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Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor
STRATA
By Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor, 2019
First printing.
Copyright © 2019 by Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor.
Published by Rowan, Rook and Decard Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including
photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical
methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher,
except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews
and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.
For permission requests, write to the publisher at the address below.
Rowan, Rook and Decard
15 Tufnell Court, Old Ford Road
E3 5JJ, United Kingdom
www.rowanrookanddecard.com
Printed in the United Kingdom.
ISBN:
978-1-913032-01-2
Writing and design: Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor
Scenario writing: Mary Hamilton, Helen Gould, Benjamin Brock, Kira Magrann, Christine Beard, Pauline
Chan, Xalavier Nelson Jr, Coman Fullard, Laurence Phillips and Chris Farnell.
Illustrations: Adrian Stone
Layout: Alina Sandu
Proofreading and copy-editing: Helen Gould, Mary Hamilton
Production: Mary Hamilton
We asked the authors to include content warnings for each of the scenarios in this book.
Contents
Introduction
New Classes
Inksmith
Shadow Agent
Setting
High Society
Amaranth
Ivory Row
Extra Advance: Artist
Silver Quarter
The Drow Noble Houses
High Society Weaponry and Armour
Sliver Implants
Low Society
The Works
Extra Advance: Gazetteer
The Garden District
Extra Advance: Druid of the Living Spire
Perch
Derelictus
Extra Advance: Ex-Child Ganger
Low Society Weaponry and Armour
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Scenarios
Eye of the Beholder
Home is where the Hatred is
Bisquiet
The Fall of Glasshelm
Better the Devil
The Forgotten
Ironshrike
The Sulphurous Presses
Lines in the Dirt
Dark Harvest
Cults
The Confederacy of Clavigers
The Joker Pack
The Order of Lexicutioners
The Children of the Runestack
Character Sheet
Thanks To
Index
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IntRoDUCtIon
Spire is an impossible city: decrepit, mile-high, wicked and wretched, glorious
and profane. Within its crumbling walls, cruel high elf overlords rule the
subjugated dark elf race, denying them every freedom. In shadowed back
rooms, secret basements and hidden temples to forbidden gods, the dark elves
gather and plot to overthrow their colonisers.
That’s one story of Spire.
The other story is how we decided to write a ro-
leplaying game that took itself seriously in terms of
rules and content; how we put time and effort into it;
and how you - our audience - supported us through
Kickstarter to make it happen.
We’ve worked with artists, writers and our incredi-
ble community to build something that is greater than
the sum of its parts, and far greater than us. Spire
is a world in which people tell stories of revolution,
horror and love. It’s so exciting to be a fundamental
part of it.
We weren’t sure if we had enough interest in the
game to warrant releasing a sourcebook, though. We
figured we’d put it up on Kickstarter, and if it didn’t
fund within two weeks, we’d take it down and try
something else. As you might be aware, the product
didn’t fund within two weeks.
It funded within four hours.
So: this is Strata, our next step into the world
of Spire. It shines a light on the richest and poor-
est districts of the city: the frost-rimed and carpet-
ed streets of Amaranth, the whispering corridors of
lost Derelictus, the choking biomass of the Garden
district, the sweltering industry of the Works, the
creaking balcony-city of Perch, the drow civil wars
writ small in the Silver Quarter, and the warren of
nailed-together mansions of Ivory Row.
We have two new character classes, the Inksmith
and the Shadow Agent, to supplement those in the
core book and Black Magic. We also have more ex-
tra advances than you could need on any given day
- the thorn-skinned Druid of the Living Spire, the
whip-smart Gazetteer, members of children’s mys-
tery cults, and more besides.
We have ten (ten!) scenarios set in Spire and writ-
ten by a wide variety of authors - some untested, some
industry veterans. They’re all brilliant, and they’re all
written with an eye to let dynamic, emergent play
arise from the actions of the characters rather than
sticking to a set script.
In short: this is Spire, but more. Thank you so
much for helping us make it into a reality.
Yours,
Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor
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