Reiver: Against the Pale Architect

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A roguelite crawl through dark hexes

Something is building in the Marches. Roads fold back on themselves. The dead are measured for their graves before they die, and a tower of white bone stands where no map will show it.

Gather a company of thieves, deserters, pilgrims, hedge-wizards and other doomed souls, and push into a dying land. Find the five Pale Shrines, learn where the Pale Spire stands, and climb it to unmake what waits at the top.

Old-school at heart

• Knave at its core: classless characters, ability saves, item slots, spellbooks that hold one spell each.
• Permadeath: fights are quick and brutal. One bad blow can kill, and the dead stay dead. Running away is often the smart choice.
• A hex crawl into the dark: travel by watches, manage food and light, camp through dangerous nights, and face events with no easy answer.
• Every item has a use: grease, nets, holy water, marbles, rope. Bring the right gear, or suffer for not having it.
• Renown outlives every company: each fallen company makes the next one stronger.
• The Pale Spire: seven floors, each with its own master, and the Architect at the top.

Credits

Core rules adapted from Knave by Ben Milton (CC BY 4.0). Not affiliated with or endorsed by Ben Milton or Questing Beast.

Music by Juhani Junkala / SubspaceAudio and trillytrill (CC0). Sound effects by heyheythere (CC BY 4.0).

Like the art? It's available as an asset pack: Hex Crawl: Dark Fantasy.

AI was used in creating the graphics.