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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

A murder mystery with no dungeons. No armies. Just a village, a murder, and the slow realisation that you never should have come here. Everyone in Duncraig is Lying is out now for Fatesong. Something is very wrong in this village. fatesong.itch.io

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Followed! Just 25 more to go now!

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

FATESONG: FIRST VERSE — Level 1 Edition Every legend begins small. Most end there. Launching Easter Weekend: Free Quickstart Rules + Intro Adventure (Thread below)

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Two Evades. That’s all you get. In Fatesong, you don’t have hit points. You have two chances to avoid meaningful harm before the next hit puts you on the ground. Combat should be fast, dangerous, and something characters survive — not something they grind through. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Sylvan look like elves if you squint. Lean, angular, long-eared. These things are not elves. Their teeth are designed for tearing meat. Their eyes catch firelight in the dark like a predator's. They cannot digest cooked food or plants. They eat fresh, raw meat. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

FAULT LINE You find the flaw in the thing. Touch any object. Learn its single weakest structural point — the stress fracture, the loose hinge, the hairline crack in the lock. Everything has a seam. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG #Spell

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Elves. Potentially immortal. Vulnerable to injury, ageless after maturity. The catch: Every 100 years, an Elf has to undergo a ritual to prune away memories. Without it, the past becomes as vivid as the present. Living forever has maintenance costs. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The Felari always land on their feet from up to 50 feet. No roll. No damage. Just a landing. That part everyone likes. Here's the other part. Felari have a powerful biological compulsion to investigate anything unusual. They're not reckless. They just can't always stop. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Final edits on the Quick Rules PDF today. Painful cuts — there's a lot worth keeping that doesn't belong in a quick start. Free Quick Rules + adventure 'Everyone in Duncraig is Lying...' releasing Friday April 3rd. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

HEARTH OMEN Ash remembers. Trace a symbol in cold ash or soot. Learn whether violence occurred in this space within the past 24 hours. Yes. No. Or the ash tells you nothing at all. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

ANCESTRY: AZURAXI Some measure their lives in centuries. The Azuraxi clock is shorter. Very few live past 50 Every few months, during their shedding cycle, they can regrow lost fingers, toes, or the tip of a tail They have learned not to be precious about what they lose #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Classes are about permission. Disciplines are about approach. Fatesong has no classes. It’s a narrative-first TTRPG where who you are is defined by how you do things, not what box you picked at character creation I wrote about this properly here: Fatesong RPG fatesong.substack.com?r=7yjsmm&utm...

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A narrative-first tabletop RPG about power, consequence, and the cost of magic. Click to read Fatesong RPG on Substack. Launched 5 days ago.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

BORROWED PERSPECTIVE For a moment, you stand outside your own body. Perceive yourself and your surroundings from a floating vantage point nearby. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Classes are built around permission: what you can do and what you can’t. I think characters are more interesting when you start somewhere else entirely — not what you do, but how you do it. Wrote about this today. open.substack.com/pub/fatesong... #Fatesong #TTRPG #indieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Every legend begins small. Most end there. FATESONG is a narrative-first fantasy TTRPG where you begin ordinary and become myth. Free Quick Rules + Intro Adventure 'Everyone in Duncraig is Lying' - Releasing April 3rd. #Fatesong #TTRPG #indieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

DISCIPLINE #1 — IRON DOCTRINE No flourish. No performance. Iron Doctrine doesn't care whether you were impressive. It cares whether you were still standing when everyone else wasn't. Endurance. Formation. The wall that doesn't move. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

ANCESTRY: BORBOR Small. Strong. They live underground and burrow deep tunnels between their settlements. Most never come up. The ones who do are blinded by open sky for days. Sometimes weeks. Some go back down. The most interesting ones stay anyway. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

CANDLE OF UNEASE Flame leans toward guilt. A lit candle flickers violently when someone nearby is hiding strong fear or malicious intent. It does not tell you who. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

In Fatesong, injuries matter. Powerful magic can leave scars. Dark abilities can change you. And sometimes the cost of surviving a fight is something you carry for the rest of the campaign. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG #RPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Hot take: hit points are the most damaging legacy mechanic in tabletop RPGs. Discuss. #TTRPG #TabletopRPG #GameDesign

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Spell: SHADOW REBIRTH Life ends. The shadow does not. You sacrifice a small living creature. The body dies. Its shadow rises — ink-winged, ember-eyed, bound to you. It is not a companion. It is what remains. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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Joy Makes Monsters @horrorartistjoy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Please help us hit 10 followers today! We're so close and it really helps people to see us when we launch. #ttrpg #5e #daggerheart #daggerbrew #kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Coming soon: Pantheon of Fears - an Indie Cosmic Horror Daggerbrew

Survive the Horrors from beyond the realms, or risk becoming one yourself.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

MEMORY OF THE ROOM spell overview A vivid echo of the most emotionally intense event that occurred here within the past year. Symbolic. Fragmented. Brief You do not control what you see. Not the most dramatic moment. The most emotionally intense. Not always the same thing. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A good first adventure should teach the game without feeling like a tutorial. Putting long hours into the starter adventure this weekend — making sure it showcases social scenes, investigation, combat, and difficult choices. #Fatesong #TTRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I've been building a TTRPG for two years because I was sick of spell slots telling me I couldn't be the character I wanted to be at the wrong moment. First post on what I did about it. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/fatesong...

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Ancestry: The Umbra Mar They have no bones. They can squeeze through any opening large enough for their beak. To get a full night's rest, they need to sleep with their head submerged in saltwater. Every inn they've ever stayed in has had a negotiation. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

One thing I'm trying to avoid in Fatesong: Systems that turn roleplay scenes into board games. Curious where people fall on this. Do you prefer structured social mechanics or mostly freeform roleplay? #TTRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Working on Fatesong's first adventure 'Everyone in Duncraig is Lying...' today. Tightening the read-alouds so they hit hard without dragging. Goal: a new GN reads it once, flips back to page one, and runs with ~5 minutes prep. Fast to learn. Easy to run. Still FULL of teeth.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Ancestry: MYCELIA Mycelia are sentient fungal colonies that inhabit corpses. Some look like blooming things — strange and almost beautiful. Others look like what they are. If they die, their spores can find another body and start again. A new person, with fragments of the old one. #Fatesong

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

One of the stranger things about Fatesong: Any character can attempt to cast any spell. A farmer could try to summon fire. A soldier could attempt a binding ritual. Magic isn’t restricted. But like all power in Fatesong, it comes with a cost.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Dev Log: Currently polishing the Regroup system. It’s the mechanic that controls pacing between fights. Trying to make sure it creates tension by requiring something more than just time. Check out an overview of how practitioners of the Dark Arts regroup below. #Fatesong #TTRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

OATHFLAME - Spell Overview Two willing creatures clasp hands and speak a vow aloud. A small flame kindles in the caster's palm, detaches, and hovers nearby. It produces no heat. If either oath-sworn creature knowingly breaks the vow, the flame extinguishes instantly.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Three questions about magic in Fatesong. Magic should feel powerful, strange, and a little dangerous. #Fatesong #TTRPG #FantasyMagic

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Graham Walmsley 🎲 @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I'll launch the Kickstarter for Play Unsafe, my book about how to play TTRPGs, tomorrow. It'll be a short, sharp, two-week campaign. I'd really appreciate your help in spreading the word. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra... #kickstarter #ttrpg

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Coming soon: Play Unsafe

An all-new edition of Graham Walmsley's classic book about playing tabletop roleplaying games.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In Fatesong, legendary heroes are not chosen. They are simply the last ones still standing. #Fatesong #FantasyRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Three quick questions about characters in Fatesong. Who you are matters. How you became that person matters more. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

HOLLOW RELIQUARY Spell Overview - Dark Arts II You create a temporary hollow inside your own body. An object up to Small size goes in. The wound closes over. To retrieve it, you reopen the seam with a deliberate action. This is not illusion. This is anatomy rewritten. #Fatesong #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Why should I care about Fatesong? Because too many RPGs make you choose between elegance and depth. Fatesong is trying very hard not to. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

What kind of fantasy is Fatesong? Not bright heroic fantasy. Not empty grimdark. Fatesong begins low, hard, and mortal — then climbs, slowly, into myth. Do you prefer fantasy that starts fragile, or fantasy that starts powerful? #Fatesong #TTRPG #FantasyRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

What is Fatesong? Most fantasy games ask who your hero is. Fatesong asks what it costs to become one. #Fatesong #TTRPG #IndieRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The Philosophy of Fatesong Most fantasy RPGs eventually become about power. Fatesong becomes about what power costs. You start fragile. You end mythic. But every step forward leaves marks. Heroism isn’t free. #Fatesong #TTRPG

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Fatesong runs on a simple 2d6 system. Instead of piles of modifiers, the game uses two modifying states: Flow — when things go your way. Faltering — when they don’t. The goal: fast play, clear stakes, and mechanics that reward narrative thinking.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Characters in Fatesong are defined by Disciplines. Part class, part profession, part skillset. Disciplines shape how a character fights, solves problems, and navigates the world — encouraging creative roleplay instead of rigid builds.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Fatesong is designed to be easy to learn but deep to master. Few modifiers. Meaningful choices. Roleplay and narrative positioning matter more than stacking bonuses. It’s also setting-agnostic — built to support any world or story you want to tell.

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FATESONG RPG @fatesongrpg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Fatesong is a narrative-focused heroic fantasy TTRPG. It begins brutal and grounded, where every wound matters. But as characters grow, their legends grow with them. By the end, heroes shape kingdoms and challenge myth.

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