A two-book RPG set titled “Torchbearer: Second Edition Core Set” at the top of the outer cover. The sleeve that holds the books together depicts an either early morning or late day scene with the sun peaking above a line of cumulonimbus clouds bathed orange and pink. In the foreground is a snowy mountain ridge.

Burning Wheel: Torchbearer RPG 2nd Edition Core Set Hardcover

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Honest work: tilling the earth, trading in markets, crafting textiles and smithing.  That’s what makes these towns go round. It’s a good life, respectable.

“Honest work” isn’t what you’d call what you do.

Adventurers like you are frowned upon, considered little more than vagabonds and scoundrels, but it’s all that life has in store for the likes of you.

Welcome to Torchbearer RPG 2nd Edition!  If you're new to the game, this RPG is less about heroics and more about survival.  You and your party are not necessarily on the road for glory, as your adventuring profession is generally frowned upon, but as a necessity.  Circumstances have brought you to the conclusion that there are no "honest" jobs for you, so here you are.  The 2nd Edition of Torchbearer takes what was loved about the game and reworks a lot of the clunkier elements for ease of play based on feedback players have given over the years.  This Core Set includes both of the books you’ll need to play:

  • The Dungeoneer’s Handbook:
    • Revised character creation and leveling mechanics
    • New spells and spell mechanics, including a new memorization system called The Memory Palace 
    • A new class: Theurge, a seer possessed by an immortal being
  • The Scholar’s Guide to Dangers Various and Sundry:
    • New, intuitive difficulty factors
    • Revised skills and reward system
    • Loot tables and monsters
    • Camp and town events
    • A demo adventure to get you started