Heirs of the Leviathan

Take your rightful place and succumb to your ambition as tragic Heirs of the Leviathan

Heirs of the Leviathan is a game of High Drama, where you play Heirs, the tragic inheritors of a fragmented realm. It uses a simple system that gives you both the freedom to tell tales of hubris and desolation, and the strong foundation to build a complicated web of intrigues.

The realm is seeing turbulent times, but most other things are undefined at the outset of a campaign. However, with Oracles and evocative names, Heirs of the Leviathan sets alight the bonfire of your own creativity!

Key Features:

• Unleash your inner schemer, in a world of intrigue and betrayal, perfect for backstabbing and political maneuvering.
• Seize the hand you are dealt, as you swiftly generate a unique Heir, and play them to the bloody hilt!
• Gradually establish the power relations of the realm, with the unique system for mapping Sources of Power.
• Dwell on the original interior artwork that sets the tone for your tragic fantasy campaign.
• Compatible with many moves from other Powered by the Apocalypse games.
• Perfect for panoramic play, where you move between places and Heirs with an ensemble set of characters.

The game comes with an intro for players who wish a little more guidance on how to run the game, as well as Shadows of the Ancient Citadel - a Realm Starter that will help you set up a classic low-fantasy world of vassals, rival empires, and dark things hidden away in towers. Each Realm Starter adds characters, impressions, a new class, and most importantly, hand-crafted Threats to challenge your players!

Who knows what you will find in the dark recesses of the realm, when you are Heirs of the Leviathan?

"There’s quite a lot I could say about this game. How it use minimalist but evocative prompts to fuel collective worldbuilding. How its character creation is quick, efficient, and yet makes highly memorable PCs at every turn. How it encourages you to revel in the disaster and desperation without resorting to tasteless misery and exploitation. How the eventual downfall of your characters feel not arbitrary but earned, the natural outcome of a long string of increasingly poor and increasingly dramatic decision, as is the due of any good political tragedy" - Augury Ignored

"Heirs Of Leviathan accomplishes so much in its small but mighty format that it is shocking. I came away with a great sense of fondness for a game that won me over in the first read." - Split/Party

“A smooth and easy to learn system that inspires amazing gameplay. Would play again” – Nicolai Just (playtester)

“I highly recommend this system for anyone who likes a political element to their roleplaying, people who can (and like to) act out in-universe conflicts between characters and who don’t mind not being the ‘hero’ of classic high fantasy. It was a blast!” – Zilas Bastrup (playtester)

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Remember to check out the Realm Starter Collection, and the free scenario Daemognosis

Heirs of the Leviathan © 2023 by Henrik Dithmer is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/