsters, and treasures, and even a cooperative world-building game to play with a group before the game!

Personally, I wanted a game for my family to play, a game that emphasizes hope and heroism despite the looming darkness. It's also been a dream of mine to fully write and illustrate my own RPG.

The game is designed to be highly compatible with B/X style games, such as Old School Essentials, Dungeon Crawl Classics, etc. Adventures for those games can usually be run with little need for conversion, aside from spells.

Core Features

• Four customizable and mixable classes.
  • Champions - Master unique combat tactics, and pull off daring stunts.
  • Tricksters - Press your luck and become an expert of the subtle arts.
  • Summoners - Wield your light to heal, harm, or summon spiritual allies.
  • Mages - Study and call on 8 unique schools of magic.
• Gain experience after each session with a simple series of questions.
• Death is a choice you might make! Unwounded heroes have the option to make a last stand when they fall to 0 HP, securing some victory with their sacrifice.
• Pursue creative and social labors as the seasons pass. Become a meaningful part of your village!
• Change the course of history itself.

What Will be in the Final Edition?

Anyone who purchases the Early Edition will also get full access to the Final Draft, including...

• Expanded Monster & Treasure sections
• A professionally edited document.
• More artwork!
• A full campaign setting.
• Expanded Referee tools for running a world of darkness and heroism.

Planned release: Fall 2025

Why the Sale?

All of my projects thus far have been released for free, (though I have run fundraisers in the past). I'm currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Education to become an Intervention Specialist. In short, I want to help struggling kids learn to read and do math, so they can pursue their own dreams. I'm currently working in education, but to take this next step, I need to go back to school myself!

While Financial Aid can help a good amount, I also need a few classes of undergraduate prerequisites, and the costs pile up. The goal for this game is to help me reach the $1500 mark to help pay for the prereqs.

Thanks for your support and understanding!

If you want to follow the game's progress, and my own, follow me on BlueSky!

A Character Generator Appears!

Phlox has created a simple but robust character generator for Lost Fable, which you can access here!