Some jobs are too dangerous to give to humans or require more precision than humans can handle. For those instances, the Company supplies synthetic technicians.
Bishop: “I prefer the term ‘Artificial Person’ myself.”
Enjoy!
Author Archives: Thor Olavsrud
Special Contractors
Sometimes the Company needs to bring in a little something extra. That’s when it turns to special contractors.
Johner: “I’m not the mechanic here, Ironsides! I mostly just hurt people!”
Enjoy!
Torchbearer Cheat Sheet
Check out this sweet cheat sheet created by Oliver Granger to help Torchbearer players and GMs figure out what to roll and when.
The Hand of the Pit
In the days of old, a giant demon hand clawed its way up from the Pit to the mine of Whelcrag, scattering gleaming gold spoor in its wake. A man-eating ogre works for the Hand, bringing it souls to feed its demonic hunger! Will you dare the haunted mine?
Riddled with mind-bending illustrations, The Hand of the Pit, by writer and illustrator Todd James, is a new, 2nd level adventure for Torchbearer. You can download a PDF of the adventure for just $5!
May the Fourth Be with You
Jared Sorensen has unveiled his new Astral Knights class for Torchbearer. Will you walk the Path of Light, the Path of Darkness or seek the Narrow Path of Void and Balance?
Journey to La Torre de la Vieja Guarnición
Exciting news for Spanish-speaking Torchbearer fans! Hugo Gil has just released a new Spanish-language Torchbearer adventure, B1 La Torre de la Vieja Guarnición, under the Torchbearer Dungeoneers & Dragonslayers license. That means it’s free!
Torchbearer Sagas: Denizens of the Dark
Torchbearer Sagas: Denizens of the Dark by Jared Sorensen with illustrations by Todd James
Just in time for Halloween comes Jared Sorensen’s latest Torchbearer Sagas supplement, Denizens of the Dark! Death knights, goblins, witches and more are playable characters found within the 30 ghoulish pages, along with new monsters in the form of the Vampire Lord and its bloodsucking minions. All illustrated by Todd James.
Happy Halloween!
Digital Torchbearer Tools
Do you play with a laptop or tablet at the table? Check out these cool digital tools from Sean Winslow. You can generate camp events, town events and loot with the click of a button!
Do You Have an Idea for a Torchbearer Adventure? Want Us to Publish It?
Well met, adventurers; especially all you bards out there!
BWHQ wants to commission exciting, dungeon-based fantasy adventures for the Torchbearer RPG. Luke and Thor will commission their favorite pitch for publication as a PDF. We will work with the author in an editorial capacity to develop the adventure and edit the text, and we will commission art for the adventure, including a pretty map. And we will pay you for your work.
All you have to do is fill out this form to enter!
What are we looking for?
- The concept for the adventure
- Some background on the dungeon
- One or more hooks
- Your vision of the adventure’s climax
- A rough map of 10-15 areas
Feel free to e-mail submissions@burningwheel.com with any questions or comments!
Would You Pay the Terrible Price?
If you’re playing Torchbearer, characters are almost certainly going to die. That’s the nature of the beast. But what then? By default, you start a new character at level 1. I’m a fan of that myself.
But there are alternatives!
Some of you have managed to raise your characters to level 5 or even higher. And some of you have met an untimely end in bad circumstances. After playtesting this a bit on our end, we wanted to give you a view into how we view death at Burning Wheel HQ. Behold:
Playtest rules for meeting death in Torchbearer.
Good luck. And remember, death is often a mercy.