Kings & Beggars Character Cards for Shadowdark RPG

What You Get

• 16 unique characters fully illustrated by hand with flavor text expanding their lore.
• Each character gets its own Lv 1 and more depending on stretch goals reached.
• PDF for virtual tabletops (VTTs) or a paperless environmentally friendly way to play.

Project Timeline

All cards are fully illustrated and ready prior to Kickstarter launch!

• 🗓️ January 2026 – Kickstarter Launch
• 📦 March 2026 – Digital PDF & Print-on-Demand links delivered within 7 days of campaign end (Shipping & Print cost are not included in your pledge)

Why back this Project?

The Kings & Beggars pre-made character pack includes 16 lovingly hand-crafted characters that will easily fit into your ShadowDark campaign and can be adapted to fit any other game of your choosing. Each has it's own unique flavor and back story, gorgeously illustrated to bring each hero (and villain) to life, and comes with variants for Lv 1 and more depending on support, so that you can hop into your next adventure straight away!

• 🎲No prep, ready to roll the bones!
• 🛡️Beautiful illustrations in the trademark ShadowDark style, crafted by humans!
• ⚔️16 characters with unique flavor and balance to fit any player in any situation!
• 🌙Perfect gift for ShadowDark or any collectors of fine Fantasy products.

About the Creators

Two long term enjoyers of fantasy literature, games, comics, writers of stories and friends who are making RPGs! We are excited to create and share the worlds of our imagination with all of you! 

Stretch Goals

Fulfillment

No Use of AI

No AI has been used in the creation or presentation of any of the text or images in any of the products that we are offering. To create is to be human.

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Sustainable Materials

DriveThruRPG uses industry-standard high quality and recyclable card stock during its manufacturing process. The cards are high quality and made to last and be reused across many campaigns! A PDF version is also included with every purchase so that you know that your product will really last!

Affiliation

Kings & Beggars is an independent product published under the Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License and is not affiliated with The Arcane Library, LLC. Shadowdark RPG © 2023 The Arcane Library, LLC.”