Sworn by Ghostlight: The Ebon Wood Effigies
Second Case Now Available
Sworn by Ghostlight is a GM-less game intended for solo play - or co-op with two investigators - over one to two sessions. It is designed to be printed as a tri-fold pamphlet TRPG. All you need for play is a six-sided dice, 2 ten-sided dice, and some pen & paper.
You play an Occult Detective in the haunted, Victorian-London inspired city of Mónaþstone, where the moon's cracked surface bleeds Ghostlight onto the world, festering as ghosts, necromancy, and undeath.
Investigate locations & clues. Interrogate suspects & witnesses. Fend off assailants. Solve the investigation and close the case.
The culprit - their motive, means, & opportunity - are not predetermined in a Sworn by Ghostlight game. Rather, the clues you gather help you to envision them. When you feel you have all the information you need, make the final reveal & close the case.
But, will you catch the real culprit, or is there more to the case? Are they out there still, even now? Play to find out.
Sworn by Ghostlight is played using simplified rules from the Ironsworn RPG System. Every game of Sworn by Ghostlight is unique to your version of events.
May Ghostlight guide your path.
Players: solo, or co-op
Playtime: 1-2 hours
This work is based on Ironsworn (found at www.ironswornrpg.com), created by Shawn Tomkin, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Character Sheet available on the VTT Fari App.
Actual Plays & Articles
Sworn by Ghostlight was featured in an article on Dicebreaker.
Eric of Drakonspyre Gaming
Eric takes on the role of Det. Tiberius R. Remus in this Actual Play Fiction written as a series of Case Notes during the investigation of the Ebon Wood Effigy murders.
Inside the Table Podcast
The Mythos Mystery Society (Co-op AP)
N.D Chenard AKA Ghost Candle
Toorte TTRPG (French language AP)
GDR Unplugged (Italian language AP)
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Development log
- Small Updates, New FilesMay 19, 2023
- One YearMar 05, 2023
- Updates and Digital FileMar 09, 2022
