Capitan Alatriste
A Spanish-language gritty swashbuckling RPG¸ adapting the popular series of novels by Spanish writer Arturo Perez-Reverte. The full title is El Juego de Rol del Capitan Alatriste (The Captain Alatriste Roleplaying Game). The novels are set in Madrid in the first half of the 17th century¸ during the reign of Phillip IV Hapsburg. Action resolution is by roll under skill or attribute on 3d6¸ with difficulty expressed by fixing dice to 1 or 6. Character creation is both point-bought and class-based¸ with thirteen classes: Artist¸ Adventurer¸ Bandit¸ Priest¸ Comedian¸ Courtier¸ Handmaiden¸ Inquisitor¸ Medic¸ Rogue¸ Soldier¸ Braggart (Thug)¸ and Woman of Mystery. It includes a detailed system for combat¸ with hit location and various maneuvers. - A description fromdarkshire.netwith kind permission of John H. Kim