Honor + Intrigue is a new, standalone game from Basic Action Games. Inspired as much by Hollywood as by history, Honor + Intrigue pays homage to the swashbucklers of the silver screen as well as great works such as those of Dumas and Sabatini. Game Masters should feel free to use history as a source of inspiration, not a restriction. True to its inspiration, Honor + Intrigue plays fast and cinematic, leaving the focus on drama and action unfolding. Read more about the game below.
What is Honor + Intrigue?
The game engine is based on Simon Washbourne's acclaimed"Barbarians of Lemuria" rpg, and also contains a number of new features as well, designed for the swashbuckling theme.
17th Century Adventure
Welcome to the Age of the Baroque. It is a time when daring highwaymen ply the coach-roads, musketeers protect the king, and buccaneers cross swords on the high-seas. While the game assumes a 17th century setting, there is also advice to play it in any age from that of Elizabeth to Bonaparte, or even to make a completely fictional setting.
Swashbuckling Action
It is a dangerous and cruel world, but fortunately there are men and women who laugh in the face of danger and fight injustice. They swing into action on chandeliers, and meet their foes with flashing steel and a sharp tongue. The action in Honor + Intrigue should be as high-flying as any swashbuckling movie. Yes, you can swing from a tapestry, crash through the window, lunge at your enemy, and parry his attack all in a single turn!
Intrigue
Among the tangled webs of intrigue, friends can become bitter rivals, enemies can become allies, and lovers can betray you to your death. Rival nobles who smile cordially at one another at court plot against one another in secret, and often, heroes are caught in the middle.
Other Features of the game include:
The power of Fortune to overcome overwhelming odds, and a system that rewards players for taking swift action. After all, Fortune favors the bold...
Fencing rules that emphasize using maneuvers and pressing advantage over your opponent-- you don't simply take turns hitting each other. There are also 9 Dueling Schools, each with their own unique style.
Character's back-stories are created as a part of making the Hero, so every hero has depth.
A Gazetteer containing a brief history of the swashbuckling world, as well as a number of secret societies and powerful groups that can be joined by the heroes, or their enemies...
An optional section covering Mysteries, Horrors, & Wonders, allowing the GM to incorporate alchemy, sorcery, and clockwork-punk mad science into the game. A number of monsters from ghost pirates and faeries to legendary creatures such as the Beast of Gévaudan and the Kraken are also detailed.
Simple dice mechanics and character creation-- so you can dive right into the 17th century action and swing from the chandelier.
Features of this PDF:
Layering allows you to remove the background to save you ink when printing.
Bookmarks let you jump to the section you want in a flash.
Rules updated to coincide with the Rules Fixes + Clarifications introduced in Intriguing Options: Rules + Story. These files have the word "Revised" in the filename.
A second "Compressed" or "Tablet Version" PDF intended for reading on your tablet or smartphone.
An additional PDF with character sheets made for printing as you like. Full Color to Basic Black & White are supported. A form-fillable sheet may be downloaded from this URL: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ms55gHbj12DK8olPYm33shoHNB-oq28z/view?usp=sharing) Once downloaded, that sheet should be form-fillable.
Support for the Honor + Intrigue Line
If you like our game and want to discuss it or play with folks online, come down to the Basic Action Games Discord server.
While everything you need to play Honor + Intrigue is in this book, there is also a line of support products you can use with your campaign including:
Intriguing Options 1: Rules + Story gives lots of new optional and alternate rules to use with your campaign, as well as story ideas to insert into your campaign.
Intriguing Options 2: Blasters + Intrigue focuses on taking your campaign to the stars. This volume is a primer on running a swashbuckling Blasters + Intrigue campaign set in a space opera or other sci-fi setting.
Intriguing Options 3: Nonhuman Characters focuses on expanding your available cast of characters for sci-fi and fantasy swashbuckling. It includes guidelines and tools to help you build your own fantasy and science fiction folk as well as over 50 sample PC ancestries.
Intriguing Options 4: Spells + Spellcasters introduces an alternate high-fantasy magic system which brings wizards, paladins, druids, psionicists, and other spellcasters to your campaign. Includes 140+ spells, 80 magic items, and 11 "Swordcaster" dueling styles.
The Duelist's Guide is the expansion that focuses on dueling with new Maneuvers, guidelines for making your own, all 19 previously published dueling styles plus 17 new ones, guidelines for making your own dueling styles, lasting injury rules, and an adventure.
Dueling Maneuver Cards is a print and play aid for players that want to have every dueling maneuver at their fingertips. Includes all repartee and maneuvers published in the Duelist's Guide and Gambits from Intriguing Options 1.
GM Screen Inserts 11 landscape pages for use with a pocketed GM screen. Available in color or black and white.
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