Kaiserschlacht Playtest

The World At War, as it is in every timeline.

In an alternate timeline, the first World War occurred under different circumstances. The sides taken and parties involved remains mostly the same, save for the mechanical monstrosities which chug diesel and the black magic which flows in the Royal Blood.

Kaiserschlact is a game which takes place on and after the Black Day, August 8th 1918.  A crooked bout of Dark Magic causes a weather phenomenon known currently as The Storm. The dead began to walk again, and wrecked machines thundered to life thirsting for human blood. 

This is a game about surviving.

You start as an unremarkable squad of soldiers, and though you may learn neat tips and tricks, you are always one combat away from sudden and painful death.  And the dead do not stay dead on the western front anymore. 

Teamwork is the only way to survive.

With player facing rolls and choosing your own place in initiative, combat boils down to a choice at every turn. Choices that only get harder with each new foe faced and each new ability gained. 

The Features in the final version:

-Seven playable archetypes inspired by soldiers in film and media. The hopeful Chaplain, the hardy Blackjacket, the bright eyed Volunteer, and more to come.

-100 full statted non-player characters across 5 factions squabbling for power in the wasteland of the western front.

-A snappy combat system that resolves all aspects of a roll at once, no asking for AC before you get to roll for damage. 

-A veritable armory of weapons to dispatch the horrors crawling forth from the mustard gas.

Note: This is a playtest version of the game. Though the core mechanics are finished, we have no art (as we refuse to use AI art and want to pay an artist a worthy commission for the effort). We will slowly roll out the archetypes and their abilities with further playtests. This playtest functions as a proof of concept to test the dice and combat mechanics. 

If you have read over the full Playtest and/or played through it, we would love to hear your opinions! Here is the form: https://forms.gle/cED6L4CuPYF1FXcV8

We also have an official system for Foundry VTT in active development. It can be found inside the Foundry VTT systems browser, or at https://github.com/mokonsky/Kaiserschlacht