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“Twilight falls.
The goblin Fenya sounded calm, despite the flock of violings that swarmed eagerly around them
– the nasty birds could predict bloodshed, they all knew that. Kvarek felt the sweat on his palms threaten
his grip on the spear and shouted over his shoulder: “Magdala, faster!” The witch didn’t answer, lost
as she was to the sinister harmonies of the ritual, her hands caressing the pillar’s grim stone face.
A loud rumbling echoed through the ruin, as if some giant creature had awoken and stood up
from under layer upon layer of stone and soil. “The witch said that the abominations come out at
night,” the goblin muttered. Kvarek’s knuckles whitened as he tightened the grip: “No, only that they
are hungriest after dark. They are not afraid of the evening sun, and not of …” He was cut short by
Magdala’s hoarse voice: “The pillar has answered. I know where the mausoleum is.”
Then, out of the ruins, the Blight Beast came at them, massive and roaring. Its claws scraped the
rocky ground, scouring out deep sores oozing pure corruption, leaving drops of black, mercury-like
mildew on moss and stones in its wake.
"We cannot escape this,” said Fenya. Magdala nodded agreement. “Well then,” Kvarek sighed,
“this is where we make our stand, for the right to the treasures of Symbaroum.”
Davokar darkens.”
Core rulebook
Symbaroum inviteS you to join in the adventure!
Explore the vast Forest of Davokar in the
hunt for treasures, lost wisdoms and fame. Visit the barbarian clans to trade or to plunder their
treasuries. Establish a base of power among princes, guilds or rebellious refugees in the capital
city of Yndaros. Or survive encounters with Arch Trolls, dark-minded Blight Beasts and undead
warlords. But whatever you do, never ignore the warnings spoken by the wardens of the forest:
tread carefully and do not disturb the ruins of old, for the dark deep of Davokar is about to awaken.
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A fast-paced and flexible rule-set for creating player
characters and acting in the game world.
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5 playable races and 3 archetypes, divided into
15 occupations, as a basis for character creation.
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35 abilities, 25 mystical powers, 33 rituals and a
large number of weapons and armors to make each
character unique.
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Detailed guidelines for how to create adventures;
38 monsters and adversaries, and 19 monstrous traits
to arm the characters’ enemies with.
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More than 50 pages describing the game world’s
history, geography and cultures, focusing on four
particular settings: the Forest of Davokar, the fortune
hunter’s town of Thistle Hold, the Ambrian capital
Yndaros and the cliff of Karvosti where the barbarian
clans convene.
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Symbaroum is a complete roleplaying game;
all you need to play is paper, pen and a dice set.
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This roleplaying game is suitable for all adventurous
humans, goblins and
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Core Rulebook
“In the ruins of Symbaroum a dream sight revealed
a well, a cauldron, a sinkhole.
Out of its depth a blightling came sidling,
filth forged in flesh, cruelty carved in bone,
a decoction of the World Serpent’s marrow.
The blight beast ogled me hungrily
and in its burning eyes I saw the death of all.”
A dream come true
Järnringen released its first
tabletop roleplaying
game around Christmas of 2001. That game,
Mutant:
Undergångens Arvtagare,
became a stepping stone for
the entire team, taking us from jobs in health care,
journalism, entrepreneurship or research into careers
as writers, artists, producers and high level business
managers. Not all team members ended up working with
games (although 5 of 8 did, full time or as contractors
in the game industry), but we all learned tons from the
experience and grew a couple of inches each, as persons
and as professionals.
In 2013, three of the original Järnringen members
teamed up with two new talents to realize a dream,
namely to produce the TRPG we always had longed to
write, illustrate, design and also to play. The Swedish
version of
Symbaroum
launched 15 months ago and with
this international edition we are taking our dream
out into the world. Our hopes are high. We hope to
learn (level up) even more. We hope that the content
of this book shows how much we love to work with
roleplaying games in general, and with
Symbaroum
in particular. But most of all we hope that we’ll get to
explore the fate of Ambria and Davokar for many years
to come and that you are willing to tag along for the
ride. Because no matter if the journey takes us by boat
on the glittering surface of River Doudram, by caravan
over Ambria’s fertile soils or by foot along the winding
paths of Davokar, one thing is beyond doubt:
Now we are going to enjoy ourselves. Royally!
Järnringen:
Martin Bergström, Mattias Johnsson,
Anders Lekberg, Mattias Lilja, Johan Nohr
construction:
Mattias Johnsson
Mattias Lilja
Tobias Tranell
Johan Nohr
MaPs:
graPhic design:
Johan Nohr
Proof reading:
Dan McGirt
John Marron
Lars G Bäckström
Martin Bergström
illustrations:
a very sPecial thanks to:
Jocke Bergström, Christer Bermar, Ingo Beyer, Sophia Brandt, Lars G Bäckström,
Claus Bo Christensen, Brett Easterbrook, Martin Englund , Henrik Falk, Mattiaz
Fredriksson, Harry J J Gardner, Aline Gladh, Ulrika Haake, Robert Hagström,
Tomas Härenstam, Isabel Kaiser, Inga Lekberg, Magnus Lekberg, Robin Ljung,
Dennis Lodin, Andreas Marklund, John Marron, Sofie Nohr, Johan Normark,
Kina Nyman, Tobias Ohls, Brett Rosenberg, Christian Sabe, Cato Vandrare,
Patrik Wenner and our friends over at Rollspel.nu
Play testers:
Anders Agdahl, Einar Axelsson, Arvid Axelsson, Jonas Bengtsson, Daniel Björk, Jörgen
Björklund, Calle Bromark, Christer Edling, Max Ehrenström, Tinah Ekwall, Simon
Engqvist, Viktor Eriksson, Alexander Fahlander, Christoffer Fahlgren, Claes Florvik,
Niklas Fällman, Karl Gustafsson, Tomas Härenstam, Johannes Hörnberg, Andreas
Johansson, John Jonsson, Shams Jorjani, Martin Kallin, Dan Kallin, Petra Kallin, Nils
Karlén, Max Knutas, Kosta Kostulas, Fredrik Lifvendahl, Anders Lindahl, Adam
Lundgren, Simon Lundmark, Emil Marklund, Hampus Meijer, Magnus Muhr, Rickard
Nilsson, Terje Nordin, André Nordin, Tobias Olofsson, Michael Patocka, Simon
Perstrand, Linus Råde, Johan W Sandgren, Sebastian Sandman, Mattias Söderberg,
Erik Spett, Josefin Stenlund, Victoria Österstrand, Patrik Svensson, Marcus
Vesterberg, Fredrik Wikberg, Linn Wikman, Frej Åhgren, Carl-Henrik Åkesson
978-91-87915-05-5
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