ACKS Player's Companion (1e)
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The Player's Companion is the first expansion for the Adventurer Conqueror King System (ACKS) and an invaluable resource for players and Judges of the original fantasy role-playing game and its retro-clones. With this book you can do the following:
- Expand your campaigns with 19 new character classes¸ including the anti-paladin¸ barbarian¸ dwarven delver¸ dwarven fury¸ dwarven machinist¸ elven courtier¸ elven enchanter¸ elven ranger¸ gnomish trickster¸ mystic¸ Nobiran wonderworker¸ paladin¸ priestess¸ shaman¸ Thrassian gladiator¸ venturer¸ warlock¸ witch¸ and Zaharan ruinguard.
- Quickly create vivid characters using 248 templates featuring pre-selected prociencies¸ spells¸ and equipment options. Eight archetypes are presented for every class in the ACKS core rules and the Player's Companion; customize your barbarian to be a Berserker or a Sea Rover¸ or let the dice choose!
- Make your own character classes using a balanced point-based system 100% compatible with every class in the ACKS core rules and the Player's Companion. Achieve your own perfect blend of fighting¸ thievery¸ divine grace¸ and magical power!
- Bring wonder to your game world with a dynamic spell system. Invent your own new spells during play with advanced magic research rules that allow your characters to experiment¸ make breakthroughs¸ and suffer side effects. Comprehensive guidelines let Judges determine what level a proposed spell will be and gauge its balance with all existing spells.
- Expand the options available to new characters as well as old with new equipment and proficiencies.
If you like ACKS¸ be sure to check out Adventurer Conqueror King System Imperial Imprint¸ the revised and expanded edition of ACKS¸ crowdfunding now at Kickstarter.
Please note that the interior of the book is black and white. We offer it for sale as standard color because color printing offers richer¸ deeper¸ blacks on better paper.
