A downloadable 2nd ed. compatible OSR

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Beware, adventurer! Between your hands, you hold a tome from an era of great danger and courageous deeds. A time when heroes and heroines wielded swords and staves with their wits as well as their arms, fighting the whims of destiny.

Rites of Transmutation (RoT) is an adventure roleplaying game of folk heroes facing the threats of a world filled with dark places and ancient secrets, of alien watchers and lost realms beyond the veil of magic.

RoT emphasizes direct interaction with the fictional world and highlights conversation and narration as the main mechanic, saving numbers and dice rolls to an auxiliary role. You won't find perception rolls or insight checks inside this book.

RoT is also fully compatible -out of the box or the PDF- with all the material from the 1989 - 1999 period of a certain dungeon game, so you have plenty of material to borrow from.

Looking for other adventures for Rites of Transmutation? Check out our own Donjon-vania!

Character Sheets are available in English and Spanish, both as clear printable and fillable PDF. The fillable version will calculate your character's Value-to-Hit automatically! (These sheets were made by the awesome Juan Santapau)

This game is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0.  This means you can remix, transform, and build upon this text for any purpose, even commercially.

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

Rites of Transmutation (Final Electronic Opt).pdf 59 MB
(ES) Ritos de Transmutación (PDF Final Opt).pdf 59 MB
EN - Fillable Character Sheet.pdf 818 kB
EN - Printable Character Sheet.pdf 805 kB
ES - Hoja de Personaje Rellenable.pdf 821 kB
ES - Hoja de Personaje Imprimible.pdf 806 kB

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You still planning on making and releasing a second edition of this game like you emailed me about awhile back?  Just curious to know since the game was down at the time of the email.

Hi! Yes, although it might be a long time before it's done, I have to finish other projects before that.

Question, are there any rules for skill checks in the game?  I can't seem to find any in the book.

Hi! There are no skill checks in this game, just the Referee adjudication based on how you approach a challenge. The chapter on "Adjudicating Outcomes" has some guidelines on this topic.

Okay, one more thing, where do we pick the upper level spells from?  I noticed the book only has level 1 spells available.

You can source them from any of the '80s and '90s rulesets, they are all broadly compatible.

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I'm running adventures for a middle school roleplaying club and they kept asking for adventures dealing with stuff from this era. Thought that edition might be hard for them, but this book and the wonderful character sheets makes it very easy. Thanks for making this!

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You can't imagine how happy this message makes me! :) I hope you and the kids have amazing adventures and future memories!

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I'm currently playing a 1998 TSR adventure with Rites of Transmutation. I like that sense of familiarity with what remains of the original system, that nostalgia I feel seeing those tables or words mixed with the agility of modern approaches. It's the best of both worlds. Highly recommended, whether you're a veteran adventurer or just taking your first steps. It is a fresh air of ancient times, of memories that remain and never leave us.

Thank you for your words!!! <3