The Wretched Blade

Overview

The Wretched Blade is a brand-new solo journaling game that sees your hero wrestling with the fight against a cursed weapon that is trying to corrupt and control them.

The game uses the Wretched and Alone engine and will emotionally put you through the wringer as your hero has to make hard choices and confront what they have become thanks to The Wretched Blade.

With loads of tables to generate your hero and party, 52 card-based journalling prompts and an escalating corruption track, the game will offer endles replayability, so long as you have the stomach for it.

Mechanics

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Rewards

The Wretched Blade - Digital Edition - £5 - Get a digital copy of the Wretched Blade and your name in the digital zine!

The Wretched Blade - Digital Deluxe Edition - £8- Not only do you get your name in the PDF and a copy of the digital zine, but you'll also get a pack with some pre-made party NPCs, printable journal templates, some example Wretched Weapons, and any applicable digital stretch goals.

The Wretched Blade - Physical Edition - £14- Everything from the Digital Edition plus a physical copy of the zine sent straight to your door.

The Wretched Blade - Physical Deluxe Edition - £17- Everything from the Digital Deluxe Edition plus a physical copy of the zine sent straight to your door.

The Wretched Blade - Wretched Inspiration Edition - £30 - Want some extra ideas to flesh out the world and journey for your Wretched Protagonist? At this tier, you get everything from the Physical Deluxe Edition and three sets of our TTRPG Generator Cards for generating tens of thousands of combinations of NPCs, Towns and Quests, plus printable handouts and a Digital Generator Compendium to help use the cards and provide pre-made examples.

The Wretched Blade - Ultimate Edition - £55 - Need even more ideas and inspiration for your Wretched Protagonist's journey? At this tier, you get everything from the Wretched Inspiration Edition and physical and digital copies of the Volume of Villains and Night Market for some extra ideas. This also works perfectly if you plan to use the story of the Wretched Blade in a TTRPG campaign setting.

Addons

One Book from our A5 Range -  £14 - Just want a physical copy of one of our supplements? This is the one for you!

Two Books from our A5 Range -  £26 - Get two books of your choice and save on both the book price and shipping price.

Three Books from our A5 Range -  £36- Get three books of your choice and save even more on both the book price and shipping price.

Available A5 Books

• Tome of Witches Fill your game full of witches! Each comes with a description, backstory, plot hooks, and the book has two new classes, the Witch and the Witch Hunter!
• The Night Market A whole book dedicated to running fantasy black markets in your TTRPG sessions.
• Inventory of Improving Items Volumes 1-4 Each volume has 50 brand new magic items that level up. Each has 3 levels of power, ways to level up, an NPC, and a cursed variant.
• Codex of Crime A book all about filling your games full of crime and criminals!
• Folio of Familiar Faces A host of NPCs designed to be recurring characters, each with statblocks and branching level-up options depending on how your party treats them.
• Feasts and Festivals A book with two major events, the Hafling Food Festival and the travelling Flotsam Fair, as well as a load of other events to spice up your games.
• The City Attractions Package A whole book about making your fantasy cities really POP! Includes a fantasy zoo and aquarium.
• Volume of Villains A book full of recurring villains and big bads for your games.
• Codex of Creature Companions A book with thirty levellable, detailed creature companions, as well as dozens more utility pets, vanity pets, mounts, and more!
• Combat Tracker Journal A journal to make keeping track of your combats a breeze! Each spread has spaces for a map, combatant names, health and AC, notes, and more. Also has a list of 5e conditions and common monsters by CR at the back.

Stretch Goals

Timeline

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Who are we?

My name's Chris, nice to meet you! I'm a long-time roleplayer who likes to explore the fun little corners of every TTRPG world I can get my hands on.

Evil Pigeon has now done over 25 Kickstarters, and I've enjoyed making them all!

Art Statement

Every word and picture within this project was created by human hands (and a keyboard), with no generative AI used in any way. The closest we get to AI is spellcheck, and we make sure to wash our hands after using it!

Extra Questions

How will I get my digital items? You'll receive download keys from itch.io for the main zine (both claimable keys and ones where you don't need an account). Digital deluxe extras will be direct download links.