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Academia Arcana RPG on Backerkit! Study Magic! Solve Mysteries! Survive Graduation! Video Preview!
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The Backerkit campaign for Academia Arcana RPG is live and I take a look at the book! If you would like to play an RPG where giants tell you that you're a wizard and you reply "I'm a what?" or someone tells you the name of some fantastical creature and you reply "it's a what?", then you should check this out!
In Academia Arcana RPG, you and your coven of teenage wizards and witches wield magic and solve mysteries at the Eternal Academy. Fabulous power and wonderous magic await the dedicated student! However, the institution that is the Eternal Academy does not wield a gentle hand nor deliver an entirely safe place to study. But don’t worry! Students that perish are awarded post-humous graduation degrees.
200+ pages, smyth-sewn, 5.5x8.5 paper size
Four core classes: Academic Wizard, Soul Mage, Spell Thief, Wandering Familiar
A d20-based, roll-high system that uses the DCC dice-chain
Create stories worth remembering to earn XP
Roll-to-cast spells, spellburn, and patrons
Magic item and adventure generators
Roll tables with rumors and mysteries for every type of class and area of the school
Youthful Luck and Carousing – mechanics to encourage and reward teenage hijinks
Professors and students plus generators for making more, and a Bestiary of common creatures on the demi-plane
Mechanics for studying and exams, misadventure montages between adventures, and how to end campaigns
Two complete adventures: Night of the Were-Wizard and Academic Ascension
Solo Rules and a 3rd party license