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IK RPG WALKTHROUGH
BY DAVID DC CARL & AERYN RUDEL
ART BY ALBERTO DEL LAGO, ERIC DESCHAMPS,
IMAGINARY FRIENDS STUDIO, MIRO PETROV, AND BRIAN SNODDY

his summer, Privateer Press will release the Iron

Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game, once
again allowing players to immerse themselves in
the tumultuous, war-torn world of western Immoren. The
setting for the IK RPG is one that should be very familiar
to WARMACHINE and HORDES players, and many of
the game rules and setting elements will be recognizable.
However, where WARMACHINE and HORDES provide
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sweeping battles that consume western Immoren, the IK RPG
takes a much more intimate approach, moving away from the
front lines and allowing you to explore the Iron Kingdoms in
vivid depth and detail.
The article that follows walks you through some of the major
mechanical elements that make up the IK RPG. Were raising
the curtain here to give you some concrete examples of what
you can expect this summer. Of course, we havent revealed
everything, and the IK RPG core book still holds hundreds of
pages of setting and game information that will provide you
with a rich and detailed play experience.
So read on and have a look at the new face of Full Metal
Fantasy!
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DEFINING ELEMENTS
Although the IK RPG features many concepts and ideas that
should be familiar to all RPG enthusiasts, it does include a
number of elements that allow players to experience the Iron
Kingdoms in a new and unique way. These elements are
described below.

ARCHETYPE
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concept for each character that represents his fundamental
nature, the way he interacts with the world, and his ultimate
potential as a hero in the Iron Kingdoms. The archetype is
the foundation on which a character is built, and many of his
later choices are shaped by his choice of archetype.
The IK RPG presents four archetypes, each with a list of
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over the course of his adventures:

Gifted: Those with the Gifted archetype are born with the
capacity to work magic. They alone have the Arcane stat
that empowers characters magic, and they gain access to
magic-oriented careers such as the Arcane Mechanik, Gun
Mage, and Mercenary Warcaster. Gifted characters can cast
powerful (and often familiar) spells to destroy their enemies
or enhance and protect their allies.
Intellectual: Prone to true bursts of genius, Intellectual
characters are capable of planning and executing the most
sophisticated plots. They lead their allies in combat and have
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understand and manipulate their surroundings, or that allow
them to exploit openings they alone perceive in the ebb and
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Mighty: The character is in peak physical condition. He is
incredibly strong and inhumanly resilient. The character deals
more damage with every blow from his melee weapons. As
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ever more ways to enhance his close-up combat potential and
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Skilled: The character is extremely quick, nimble, and
dexterous. He relies on his wits, skill, and luck in equal
measure. Rather than relying on raw power, the skilled
character relies on his combat prowess. Skilled archetype
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more easily and make more attacks each turn.

MULTI-CAREER SYSTEM
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in the IK RPG by a career system. Each career represents an
occupation, calling, or social standing in the Iron Kingdoms
and comes with a suite of skills and abilities, some of which are
available immediately and others available as a character gains
experience. Instead of encouraging players to focus on a single
career, the IK RPG gives players more options by letting them
choose two careers for their characters from the very start.
By the time a Knight/Soldier is ready to hang up his Caspian
battleblade, he could have as many as three additional careers.
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are truly wide open. Depending on where his adventures take
him, he could just as readily choose to become an Explorer,
Pirate, or Spy.

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career abilities, and equipment, while others are common
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feat point are listed below
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feat point to add an extra die to a non-attack skill roll.
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turn to keep from being targeted by free strikes that
turn.
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to shake knockdown at any time. When the character
shakes knockdown he immediately stands up.

SYNTHESIS
Its easy to claim that the IK RPGs archetypes, multi-career
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the unique gaming experience. So lets look at an extended
example.
Assume that you wish to create a Trollkin Fell Caller who
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some stats, choose some equipment, and be good to go, but in
the IK RPG, your concept isnt quite ready for action. Two of
your many character options are:
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archetype and pair the Duelist career with the Fell
Caller career. One such character build would be able
to make an additional attack each turn, could counterattack foes that missed him with melee attacks, and
could spend a feat point to attack every enemy in
melee range with a single attack.
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take the mighty archetype and pair Fell Caller with
Man-at-Arms. One such character build could deal
enhanced melee damage with every swing, could
block incoming attacks intended for his allies, and
could spend a feat point to gain +3 ARM for a round.

FEAT POINTS

And thats just the beginning. Our Trollkin could also be a

Gifted Fell Caller/Sorcerer slinging spells as well as fell calls
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allies to dominate any opposition.

Characters in the IK RPG have access to feat points, which

represent their luck and raw heroic potential. All characters
can gain feat points through heroic actions in combat, or
the GM can award feat points when heroes overcoming
challenges with creativity and skill.

The Iron Kingdoms is a rich and diverse setting, and the RPG
has distinguishing elements that infuse player characters
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What sort of character do you most want to build?

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CORE MECHANICS
Although certainly not an exhaustive list, the core mechanics
listed below provide the basic framework for the IK RPG.
Some of the terms and mechanical expressions here may
be familiar to WARMACHINE and HORDES players, but
it should be noted that these abilities have been changed
where appropriate to conform to the rule set of the IK RPG.

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STATS

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his basic abilities and potentialare broken into two
categories: primary stats and secondary stats. The Primary
stats are Physique, Agility, and Intellect. These primary stats
broadly determine a characters fundamental strengths and
weaknesses, and they are used to determine his life spiral.
The secondary stats of Speed and Strength, Prowess and
Poise, and Arcane and Perception fall under the primary
stats of Physique, Agility, and Intellect respectively. These
more focused stats have narrower purposes like dictating
the attack roll (based on Prowess) or damage potential
(based on Strength) of a melee attack.

(abbreviated 2d6). Other events typically require rolling

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are expressed as + or some quantity after the die roll
notation. For example, melee attack rolls are described
as 2d6 + PRW + weapon skill. This means roll two
six-sided dice and add the attacking characters PRW stat
and applicable weapon skill to the result.

MAKING A
CHARACTER
The most important component to your roleplaying
experience in the IK RPG is the character you choose to play.
The choices you make when creating your character will
not only determine what your character will be good at, but
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others and the world around him.
What follows is a brief overview of character creation,
complete with examples of the choices a player might make
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for creating a character:

DERIVED STATS

1. Choose your characters race.

Beyond primary and secondary stats, a character in the IK

RPG has a set of derived stats. These stats are primarily used
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potential in battle. Derived stats are calculated using a
characters primary and secondary stats along with other
factors, such as skills. For example, a characters starting
Defense is the sum of his Speed, Agility, and Perception. That
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heavy armor or a bonus from a support spell. The derived
stats are: Armor (ARM), Command Range, Defense (DEF),
Initiative, Melee Attack (MAT), Ranged Attack (RAT), and
Willpower (WILL).

2. Choose your characters archetype.

LIFE SPIRALS
Characters in the Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying
Game have life spirals that determine how much damage they
can suffer during play. The life spiral is split into three aspects
that correspond to the characters primary stats. In other
words, each aspect has a number of vitality points equal to
the characters stat. The higher a characters primary stats, the
more damage he can suffer during play.

DIE ROLLS
The IK RPG uses six-sided dice, abbreviated d6, to
determine the success of actions and to determine the
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such as skill rolls and damage rolls, require two dice

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3. Choose two starting careers.

4. Increase your characters stats.
5. Purchase your characters starting equipment.

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there are a great number of human ethnicities living in western Immoren with a variety of histories and cultures.

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Height: 61-75 inches male, 55-69 inches female

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languages: their native language and one other they
have picked up in their travels.

Weight: 110-200 pounds male, 90-170 pounds female

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bonus does not increase the characters racial limit, just the starting value.
Though the Hero Limit listed in the stat block above represents the limits of a starting character, thats not the
end of the road for our hero. When a human reaches Veteran status, hell be able to reach new heights, and an
Epic character can raise his stats even higher.

RACE
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characters race. In the IK RPG, you can play a Human,
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of race determines your characters starting stats and may
open up certain archetypes and careers that are not available
to all races. Race also affects a characters height and weight,
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ARCHETYPE
Once your characters race is determined, the next step
is to select an archetype. A characters archetype largely
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are available to him. Each archetype has a number of
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develops and gains experience, he will learn additional
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The four Archetypes are: Gifted, Intellectual, Mighty, and
Skilled. The description of the Mighty archetype and some
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characters beyond the three shown here include: Feat:
Invulnerable, Righteous Anger, and Tough.

MIGHTY

The character is in peak physical condition. He is

incredibly strong and inhumanly resilient. The character
is capable of feats of strength that defy imagination.
Mighty characters gain an additional die on their
melee damage rolls.
Additionally, a Mighty character begins the game with
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away. After the target is pushed, this character can
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character and in his line of sight, this character can
immediately spend 1 feat point to charge the enemy.
The character cannot make a counter charge while
engaged.
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point during his turn to gain +3 ARM until the start
of his next turn.

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CAREERS
The next step in character creation is career selection. In the
Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game, you choose
two careers for your character. Each career is a predetermined
package of skills, abilities, and other characteristics that
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By mixing and matching careers, you can create a number of
familiar character types found in the Iron Kingdoms.
Some examples of careers available are: Alchemist, Arcane
Mechanik, Bounty Hunter, Fell Caller, Field Mechanik, Gun
Mage, Mage Hunter, Pirate, Pistoleer, Priest, and Sorcerer.
Each career features the following components:

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can only have a career if he also has all the prerequisites to
take that career.
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and are broken into two categories: occupational skills
and military skills. Military skills are focused on combat,
and occupational skills focus on the non-combat-related
talents associated with the career. In addition to the listed
occupational skills, all characters can improve General
Skills like climbing and detection.
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FIELD MECHANIK

PREREQUISITES: NONE

The Field Mechanik is a skilled engineer or a talented bodger who, much the way a combat medic patches up
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might have learned his trade in the military mechanik corps of a professional army or in a mercenary tinkerers
workshop. Although he has basic combat training, the Field Mechanik likely has experience commanding warjacks
in battle, and when given the opportunity can draw upon the destructive abilities of these mighty machines.
There isnt a nation in western Immoren that doesnt have great need for the talents of Field Mechaniks. Those
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employ aging warjacks in constant need of vital maintenance.
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is found in his starting assetsField Mechaniks start the game with a light laborjack! While the Jack Marshal
ability is available to a few different careers, no one else starts with a steamjack or has the opportunity to learn as
many Drive abilities as the Field Mechanik. Abilities like Bodge, Scrounge, and Steamo make it easier for a Field
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injury. A Field Mechaniks choice of archetype and other career can lead to entirely divergent play styles. A Mighty
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will rarely need to get his hands dirty, instead enhancing others with Battle Plans and Drives.
As he gains experience, a Field Mechanik grows rapidly in his ability to support and repair steamjacks. Once hes
achieved veteran status, a Field Mechanik can learn Iron Sentinel to further enhance his personal survival skills and
Tune Up, a quick action that allows him to coax peak performance from a steamjack.

Begin with Jack Marshal, Bodge, and Hit the Deck!

STARTING ABILITIES,
ADVANTAGES, AND SKILLS

Begin with the occupational skills Craft (metalworking) 1, Command 1, and

Mechanikal Engineering 1
Begin with Hand Weapon 1 or Pistol 1

STARTING ASSETS

25 gc, repair kit, and a light laborjack

FIELD MECHANIK
ABILITIES

Jack Marshal, Ace Commander, Bodge, Dodger, Drive: Ancillary Attack, Drive:
Assault, Drive: Off Road, Drive: Pronto, Hit the Deck!, Iron Sentinel, Scrounge,
Steamo, Tune Up

FIELD MECHANIK
ADVANTAGES

Connections (mechaniks organization), Holding (workshop)

FIELD MECHANIK
MILITARY SKILLS

Hand Weapon 2, Pistol 2

FIELD MECHANIK
OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS

General skills 4, Command 3, Craft 4 (any), Mechanikal Engineering 4, and

Negotiation 3

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INCREASING STATS
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your characters primary and secondary stats: Physique,
Agility, Intellect, Speed, Strength, Prowess, Poise, Perception
and Arcane (if the character chose the Gifted archetype).
Increasing a stat by 1 costs 1 advancement point.

EQUIPMENT
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equipment. Equipment includes all the mundane things a
character needs for a life of adventure such as clothing, gear,
and armor and weapons. However the equipment chapter
in the IK RPG also covers special types of equipment that
a character can gain through adventure or even build
himself, such as alchemical and mechanika items.
Each career also lists an amount of money in Cygnaran gold
crowns (gc) that starting characters have for purchasing
their starting equipment. Some careers also begin the game
with additional equipment. A character begins with the
starting money and equipment of both careers combined.
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weapons, are shown here:

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variations throughout the various kingdom and
mercenary armies, it is essentially made up of a
breastplate, pauldrons, and greaves over layers of leather
and sometimes chain. Cygnars Trenchers and Long
Gunners, Khadors Winter Guard, and Rhuls Gun Corps
all wear variations of this armor.
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NYSS CLAYMORE
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GREAT WEAPON

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claymore is an elegant and unusual weapon of remarkable
quality. The blades of these swords are typically etched
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and feature a small circular guard. So widely respected are
these weapons that many believe they never dull or suffer
the ravages of time.
Once, Nyss claymores were exceedingly rare, but many
have entered the hands of non-Nyss following the
widespread destruction of those people. The hefty price
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the skills to create them and the high demand for these
exquisite implements of war.
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A character can spend a feat point to boost an attack roll
with this weapon.

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MECHANIKA ITEMS

ALCHEMICAL ITEMS

Some characters in the IK RPG can create and repair

mechanika weapons and armor. The key components to
any mechanika device are the KRXVLQJ FDSDFLWRU and
the UXQHSODWH The housing is the shell that contains the
mechanikal components, the capacitor is the arcane power
source that powers the mechanika, and the runes inscribed
on the runeplate determine the mechanika items magical
effects.

Characters with the Alchemy skill can create alchemical

items from a formula of ingredients and processes. Once
a character has gathered the necessary ingredients for
an alchemical formula, he must spend time brewing
the formula by combining, cooking, and stabilizing the
ingredients using an alchemy lab. A character must have
the Alchemy skill to brew an alchemical formula.

A character wishing to fabricate or simply construct

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parts. There are special rules for crafting each of the key
components, and a character must possess an appropriate
Craft skill (e.g., Craft [metal working]) and the Mechanikal
Engineering skill to construct a mechanikal device.
Below is an example mechanika item:

SKILL

1,560
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GREAT
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ATTACK
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POW

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(ONEHANDED)

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SIMPLE ACID
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its potency is very short-lived. Alchemists brew simple
acid at a moments notice for immediate use.

STORM GLAIVE
COST

In addition to the rules for crafting alchemical items,

the IK RPG has rules for HOG DOFKHP\, a handful of
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in-combat effects like a puff of smoke or splash of acid.
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6SHFLDO 5XOHV A vial of simple acid can be used as a

thrown weapon with a RNG of thirty-six feet (6). A
creature hit by a vial of simple acid suffers d3 points of
damage. Objects constructed of stone and metal exposed
to simple acid take d3 points of damage per round and
have their ARM reduced by d3 per round in a six-foot
(1)) area. Simple acid lasts d3 rounds, expiring at the
(1
start of the alchemists turn.

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anika
weapon of the Stormblade. It is powered by a dedicated
cated
storm chamber.
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ve can
use it to make electrical blast ranged attacks. Storm Glaive
blasts are RNG 4, AOE , POW 12 ranged attackss that
cause electrical damage. When making a Storm Glaive
ranged attack, the character makes the attack roll using
his POI.
using
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evice.
is 210 gc. It takes three weeks to construct the device.
The pertinent Craft skill for construction is Craft (metal
metal
working).
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ks to
ering
scribe, and a successful INT + Mechanikal Engineering
roll against a target number of 16.

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MAGIC
Magic is an important factor in the IK RPG, and many characters
have the ability to harness and manipulate this powerful and
often unpredictable force. All spellcasters in the IK RPG must
have the Gifted archetype and then choose a career or careers
that grants access to a spell list. Careers that allow a character to
cast spells include but are not limited to: Arcane Mechanik, Gun
Mage, and Mercenary Warcaster.
All spellcasters belong to an arcane tradition that determines how
they generate and spend arcane energy. Will weavers rely on force
of will to summon and harness arcane energy. They do this by
calling upon arcane formulae, often through some combination
of thinking it, reciting it, and reading it. As a will weaver casts
spells, his fatigue increases until he reaches his limits and must
rest before continuing to draw on magical energy.
Focusers are able to tap into and manipulate the ambient arcane
energy that permeates the world around them. The ability
to extend their minds into the environment to shape latent
energies also lets focusers connect with mechanika and affect
these complex devices at a distance. This enables focusers to
meld their minds with the inner workings of the cortexes within
steamjacks. It is for this reason that only the focuser has the
potential to become a warcaster.

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weavers, this means gaining a number of fatigue points equal
to the COST of the spell. For focusers this means spending a
number of focus points equal to the cost of the spell. A spell is
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COST The cost of the spell. This is either the number of fatigue
points a will weaver gains from casting the spell or the number
of focus points a focuser spends to cast the spell.

RNG5DQJH The maximum distance in inches from the spells

point of origin to its target. A RNG of SELF indicates the spell
can be cast only on the character casting it. A RNG of CTRL
indicates the spell uses the spellcasters control area as its range.

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POW forms the basis of the spells damage roll. A spell with
POW does not cause damage.

AOE$UHDRI(IIHFW The diameter in inches of the template an

AOE spell uses for its effects.

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be upkept.
OFF2IIHQVLYH<HV1R Whether the spell is offensive.
An offensive spell requires a successful magic attack roll to
hit its target.
Four example spells are detailed below.

ARCANE BOLT
COST

RNG

AOE

POW

UP

OFF

12

11

NO

YES

Description: Magical bolts of energy streak toward the target.

AURA OF PROTECTION
COST

RNG

AOE

POW

UP

OFF

SELF

CTRL

YES

NO

Description: While in the spellcasters control area, friendly characters gain +2 ARM.

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COST

RNG

AOE

POW

UP

OFF

SELF

CTRL

NO

NO

Description: Enemies in the spellcasters control area suffering the Fire continuous effect immediately
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LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

COST

RNG

AOE

POW

UP

OFF

SELF

CTRL

YES

NO

Description: The area around the spellcaster glows with enough light
for anyone in his control area to see in darkness.

CONCLUSION
And there you have it, a detailed look at the upcoming Iron
Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game. As mentioned
earlier, this preview is just the tip of the iceberg. The IK RPG
core book contains hundreds of pages of material that will allow

you to experience the Iron Kingdoms in nearly any way you

and your gaming group choose. Whether thats playing a group
of high-powered mercenary warcasters selling their magical
and martial prowess to the highest bidder or a deadly band
of cutthroats and assassins skulking through the back alleys
of Korsk, the IK RPG core book supports both Iron Kingdoms
experiences plus many, many more.

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