Blade and Lockpick

Blade & Lockpick is a role playing engine written with the following goals: To present a group-oriented resolution system where the party act as a group, not a collection of individuals. To provide a universal resolution system that could handle combat, mountaineering and research projects equally well. To allow an interesting game where one player can easily handle a group of characters. --- The dice-pool based system allows a group of characters to pool their skills, abilities and talents against an obstacle or foe and accounts for things like: * Large monsters * Deception and situational advantages * Magic * Character skills, raw abilities, masteries and unusual talents and much more. --- Fast. A complex battle with 4-6 characters on each side can be resolved in minutes instead of an hour, and without being a simple all-or-nothing outcome either. --- No game engine would be complete without a character creation system. In fact, we offer three ways to build interesting, fun characters, neither of which will take more than 5 minutes per character.  --- Several systems for improving characters over time, including by experience points, narratively or through a Milestone system, ideally suited for story-driven campaigns. --- What if you can't decide what to play? We offer a tool to roll up a random campaign pitch. Ever thought about doing a Low Fantasy light\-hearted Heist adventure?  --- Lastly, you get a collection of solo-gaming tools, including an "Oracle" to answer game questions, random event systems, a table for determining the actions of your rivals and enemies and a "Between scenes" system for foiling your best laid plans. --- Rather than being a game that can also be used for solo adventures, *Blade & Lockpick* was written specifically with the needs, concerns and difficulties of the solo gamer in mind. It is also perfectly suited for those who like to play with a single player and a GM, but who would like to control a group of characters. Lastly, you can use the system with a conventional gaming group interested in a more group-driven, narrative approach to gaming.