Ten Thousand Worlds - A Creative Commons Licensed RPG

Enough For Ten Thousand Stories

Welcome to a growing collection of resources for Ten Thousand Worlds, a game that lets you and your friends exercise your creativity and imagination as you work together to experience stories in the great tradition of heroic fiction —stories that you create yourselves. Here you’ll find characters, gear, and entire worlds of ideas to use in your stories. If you are unfamiliar with this game, or with the idea of an RPGRole Playing Game, begin with Ten Thousand Worlds itself.

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Ten Thousand Worlds

Version 1.03, June 2016

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Arsenal

Version 2.0, November 2018

Excerpt:

…both the blade and handle will change length to make this weapon the equal of a long knife, swords of various sizes, or a 3 m (10 ft) pole arm, all the while remaining nearly weightless and perfectly balanced…

Rakshasas

Version 2.0, June 2018

Excerpt:

…Even those depicted in the artworks of other species have all been replaced by blank spaces on canvases, gaps in bas-reliefs, and empty lines in songs. Just about everyone on Haven is certain the Rakshasas went extinct during the same magical catastrophe that gave rise to the White Waste.

Wakyambi

Version 2.0, April 2018

Excerpt:

A warrior who attains vita ngoma ya akili (battle dance mind) is aware of the flow of an entire battle at the same time she notices one minute flaw in an opponent’s defenses, and can anticipate attacks split seconds before they hit.

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Lyra

Version 1.0, June 2012

Excerpt:

The worst thing an opponent can do when facing Concordia is give her time to prepare for a fight. With even one turn to spare, Lyra will start casting her best spells on herself.

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Enough For Ten Thousand Stories

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