Armour Astir: Advent (PbtA)
 |
Armour Astir: Advent is a high-fantasy roleplaying game about striking back against an authority that seeks to control you.
It is a game of rival pilots clashing in steel-clad Astirs¸ of soldiers holding their own against the odds¸ and of spies and diplomats twisting the world to their ends. It is not a game of careful preparation or pleasant truces;
It's hard to change the world without taking a risk.
Armour Astir: Advent is a PBTA game where the players use their wits¸ expertise¸ and their huge magical mechs to fight back against an oppressive power. A love letter to mecha anime and fantasy fiction broadly¸ Armour Astir is designed to evoke the feel and pace of shows like Mobile Suit Gundam and Escaflowne in an accessible¸ narrative-focused format: without skimping out when it comes to the exciting action.
This is v1.5 of the game¸ featuring recent fixes and updates. Want to hear Armour Astir: Advent in play? Check out Friends At The Table¸ where it's featured in their recent actual play season Palisade.
Featuring:
- Four 'Channeler' playbooks - magical mecha pilots who stride into battle in a custom Astir
- Four 'Support' playbooks - the engineers¸ spies and diplomats whose skills lie off the battlefield
- Customised Astirs - players may pick from examples¸ or design their own mech as part of character creation
- Health/Harmless combat - players must force their opponents into a corner by making them take risks or putting them in peril
- Simple Factions & Conflict Turn - The Authority makes claims and gains hold on Factions who must block their efforts