Pulp! Fantasy: Estia the Isle of Giants

By Brian Liberge

Pulp! Fantasy is the first line of products using the Pulp! RPG core rules engine. The core rules are exceptionally flexible and we’ll easily cover most genres. When showing it off to the world, we decided to use the most familiar for tabletop gamers.

Estia is a wild land filled with undiscovered creatures and hidden dangers. The given goal of this adventure is a simple one: acquire an artifact of the Old Ones for study. Players control powerful heroes from the very beginning, but death always lurks only a few bad rolls away. The players have the freedom to pursue their goals in any style they see fit: aggressive combat, silver-tongued diplomacy, or elaborate scheming. The Pulp! system supports these modes of play with ease, allowing you to switch from one of these tactics to another without stopping the scene to reference a separate set of rules.

Includes:

The Pulp! Core rules
Background on the Gamer Assembly's Shattered Seas World
Hooks for grabbing players
Instructions for Adventure Play and a Random Encounter mode using the Estia Card Deck
A preconstructed adventure "Remnants of the Old Gods"
A Bonus Bestiary

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brian Liberge
• Release date: Apr 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301575770

Brian Liberge

I’m a husband and father of one, living in Boston, MA. By day, I’m the world’s greatest Help Desk Technician and by night I’m the world’s greatest tabletop freelancer. Well, I’m shooting high anyway.

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Estia the Isle of Giants

Design & Development: Brian A Liberge

Editing: Jim White

Layout: Brian A Liberge

Cover Art: Theodore Kittelson

Shattered Seas Setting: The Gamer Assembly

GamerAssembly.net

Pulp! The RPG: Brian A Liberge

BeerStarGames.com

Playtesters: Brian A Liberge, Dan Curran, Seamus T. Coneely, Patrick Flaherty, Dave Foley, Matt Kern, Steve McIntosh, and Brandon McSweeney

Special Thanks to Caitlin, Emeline and theBoston Festival of Indie Games

Published by Beer Star Games at Smashwords

In Association with the Gamer Assembly

Copyright 2013

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE RULES

PLAYING THE GAME

ACTIONS

RECOVERY

MODIFIERS

DEFEAT

CHARACTER CREATION

NPCS

BACKGROUND

THE SHATTERED SEAS

ESTIA

THE HOOK

ADDITIONAL HOOKS

MODES OF PLAY

ADVENTURE: REMNANTS OF THE OLD GODS

GETTING STARTED

E1. STORM THE BEACH

E2. THE GIANTS OF ESTIA

E3. TREATING WITH THE LIZARDMAN CHIEF

E4. MALOKETH’S MOUNTIAN

E5. UNDER ESTIA

E6. THE LURKERS WHO DREAM

WRAPPING UP

PLAYER CHARACTERS

BESTIARY

ANIMATED STATUES

AHOKA, THE LURKERS WHO DREAM

ASHOKA THRALL

BOAR, GIANT

CENTIPEDE, SWARM

CROCODILE, GIANT

DEADWEED ZOMBIE

DEVIL, IMP

DEVIL, MINHOCAO

EAGLE, GIANT

LIZARDMAN HUNTER

LIZARDMAN HULK

LIZARDMAN ELDER CHIEF

MALOKETH, ELDER DRAGON

MINDSAP MILLIPEDE

PIRATE CREWMAN

PIRATE, CAPTAIN GLASSEYE GRAVES

SHADE

SKELETON

TROLL

VINESPAWN DROWNER

VINESPAWN MANEATER

WIZEL THE MAD

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Estia the Isle of Giants

Introduction

Estia the Isle of Giants is the premiere adventure for the Pulp! Role Playing Game. Pulp! is designed to facilitate fast, creative play. Players control powerful heroes from the very beginning, but death always lurks only a few bad rolls away. The system has come a long way since I first began working with the concept and you may notice influences from games like Dungeon World, Fate, and Marvel Heroic Roleplaying.

Estia is a wild land filled with undiscovered creatures and hidden dangers. The given goal of this adventure is a simple one: acquire an artifact of the Old Ones for study. The players have the freedom to pursue their goals in any style they see fit: aggressive combat, silver-tongued diplomacy, or elaborate scheming. The Pulp! system supports these