====== Steel and Flame ======

Many fantasy RPGs mimic D&D or Tolkienesque fantasy worlds. This one is based on classic sword-and-sorcery games of high adventure. The characters are more likely to be swashbuckling barbarians or muscled thieves than paladins or dwarves.

//Steel and Flame// is a tabletop RPG that combines the stats of the classic //Barbarians of Lemuria// system with elements of //Fate//.

Your character is made up of 8 stats (4 combat-oriented and 4 non-combat-oriented), Health Points, and points in a wide variety of careers. To resolve an action, roll Fate dice, and add points from the appropriate stats and/or careers.

One particularly nice thing about this system is that it let you see how well you succeed at an action, instead of just indicating success or failure. You can make a Fantastic leap from a burning airship or a Terrible swing at a snarling harem guard.

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===== Sample Character: Throngar the Barbarian =====

Strength 2\\
Dexterity 2\\
Intelligence 0\\
Charisma 0\\
Brawling 2\\
Melee 1\\
Ranged 0\\
Defense 1\\
HP 12\\
Barbarian 2\\
Soldier 1\\
Pirate 1

===== Demo =====

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===== Play Sample =====

**GM:** Okay, you're outside the Palace of Pain on the night of the sacrifice. The Palace is a big stone building, about two stories tall, with crenelations on top. There's a big entrance in front, with two burly guards. What do you want to do?

**Tim:** Hmmm. Throngar wants to go around back and climb the walls.

**GM:** Okay, the walls are a little old, so there are some footholds. Not too hard. Do you have any careers that would give you some skill in climbing walls?

**Tim:** Yeah, I have 2 points in Barbarian. Throngar probably climbed the cliffs of Thovaria all the time as a kid.

**GM:** Makes sense to me! Add that to your Dexterity score. That's one of your personal attributes.

**Tim:** Oooh, I have 2 points in Dexterity. So I add those together, which is 4?

**GM:** Exactly. Now just roll the dice and add 4 points.

**Tim:** Wow, I rolled +2! So that's a total of 6.

**GM:** Which is a "Fantastic" on the ladder. You scurry up the walls like a spider and even get over the crenelations in seconds. However, there's a guard on the roof! You were so quick to climb that he sees you, but he's surprised. You get to act. What do you want to do?

**Tim:** Throngar wants to attack the guy with his sword.

**GM:** Roll the dice, then add your Strength, and your Melee.

**Tim:** My Strength's 2 and Melee is 1, so that's a total of 3. How do I know if I succeed?

**GM:** I'll compare that to the guard's Defense score.

**Tim:** Okay, rolling the dice...ick, that's -1. With the Strength and Melee, that's a total of 2.

**GM:** No problem! The guard only has a Defense of 1, so you hit. Your sword does 1d6 damage.

**Tim:** I swing my trusty sword at the guard's stomach. And I roll...a 4!

**GM:** Cool, subtracting that from the guard's Hit Points...he's still up, but barely. He's going to take a swing at you...And he manages a 1. What's your Defense?

**Tim:** My Defense is 1.

**GM:** Ooooh, a tie wins! So he rolls..a 3. Subtract that from your Hit Points.

**Tim:** I have 12 of those, so I'm only down to 9. Time to slash back! Rolling and adding 3...yeah, that's a 5! Lemme roll my die...that's a 3.

**GM:** The guard clutches his stomach and goes down in a fountain of blood!

**Tim:** Great. 

===== Support =====

If you have questions about //Steel & Flame//, please post them to [[https://plus.google.com/communities/104787672504300358431|the Google+ Community]].