Welcome

Welcome to the Playtest Draft rules of the Maiden-Heretic TTRPG. This game accompanies my growing webnovel, Maiden-Heretic of Laclathan (https://canonicity.org/works/TMHOL). More broadly, this game allows players to form parties of many species from throughout Project Canonicity, and to encounter all sorts of beings, conflicts, tools, and wonders  from it.

Gamewise, is is a fairly traditional TTRPG using a D20-based system. The core mechanic is heavily influenced by Target 20 (https://www.oedgames.com/target20/), a mathematical compression of early editions of what we're stupidly compelled to call by an epithet like "the world's most well-known fantasy RPG" that preserves all of its variation.

To this we add fractal hexmap exploration that allows persistent space and surface excursions with nearly the same rules. Template-based orbital mechanics and a simple way to organize surface maps based on hex facings on their space template add possibilities with minimal bookeeping.  Scales from palm-sized to kilometers across are handled by orders of magnitude. In short, a decent basic weapon does around 1d8 damage whether a human or combat starship's firing, but hits between scales involve adding or taking away zeroes.

That being said, this is a very early draft based on a lot of cobbled-together notes across some years of experimentation. It can and will change drastically. At some point I may begin hosting games outside of my apartment, but all in good time.

- Ariadne