Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells - Complete RPG in Draft Text

Limited Edition cover artwork by Dan Ramos

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells IndieGoGo campaign ended about a month ago. It was my first crowdfunding campaign by my own (we made one for the Brazilian version of Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells to pay for a print run and some other stuff), and so far I am really happy with it (even though the currency exchange is quite bad for me, as I receive less for the dollar than I pay for it).

Anyway, one of the last goals of the project was to release a artless version of the game for free too, to make the game more accessible and easy to use. So why not share the current draft of the rules here too with character sheets to go with it. This way you all can play the game while we wait for it to be ready!

So grab the complete Draft Text of Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells RPG here! It takes some time to load all the content, but it's worth it, I promise you!

Grab the Character Sheets here, and here!

If you don’t know what exactly Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells is, check out the projects page here.

And if you are wondering if the project is moving along, it is! Artists are showing me their sketches, the editor is working on the last half of the draft, I am making my own art (have done 10 full pages and plan to do at least 3 more and other small pieces) and I’ve enlisted another graphic designer to help me with the lay out phase once we get there! Below is one of the latest sketches sent me by Dan Ramos, the artist who created the Limited Edition Hardcover cover image! This one is for the combat chapter!

Dan Ramos latest Sketch

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