https://tombloom.itch.io/cain
Tom Bloom (the guy behind ICON, Magnagothica Maleghast, and Kill Six Billion Demons, and one of the people behind Lancer) came out with another banger TTRPG like two days ago and I’m already obsessed. The itch.io page can do it more justice than I could, but in short: you play as psychic individuals called exorcists and you fight manifestations of human suffering called sins. It’s a narrative-first game, I think its dice mechanics take inspiration from Blades in the Dark? (I’ve never played Blades itself, and I always mix up FitD games with PbtA games lol, but it’s one of the two.) Anyway it’s awesome. It’s also VERY dark thematically, given that the players’ abilities and the enemies you fight both stem from psychological trauma. The GM section starts with a whole page or two dedicated to safety tools. I’ve already made two characters based on my OCs Arwen and Cchaiit and I’m concepting another based on my OC Kieran, plus another character original to CAIN. I’m obsessed. This game released a couple days ago and I’m obsessed.
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tabletop rpg obsessed, particularly lancer, icon, cain, the treacherous turn, eclipse phase, and pathfinder 2e. also a fan of the elder scrolls and star wars, an avid gamer and reader of webcomics, and when my brain cooperates, a hobbyist writer.
the urge to share my creations versus the horrifying ordeal of being perceived. fight of the millennium. anyway posts about my ocs are tagged with "mal's ocs" (minus the quotes). posts about or containing my writing are tagged with "mal's writing" (again, sans quotes). posts about my sci-fi setting specifically are tagged "the eating of names". i'd pin the latter two if they were actually among my top 15 most used tags lol. fair warning, my writing tends to be quite dark and deal with some heavy themes.
avatar is a much more humanoid depiction of my OC Arwen Tachht than is strictly accurate, made in this Picrew. (I have humanoidsonas for my non-humanoid OCs because I cannot draw them myself and must rely on dollmakers and such, hooray chronic pain)