Feinnveigr

The mortals of Fainnveigr call you gods and have been doing so for long enough that you’re starting to believe it. The primordial magic that created you threatens them and their settlement, but you have been acting as its protectors for hundreds of years. You watched Fainnveigr grow from a collection of boats and temporary shelters by the sea to a bustling city filled with shrines and temples built in your honour. The mortals believe their city is safe, but threats are mounting from both sides of their walls. New gods are attracted to Fainnveigr and want to take your place, the primordial magic of the outlands threatens to demolish it, some mortals are seeking out the magic for themselves in an attempt to join your pantheon and others have been living in the safety you provide for so long that they are beginning to question if you are even necessary. Your job is to maintain your position despite all of this.

Welcome to the Pantheon

The Gods of Fainnveigr is an OSR compatible rules-light game of monster fighting, exploration, magic, and divinity. Players work to keep Fainnveigr safe from the primordial magic of the outlands and unrest coming from within the city while trying to maintain their divinity in a world that never intended for them to be gods.

Features

• Easy to Learn Rules: simple, memorable mechanics that feel familiar allowing you to focus more on the story you're telling
• Minimal Prep: 6 godly domains, 21 spells, 19 easily customizable monsters and 11 roll tables ready to be played
• OSR Compatibility: convert monsters from your favourite OSR bestiary to work with the setting.
• Solo-friendly Play: want Fainnveigr to be monotheistic? Playing a single god isn't enough for you? The roll tables in the back of the book can be used to run adventures for yourself.
• Multiple Formats: the game comes with full colour, bookmarked, PDFs of the 33pg zine as both pages and spreads as well as a plain text letter sized version in both PDF and Word documents.
• Printable Handouts: print your own hex maps and character sheets at home

Content Warnings

The Gods of Fainnveigr contains themes of adverse weather, animal attacks, being buried alive, being eaten alive, the destruction of a city, drug use, mind control, religion, religious upheaval, undead, and violence.

You Will Need

• A standard deck of playing cards
• A full set of polyhedral dice
• Printed copies of the rules and one map sheet
• A couple of hours per session

Attribution

This work is based on Songs and Sagas, product of Fari RPGs, developed and authored by René-Pier Deshaies-Gélinas. This product is licensed under the ORC License located at the Library of Congress at TX 9-307-067 and available online at various locations including www.azoralaw.com/orclicense. All warranties are disclaimed as set forth therein.

Page border by Ramona at Alderdoodle.

Stock art by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay.