Runecycle

A flexible feat-based dramatic YZE fantasy TTRPG focused on reincarnation and the passage of time. Designed for mid-length campaigns of 10-15 sessions and short stories, you can run all kinds of fantastical adventures from traditional fantasy to magepunk, even in the same campaign.

The numbers

Runecycle uses two sets of scores

• Melee, Ranged, Magic and Defense for combat situations
• Skill, Think, Social and Rune for noncombat situations

Both of these are modified by your Signs, which represented by Tags. This means you get to choose what you are good at from an infinite set of possibilities - no predefined skills here.

Rolling

Every Test and Attack roll you pick two dice, one from the Sign and one from the Score used in the roll. If either of the dice show 6 or higher, you succeed.

Magic

Spells and other magical abilities are Runic Powers. You only have a couple powers but they are widely applicable. You are free to choose the shape of your spells from cones to explosions.

Combat

Runecycle supports standard 1-inch gridded combat. Combat rules are robust with weapons, spells, conditions and abilities but also very simple for quick gameplay. Runecycle is primarily a problem solving game but occasionally violence may be part of the solution.

Runecycle runs on a heavily modified version of the award-winning Year  zero engine by Free League publishing.

This game is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by Fria Ligan AB. The Year Zero Engine System Reference Document is used under Fria Ligan AB’s Free Tabletop License