Malleus Deum is a fantasy pen and paper, tabletop, role-playing game (RPG). It is the authors intention that you should be able to modify, rebuild and or push changes you make to the rules. However, currently the document build is a little complex. I suggest that you only try and edit the documents directly if you have a good understanding of Python/Latex and Xml.
The aim is for a game that's lightish on the mechanics, think 13th age, and has a milleau/feel somewhere between Dnd, War Hammer Fantasy RPG, and Pulp Call of Cthulhu circa 14C.
This is a work in progress.. Check out build/phb.pdf for the players handbook, build/gmg.pdf for the Game Masters Guide.. and see build/archetypes.pdf for a list of the archetypes (that's a class+race).
Currently running two campaigns of this game. It plays pretty well but the balance needs some tweaking, and the archetypes only go to level 1 at the moment. There's quite a bit of rubbish floating around from my campaigns. Just ignore it. Someday it will get made into modules or thrown away.
Attempting to make this all licensed CC-by-A. All the text should be CC-by-A. The images are on a range of different free licenses.. from public domain to various less free CC licenses. There's information about them in the resources sub dirs. If you want to grab parts of this for your own game please feel free to do so. If you have feedback or would like to help I'd love to hear from you.
- Install git.
- git clone https://github.com/dementedhedgehog/malleus_deum.git
- Install xelatex.
- ./publish
Probably doesn't work without problems .. but it has done in the past.
- Install Python 3.+
- Install MikTek
- Update MikTek as administrator.
- Install git.
- publish.bat
- The sla docs are edited using Scribus.
- The svg ones are edited using Inkscape.