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Sworn by Ghostlight: The Ebon Wood Effigies

A solo RPG based on Ironsworn. Find a serial killer in a Victorian inspired city beneath a moon that bleeds Ghostlight. · By Yuigaron

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A topic by Yuigaron created Jun 25, 2022 Views: 443 Replies: 4
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Each case of Sworn by Ghostlight is different. All of you will have different stories to tell. I would love to hear a breakdown of each and every case, whether you solved it or not!

The corpse of a ghost named Victor Treble has been found behind the Blaze Theatre, which is strange, because no ghost had ever left a corpse before this case. 

I'm only a few, very short, sessions in, but I'm already loving this game. I'm a big Ironsworn fan but wasn't really expecting the victoriana theme to gel for me, especially from just one page. But I've already got a combatative relationship with the sergeant, a crime boss to pay a visit and a hatred the mortitian, who's a ghoul. 

There's just enough information for me to get my teeth into it, while still having tonnes of room to be creative. I'm finding myself jumping to conclusions just because they're fun. 

So glad I decided to give this a go. This will be a game I keep in my journal so I always have something fun to play!

Developer

This brings me so much joy. Your case seems off to a very interesting start, and I'm loving the ghoul mortician!

I'm glad you're enjoying the setting. Squeezing quite as much flavour into the compacted format as possible was a challenge, so I'm glad people are able to springboard off it with such unique ideas.

"This will be a game I keep in my journal so I always have something fun to play!" - Thank you, really. This means so much.

I've got this game in a bundle, and I've really enjoyed it! Thanks. My case was relatively quick, the playthrough took only 1 hour total.

In my game, a young and very ambitious Occult Detective Harriette Johnson has solved the case of ebon wood effigies. The criminal was the grand master of the Mages' Guild named Oscar, who was performing illegal rituals, and the people killed were either his rivals or accidental witnesses. The effigies was an attempt to scare people into not crossing his path.

Although the case was very stressful for Harriette: at one time she herself became Oscar's target, and only her skill of hiding helped her to stay alive.

Developer

I'm so happy you enjoyed your time with it. I do genuinely love seeing how differently each case evolves. I don't think any two cases that I've been told about have been all that similar.

Thank you for taking the time to tell me!