Calculating Defense
It’s one of those challenges. While all the books come with the details of your antagonists laid out, you still feel the need to wonder […]
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Deep Connections
Those more used to games that service party building through mechanical reward or for which association comes through engineering selection, assigning members of the group […]
A Symbaroum Of Your Own
Run your game with confidence. If nothing else, you should come at it with a certainty that belies any self-doubt you might have about the […]
Herbal Cures
Alchemists and masters of herbal arts prepare cures to many and varied recipes, none ever alike. All come in the form of a soft, moist […]
Symbaroum Kickstarter One-Shot
In the throat of the northern pass out of the Titans, the first semblance of Ambrian civilisation stands guard – Camp Titan. Once a small […]
Words of Power
Information can be everything and nothing, depending on how you look at it. Perhaps, in some unintentional way, the use of the word Cunning is […]
Starting in The Promised Land
You might have noticed that the prolific Järnringen team has got a new Kickstarter up and running, to translate the third chapter in the Throne […]
The Iron Pact – 30 Questions
This month for the last two years I have participated in the A-to-Z Challenge, but that hasn’t been possible this year because of other demands […]
Narrow PDF Character Sheet
After spotting a request on Reddit for a blank version of the narrow Symbaroum nature sheet, I have created a basic form fill PDF of […]
The Sleepless Path and The Monster Codex
A couple of brief updates, with no new articles here until March. The Sleepless Path Released As mentioned earlier this month, you can now access […]
The Sleepless Path – Revised
As promised, this release of The Sleepless Path formats and expands on the original material – including extra details on the Sleepless, the Posts, a […]
Ultimate Guard Flip’n’Tray
To be clear, I have no connection to Ultimate Guard – other than gawping at the size of their stand at Spiel the last two […]
On The Road
The Mountain Pass provides the potential for a week long journey, while The Promised Land adventure feels a lot shorter – indeed, half of the events […]
Davokar in minimald6
I find that tinkering with ideas can be a wellspring for creative thought, so I read the short text of Thronelands with interest. And then […]
Trust in a Promised Land
Introductory adventure The Promised Land, from the Core Book, offers an interesting opportunity to deal with the themes and environment that make up Symbaroum’s world. […]
Experience Points
You won’t get your players to spend their experience on anything during a session if it isn’t burning a hole in the table right in […]
Flavorful Character Sheet
I have added a new A4 landscape character sheet with a nice thematic look for the Symbaroum game, in a sort of grubby black-white style. […]
The Iron Pact ‘To-Do’ List
As touched upon in this when chatting with The Iron Pact Patrons late last year, I’m open to ideas on where to go with future posts […]
The Unseen Sanctuary: Part 1
The Church of Prios is not without hope that the sickness that grips Ambria can be cured. The zealous may insist that all corruption must […]
Resources Gifted and Given
As ever, I’m always on the look out for useful resources that will ease your preparation or gaming in the world of Symbaroum. With that […]
More Monstrous Boons
When the Monster Codex arrives in the middle of next year, Symbaroum will have more than enough beasts and monsters on offer to throw at […]
News from The Iron Pact
The Iron Pact now has a newsletter feature, which you can sign up to for updates on new articles, events, random thoughts (that might not […]
Don’t Mention the Ducks
The Andrik are coming. Having passed the 800,000 SEK mark, on the Monster Codex Kickstarter, you have now let loose the ducks of war upon […]
The Monster Codex
If you have been out treasure-seeking in the depths of Davokar or knee-deep in the festering antiquities of a Symbaroum dungeon, you might have missed […]
The Taint of Corruption – part 4
The Advanced Player’s Guide introduces further Mystical Traditions to lend further depth and variety to the study of the arcane in Symbaroum. The continuation of […]
Updated Character Sheet
Firstly, if you haven’t been there and joined up, the official English language web form for Symbaroum, on Reddit, has a lot of interesting discussions […]
The Taint of Corruption – part 3
The treatise on matters of corruption and the debilitating burden of the magic arts continues, with an account of Independent Mystics and the lingering malignancy […]
